Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-10-23
CAPITAL TOPICS.

Inc granQ lOQS0 OF OuQ FELLOWS met al
Topeka in regular annual session in the
state house. There was a special session
held for the purpose of comforting the past
official degrees and the grand lodge degree
on new members. This was done to expe-
dlte business SO that when the lodge con-
vened it could at once proceed to business.
The grand lodge has become an unwieldy
body, too large for the prompt transaction
of business, had it not been for the fact
that the various standing commit es had
the business of the session we'll in hand and
ready to present to the grand lodge. The
regular members of the grand lodge can
sists of delegates from the subor Innate
lodges, numbering when all present 270, and
! most of them were present. Besides this
all past officers are members. with vote
and all other rights except when there is a
vote by lodges. OF these past officers near
ly 200 were present. It was the largest at
tended session of the grand lodge ever held
in Kansas. While there were great many
new members, there was a pretty full at
tendance of old ones. As the evening ses-
sious were devoted to an exempli6 .ation of
the floor work of course nothing was done
that can be made public. The election of
Off Gers resulted, as follows: j. T.
Mcmillan, of Wichita, was elected grand
mater; w. A. German. ,of Fort Scott was
nominated for deputy grand master without
opposition; Governor A. P. Riddle was
elected grand warden; S. F. Burdette was
tawa, treasurer; J. S. Codding, of Louis
vile, grand representative to The sovereign
grand lodge; NJ. p. Ward, OF Topeka, med-
Cal director. Wichita was sci. cted as the
place for holding the next annual meeting.
After installation of grand and supreme
Off cers an adjournment was had sine die.
A petition was made to the board of Rail-
road commissioners on part of Howell
Jewett Co., of AtchisOn, Kan, to institute
condemnation proceedings for the appro-
priation of lands belonging to Mr.. j. G.
Challis. for right of way for spur or side
track to connect the petitioners lumber
yard With the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
and Central Branch railroads, AMI to ap
praise the damages connected Herewith
Howell, Jewett q Co., are engaged in q
large Wholesale lumber trade from Atchison
conducted over the Atchison aud Missorr
Pacific roads. They are compelled to re
move their lumber yards from the site
now occupied by them. It appears that the
only available location rem lining is on their
z grounds joining Mr.. Ohallis' land. This
location would be rendered practically
unless they can secure connections
with the tracks of the companies ramed
above, and this can only be accomplished by |
side track through a corner |
of Mr.. Chaliis' land. A side track as indi- |
Gated seems to be quite as necessary to the |
railroad named as TO Howell, Jewett & Co. |
The board, therefore, decide that permits |
sion be granted to the said petitioners to in |
stitute appropriate proceedings to secure the |
right-of- way by condemnation of a spur or |
vide track over the land belonging to the de-
fendant Challis.
The citizens of Green, Kansas, q station |
along the line of the Kansas Central road,
petition the board asking for passenger
rain service on the road to the station
famed. It ia alleged that the train that
brings their mail is often late and the bust
less men there are sometimes unable to re-
,eive and answer their letters the same day.
The company, in response to the petition,
tates that at present arrangements cannot
'e changed without discommoding a larger
lumber than would he served. As the road
3 not paying running expenses, it is not
'eemsd advisable to increase the expendi-
1ree.