The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-07-09
EMP0RIA AND s0UTHWEsTERN

probably attended more Ksnsas railroad
meetings and written mere railroad
articles than any ether man in the state
is well versed In matters pertaining to
the above named road in which Emporis
is so deeply interested. Hr. Murdoch
has this TO say in his paper. the FL Do
RADIO Republican, in an editorial letter
written from Kansas City, July list:
DEAR REApERs-An of you who are
directly interested are aware that tor
some months q movement has been on
foot 70 build railway from Carbonate,
In Usage county, via EmporiA TO 81
Dorado. A survey was made by the
Union Pacific railway people, the
project talked an and much correspond
ence had upon the subject; and as the
first read stop was taken q few DAYS ago,
looking to the building Of this line, l
will endeaYor to give you ali
the information / have ct my
command. AS l remarked, this new
railway project is about To materialIze.
The Emporia & Southwestern road, a
charter Of which was filed q few days
ago, contempiates line of railway from
Emporia, via the south fork OF the Cot
RADIO 20 the south line of the state,
through the territory to Wichita Falls,
Texas. The board of directors are: Il.
b. Jones of Dss Moines, Iowa; G. Hood,
p. b. Plumb. II. q. Cross, Emporia; G.
+. Morse, w. Pratt, Kansas City; II. 81.
Gardner, FL Dorado. At the meeting of
the board OF directors, held in this city,
Friday, II. 81. Jones was chosen presi-
dent, @. Hood, secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. Jones, president, is president of
three roads in Iowa. Is q railroad man
and will doubtless be the active officer
in the construction of this line. Col. e..
+. Morse Is general manager of the Kan
sas City stock yards company, the stock
OF which is under control of the Union
Pacific railway people. Mr.. Pratt is the
attorney of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf road. nessrs. Hood,
Cross, Gardner and Plumb
are known to the read
ers OF the Republican. Mr.. Jones has
gone to New York, but he will return
in July, and about the LIST of August will
go over the entire line, see the people,
prepare the bond propositions and do
much of the preliminary work. And
here will state two OF the most i'm
portant items Ia connection with this
pOria and commence in the early fall.
Just think OF II! Another railroad to be
on its way To FL Dorado this year. Not
d paper line, but u real substantial road.
1t is not yet determined whether the
route will be north or south of the Cot
t0nwood river from Emporia to South
Fork, but the company are anxious to
make Cottonwood Falls a point. The
line will probably pass down the divide
from Sycamore, which will be good
news TO the bottom farmers of the upper
Walnut. The company will ask about
$500 per mile In bonds and the right of
way from the township along the line
They agreeing in return to build & first
class road. Another feature of the
PROJECT is to put but $4,000
per mile bond on the line If that
will raise enough money to build 1t. Rail-
roads can be built very chesply now and
this company will not put q greater
bonded bebt upon the property than will
be necessary to raise the money TO build
1t. They Will understand that q line
with but small indebtedness can save
money where one with a large debt
will starve. Mr.. Charles Francis Adams,
Jr., president of the Union Pacific road,
is here and will remain several days.
build the line from Carbondale to En-
poria is not learned. However might
say In this connection that the Linn
county road, which Is to run through
the Rich Hill (Mu) coal fields, will
doubtless soon have an Emporia outlet
over the MissourIa Pacific line from LIE
Roy. This will give the Walnut valley
q direct line To the best coal diggings il
the west, which will be advantageous.
No proposition has as yet been made
looking TO the building of the Emporia
81 thwestern beyond Ell Dorado
This will come in proper time. Mr.,
Jones, the president of the road
owns a rAnclE in Sycamore and
has fine herd or cattle there. He in
forms me he is sending out 400 head
more of the best cattle to be found IN
Iowa for his ranch. The readers of the
Republican VIII remember that it said
about sixteen months ago that Butler
county should have line of road from
FL Dorado northwest to Newton or Pea
body, line from Emporia down the
Walnut and line from some point on
the Frisco through the southeast K
Winfield, and to that end it would work
Two of the lines are completed ana the
other is assured. When the Emporia 6
Southwestern is built to the south line
OF the county, We will have over zoe
miles or a million dollars worth of rail
way IN fhe State of Butler. In othel
words, twenty-three or tweaty-four of thu
twenty-nine townships will have one o.
more railways.