The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-11-30

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With it.
Our country h veil divided: New
England for the n,anufhctsrss and
the west the PRODUCING 0elds 10 feed
them. In this way We need more
railroads to convey the millions Of
bushels Of grain. cattle and hogs to
the main trunk lines, terminating
Just outside the promised land. Kan
sas,. Eastern capital Is being soIie-
tied from all eection Of the west ta
build railroads. and Kansas b getting
her share. All east have their eyes
on Kansas The fact Of having pro-
duced thirty million bushels Of
wheat; one hundred aud seventy mill
liona bushels Of corn and many mill
lions Of bushels oats and rye, In the
aggregate adding one hundred and
seveutv-six millions dollars to the
material wealth Of the State, b no
small figure for them to consider.
These fscfs presented to capitalists
east are having their effect. and Undue
ing them to seek investments In our Sc
curities, which are being "6rr d b. the
present contractor, viz: Mr.. e. q.
Patterson. Of the Topeka, Salina 4
Western railroad. This line of rail
ruad located In and penetrating the
central and most productive part Of
Kansas, Is . matter Of necessity for
nearly two hundred thousand leople
1t Is this enterprise In which our
people are 80 much interested, and
that Is now on . solid and indepen.
dent basis-beiny constructed from its
own resources, Wig: the sale Of its
arst mortgage bonds upon the Boston
aud New England market and the
proceeds applied to buying material
for construction. grading and rolling
stock. There IL no other pOwer-cor.
pOration or anything whatever. behind
II: only the enterprise and energy Of
those who are identified directly with
the west, and the contractor In BOs.
ton whose ability Ii equal to the en-
terprise in every way, to build Us .
first-class road. Contracts made with
the NJ. X. 4 T., or rather the Missouri
Pacific, for the delivery Of iron. ties
aud rolling stock at reduced rates,
give the contractor the advantage of
facilitating his work west Of Council
Grove (of which he has ten miles
graded) He will In = few days let
the contract to or near the east line Of
Dickinson county, to which point the
line will be completed and operated
Is soon a possible. thus afiordiug all
that section Of county an outlet for
business to the Missouri Pacific, which
gives the shipper market to Chicago
by way Of Sedalis, Mo-, St Louis and
Texas. We need not advise the gen
eral public, A. II has for years been
seeking just such an outlet. which
will soon be realized. We will add
further that our contract for construct
ing material Is over the line Of the NJ
p; II also provides for rates on all
kinds of business given that line from
the newly constructed line. The new
line will be built each way from
Council Grove, thus giving increased
business to the NJ. p. II now remains
with the people Of Dickinson and Sa-
line to say whether they will assist us
10 carrying out what We have accom-
plished thus far. 1t Is true our first
fell into the hands of
the Philistines In connection with
the Leavenworth line. which relation
we severed. and we stand today on
solid and independent basis-free from
all combinations Of every kind /; de-
lermined to buiii and operate an in
dependent line. o. P. HAMILTON.