The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-25
N WIZ 81 BuIII.-
The Kansas City ahd EmpOria asiIrosd
Under Contract.

OuocI OOulI4Sts
yEersk TO be Colaneneed soon. ana an
Road ~ far rs Ottawa 70 be
Pnsled 70 Early Com
Emporis is TO have direct easter
outlet. That Important fact is now as
sured. The contract for the construc
tion of the Kansas City and Emporil
railroad tn Ottawa has been LET, and ".
are soon 10 have the road AS en- indie
pendent line in successful operation
This improvement will unquestionabIy
be Of immense benefit 10 our city, and
will set as far ahead as a community or
that high road TO prosperity upon
which We long since entered.
Il will be remembered that during
last winter the Kansas City and EmpO
ria road was organized, with the follow,
ing directory: H. C. Cross, C. Hood
L. T. Heritage and Van r. Holmes, oi
Emporia; VIM. Martindale, Madt
son; Dr. Swayze, oliyet; Rev
IfcPheior, Quenemo; John Parkinson,
Pomona, and Robert Atkinson, OTTAWA,
with Fl. C. Cross as president Fran
ehises for the road were voted along the
proposed line between here and Ottawa,
and various citizens Of Emporia also
subscribed to the stock. With these
franchises the company began 10 make
preparations for its construction. Ii
was desiIed by many of our citizens
and by the directory of the proposed
road that the Santa Fee company should
take hold Of the project and construct
and operate the road, thus insuring a
degTeeEof substaniiahiliIy and impor-
lance not obtainable If some new com
pany should undertake it. BY others II
was deemed of the highest importance
that a company entirely independent OF
the Santa Fee and Gould interests should
control any eastern outlet 70 be built
from Emporia- -
1t was found by the directory that the
Santa Fe company were so bound mp with
obligations 10 Gould not to BALD new
roads into his territory, that nothing
satisfactory could be arranged with
them, and so propositions We're
made TO a construction company
in New York to undertake the building
of the road Negotiation had been
pending for some time when on Mon
day, the 22d. inst, Mr.. Gross received
telegraphic notifications of the fact that
the New York company had accepted
the terms of the contract offered to them
by the directory. - essea.s.si
President Gross considers the terms of
the contract thus closed as highly
satisfactory, and is of the opinion
that the road will be built by. pos
sibily so early day az January next.
The terms Of the contract require the
construction company to comply with
all the conditions under which the
bonds were voted in the various town
ships along the line, aud the work must
be completed within two years from
date-with steel rails, standard gsuge
and first class equipments in every re-
specific point on the L., L. s. G. road
within five miles of Ottawa, Kansas,
thus affording direct route over. that
road to Kansas City The members OF
this construction company are vouched
for by Mr.. Cross as men of unquestiOn-
able financial standing and are col
lectively and individually bound
by a bond in the sum of $4,000.
TO carry out the terms of their contract
with the directors. $50 -. +. s-seal
Work will be commenced at an early
day on this end of the road and IL will
be rapidly built to the Intersection with
the L., L. & G. near Ottawa Ultimately
it is intended 10 build an entire indie.
pendent line throughout TO Kansas City
Under all the circumstances it seems
that this is very fortunate arrangement
for Emporia. It is probably best that
the Santa Fe company are not interested
in an eastern outlet from Emporia, as
by competition our shippers. are likely
to fare best; and another satisfactory
feature of the situation is that the
Chicago s. Alton company, which a good
many of our citizens would have been
pleased to see undertake the mansge-
ment of the road, will have NO enmIly
TO this new road under its present man.
agement.
Altogether Emporia aud the directory
must be congratulated for the success of
. venture full of importance to our city
and all her people, for that the road will
be built soon there is no room for ques-
ton; for should this construction COM
pany fail to keep their contract the for
fixture of $4,000, together with. the
franchises of the townships, would en-
able the directory to construct the road
themselves.
We congratulate our citizens on their
prospects.