The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-01-18
wHAr LE.A.KRENcE vs. DoLNG.

L
fPfentis, in the Atchison Champion.
telIslhe following interesting story of the
troubles Lawrence las experienced, and
| what she is dpipg 70 help herselfsiT q,
Every KAnsan familiar with the his
| tory Of his stale has warm SIDE tor
| Lawrence The old town played u
glorious part in the old lime, andf wAs =
controlling force IN politics, and Jim
Lane and Sid Clarke were. bUtl bosses.
and both lived there, and 10 be Inv
renee man was like. being Roman
Who ihsihe classic era1was bigger man
than Q king.
LaWfthGe accumulated much glory
and the newspaper name Of Historic
| City, and the State University, but
| picked up q great quanLIIy OF i'll luck.
The HQfdeF ruffians made great deal
of trouble, and Quantrell burned and
murdered; and il was bad medicine to
the end of the war, and then Lawrence
Wentlin big on railroads aud voted bonds
With reckless prodigality, and there
never. was town 80 cbisseled and
gouged and skinned and peeled; and
disembcweled; and cleaned out; and
reviled aad dispiLeially used and spit
upon by railroads as was Law
renee Thg KANSAS Pacific headqnar-
tiers were fixed there; aud the shops OF
the company were "a, be .lGieAted there /
aud after indhcihg 3 gentlenlah 10 erect
building expressly for their Offices the
Kansss Pacific ouEnt moved la Kansas
City, and no shops were ever bnilt The
Leavenworth, Lawrence g. Galveston
road was Lawrence institution, and in
tine lett abe town u suck its thumbs,
moving event as then little shops 10 the
village of Ottawa, aud leaving Lawrence
on astab.' traversed BY tie, nnass tntSeis
Of trains kthe slowest EW s'sEcd6hbae-
lions" Then the Town put its money
into road 10 Carbondale, and the~Toad
was left unused. and an attempt was
made by the company TO tear up its
tracks, step which was only prevented
by legal proceadings In; Usage county,
and so, alter al her expenditure, Law.
renee was left without decent depot;
swithoul shops -withQuta abroad Of
:tice t. khOE for il. sN5t EEfngls pledge
smade byarah todl noIhpARy sbgt what
was broken.
With this state of things the business
men Of Lawrence begau7td leave; Ride
faour ElBAer. Wool SsRd lFaxon & Go.
and many other firms went 10 Kansas
City. The town seemed about 10 be de-
populated but one instItutioa seemed 10
flour ishI the UnivsrsiLt.1 4 tlN2l
1t is gratifying 10 hook over the issue
of the Lawrence Journal OF December
i slst 9 ss that 94eEi is e y l9e P'
In 1881 the population of Lawrence
had fallen of as ompared with 1879.
fThe increase IN 1888 was grealer than
Anany .sik pteeShB yeas.
In the year 1882 u large paper mill
was built; straw lumber factory set
going Win evidences Of prosperity, y
three story shut factory completed, and
a chemical factory opened. The box
and basket factory added three buildings.
Even the railroads, or Il railroad, did
something. The Atchison, Topeka 81
Santa Fe company commenced fine
depot, intended to be the finest single
depot in; the state, and also began opera
tions on freight depot, and train and
stock yards. The LeavenwoTth, Law
renee s. Southern (Galveston) road COM
ing under the control of the Santa Fee,
the gepesat offices Meea.brought hsRk4o
LawfeA - In the st9tef Kansas
they tanE, andSsAis the IS
they sntl be.
All kBc come 4 ID ON th 5
Circumstance ihatEm . named q
conceived the idea that the water power
of the Kaw river could be utilized
The river proceeded to wash out Mr..
qessfiessfas if the citizens had voted
ii 500, 900 in bonds not 10 do it. Earl
ing grded up his garments and fed and
we do not know whether he is alive or
not; hut his project lived, and through
all the gloomy Years when moi "a Eesis
dent was being added the population
and not a new house was being built in
the town. the struggle to harness the
Kaw went on, and il has succeeded.
1t is matter OF certainty that Law
zence euuid have se4It large Eamher Of
commnt9ea 10 Z. Interview railroad
magnates in the east without
bringing about these results. They were
brought about by 4 steady purpose on
the part of individuals to establish man.
ufactories In the town. To Lawrence,
and Lawrence alone, is due the credit OF
her revival, which isno spasnIodtc affair
either.
In ennmcfating the new features nj
Lawrence we might have dwelt on The
new opera house, bur the average Atcti-
son man is SO Sensitive and sore on This
point that we do Not care 10 irritate .
wall StahliSha1 tsraU