Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-31
WICHITA WAKES!
How the Northwest Enter
prise was Received.
The Views of Business Men, the Action
Of Railroad Magna,es and . Charter
Filed.

The business men Of Wichita Yesterday
generally, consulted their maps with refer
ancs TO The rslsfivs positions of Wichits
and Northwest Kansas and the EAGLES
proposed line Of connection. The endorse
meut Of the proposed line, as also Of the
abandonment Of The Hutchinson and Nc.
Phsrson schsmes, - fAr as the representa-.
tive Of this paper heard. were well nigh un-
ivsral, everybody conceding the superior
wisdom ~ we'll = IL many advantages Of
the railroad the KAoLx suggested possessed
over either of The other two, both as to the
interests ofthis city and the value Of the line a,
IN Investment Il would not only save TO
this city trade which would inevitably 60
TO The main line Of the Santa Fe but serve
equally wen the townships northwest which
had been dependiag on the Hutchinson en-
prise. Il cuts square through the territory
lying between sAe Santa Fe main line and
tine Wichita = Western line to Kingman, n
territory for II sntire distance from 20 to
IS miles in width and coming not nearer
than Is milss of the main line Of
the Santa Re, except at the
point Of Intersection at Larned.
|. is territory that can be closely identi-
fed with Wichila's trade in no other way
unless ths Gueare should change her tao
tics and - iAll her lines in this section
Of the go and from Wichita and for
wichrsas S4js not likely to happen at
least in t4oGoar future.
As was hlinsted in the EAGLES article of
yesterday. " bad had conferences with rail-
way rasa vikhln the year as to the superior
advsntagnofa Wichits and Northwestern
railway, nd seen letters embracing such a
proposition, but our article seems to have
developed the fact that others of this city
had been consulted and corre.ponded with
on the subject and that in fact an organizs-
ton Of corporation had been agreed upon
and the papers drawn up and signed. How
ever that may be, and it is probable, there
still remains another pointer which, We now,
under the circumstances, feel warranted in
making public. A few weeks ago George
Gould, at the instance of his
father, Jay Gould. in company with
Hays and two or three Missouri
Pacific railway officials, came out oyer the
Fort Scott extension. Since that trip, of
the gentlemen named there has been, we are
told, four or fve trips made 70 this city by
gentlemen connected with the Fl Scott and
the Missouri Pacific system, which gentle
men have, by appointment held consulta-
tons with several business men of this city.
This may be mistake, but from facts in our
possession we are of the opinion that it is
true. If true, then we have no doubt such
trips, including that Of Mr.. Gould and Hays
was with reference TO the construction Of
the identical line shat we marked out yes
terday; and, if true, and there has been, or
is about to be, charter filed, the names in
corporated will make it plain rs to whether
the system named has any interest in it or
not
In the meantime the EAGLE is for any
company that viii give US the Wichita and
Northwestern railway as it is for any COM
psny which will give us the Omaha, Abb
iene and Wichita railway and any company
that will give us the Wichita, Fl. Smith and
Mississippi railway, all three Of which lines
are not only necessary to make Wichita the
greatest city in Kansas, bnt necessary to the
prosperity Of the many communities in this
section of the state that will look to this Is
their iobbing point