The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-02-22

the risk taken for help from 9th source
TO extend it further u a commercial centr,
He stated that as the correspondent he wa
further led TO believe that the Rock l-lan
road looked to the West and Southwest f.
an outlet, and that if the connection coul
be made in Leavenworth, it would be
BETTER FOR THE STATE,
and would revive and build up the city t
be the pr de Of The people. We must, b
said, have a city Of which We can be proud
our people would rather trade with Leay
enworth than Kansas City, which is under
stood TO have already sspped the Stat.
Several weeks ago, a committee OF Fix
zeds meeting, decided TO Communicate will
the counties east of Morris county, an,
their corporation in the establishment of
road to Leavenworth was readily obtained
A letter was subsequently written to III,
Mayor OF your city, = d its reply assured
our citizens of further hearty co-opera
ton. IL was then decided to send dele
gates from the principal counties interested
10 Leavenworth TO confer with the people
Every county has ihus far Responded
promptly, and all are DESTROYS OF formin,
an immediate connection with Leaven
worth. He said the people did not favo
any particular connection with any road
the principal object being to get free acces
to Leavenworth and thus obviate the furthei
feeding of Kansas CITY. II, sand he, ",
adopt the narrow gauge system, and ou
commerce demands 1t, the matter of widen
ing the gauge will be comparatively essy
BY making direct connection witt
! Leavenwor,h We will not only fine
a ready market for our products. bu
will help to build what we most ' ish L
see, a thriving city which will do credit tc
our young State. The cittle-yards anc
grain-cribs in the State are till.d, and ar,
only waiting, gentlemen, for some way tt
be brought TO you. When they arriv,
| your store houses will be filed and you
merchants will find plenty 10 do. Barton
county will vote IS much - any other il
the State 10 the end desired.
HON. E. g. BERTRAM,
the delegate from Council Grove, con
CURED fully with the sentiments ex
pressed by Judge Clayton, anG
stated that three-fourths of the votes OF
Morris county were ready 10 give the bond.
necessary to the building of road to Lesv
euworth We want Learenworth, he said
4 we nave aiNhirOD, anu VIC hdNc ttlcu
| St Joe. We are tired OF being drained to
death, and our people talk and mean busi
ness.
MR.. FRANK DoRsTER,
oil Marion county, occupied the
attention Of those present several
minutes. during which he stated the
| wishes OF hi- people in wanting rail
road to L-ayeuworih: ave WANT he
said, "anoIher road on which We can rely
| for The expor; OF our products. III 4 reas-
ouabie proposition Is submitted to the peo-
ole Of Marion county, we think 1t will be
| favorably entertained and acted upon. The
benefits If a road 10 Lesvenworth ia APP
parent, both 80 far as regards the people
and The city"
HON. z. NJ, MoREHoU Z,
of Wsbsunsee county, concurred fully,
With the gentleman from Marion,
as we'll with the views of the
first speaker lie stated that a large
proportion OF the lands through his county
was level, and could be graded at a
He desired that some proposition might be
submitted to the people that would be fair;
il would be at once acted upon, "a the peo-
lle were more luGtiUtu " tTd.s lJtdNeu-
worth than in any other city.
Mr.. q. W. Watson, also of Wabsunsee,
expressed himself in favor OF narrow
gauge road.
Mr.. A. McLou,h, of Jeff.rson county,
stated that as it was generally understood
that the people wanted an extension of the
narrow gauge railway system in this state,
and that the general impression Is in favor
of ieavenworih as terminus.
Mr. b Terry, Of kic- county, stated
that the Atchison, Topeka d Santa Fs
road, which runs through prtion of his
county, ben. flied only the southern boun-
Diary. A new line of road toward Lesven-
worth would benefit the Eastern and West
ern parts # the county. The people are
anxious for the road u Leaven worth, and
are willing to vote reasonable amount for
that purpose Only one half of Rice coun-
ty will be able to vote $1,000 per mile, but
take it all together he thought the county
would, at the very least, vote 81 200 per
mile for a narrow ! auge road.
HON. ALEX CALDWELL
was called for, and in few brief remarks,
stated that he was pleased with the senti-
ment of the people of the State, and was
happy to welcome the gentlemen as dele
gates to the city. He assured them that
Leavenwor,h was awake to her interests,
and would meet them half way in the pre-
sent enterprise, and said that as the Kansas
Central road was now built sc miles and
was paid for at cost Of over $500, COO, it
was certainly placed on q basis for extern
sion. The time is near at hand, he said,
when We can build our road westward; We
e
We can safely say, we will run the road in
a southwesterly direction to meet you as
we'll "A in the westerl direction. We can,
in a reasonable time, make = proposition
which We think will meet your approval.
1t is to the interest of Lesvenworth to get
more road and road that will be BENEFICIAL.
Gil d. r. ANTHONY
was then called for, and made q few re-
marks a. q citizen. He was more in favor
Of branches of roads than long lines, which
would be feasible With the narrow guaee
system. As to the extention OF the Kansas
Central, he had been informed that as coon
as $1,000 per mile had been guaranteed,
the work could soon be commenced. The
line of the roads proposed BY the gentlemen
from the country, he thought had been we'll
selected, as no broad guage road would ever
e likely to interfere with it,
t should be the purpose of the meeting to
express q sentiment favoriag the enterprise,
and that We in the city should give some
assurance that We are with the people in
what seems to be . spontaneous movement.
Further remarks were made By Mr..
F. Dorster, Geo. A. Eddy, Esq, Hon.
E. NJ. Morehouse AID Hon. J. NJ. Aller,
the latter rtating that it was the desire of
the Chicago & Rock Island road to obtain
help from the interior BY means of other
roads leading to Leavenworth.
COMMITTEE
consisting of Hon. Alex Caldwell, Col d.
Z. Anthony, Col. H. T. Green, Hon. II. NJ.
Aller, and Dr. J. l. Weser, Was appointed
to draft resolutions expressive of the
sentiments Of the people, to be reported 1t
. citizens' meeting on next Friday even
ing.
COL Il. I. GREEN
then occupied the attention of thoee preseot
for . ehort time in review of the work
accomplished in the past, and what might
be expected In the future. he spoke a,
some length of the opportunities presented
nov 70 put Leaveoworth once more vhere
il wss = The past By bringing back . lsrre
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