The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-06
RAILROAD NOTES.
THE LINDsBURG BRANCH.

/ THE LINDsBURG BRANCH.
| Salina Democrat. "A: The County Commits
| sloners, after a review of the Petition for an
| election in smoky View township TO vote
| bonds for the Lindsburg branch, decided TO
| cal an election on the Sd of February. On
| Saturday thirty-tive taxpayers who had
| signed the petition cams TO town and had
| their names erased, leaving just barely
enough names to carry 1t through.
NEw ENGINES.
Topek. B'ade: The santa gFe road has
| lust received, and has now In the yards at
| this place, two narrow-gauge engines, to be
| used on the Denver & hio Grand branch of
/ the road. The engines were built at tn.
| Baldwin Locomotive Works, weigh about -
| tons each, and cost about 5000 apiece. The
1 build Is Just the same as that of the large 50
| ton engine received few weeks ago, only ON
| "A smaller scale. They have eight drive
| wheels, built low, but giving the piston
| good, long stroke. The engines are perfect
| beauties, and the Denver 4 hio Grande will
| be proud of them.
| RAILROAD AFFAIRS IN SMITH COUNTY.
Smith County Pioneer -: As per
| annOunceme last week, the locs-
/ ting committee OF the 81 Joe, Kansas anu
Denver Railroad, visited this place, and on
| last Friday night one of the largest and most
enthusiastic railroad meetings ever held in
| this countryIwas had at the Court House.
W. II. Nelson was elected chairman, and H.
| II. Reed, secretary of the meeting. stirring
speeches We're made by Messrs. judi
son Lyon, e. A. Perry aud ii. l.. v
Harting, of 81. Soc, Messrs. c. Angeyine, u
"A D.
Dean Of CedarvilIe, Messrs. F.. VI. Burr, j. e.
White and several others of this place-sIl
| urging the Importance OF the proposed extern
sion. Before the adjournment vote was
taken of the house upon resolution to vote
bonds, and the resolution was unanimously
adopted meeting of the Board of Drec-
tors viii be called to convene at St
Joe sometime during the first of next
month, on which time IA proposition will be
determined upon to submit 10 the people Of
this northern tier of counties. The two Di-
rectors in this county, VIII u. Jenkins and
X. h. Smith, will be present at the next
meeting OF the Board. There is no longer
any doubt about the building OF this road
1t will be built, and built to Smith Centre
within the next ten months.
THE Mo- r,cIrrr Ex-rExsIox
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nor, ., ,h.. ,,,..o,, Pc, 60, -, g. =,
Confined apd hast ,,a,a,,,, ro.,,s a., ,,,.
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be extended during next summer from paoI.
to Topeka, by way of OSawatomie and Otta-
wa This would give Miami and Franklin
counties direct communication with the
tApii"l OF The state The southwest branch
q! lnts road VIII Tun from faola to
GarEett and through the counties
named above, reaching down into the
great grain and STOCK producing portions of
the state giving a direct outlet to ST. Louis
for the immense agricultural products of
Southwestern Kansas,
IL is said that Garrison, the president of
this road, controls the Wabash line from St
Louis to Toledo, and has formed "a combIna-
tion with Vanderbilt Ia secure an outlet from
Toledo to New FORK, making, If true "a
through line from Kansas to New York
This line will be able to compete for the
trade OF Kansas, Texas, Colorado and the
southwest, and with the extension built
ABOVE men'lohed We expect To see lower
ireights for kansas products
10 make faoia railroad center, giving us
machine shops ana The offices of b the
Topeka and southwest roads. The outlet for
faoia IN this matter II indeed encouraging,
ana our people should begin to take some in
terest IN II themselves.
OBITUARY OF An OLD ENGINE.
Atchison p1fyiof- Standir, all aro,.,, 81,
midst Of the minis or the q = -,
of useIessness is tho old tocor,o,,,,. 80.
ZONE with tvo nj, ,Ir.. oxo,,,,,,.,,, -,
engine IL ona NJ the. ,,,s, 80, a., ,t -,
state. and tho ola tr.r,.. 80, a.. a, -.
stands sbouId no mn, c.r,,,1I,, - A.. -,
of ,b.. ,,co,, 4, has 49,. ~.
tyenty-eieht wears ago mis- .,o,n. 60. ..
the Micnipan Central railway M. sr.., 80
,.nter of the railroad cnr,Iip,,ri,,,, -. -.
,iuc. b.c1rne ft-n1us as tbs. Io,, 70, a, :,
was :, pass.uvsr Iocouotive butt, ~ o.
he mos, n,o,i,.rr and t,,,,,,,-,, -,
N fact WAS The object of several ,,,,, t,,,r,,...
neut. r.. trial ,,.rL.d a, ,'f.
InusuaI sr..d and ,b., .,,,,,,,,. -, -
md fame aIopp the u,cht..r c,,..I g.,
vas .qusiIed hv no ergIp. IN tho c,,,,r,,
n Isl5 IL WAS trs,nsf.rrs,i n, tl,. o.,,tcsoo D.,
InytOu a oufucv rnat ubfcb road ,,,...,to
n IL, extreme voutb and ,b. .,,.to,... -.
n. fir, engtu. "a, mil . ,,a.s.,,,., ,r,,,,, It,,
ne town Of ,;aIesb,r, an ot,, .r,of,..,
d Van p.,,e,, b.,,,o, :, ,n, ,b,,.,,,a o., .
ess a pers,nsye than ysio,Dy y wb...t.,
ue popuIsr A 4 y naster rost,,,.s,o,,.ri,,
cling the eouducfor- Her. m. AntsIone r,-
lived and Increased her re,ufstion a. !. t,.t
unner. and h.cans fa,,ous all cv.rtbev v.,,
! the fastest IocouofIv. .nsi,e Lnourn
ayiny indeed mad. sor,s rs,n.rk.hI.
Ins. As the low road. brau,bsd
AZ, and neyy schemes v.r.
,augursted. the AnteIo,e f,II,Vv.i o,.,o
,inx first In m. I1.vsnvortI, Is,y,.rc.. q
alvesto, ub.r. 4, nrlte,I H.. :, -, ,....,,,,.-
min a,,.r,.,-5s ,h. >,,sso,,-t pi,., r.,
,o,t & GuIf- xbsre q, ns,fo,nsd likes.,-
ce. I'm both r,Iaces p,al.,n, the sa,o.. ,srn,,
nm Etna,Iv in s..nt.,,n.., ts-n ,hs, 80,
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atrhison 10 ,.La ,ar, A., ,h. nr,I,,tne,of
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The To-, ,,,,.-.s,s r,r.,,,,, -. r.,
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p. q, Io.,.,ao,,,,.s 90 ,t,a, a., 40 -.
-. 80, t,o,,,,'I.,,,,. -. -,
: o.. 80 -, o., On. ->.I