The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-09

lily OF getting any line OF railroad, To-
Gated to this city, which may desire to go
beyond it, without giving a right OF
way through the city, to such road, as it
is impossible to build q road to the city
from the south or east, and then run the
same around the city on the south or
north, SO that such road can pursue q
course west from the city. We under
stand that some of the opposition to the
granting Of this right of way is based
upon the proposition that there is yet
room upon Third avenue for one more
track. 1t seems to Us that this PROPOSE
ton Is wholly impractIcable when con-
slderation Ii had of the following OBJ
jections:
First-It would be impossible to do
the business of such q road at q place
like this upon one frank.
Seeond-H you could possibly crowd
the business of such a road upon one
track It's business and that of the Santa
Fe would practically obstruct all passegU
OF Third avenue.
Third-Such a track would have to be
on the south side of Third avenue, and
where, in such case, could there be q
| passenger and freight depot so located
e. TO enable the company TO do its busl-
ness on this one track at each depot?
FOurth-Such track would have 70
cover the Howard branch and ali the
tracks at the mouth of the yard of the
A, 7. 8 8. F., on the west side OF
West street.
Therefore it is apparent to every
one that, as the A., T. s. s. F.
have the prior right, 1t would have the
absolute right 20 dictate The time, con.
ditlons, and circumstances OF trains on
the road, crossing their tracks and
yard, and that it would have to have the
right to operate all trains crossing its
yard and tracks there through its own
train dispatcher and yard master, which
would of itself place the power of so OBJ
structing and annoying this road, in the
hands of its rival, the A. T. s. s. F., that
franchise through the city on Third
avenue would be practically worthless.
1t has been claimed that this was SIM
ply another scheme of the A. T. 8 8. F.
to obtain more right of way through the
city. This claim Is punctured in a mo.
ment by view OF the situation.
The a. T. s. s. F. has built a new pas
senger depot at q cost of about 100000
1t has also just flushed moving and re
modelling its freight depot at q cost Of
$4,000. It has has the best yard
and round house on the line
of its road located at this point, which
has cost It over $50, 600. Now the new
road Is willing that the franchise shall
be granted to it upon condition that it
shall locate its freight and passenger
depots within two blocks of any desig
mated point on the. line OF its road
through the city. This beng the case
is It not absurd To think that the A, T.
& y. F., for the sake of another track
would build q new freight and passenger
depot at this point Again, by taking g
map OF the city and remembering thai
the land west of the west ends of South
First and Second avenues has been in.
corporatsd il the city as an addition tC
| it, is will be seen that road running
along First avenue could not possibly
get to the yard and round house of the
A., T. s. s. F, without crossing WesI
street aud other streets over which nc
right of way is asked and which the city
council would always have the power
to prevent.
Again, this right of way as asked il
from the west end Of First avenue to the
extension of South avenue and along il
Now is anyone foolish enough to sup
pose that the A T. & 8. r. would
want any additional track through the
city which would not lead to its yard
and round house at the west and which
would only connect with any other tract
belonging to it by interesting ct righl
angles the track ofthe Howard branch
We have given the above as some of tbs
reasons why this matter should be favor
ably acted upon by the city council. VIZ
honestly believe that the building O
this road would nearly double the popu
lation of this city through Its direct anC
indirect influence upon it.
One has only ID learn or rememheI
the history of LeaVenworth, in order Il
realize the vast importance OF this Ques
ton to Us and TO our interests. An errol
IN this matter would be one
from which the result TO the city
would be irrsvocable. It would b
la declaration 70 all FaIlroadl
contemplating building IN our direction
that they need not come to rs. In view
OF the many reasons Tor prompt and
right action, we hope that no mans In
diyiduai interests will be allowed TO con
troll 50 important question efeeting the
general welfare of the entire CON-
munity.
We understand that this question
must be at once determined, as the
parties who are TO construct the road
must know ct once whether the road Ii
coming TO Emporia or going elsewhere
as the time in which it has to be bull
through Coffee county in order TO re
ceive its bonds is limited