The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-13
JAY GOULD AND WICHITA.

A thousand men could not do all that Il
charged to and claimed for Jay Gould. but
that he is a pretty lively chap seems quite
certain. If all that the papers say about him
is to be believed, he owns the whole country
one day aud is fattened paupcr the next.
He is quoted as being both for and against
| about every scheme, political or otherwise,
that ripples the sensational news currents Of
the day. But that he il getting ready to
make himself felt in Southern Kansas, We
think no longer needs TO be questioned.
There is over one.half Of the shipments Of
Kansas, both to and from, of which his sys-
TEN OF roads gets little or nothing The Chi
cago papers announce that Gould has pur-
chased the controlling interest Of the Frisco
line, with which he will make things lively
for the A.. T.. 4 S. F., SO for as this portion
of the State is concerned. Another report is
to the effect that he will extend the Holden
Branch Of the Missouri Pacific to Wichita,
and on southwest. This Holden Branch
leaves the Missouri Pacific at Holden, and
strikes Kansas sixty miles south of Kansas
City, ending at present at LIE Hoy, n the
NeOshO river, which latter place is about no
miles northeast OF Wichita. The proposed
extension would prove wise and profitable
one. we have no doubt. 1t would take in the
wick. a telegram from Eureka last Friday,
says that Judges Spriggs and COiran were
there with written authority from Supern-
tendent Talmage, TO secure the right of way
through Greenwood county for the immedi-
ate extension of the Missouri Pacific. A
public meeting had been called for last Mon
day to consider the matter. A dispatch from
EldOradO last week. says parties represent
ing Gould were there, and that they ANNOUNCE
ed il the proper encouragement was given the
Missouri Pacific Branch would be extended
from its present terminus at lie Roy to the
Arkansas river. 1t is claimed that such ex-
tension through here and on southwest ena-
bles a southern and Pacific connection on
the Rio Grande, 175 miles shorter than by
any other route.
Since writing the above, we are in receipt
of letter from a prominent gentleman well
posted in the railway matters Of Kansas, who
says that he has information that Gould fail
ed to get controlling interest in the Frisco
line. and that he will extend the lie Roy
Branch on southwest, and that Judge Spriggs
aud other parties would be in " iclIita in q
few days. 1t confirmation of that we clip
the following from the Commonwealth Of
Tuesday:
On yesterday there was filed in the Office
Of the Secretary of State here by Alfred En-
mis-, Esq. of this city, the charter Of the Kan
sas, Arizona and Pacific Railway Company.
The incorpora.ors and directors are Archibald
A. Talmage, James A. Hill, Charles G. War
ner, Thos. J. Ports, s. T. Emerson, and
Charles N. Hays. of st. Louis, Missouri; Al
fred Ennis, Of Topeka, Kansas; and VIM.
Spr,ggs and VIM. a. johnson, Of Garrett,
Kansas. all men connected with the Missouri
Pacific Railway Co. The capital stock is ten
ton. as stated in the charter. is to construct,
acquire. own. maintain and operate a rail-
way, and telegraph lines in connection there.
with. commencing at the city Of lie Roy, in
Coffey county, Kansas, thence running SOUTH
west through the counties of Cohev, Wood
son, Greenwood. Butler, Sedgwick, King
man. Harper, Barbour, Comanche. Clarke,
Meade, Seward, Stevens and Kansas, in the
State of Kansas. TO the west line of the State.
a distance Of four hundred miles. The bust
ness of the corporation is 10 be transacted at
Osawatomie, lie Roy or Wichita, Kansas. 1t
is said that the work will be pushed with all
possible speed.