Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-11-24
Railroad from the Worth.

The probability is that the county oil
Barber will soon vote on the propo sition
to grant aid to the Kansas j. Panhandle
railroad. This is the road mentioned
last week, and the week before, that
proposes entering this county from the
northeast and going to KiOwa by way
of Medicine Lodge. AS then stated, a
line of subsidies has been voted from
Council Grove TO mics south of King
man 10y way of Marion and HalStead.
The enterprise is in the interest of the
Mo. Pacific system, at least its pro-
jectors so claim, and they express will
lingDesS to furnish a guarantee that
such is the fact.
Capt. Almond, of Kingman. and Mr..
McCullagh, of Independence, the latter
secretary of the Kansas and Panhandle
railroad company, were here last week
and from here went to Kiowa. Later
in the week, on Saturday, the two
Messrs. Foster, of Independence, Kas.,
one the president of the company, were
here and had consultation with the
Medicine Lodge board of trade with the
following result: The members of the
board generally expressed the belief
that this township would vote aid to
extent of $1,000 per mile, or that the
county would extend aid to the amount
OF Sl25,OO0 A committee consisting Of
j. w. McNeal, W. w. Cook, d. Van
Slyke and Boardman F. Smith was ap-
pointed to accompany the Messrs. Eos
ter to KiOwa to confer with the citizens
there and ascertain their feeling on the
proposition. The committee, with the
exception of Mr.. Smith, went down Sat.
urday. They found that the people of
KiOwa are in sympathy with the move
ment and have no doubt that the coun-
ty proposition would carry if submitted.
The leading citizens of Klowa were seen
and they were unanimously for the rail-
road from the north. The first propo-
sition TO vote $1,000 mile through the
county was regarded as most too rich
for the county, but no one expressed
doubt about Sl25,00O for the county be-
ing satisfactory. This would be prac-
tically but 5000 per mile.
The agreement arrived at, after the
conference between the representatives
OF the two cities was that if the railroad
company submitted the $l25, 600 propo-
sitlon, accompanied by a guarantee of
the good faith, that the county commits
siOners would be petitioned to call the
election. This would require petition
signed by two-tifths of the voters in the
county.
In the event Of the bonds being voted,
the company would require until Janu-
airy l, 1888, perhaps, to complete the
road to the south line of the county.
Should the county proposition not carry,
1t is probable that the road would make
an attempt to get aid from Valley, Elm
Mills and Lake City townships and In
stead of running south from the King
man county line to Medicine Lodge and
then to KiOwa, it would go southwest
by the way of Lake City to Commando
county. The road that is now headed
for KiOwa, from Anthony which is also
the Missouri Pacific system, would then
continue west from Kiowa and in Co.
manche county would form a junction
with the Kansas and Panhandle road
the one we now have under considera-
ton.
Within the next two weeks it is prob
able that it will be known if the county
will vote on the railroad proposition or
not.