Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-18
MORE RAILROADS.
The Santa FEES Plans Out
lined.
The Agreement Not 10 Invade Territory
OFF, Which Means Every Road
for Itself

That which alone can speedily develop
central and western Kansas 10 their maxi
mum importance in wealth, population and
productive powers is railroad building. A
boundless expanse of rich soil capable Of
the most wonderful results, but destitute OF
fuel and building timber, and of any but
the most primitive means ofmoving to mar
ket the almost spontaneous productions,
there is no other agent but that of railroads
which can be made TO meet the wants and
demands of the vast region named. gen.
eration Of time and immense annual sur
pluscs win, of course, compel the construc-
ton OF roads, but the spirit and methods of
of the men who are settling up the great
belt alluded TO, will not wait for such a pro-
cess or contamination. Now is the accepted
time with them, and to enjoy the fruits of
their own enterprise and labor rather than
to put them of to another generation, is the
leading aim of their thoughts and lives.
From Topeka dispatch printed elsewhere
1, will be seen that the Santa Fe people pro-
pose TO take the field in this interest, and
which, in short. is also their own interest.
1t is proposed by that company 10 traverse
large tracts of territory in central and west
ern Kansas with branches of their road.
Some of these lines will be directly in the
interest Of Wichita while others will not.
But none of them will harm her present or
future prospects or calculations. The con-
struction Of the line from kiowa along the
southern tier of counties TO Trinidad; the
extension of the road from Kingman to
Dodge, with branch southwest into Com
manche and Mead counties, and even the
Denver extension, will all redown TO
the best interests of Wichita, II, and we want
10 emphasize the if. III Wichita but secures
additional trunk line or independent lines
from the east SO that she will be prepared to
meet the jobbing trade that win be called
for along these lines and newly developed
territory.
The readers of the EAGLE will bear us out
hat all this is but the dswning of results
and consummations fer which we have been |
working and writing, and that only in the |
hopes OF the Inauguration Of such policy |
al an early day did we fight the threatened
railway legislation of last winter. Dull in
decd must be the comprehension of that
man who can't see that the putting of |
railroad into every county in central and |
western Kansas would cause this state, at |
one grand stride, 10 reach the wealth, popu-
alton and importance of the foremost states
n the Union.
While we entertain no doubt as to the in
entive which is urging the great Santa Fe
o the expenditure of such vast sums of
money, most heartily do We congratulate its
Management upon the resolution reached.
hey will by this work not only strengthen
nd render more magnificent and profitable
heir own system but cause other lines TO
o the same thing, all of which must result
d n new and powerful Kansas whose center
{ Importance shall be two hundred miles
rest of the Missouri river bottoms, whose
owns viii be great, whose farming districts
ch and prosperous and whose civilization
Ill be a wonder.
Evidently ali agreements not to invade
ich others territory are of. How much of {
factor the EAGLE has been in bringing !
bout this new order Of things we leave with i
5 readers TO say.