The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-05-22

people here are pleased that they are
going t. have the A., & S. F. railroad
down this tay Hope you will get the
St. Louis rod. Mr.. Mulvane was down
in Gore towDshipla last week TO ask the
right of way for his road. 1t was
promptly secured to him by the people.
Colonel Forney, who made the best
railroad speech at Littleton last fab that
ever heard. was on Dog Greek last
week. l said. "Coloncl, did you sec
the letter in the EAGLE calling me a
iar?" ssWhy-ycs, yes .sWeil," 1
said, ssif had seen that in the London
Times l would have known you wrote
it,. "Well,- said he, suppose you had
read it in a Hostetter's Bitters Bottle
Almanac r. never let on heard him.
would have told him that I should
trust to the bitters to punish the author,
but didn't think of it for two or three
days after that. The EAGLES CORE
spondent dropped into the Littleton
school house just as Mr.. Mulvane, of
Topeka, arose to address the audience.
He said: al did not come here this
evening to make you a spread eagle
| speech, but to talk business. ] repre-
sent the A., T. & S. +. II. II. Co., and
we are going to extend our road
from Wichita, [Cheersl and unfortunate
~, perhaps, We cannot build our road
in the air but are compelled to build it
on the ground, [iaughterl and after we
have built on the ground you fellows
will find it and make us pay taxes on
our road and rolling stock. Cheers.]
Now then, know that many of yOu
believe that railroad company has no
soul. (Some one in the amen corner
said, ''Then what's tlie.use spendin' SO
much breath DAMN of 'cm:') [Great
laughter.] Well, there are some things
I cannot tell. This morning l was com
ing along the river and saw man fill
ing saw, and every time he drew the
file across the saw it made loud and
squeaking noise. l could tell that by
drawing the file across the saw he made
the saw sharp, but could not tell what
good the squeak did, or what it was
for. Laughter.l Voice from the crowd,
why, the squeak was to let people
know he was sharpening his saw.( Loud
laughter.] My friend, that is an intelli-
gent answer. Now l can see of what
use are those men who are always OPP
posing and abusing our road-it is to
let people know we are building rail-
road. [Chccrs.] That we started our
road from Atchison and run away out
to EmpOria, ON the frontier, and then
we run down the Cottonwood, and we
finally struck this great Arkansas val
ley. [Chcers.l We followed up this
great valley and drove the buflaloes and
and wolves before us until we have
passed its fountain head and have pene-
trated the mountains and are pushing
for the Pacific Ocean. [Cheers.] In our
rear are arising as if by magic towns
and cities, and farms, happy homes-an
empire. Loud cheers.] We have built |
to Wichita, [cheersl and now we are
going to build down and lay the last tie |
on the line between Kansas and the In |
dian Territory, and as soon as we can
get the right of way through the Terri
tory we are going on south. Loud and
continued checring.] Now, what want
to know is: do you want this road in
and through your township, and will
you cordially invite us 10 come! I'VE
will, and laughter.l We have surveyed
a line down along the river and across
this beautiful stream just abOve-DOg
is the name of the creek is ii not? "a
voice-nO Creek is the name of the
dOg) [Laughter.] We have another
line east of here and running down
Wild Cat Creek-(a voice, POlecatel
Polecat, that's it. Gan old granger
standing in the aisle in shirt sleeves and
yarn suspcndcrs buttoncd on the hind
breeches buttons square between the
remarked "That is the kind
of a cat it is. loud laughter.l Well,
you see, other parties are wanting this
road, and | am here to see what you
will do for us. cannot entertain less
than the right of way and
forty acres of ground for depot" 1t was
given. DooLIrrLE.