The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04


thing to do would be to
have competent engineer, an expert
in his business. make full and
complete estimates as to the cost and
best plans to be adopted. He thought
that we might find that now was the
time To construct a sewerage system o.
possibly we might find that we would
not be justified in doing this at present,
or perhaps II might be evident that we
could at least now construct q basis of
the future sewerage, by certain adapta-
ton of the two natural drains on either
side of Commercial street. Con-
corning the court house the speaker
thought some action should be
speedily taken. He thought as our
bonded Indebtedness was now large the
most feasible plan would be to procure
new site by selling the old one and
levy a reasonable tax. say of two mills,
and thus raise $4,000 to SIS, 900 annu-
ally as court house fund. The site to
be procured soon and the Jail erected
| thereon, and then in the course of few
years % build the court house. He ad-
Vocated means of giving the labor of
Emporia employment and as much of 1t
as possible through the means of public
! improvements.
c. V. Eskridge introduced the follow
Ing resolution:
Resolved, That committee of seven,
including the chairman OF this meeting,
be appointed by the chair, with instruc-
tions to take into consideration all mat
tiers pertaining to the interests OF the
| city, and report through the papers or
| at subsequent public meeting such
course with reference to any or ali ques-
lions as in Its judgment should be taken.
The speaker said the idea was to form
a committee whose duties should be
similar to those of board of trade. He
said he thought the water works should
be removed from below the mouth of
the natural sewer of the city, and so far
up the Cottonwood or up the Neosho as
to draw the water supply from resources
not. contaminated with any DRAWINGS
from the city. He thought the Neosho
river would possibly afford the best
location, partly because the water
would then not have to be
always pumped against gravitation.
He advocated the building of a new
court house and jail, and said that the
people of Emporia, through the COM
mittee to be appointed, should express
their appreciation OF what the Union
Pacific railroad had already done to-
ward building its road to this city.
s. B. Riggs was called upon, but ex
cused himself on account of indisposi-
ton.
DIR. j. j. Wright said that until re-
Gently he had not lived within the city
limits and had felt backward about
speaking upon these occasions upon the
topics in question. He was now one of
US In reality as we'll as in spirit, and felt
at liberty to say more. He SAID ''towns
are made, they don't grow" their prog
ress depending mainly upon the charac-
ter aud enterprise of the people who
start them. He referred to the marvel
lous growth of Kansas City and COM
pared its present population of 5000
to that OF Leavenworth, once rival with
greater number of inhabitants, an in
finitely better location, but without a
people who made the fatal mistake of
falling back on their dignity and refus-
ing to embrace the opportunities which
afterwards were eagerly sought and i'm
proved by the great city at the mouth of
the kaw. The speaker gave a pointed
aud striking illustration of the
success of an interior town, indianapolis,
as big commercial and manufacturing
center with poor natural advantages, a
town located in the mud, in the state of
mud. He referred to the fact that he
we'll recollected when Indianapolis Sc
cured her first railroad-ihe Madison &
l Indianapolis X Rand the remark
made by citizen about getting rail
road, even if 1t did not stop at their city,
namely: IF 1t does go through we will
fix place to catch something" He said
that the people of Indianapolis secured
one road after another till they had
railroad connection with quite every
| county in the state and wholesale men
began 20 locate their business there
because OF the unexoelled
facilities, and their transportation ad-
vantages forced manufacturers to come
there. The doctor said give every posi-
BILE encouragement to the railroads. He
advocated the removal OF the water
works and the employment of home
labor thereby, and by the matchmaking
OF the streets. He thought the people
should at once begin the accumulation
of court house fund by a small tax,
and thus be able to put up the building
with the cash, on cash basis. The fu-
ture of Emporia depended upon the will
Of her people.
j. Nj. McCown made a stirring ad-
dress upon the importance which should
be felt in our commercial interests, and
the efforts which should be manifested
In this direction.
j. K. Graham spoke upon his plan,
published some ten years ago, of q large
building to be constructed and furnished
with motive power, and the rooms rent
ed, with the power required, to manufac.
turing concerns. He said that a diff
Guilty existing in the way OF
manufacturers lay in the fac,
that our moneyed men had
generally declined to invest their capi.
tai in enterprises OF this nature that have
been proposed.
Mayor Whittlesey, being called upon.
SAID that he was in harmony with the
projects to promote EmporIa's welfare.
He gave his ideas upon the water works
saying that he did not believe that good
pure water was TO be procured for tn.
city by either going up the Cottonwood
or up the Neosho, but by means of al
artificial lake which he thought could
be formed. He said that he had re
ceived letter from Russell i Alexander
the firm that had built the Empori,
works, saying that they would nut in IL
miles OF IL inch main pipe and A Gaskl
pumping engine for $27, 600, which sun
Mr.. Whitlesey said was much lowe
than he had reason to expect. Sir. Win,
tleseY appeared to think, as the write
/ understood him, that a IL inch mai,
: pipe was large enough
Rev. DIR. Hendy spoke of the great tn
terest he felt in everything pertaining t
, Emporia's advancement in the wav O
railroads, manufactures ETC., ana sal,
that lately he had spent three month
in the east and that he wa
4 proud to say that in his wide experienc
of cities and towns that he had foun,