The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-11-14

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IA. 1878.
An omciaI Printing Of saline County
Published n this Paper.
SHALL WE vEANOTHER RAILROAD
Salins has long been the acknowl.
edged "center" of Central and West.
ern Kansas. To-day she stands with.
out rival, and she ever will stand
queen OF tho cities of our section %
long as her citizens are watchful and
mindful of her interests. She has nov.
or tagged for moment in her on.
ward and upward course. Some cities
we know of have rushed forward with a.
tonishing speed, until it would seem that
their growth was healthy and perma-
nent, and their future prosperity q
fixed fast; but finally . lethargy
would come upon them which, like the
cold man of the sea-" would not loosen
its grip, and their energies would b.
come dulled, their spirits broken, their
very life destroyed. Salina has had no
such experience. She has never taken
. step backward. Various obstacles
have been thrown in tho way of hsz
progress which seemed on tho point Of
proving disastrous but - irresistible
~ an Alpine torrent she has rushed on
and on, and still pursues her onward
course. Her futune seems brighter
than over. It now remains with the
people of Salina whether oil those grand
hopes for tho future shall be realized.
1t has long been conceded that what
Salina especially needs 10 second rail
road-that is, such railroad % shall
run in the right direction. 1t is also
conceded that some railroads which
might be constructed would destroy her
trade and infict upon her . blow from
which she might never fully recover.
The verdict of our people has been in
favor of an Eastern outlets road run.
ming - nearly as possible parallel to
the Kansas Pacific line. This addition.
al railroad is demanded for various
reasons, which may be discussed un-
der one general head-"The demand
for competing line" In this popular
clamor for an additional railroad, all
Glasses of people join heartily. 1t is
the cry of business men who have long
seen an unjust disposition to discrimi.
nate betweens towns in the matter of
freight tariffs, which discrimination has
proved injurious to the interest of So
lima. 1t is tho cry of the merchants
who pay heavy freights on tho enor.
nous amount of merchandise shipped
in /; of the shippers who send out MAN.
moth quantities of grain and broom
corn, and numberless head of cattle,
hogs and sheep to Eastern and West
srn markets; of the lumber dealers
who bring in more lumber than is 70
ceived elsewhere in Kansas; of the i'm
plement dealers who scatter their ma
chimes broadcast in this country for
hundreds of miles,; of manufactur-
ers of -four which is sent almost across
the continet to compete with brands
which are standard in all the markets !;
of the farmer, who tolls day in and
out, and sees his products hardly bring
half what they should of the poor me-
chanic, looking for employment and
tho laborer, praying for his daily bread.
All unite in the common petition for
another railroad 1t is alike the farm.
mer's wish, and the wish of the towns
man. 1t is for the interest Of both.
And in the same way the taxpayer is
TO be benefited a. we'll as he who does
not even know that he will over pay .
cent of tax. And in this demand for
another road, there should be "No East,
no West, Nd North, no South" It is .
question over which no sectional strife
should take place. The farmer who
lives fifteen miles away from tho road
will IN course of time be as much bene-
flied as he through whose farm the
road may run. He will find . better
market for his products at Sal,ns. As
Salina grows, and stretches out its
boundaries, his farm property will be-
come increased in value.
As is well known, the Missouri, Kan.
sas e. Texas Railway company have
made . proposition to the people Of
Dickinson and Saline counties that
they will construct and operate road
from either Skiddy in the county Of
Morris, or White City in the county of
Davis, through Dickinson county to
Abilene, and from thence west to So.
lima, provided stock in the sum of g.
600 per mile for each mile of road con.
structed, is subscribed by these counties.
And not o cent of this money will they
demand until the road has boon finish.
ed, and is in full operation. These arc
the demands of the NJ. K. 4 T., and the
question now ID, will the people Of Sa-