The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-10
TIE RAILROAD BOOM.


Daring tn. past week Z feop'
were more or les enthused owe. q Ee'
railroad enterprise which ~as present
ed TO them by the officers Of the Chlca
90. Nebraska, Kansas & Southwestern
railroad company, ~i,o we're here u
the giound AMI ~ho came To ge; al
expression from our people on the lin'
proposed. Among the distinguishes
party were Judge John NJ. Galloway
attorney and solicitor; &. B. finney
chief engineer. both of Fort Scott
Kansas; }. L. GilhAm vIc~e-presIden'
and 4. l. stone. director. of Eureka
Kansas. Tneee gentlemen were IN the
city the greater portion Of last week
and having made their business knows
u public meeting MAS called Tor satur
day evening at CsTys opera house
where quite a number of our mos
enierpri>ing business men assembled
and organized the meeting by calm.
Col. ;. ;. Prouty to the char, anc
naming ID. NJ. frost As Secretary. The
chair briefly stated the object Of the
meeting, and as there Wa. y gentleman
present who could more fully explain
Judge Galloway was called for. aud IN
n speech OF ove AN hour Very fully sci
forth aud explained tho object and
purpose of the new Iai road enterprise
The substance Of Mr.. GailuwAy's re-
marks We're.
fir,t.-lhat the main obje., Of the
new undertaking Was to cuunect by \
thrO,gn and independen, line of road
the great railway systems of Nebra-ka
with those systems Of railway IN Tex
as which are already poIrting theiI
lines AID extending them Ia a north
aud north westerly difec.ipn towards
the Panhandle.
lhis company proposes To construct
a line OF railroad from "A point IN Ne
braska OH the Republican rIyer, At Red
Cloud, Ia Webster county, IN a gener-
ally souih-westerly direction through
western Kansas, crossing the Arkgn-
"a nver a, Dodge City and thence IN
. southerly direction To the south lane
OF the state 10 a point west OF the lUtt
MERIDIAN, thence across the Neutral
Strip, II distance of about 35 miie-
thence into and through tue Texas
Panhandle. making its southern con
nection with the already established
| Texas railway systems. The estimat-
ed length Of this line is approximately
| 500 to $50 miles. Once That this line
is constructed il will ahord-in con
nection with the Nebraska and Iowa
roads-an independent and valuable
competing line Of road for ali western
Kansas. western and southern Texas,
eestern New Mexico and western lu'
dian Territory, directly to the Chitaso
markets.
Such q line would command the
great cattle trade OF Texas, which seeks
the northern grazing grounds and al
the mn time traverse In western
Kansas rs fine all agricultural country
AS lies west Of the Mississippi river.
Mr.. Galloway said that he believed
that all that WAS necessary to induce
capitalists To invest their money IN TIL,
enterprise, 80 as To lnsur Its constrcu-
ton, Was To show them the GER
tain ..sndSwonderful of the
country To he trAversed by this line:
the advantages of Its northern and
southern connections; the entire prac-
ticabili.y OF building such a line, with
easy grades and at moderate cost for
construction, AID such degree Of con-
hdence upon the part OF the people
Vac live upon the line that II would
succeed, As would be manifested by a
Willingness To- take upon themselves
some part of the fisk AID cost OF the
preliminary work.
Mr.. Galloway said that railroad
building now was not a matter OF sent
inient. that he Mas nat here on a mis-
SION OF philanthropy. but as a repre-
sentative of capable railroad business
men oil Kansas 10 present a clean, cold
cut business proposition H. tine busl-
ness men Of this city, inviting them To
It's fair consideration upon it, merits.
and If they thought well Of IL 81 join
hands with the gentlemen OF this or.
g%aniZation and aid Ia accomplishing
through united efforts final success,
from whi,h II achieved, all would reap
substantial material benefits.
Dodge City L. made ti,e headquarters
and principal place Of business Of the
company, and when the road Is COM
pleted. with Its general offices here.
Dodge City will occupy the same favor
able position to this road that Topeka
does to the Santa Re.
After the Judge had compIetnd his
remarks others were called upon To
address the meeting, and the first to
respond to the call was Hon. q. NJ.
Hoover. who said the only speech he
had to make was TO announce that he
would subscribe 500 towards aiding
the enterprise. Hon. L. y. Wright
followed with ffty dollars more. which
was continued until nearly five hun
dred dollar were sut- crIbed. On mo
ton. q. NJ. Hoover, X. NJ. Wright and
1. 5. Jones were appointed . commit
tee of three TO canvass our citizens for
other subscriptions, Meeting then adj
jourued.-Lire Stock Joaraa!, Dodge
City, Kansas.