The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-27
THE KANSAS CITY AND EMPORIA
RAILROAD
plans Perfected for the Early constrnc.
tom OF This Line.

Plans Perfected for she Early constrne-
ta0n OF This Line.
We are informed by Mr.. FL. C. Cross,
of this city, president of the Emporia
and Kansas City Railway Company. that
Mr.. C. s. Beadle, formerly of Michigan,
who has been appointed chief engineer
of the company, Will arrive in this city
In few days 10 make up corps of as
sistants, purchase teams and other need
ed supplies and will proceed ut once
with the work of establishing the grades
for the proposed connection between
Emporia and Ottawa.
Mr.. P. B. haxson has been appointed
right of way commissioner and will
proceed forthwith to obtain the right of
way for the road, for which funds have
already been deposited. As soon as the
line can be located the contracts will be
let, and orders are already in for large
amount of bridge material. It is pro-
posed TO push the work this winter as
rapidly as the weather will permit and
to prosecute the work of track laying
with such vigor in the spring that cars
will be running between Emporia and
Ottawa by early summer. Mr.. Cross
will have general supervision of the
work, which is of itself q warrant of
the energy with which it will be urged
forward.
In this connection We are also glad to
state that the st. LOUIS and EmpOria
railway company, for which a charter
was filed last winter and which has the
same officers as the K. c., and E. CON-
pany will commence at an early date to
work up the franchises for line run
ming from Neosho Rapids to Mound
City, and thence TO the coal fields of
Missouri, striking the Atlantic and
Pacific some where near ROlla. In
addition to the vast advantage which
such a connection would prove to EN-
poria by reason of the abundance of
cheap fuel which it would furaish
and thus induce the establish
ment of manufacturing interests here, it
will be seen by reference to the map that
it describes almost an air line between
Emporia and st. Louis, thus securing
between the two points the best posi-
BILE carrying facilities.
The first named road will lessen the dis
lance between EmpOria and Kansas
City twenty-five miles, and by avoiding
the heavy grades between here and To-
peka, will make it the main thorough
fare between the termini of the road.
The success Ofthese enterprises will stim-
ulate such boom in Emporia as We
have never had, and advance her to a
position among the cities of Kansas
which will realize the best dreams of
her most sanguine friends.
According to the statement of one of
the witnesses for the prosecution in the
Broadwell case, he was offered 800 by
leading rum-seiler in EmpOria TO
skip" the town. The whiskyites are
ready to employ both money TO corrupt
and threats to intimidate those who can
furnish evidence against them. In
the fight which they are making in this
city against the prohibitory law they
have shown the desperation of their
cause and have gone to such lengths in
its defense as to reveal in q clearer light
than ever before the criminal char
ter of a traffic which is evil continually
and possesses not single fea-
ture to commend it to honest
men and women. The use of
blood money and system of BULLDOG
ing may tempt corruptible and terrorize
timid witnesses, and thus defeat, in some
cases, the ends of justice. But it cannot
subVert the firm purpose of this commu-
nifty that those who live in it shall obey
the law if o proceeding Is required ev-
cry day before the courts to secure its
vindication. The friends of civil order
in Emporia are in earnest about this
matter and the gin singers may as well
take notice and govern themselves ac-
cordingly.