The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-01-06
Abovt 0s;lrosd Matters.

About Hailr0ed Mattefs.
"Whaf about the new Railroad?"
frequent question propounded b.
farmers. Well. there has been bu
little more developed concerning tn
new railroad project of late. The sur
vey has been completed as far rs Coun
ell Grove from Salina East, and TIN
Topeka surveying part is not far from
Council Grove, moving westward
The Council Grove Republican o
January LIST, contained the following
item concerning the survey:
The surveyors have been progressing
{ slowly during the past week with the
I field work owing to the extreme cold
weather for the past few days. The
| corps arrived within twelve miles Of
this city last Saturday, and came on
here. where they were met by Mr..
Jacob Stafford, general manager. The
engineer corps from Salina Is COM
posed of the following gentlemen
U. p. Hamilton, general manager;
ner, leveler; J. NJ. Taylor, NJ. Bar
"e''e, Saihs IieStoh, oeoise I'm
ming, Z. A. broWn ana TANK Nest-
fall.
Inc survey was competed 10 WIN.
In SIX miles OF Council Grove last
ihursdav, ana II was expected tnat
the last stake west OF TINS would De
driven within the city limits yesterday
evening. Although the estimates are
moi coinpieted, the engineer prohouh-
ces ihe line GOOD one, ana all seem
wen pleased Win the results.
III Is moi known whether the sauna
,mn ;,a Tn ".a luz, vi .,,. un .,n,,I.,
less some distance OH vet. We are not
in "a position To state what will be the
neal , move, ou. Persaine lna., as soon
pleteJ n nronosi,ion will H.. made nv
townships along the route for aid to
the extent oil 5000 or - 900 per mile.
H. ,'. - a ,'a , ~, su.uue eonsiu
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Mr. SafrarJ General nan,aa-
Rossiter and A. A. Downer. of Topeka.
Saiina x Western railroad survey. met
, nui'''I um, "n' III, r,,ia.'- 'ne .1in-
.,.,,,in1, all .t;.i.,,,I -
tiers. Messrs. Hamilton and Stafford
are gray haired men, both active, alert
and zealously interested in the work
before them. They are men who UNI
derstand what they are about. and are
the right men 10 head an Enterprise of
this magnitude. They made n favor
able impression upon nil who met
them.
The Eans,s ci,v fills s..,, =, Lao
'e'! "huch worried over THIS proposed
project and are inclined to do consider
able "kickinpr They have .nternos.
.d so mani oI;o.,;a,r, 49, -.
''''i' w 'he oui'uihs
Oh 'his ROAD tlat an unpreJudice'ip person
cannot help making up his mind
that there /. substance In In. nr,,;.c,
'' '''''' - y w '''use 80 'iiue'' fright
ahiohS the hansas City business men,
il cannot he any one-horse affair. The
following item below taken from, tl,e
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Is Regarded by some people here as an |
attempt to head off the project now on
foot.
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:, ~; ~. =. i>"''s"s eAceP' those living
u mn riiis .i..;
on,r ny Sen snI ,.. WHO mas taken ihe
, a.: ioi wv i,uiurcu iiiiies oi this
u va, y "a, w ,, merchant OF TINS
ah ''io "ho nav INTERESTED
uraJ ~. La,,vn,y tha. ,h NAY, n.e as
~. ny -, J1.," ~. .n"' me! VIII Ger
rnatsr ~nr,;on ns,ho I;nu Wy u .me
IL, III LII .t tne ln. mas peeh
n, 49,, a'i IT, Mme t :. eSac, roa,e can-
Wv, ~. '.om I've EVEN, II VIII pas through
:. C., ,o"ns. S,ar'ins from
.'In...; .ne rou,e lies throuSh
rann,;a IN III ~, u asn,, eou'ly, oen
't nn,,, ~ r aa.,i county. POMONA
&c county. Lyndon in Osaya county.
sage City, Council Grove. Salina and
.incoln Center in Lincoln county,
' "i MnIen i"in, IL = expected 10 eX-
.est direction To- the north line of the
tate of Kansas. Another line start
~ from Queneno will run TO En-
'nmao,I SaI;n u'n vi 'Ie loai "hicn
.an.as CITY Ia included in he cn,tran,
bove referred to, and will be built rs
lst as the work can be done. Besides
,I,,;r ~ MAN. IAN. a connection WIN me
ear rie north Kansas linz co. In"
er, making a short line to the Color
10 capital, the company also have t
"a ,s, en .ne wlue s.riP oi uhoccu-
s Pacific and The santa FL. tnown ~ c
lie Walnut valley, and will probably
,int i'm that vicinity, up the Walnut
yer 10 Pueblo. The capital stock of
The .,i,arn,;ss G =. a
de and of the highest importance IN
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