Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-31
UPON ITS FEET.

The Wichita an Colorado Railway.
The infant is born and christened, and
under the fostering care Of the St. Lonis,
Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad Company,
will, We believe, soon quit the environments
of psper-rsilwsvs and enter the domain of
trafc-rosds, and, BY January, 1886, will be
operated in connection with system of rail-
way that, to say the least, had the good for
tune TO enter Wichita but q short time be-
fore freights cheapened, and Wichita started
on its present boom.
The Fort Scott Road has witnessed our
greatest growth, and the people Of our civ
justly give it much credit, and il is with
pleasure thst we chronicle the fact that its
yice-president and general manager, and its
chief engineer, are spokes in The wheel soon
to roll over the EAGLES route" from wich-
its in nosthwesterly direction, tapping
both the Santa Fe and Kansas Pacific, giving
US competition west, adding wealth and
glory to Wichita.
All roads once led to Rome, and if Wichi-
Ia and her adjuncts will .tend" strictly 10
'thelr kitten" though we may
be short on final balancing of ledger
a reformstory and methodist college, we
will have railroads enough to keep the year
ly balances in our favor and become the
railroad center Of that portion of the rail-
road territory lying west of Kansas City
and east Of Denver, which centers now on
those points There must be. ere long, Q
center between those point and Wichita
must not let her present prosperity puff her
up and cease 10 work. That victories be-
come defeats by being abandoned in q mo-
ment OF exultstion is 3 military truism.
To borrow phrase from Gambetta, we
must work, and still work, and forever work
if final success is 10 be ours"
We want wealth, substantial wealth. that
IN building itself up. builds us up railroads
and in years TO come, when Wichita shall
have spread itself from the mill-race to Big
river on the south. from College Heights 10
the big slough or the west, as it viii if we
work, still work, forever work" we will
forget the cost, toll and trouble necessary to
produce the aggregated, glorious and final
result
This is Wichita-our Wicbita-the SYNONYM
Of brain, energy. industry, enterprise and
pluck. Goo bless her. Were proud of her.
We have witnessed her ups and downs, her
depressions and prosperity, and we believe
that every man in Sedgwick county Is as
proud Of her as we are and will help To build
her up to be the commercial and rsilrood
center of Kansas.
The charter Of the Wichita and Colombo
railway company is before us. The charter
members are: ]. w. Miller, n. S. woods.
n. +. Niederlander, NJ. w. Levy and Kos
Harris. Mr.. Miller built the IT. Scott nail.
way from Wichita to Anthony and branch
from Eldorado to Newton. Mr.. Woods has
been chief engineer Of the road from the
Flint bills west. They know all about how.
when and where TO build road. and the
TACT that they are At the head of this road ~
guaranty Of good faith and ultimate suocs.s.
The other gentlemen named are known
throughout The city and country as pruden,
successful business men and need no recor,.
mendation.
We are informed that if the people along
The line Of the road extend to this railro.d
the aid heretofore extended to another Nil.
road mot built, that this railway will reach
the west line Of the county by January, 1855,
and push west and north from some min,
on the line early next year
We have no hesitancy 10 saying that this
project has our unqualified endo,emep,
and confidence.