Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-14
TIE North AND SOUTH

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Gate Must be Avoided
Touching matters Of business experienc
shat istrue oeto-day i quite likely to be uu.
rue ofto-morrow. Tie methods of yestcr
ny are found 70 be too conservative for tn
demands Of to-duY. Progress and growti
fzlnnot be guided OF restrained by any rul,
- pas. experience. Il uszd to be aid, by
railroad men, that no trunk line or system o
north and south roads in tho United Statei
woald pay. In some sense that was tru,
ad il was true because Of the rapid devel
9pment Oft west whose only cutie; ant
source Of supplies was the east. But III.
"a assertion is no longer true and the exact
converse viii be true Of the fGiure. The
'nne is coming, Is now, when the south i,
the section TO De developed and The natural
-yohanga q commodities in this country
Nlll be between the north and south as fully
Il not more than between tie east and west
}mong the many great trunk lines Of rail.
4. aty-of this country those running north
su4soath win rank among ;he most impor-
i='t.
The Omaha, Abilene and Wicliita is strict
3 north and south road. II will not only
link the Wheat fields ofthc northwest with
the cotsoniieids Of lower Mississippi siates,-
lnk toe Lakes wiih the Gulf,-but will link
shs fairesi nna richest and most prosperous
section OF the west with both the north and
the south; will link all central and western
ksusss with both New Orleans and Chica-
20 by the most direct and shortest
liaes, giving TO both the producers and con-
sinners the choice OF markets.
Lines Of railway that run from nowhere
TO nowhere, however prosperous the
country trayersod, never amount 20 more
thsn a local convenience. Lines Of road
running from somewhere to nowhere can
9nly become important feeders at best to the
principal tormini. Lines of road running
from somewhere 10 somewhere are always
important, even though the territory tray-
ersad may be poor. But the best lines of
all sae those which run from somewhere to
somewhere through rich territory, for the
simple reason that the through trains both
wuys are not only run lade1ed but also the
local trains. These are yer.r simple propo-
si,icas and very simply statea, but are all
important in the eyes Of the MN who nut
.bier money into railways.
With these explanatory words the EAGLE
desires TO say that FOR ali the cities and the
coanties, all the townships and commune
tiss lying along aud contiguous TO the pro-
posed Omaha, Abilene aud Wichita railway. |
iirat said road will haze a two-foid import
ancc, diving them both northern outlet |
aha a eonuCJ'io4 at Wichita with two COM
prtiug St Louis lines, and aa outlet by the |
foa Smith and Little Rock road 20 the
south The merchants, shippers and pro-
duoers Of the counties and cities named will |
surely find The Wichita connection of as
mach inpeIa;ico ia many respects as that
% the Omaha. Therefore the proposed
north and south inc Is, or wiIl be, in some
respects moro important to Peabody,
Marion Abilene and Clay Center
than 70 Wichita, whose men
gave inspiration 10 The enterprise.
The Omaha, Abilene & Wichita line belongs
20 that class described as not only running
from somewhere 10 Somewhere but il
traverses the great wheat and corn belt of
The state, running through lis middle and
from end to erd. Let any community along
this proposed line between Wichita and the
north line of the state take up the matter of
either their exports or imports, and it will
be found 10 be difficult matter to decide
which, the northern or southern terminus,
viii prove most advantageous TO them. The
Wichita connection viii be found 10 prom
Use for the future as many if not more direct
advantages than the Omaha g. Chicago con-
nection. Bet both vii. DO independent and
Tree Of the Kansas City toll-gate, its restrie-
ions and traffic.
With the Omaha, Abilene & Wichita con-