The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-10-16
NARROW GAUGE.
The Advantages Of the Enterprise
in Clear Light before the Public.
An Admirable Letter from Mr..
Newkirk.-Facfs for the Consld-
Grafton OF the People.

HcWktTk-- 6cI0 lOr the COuSIO-
Grafton OF the People.
EIi,0r Br-yo:
have been reading the articles ON the
Sedalii and Wa,saw Railroad in the city
papers, Tor somc time past with great inter
est, and think at this time they are, or
Ought Ia be, interesting reading 10 our
people generally, As they remind Us ,ha.
AN important public enterprise is up for
our consideration, and they mo- doubt, re-
mind us Of our .nxietIes in the past for the
securing o! all the railroads that pass
through this portion Of the State at this
point, believing that VIC have il in our pow
er, iy a harmonious and united effort ci
our people, with ~ reasonable amount Of
money. judiciou=ly expended, 10 build up a
railroad center at sedalia, that would be
equal to that OF any interior town i'm The
West.
! Our natural advantages are great. Sit
uaied in the center Of the state, and no
competing city within one hundred miles
Of IL, in one Of the finest agricultural Il -
iricts Of The West, and bordering on the
great mineral deposits south OF us tina,
promise to rival in richness and quantity
any mineral districts in the state, with all
Of her great mineral resources, with such
natural advantages surrounding Ia, il
would seem that il ought Ia inspire us with
confidence ia being able to 80 direct and
divert railroad towns ia this direction, so n.
TO make them contribute to making up ths
great et-work III railroads that il Is Isss~i-
| be for III Ia make nj this point.
. In lacking back an tn. past ten years AMI
seeing what has been accomplished in this
dir.c,ion, IL certainly ought Ia encourage
us, ma, in that We have accomplished ~
mrci IN tina; diyciion, but that since the
| title we have done nj great cost Ia Us, IN
securing III. accommodation 81 the great
! through lines 81 the west nj this point, We
ought Ia gisc encouragement u every rail
/ road enterprise that cuines up for oar con-
| si.leraiion. Ia tlieextent iis importance Ia
us requires. Since We have got the great
! through lines in competition II this point,
| that gives us the competition IN through.
ba.in.ss that is desired. The Importance
attached IL other railroad line, ;ha, ., is
pos.ibic Tor IS To control are Of a NOR.
local character, a. compared Ia what We
have, but they are Eo less important in
building up a great commercial and manu-
featuring city at this paint, which We think
il possible Tor us io do. with :, proper and
well-iirected effort upon our part. One
import INT thing To secure healthy and
permanent growth of business center, is
Ia Law the foundation for its local trade
broad, and then give facilities Tor the
people To reach you. - they can have no
inducements Ia seek business convenience
elsewhere, community once accommoS:at-
ed with a convenient onilet they will mo-,
readily seek another, where il is attended
with much expense To- obtain IL
There l. no town that has accomplished
much in building up business Of imp"r.
lance, and growth in population in I'D
vance q! other towns oi lis age and section,
but what has obtained more or less Of rep
uiation Tor the energy and enterprise OF her
people The citizens Of such 4 town gener-
ally have quite As good opinion oi their fu-
ture As their neishbors, and generally have
their hope based upon their ability io Sc
cure some public enterprise that this iocali-
iy and surroundings are peculiarly adapted.
There is no town in the Yves, that has So
cured 10 herself name that speaks 80 we'll
ior the energy and enterprise Of her pcople
a. Se,lalia She stands at the head Of the
list of tine prominent and prosperous towns
oi the West. Wecertainlv cu.h; Ia he proud
If the good name We have abroad. "a il has
been the mems oi bringing Ia our city
many from other portions "f our country,
who have been 50 delighted with our city
and her prospects that they have settled
amongst ws, TO enjoy with IA the comforts
and advantages We have secured, and to
help Us Ia develop into a more perfect city.
Ii Is not inireluently the case that com
muni,ies like individuals become content
with their SUCCESS and settle down in con-
tentment with what they have accomplish
ed, and learn when il is too late, that their
wors. was not done until they had secured
and under their costroi, everything that
would add IL their growth and Resources
io, the development of any Of her Interests,
from section Of surrounding Country that
might he diverted off by the energy and in
ierest Of other communities that are alike
struggling for a prominence amongst the
important towns of the country. I hope
this may never be the case with Scdalia. 1,
would hardly seem possible that it could be.
a people that has watched their interests so
closely, and let no opportunity pass unim-
proved in her interest, a; whatever the cost
TO secure il would he, content with what
they have accomplished when there are 9th
er important enterprises that must be Sc
cured 10 enable her Ia holI trade she al
L.. g
properly belongs TO her, but which i
watched with a jealous eye by rival sections
oil the country, that has made two un,iic-
cess!ul efforts To take il from Va, by build
ing 4 railroad Ia a section that already
furnishes us :, large trade 10 which our lco-
pie can attesi, and which prosIeciiyely pos
sesses iaore resources for stimulating and
sustaining. the growth Of business and
manufacturing center to which IL may bc
attached hy railroad connection than any
other portion Of the country from which We
might hope To secure trade from.
| need handy say that ! refer Ia the
country laying south Of ns. Our business
men are too familiar with the benefit our
trade already receives from that section.
hut To agree will, me iha; its importance
Ia ns can hardly bc ovcr-esiimaicd in
binding up a; Scdalia a manufacturing
town that We have always felt our location
and railroad facilities ought 10 secure a.
us. While il j. true We have the a,ivan-
tases and railroad facilities of importance,
yet oar people have long since become
satisfied that other things were necessary
10 make il possible for US 10 thrive As
manufacturing city; and feeling tina; VIC
were deficient in water, for manufacturing
purposes, at once secured system III water
works, ct great expense, that supplied that
want, and the result has leen the securing
the machine shops OF the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, and large additions 10 the shop,
Of the Missouri, Kansas Il Texas Railway.
While our people feel pretty well compen-
sa,ed in their expenditures for water facili-
ties in the above shops, yet they feel some
anxiety in not securing manufacturing
establishments that could find ready mar
ket for their manufactured goods, in sec