The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-28

hat you vote $1,000 per mile for thirty
piles. making $3.50 600. in % years op.
rating of the road the total amount Of
'Snds would be paid, with the accrued
interest, by the taxas paid by the COM
,sny. In lieu Of bonds the company
Will Issue stock. The stock in q branch
inc would never amount 70 much, but
IN the Chicago. Emporia g Southwestern
{ would be on theI main line and valu
lblc. We propose TO make Emporia
ne end of our line from the Missouri
river and travel from here southwest.
II you will vote rs the bonds and sub
scribe the stock you Will get the stock
Of the road; If not built you will merely
lose the endesvor.
Mr.. Jones then went on u say that the
company had 10 employees to electioneer
nor work for the proposition. It Was !
submitted to the people o. the county as |
9 business proposition upon Its merits, |
and he set forth in clean and compre- |
hensiYe language that it would be to the
advantage Of The people 70 assist the en-
teFprise. That the sctiYe steps being
taken by tho SanFa Fe. and the opposI-
ton they made TO the Chicago, Emporia
s. Southwestern, clearly demonstrated
that the two lines had nothing IN concert
The Santa Fe leo he had been Informed)
had promised farmers TO erect depots on
their farms, and If this was carried out .
depot would have to be erected on every
other forty acres. That the Santa Fe
had offered to give bonds in certain
amounts to the townships in Butter
county, TO be forfeited If the road WAS
no. built, and that the Santa Fe company
could afford to forfeit $25.0OO to every
township in the county could they con-
troll the territory and thus prevent CON-
petition. Mr.. Jones then thanked the
audience for their kind attention, and
withdrew.
Col. II. @. Cross was then called upon
and addressed the meeting seeting forth
III concise terms the advantages TO be
gained by securing the Chicago. Empo-
ria s. Southwestern railroad to run
through the city. He said that at no
time was the tide OF prospective pros
perity TO Kansas so great as at present,
and that the opportunity should not be
thrown away. That Mr.. Jones came
with letters from capitalists and rail
road men of standing and that there
was money enough behind the road TO
build it; that the people of Emporia
could not afford TO let the chance slip by
them again as they did two years ago.
The town needed boom and here was
an opportunity for it TO receive it; that
every man that owned q dollars worth
of property IN Emporia was interested In
it; that its success was of vital interest
TO every lsboring man in the.community.
Mr.. Cross then pointed out thar the idea
of the Santa Fe being interested in the
erection of q competing line running
almost parallel with 1t and sweeping its
territory. was preposterous; that the
Chicago, Enporia s. Southwestern would
in no way run 30 as to contribute to the
Santa Fee; that the construction of the
road would open up the northwest par
of our county and give Emporia, its nat
ural market, an opportunity to receive
its trade; that the company brings intC
the county taxable property, that will, II
time, more than pay the bonds and ado
an increased revenue, that would flow
into our treasury.
Major Hood followed Col. Cross ant
in few we'll put words described the
advantages to be gained by the building
of the new road.
Judge Pevton followed the major. ad
dressing the audience IN an impressive
manner, showing the benefits TO be de.
rived from the building of q new road
into Emporia
Mr.. Jay moved that committee Of
five be appointed to confer with the
officers Of the road.
| Mr.. Scott moved to amend the motion
by making the committee to consist oil
fifteen, giving one representative from
each township in the county and one
from each ward of the city.
Mr. Graham made Q few remarks
touching upon the substance of the prop
osition to be made and certain points
that ought to be developed aud required
by the committees.
Judge Cunningham moved to amen d
by having each township and ward
select the representative on the commit
tee for conference. This was objected
to on account of the amount of time that
would be necessarily consumed. Mr..
Finley made some remarks touching
the powers of the committees and the
points that should be properly guarded
Mr.. Cross replied TO this, stating that
when the proposition Of the road, which
was a bona fide enterprise, was
submitted to the people, all the steps
that were necessary would have been
taken by the committee to guard the in
terests of the people, and if this was not
done the people by their votes could
remedy it. A motion was made and
carried tina. the chairman appoint the
committee The following committee
was then appoinied:
First wards B Riggs.
Second wArd-L D Jacobs.
Third ward-I E Lambert.
Fourth waTd-W w Scott,
Emporia townshIp-W s Jay.
Pike tow0ship-A A Alien.
Americas township-J 3 Gibson.
Jackson township-M Mulconery.
Elmendaro towushIp-G w Sutton
G inter- township-W T Stokes,
Waterloo township-F NJ Weaver.
Ivy township E Wallingford.
Reading toWnship-Wm Phillips.
Agnes City toWnship-D W. Lsvell.
Fremont township-P B Maxson.
The committee TO meet At the Hotel
Coolidge, Wednesday, at o'clock p. m.
The speakers were each heartily ap-
plauded during the meeting. The audi
eDce was qrite large and seemed to take
4 g:e4t deal Of interest in the proceed
ings. The meeting then adjourned.
The meeting was remarkable for the
able and fair manner IN which the pro- |
ject was discussed, and will be pro-
ductvc OF good results in thus placing
the matter before the people.
PROF DANIEL HUME.
The "spiriIuar seaDce at the opera
house last evening was we'll attended |
the house being crowded with people |
who either claimed TO believe in the
power of the supernatural, or came out
curiosity to see one Of the greatest medi-
ums ever before the public. Professor |
Hume in his opening speech said that
himaalf ana asaistanta y-ould give their