The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-06
BaSsRs.E.

The MARSHALL '"unsy Folks Seen, 10
Like the Idea OF - Narrow Gengc
KsIirSsd.
The following article from the MarysviIle
Neus wall SHOW that our Marshall county
friends are anxious to have railroad COM
munication with Leavenwor;h:
Nv invitation from the President Of the
X kausas Central railroad a Committee, COM
pa ed of Capt. Perry Hurchinzon, ". II.
Smith and /. Hus hes, visited Leavenworth
last Tuesday, aui held meeting with the
o yuers OF tae Kansas Central railroad.
The Oh Ct Of the committee w2s 10 learn
whether The company would agree TO bullG
its road from Omega To the north line OF
this county, via Frankfort and Marysyiile
l.. I. Smith, the President and principal
owner OF The road, met the committee at
his Office, and they were assured by him
that the company won!d build the road for
- 80 per mile. lie claimed that this was the
cheapest oflsr the company could make,
aBd was cheaper than any other line was
proposing extsns.Ons. lie pledged the
c .mmittee that If this sum was voted, the
cars on tn Kansas Central should be run
ming to M1rysviile by October. BY a mis-
connection Al Atchi-on the Frankfort dele
cation did not g-t To LeAvenworth, but
when our dsleg ,tIon arrived at 81 Joseph
we found Aies-rs. Newell, NcElroy aud
Begun, who were pleased with what had
been accomplished at the meeting. Dur
ing the month of March Mr. Smith and
Msior Gum, engineer, will visit Marysville
and Frankfort, and soon thereafter the peo-
ple can decide whether they wish the road.
That the rosd L. needed there can be no
question. With this road We can get coal
from the LeaveT worth mines two dollars II
ton cheaper than at present. The Kansas
Central Is owned by the owners of the Mis-
souri, Pacific road, and the building Of this
extension would place us IN direct COM
municaiion with -. Louis. The coal mires
at LeavenwoEth are quite extensive.
| Twelve thousand bushels daily are now
taken from the mines, aud has resulted in
building up a that city network Of fac
tories, fOund.ries and machine shops We
noticed many Improvements. Leaven-
worth is by no means = dead city, and
not likely TO take 4 rstrocra lie step.
The transfer Of wheat, corn and all kind.
al small grain ia msde al Leavenrorth from
the narrow to the broad gauge AT the uni
| form rate of tfIy cents a Car, which is re-
| ally less than elevator rates.
| Personally We have less iuteres in the
building of this road than any farmer il
the county, but We think tie road ought 10
have the aid asked Tor. We have no grain
to ship, no land to sell, and Uncle Sam de.
livers our papers to our subscribers, and
therefore We think We are personally
wholly disinterested. But We can see
where it is Of great interest to the far
mers. This line If road would place
them in direct communication with the
best grain market in the west-St. Louis
il would ehesleu their fuel and dry good:
and groceries. and st the same time raise
the price Of their grain and stock If the
farmers will study the tject over, they
will soon see why the narrow gauge would
be most beneficial to them. That road
could not pro rate, or combine with the
two broad gauge roads We already have
snd the result would be close competition
which won result IN immense advantag.
10 the farmers.