The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-07
From the Real Estate Reglster.l
Cheap FrefSIaas.

A company of heavy capitalists has
been organized for the purpose of
constructing double track narrow
gauge railroad from New York to
st. Louis. From our exchanges
and correspondents, we learn that
committees of representative men
are being appointed all through the
middle and western states, to meet
a committee of the above company
at Indianapolis on the sixth of
April, where plans will be present.
ed for the speedy construction of
the whole line.
In anticipation of this event, the
narrow gauge through Missouri is
TO be pushed rapidly through, so
that those people in central and
southwestern Kansas, who have
opposed a narrow gauge road be-
cause it would have no eastern con-
nections, will wake up some fine
morning not far off, and find con-
tinuous line from the Missouri riv-
er to New York. Steps are already
being taken to fill in the gap be-
tween Leavenworth and Kansas
City, and 70 the extension of the
Kansas central from Holton its
present terminus, through several of
he northwestern counties.
Thus the great question of the
age, which for the past three or
four years has elected so much
controversy, is about to be practi-
cally settled. The sober second
thought of the great mass of the
people is right. Cheap .tTeightS
are impossible on expensive roads.
The people have ceased quarrel
ling with the inevitable, and are
proceeding to apply the only posi-
BILE remedy for TIE ills under which
they labor.
It idle and foolish to quarrel with
existing railroad companies. I'm
der the circumstances in which
they are placed, we believe they are
as a rule, doing their work as
cheaply as they can.
On the other hand, the railroad
companies have no right to com
plain if the people endeavor to OBJ
tain the same facilities at q less
price.
What this CT ty and county want,
is a cheap railroad, direct from here
to Kansas Citv, there to connect
with similar roads to st. Louis and
Chicago. We already have two
good roads. They have cost Us
dearly, but are worth to us much
more than they have cost. There
is not a man in the county who
would consent to their removal,
on condition that we should receive
every dollar we haye paidor agreed
to pay.
Still it is impossible for them to
make rates sufficiently low, to justi-
fly our producers in raising some of
our best crops.
To the southwest of us is q vast
territory, full to overlooking with
the pr odncts of the soil, with no
adequate means of transportation.
This great territory naturally
locke to this city to assist them in
procuring an outlet.
1t is TO our highest interest to do
SO. Shall we do it, or shall we by
our supineness allow the rich prize
to escape US?
Three of the richest and best i'm
proved vallies in the whole west,
separated by two short and easy
divides" can be connected with
Kansas City by a continuous line of
easy grades, and only one hundred
and seventy miles of road to build.
Will the Usage, Cottonwood and
Walnut vallies unitetheir efforts. and
thus accomplish this great work. or
will they allow their strength to be
dissipated by division, and other,
and rival interests build up at their
expense?
This great question will in our
opinion, be decided forall time, with.
in the next few msnths. These
communities have abundant means
within themselves to accomplish the
end. All they lack is unity of pur.
pose, organization, and a determin.
alton to succeed.
1t is a question of addition to the
price of every pound we export, aud
subtraction from the price of every
pound we import, for all time TO
come. With the farmer, the ques-