The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-11-29

j / ~AANA- - ~ AAAE Alu0G 10 uEAEIAtluU sew
!. erai points cOnciuslvely Go thei
minds. They find that the grade 4
very substantial, the earth belnl
3 thrown up 60 a general level, and thu
: tie trains will not be compelled Il
% climb up earth that should hav,
been cut down, as occurs on some 9th
= or Kansas roads. They find that the
{ mi ms" Ia some places are as high
J q forty feet, snd placed there 10 STAY.
, They lind remarkably few curves aud
a. cOnseqUece n remarkably straight
line Of road. They find eulverts OF
= ponderOus masonry, the like Of which
they had never seen on any other road
IN Kansas. They find tle culverts
large and high, through which men
SIX feet high can easily pass
Friday az shutdown, the exploring
party reached Council Grove, 50
WeaFied as IL be easily persuaded 20
spend the night az the hotel. instead
81 IN camp. That very night a rail-
road meeting was held. Two of the
party were present near the close Ol
the meeting. The affairs uf the COM
pany were presented by Mr.. II. r.
stout, representing the construction
hrm OF {. q. Patterson & Co. u was
found that the. attachments have all
been released and the contractors are
permitted 10 60 on with their work.
Action was being taken az this meet
ing TO re submit the voting Of bonds
70 Morris county, making the PROPOSE
lions similar IN Import % those sub
mitted In Dickinson and Saline cuun-
ties which they were not before. The
meeting was attended by the repre-
sentative men OF Council Grove aud
the greatest enthusiasm la favor nf the
/ road was manifested By all. In fact
/ Council Grove seems to be doing all
Ia Its power % aid It's Immediate con
slruetiOn. The mOneyed men OF the
/ Grove have so much confidence In It's
nnal triumph over all difficulties that
! they are now carrying the contractors
for some s40,O The condition of
things at Council Grove last week WIS
about a. follows: The track wa laid
20 a Mr.. POllard's place-about a half
mile west OF town. There may have
been mile and q half Of track alto
gether. The rails were steel and 50
per cent. better than the rails of the
Missouri Pacific, with which the T.,
:. 4 w. forms a Junction in town. A
Substantial bridge spanhed theNeoshO. I
a water tank hal been put up. A
locomotive for construction purposes. I
bought by Mr.. Patterson OF the Bns-
ton & Albany road, bearing the in I
spring and cheering inscription OF 4
It, ; 4 w. r r." on the cab thereof, T
STOOL upon the track There were
huge piles Of shapely ties and steel I
rails piled up along the track. Ten
Hat ears for construction purposes !
were expected every hour, bat hRi not I
yet arrived. The contract for LAYING
fifteen miles OF track had been let 10
W. L. Spencer, livery man Of COun-
cil Grove. He had already done some
preliminary work. He told the ex.
plOring party be would commence
work in goOd earnest the following
Monday last Monday and that he j
expected u lay half 4 mile 81 track
per day. He was then advertising
for men. Mr. Stout informed the ex-
ploring party that the track would he
laid Ia fifteen mile sections, and that
80 miles would surely be laid by Jan.
lst. 1854; that the work would be
prosecuted through 20 Salina lust a.
last A. possible, but that he could not.
Of course, promise any definite time
for its arrival there; that the AIchison.
Topeka a santa Fe-duFing the Al.
.tm.hment difiiculties-iIad tls,aslif In
several claims held by the contractors
against his rOad, for the purpose Of
hindering It's constructions. but that
he thought money would be forth
coming promptly 10 meet all Of them
when due that Il il perilOus times 10
raise money In the East for railroad
construction. for the simple reasoa
that the eastern people have been 80
often deceived In their western nIl-
rOud investments but that after one
or two sections had been COMPLETED. !
and the I. ). & w had something In
The way Of road to present, they
would have no further trouble In rails.
ing money for construction that Mr.. I
Patterson was fully determined 20
keep the management Of the road In
his own hands, and hence the desper-
ate struggle he has been making. |
This was substantially all the party
learned concerning The rUad. 50
much money has been spent In the
and for material that Il
seems a. " the project certainly can
not fail. IL must either be built by {
the present management or pass into
the hands Of some corporation which
viii build u, because Il II already too
valuable to let Il go 10 decay
The exploring party were pleasantly ,
impressed with Council Grove. They
met number Of the leading men and
lound them very courteous aud wide
awake gentlemen. They were ali
inxiOusly awaiting the time when
.hey should be granted the privilege q
u excurting to SalinR by the T., s. .
\ W. Council Grove has grown re-
narkably during the past few months.
New houses are arising everywhere. / &
The Grove people are blessed with an 3
abundance Of handsome, white stone, !.
md wisely use Il IN Ornsmenting their :
buildings. The court house IL one Of i
he handsome structures built Of &c. q
several business houses have elegant 4,
tone pillars, each cut from one block.
$1,000 opera house will soon be
'uilt. A splendid Masonic temple Is \
nst being completed. 4
Council Grove IL really one Of the !
ID towns Of Kansas. rs foundation Z
latlng way back In the thirties The
VI Mexican trains cOngregnted there. &,
I was where they c0unciled and
Manned before stepping or into the .
There was An Indian
mission there. aud the old mission
Iuilding has been finished into n res
ienee aud h occupied By Mr.. Nun !
ell, editor Of the ReDublican. The (
arty was indebted % the live aud en- n
uprising Mayor Shamleder, 10 the
anker Mr.. Arnold, DR.. Painter.
iessrs Mgnsell. Of the Republican. 4
I'd others for numerous e0urtesies. Il
10 doubt Miller and Tinker have =.
be most pleasant Tecollections Of the
iif ladies who surrounded them AZ =
D oyster festival which they attended
} the late hours, claudesfinely. The Il
ouneil Grove Rsplf6iic1n has rapidly
roWn 10 be one Of the foremost news
apers Of the State. and seems b be re
roperly appreciated By the Grove "a
eople.
The return from the great Explora-
on was commenced IN warm sun ~
nine, Saturday, and the driver who "a
energetic aDd progressive On al
iingss seemed 70 put the same spirit
10 bis team. which sped rapidly
wards the settling sun. Some time ~
fore sundoWn the party reached Ly- IS
% Creek, where they established IA
lmp Miller Tor the night. u was By ~
rocky ford, with an abundance o. ~
God aud water 90 hand and q moai
farming place for q nights ret. A "a
-OsperOus German farmer named
Gorge Cant, living near By. furnished -
ie party with bay for their bedding. .