Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-03
SOME OTHER REASONS.
70 the e iitor Of the Eagle:

To the e litor Of the Eagle:
As the time draws near fer voting on the
question Ct bonds, or against the bonds,
please allow mo to occupy little Of your
valuable space. have been an inveterate
railroad bond fighter, having voted three
times in Wisconsin agains: bonds-ns,nely,
the Lacrosse and Milwaukee bonds, Mil
waukee, Madison and St. Paul bonds, and
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul bonds.
Also in Wichita three times against bonds.
/ voted against the Frisco bonds; voted
and worked against the Fort Scott bonds,
and lastly, against the Omaha and Abilene
bonds.
Now shall vote for the bonds. Why!
Because l haye found that tie Frisco, ell
though it is pooled with the Santa Fe, has
enabled US 10 get more for our corn and
produce; it also gives US much cheaper coal,
as it is well-known fact that the Santa Fe
own all the coal mines on their own line,
without any exception that know of, and
were il not for the Frisco and the Fort Scott
roads (God bless those roads, We would be
at the mercy of the Santa Fe still for our
fuel, for If the railroad commissioners regu-
lated freights they could not say to the Santa
Fe, you must furnish coal at such price, SO
Whist they lost in freights being reduced
the Santa Fe could, and 1 believe would,
make out of US on prices of coal. This be-
ha = al 20 h<ld
out in the way of inducements TO work for
the bonds, ought to be more than amply
sufficient reason for anyone with an once of
brains 10 vote for the bonds and to work for
them till the polls close mex. Tuesday even
ing. The Santa Fe is no friend TO Sedgwick
county. When she flooded her main line
with excursions at rate of 50. aye, and free
rides both ways on her main line from Chi
csgo 10 Dodge City and return, how many
of those cheap excursions came to Wichita
or were allowed by the Santa Fe to hear
there wss such place as Sedgwick county
or Wichita9 Never a single one. but
ticket TO Wichita would cost from $3.50 to
S24 from Chicago, so to get even with them
these posted took tickets to Dodge City, 200
miles further OF than Wichita, and got off
at Newton and came TO this county. The
fact is Sedgwick county has become too
longer. That extinguisher the Santa Fe
tried TO put over our heads we, as county
and city, have removed. The Santa Fe de-
rives more freights and benefits o. her sta
ton at Wichita than any dozen on her road
combined. Still look at our magnificent
depo;s- Then look at poor little Newton's
depot; look at Topeks's depot-then look at
ours. which would be a disgrace to atown
the size of Cheney. 1t is well known that
we have been Disseminated against in the
matter of freights or else why could the little
town of Burton pay 8, aye, 40 cents more
for wheat, and the st. Marks and Germenia
wheat had to be hauled there on that get
two years ago, although /: is well known
tina: those places are tributary to Wichita.
/ engaged car from Madison, Wiz, to
move my furniture TO Wichita; had a regu-
lar ernigrant rate agreed On of Sl56. put
in few bundles Of shingles, abou. 600: 200
feet of flooring to keep my piano from shift
ing in the car When it came TO Wichita
they opened il and saw those shingles and
locked up the car till paid fine of S2s,
although my car Gid not weigh quite 1900
pounds. / kicked like a government mule,
bu, they had me by the throat and pay it
they made me. They ssid they should pro-
tect the lumber mems interests
and there was no road nearer than Emporia
only their own, so, of course, l WAS glad
they gave me even my goods at any sacri-
flee, as l was paying S1l per day at the DC
cidental hotel. This was in 1876, when the
Santa Fe Gu: wide swath. They have re-
peaiedly oyer-charged me big sums on cars
of goods. OGe instance might relate on a
car of La Belle wagons from Fon du Lac,
Wis, they charged me S285 and never re
funded dollar of IT, thus stealing or rather
robbing our house of 500 on one car of
goods. This can be sworn to and many
other cases nearly as bad. Now they are
very sweet and their dirty work man, Hig
gins, has been in this county nearly month
trying TO blarney the farmers. He had
better return to old Ireland and kiss that
celebrated barney stone again, as he hiss
been SO long out Of the country it has lost
its effect on him. Now give us the glorious
old Rock Island railroad, give US the Chi
cago. ST. Joe and Fort Worth and the other
roads mentioned. What will Sedgwick county
have? Why YOU will have Kansas City
rates, cutting down on wagons alone about
SIS per wagon, and other implements in
Advancing the price of your
cattle, hogs, small grain and corn about ten,
fifteen End in some instances twenty per
cent.
Now fellow citizens and farmers, for you
are the men who support Us and nine out Of
every ten Of you farmers know me for fifty
miles around here, / ask you all not TO
stand.in your own light. This chance may
never be offered TO US again, as some other
place will gladly secure it. Contractors,
builders, mechanics and laborers, study
your own interests and votes; work till
next Tuesday evening and vote every legal
voter you can, and the result will be some
1000, aye 1900 new stores and dwelling. in
tide of year, the only difficulty will be
where to obtain material the quickest.
Excuse this, our long piece, Blu, think |
he necessity Of the case demands it.
Respectfully yours,
+, q. SMITH & Sous.
Agricultural Implements.
Capt T. G. Smyth.