The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-06-17
THE sALINA, COLUMBUS AND SOUTH.
EASTERN 3. r., An ASSURED
FACT.

Columbus Daily Advocats.
The Balina, Columbus q South
eastern folks are now getting down 10
work In earnest and expect 20 crowd
the building Of their road with all
possible speed. r. A. Long and L.
A. CreWsOn have purchased @. L.
Woodruff and r. II. LaWtOn's two
interests In the company, and at q
meeting on Tuesday of this week
Long and CreWsOn were both elected
directors. Mr.. Long was elected
treasurer and second vice-president,
and E. A. CrewsOn general manager.
Capt. w. lib. Stone, Of Galena, is
president, Chas. II. Blair Is vice presi-
dent, and Col. ]. r. HallOwell. secre-
tary and general solicitor.
A corps Of surveyors will be sent
out In few days to locate the line
which Is expected to run from COium-
bus through Parsons 70 Salina. The
company also intend TO build south
east into the timbered country o. Ar
kansas, and on to the Mississippi
river, which will make one Of the
most beneficial lines 20 Kansas people
that eau be built, and should receive
their assistance in every way pOssl-
Bile, rs Il Is only question OF short
time when the millions Of bushels Of
grain grown on Kansas soil will go to
the Mississippi river, aud from thence
to Europe, by a Barge system bound
TO be established In the near future.
This will lessen freight rates and give
the farmers more for their grain.
The \, &. & :. +. company have
this In view, and for this reason
should receive every encouragement
from the farming population along
the proposed line Of this road.
This line will alan run direct from
the great coal fields Of southeastern
Kansas into that part Of the state
where no coal Is known TO exist,
which will enable the people In the
central part of the State to get their
fuel at almost One-half less than what
they pay now, and still give the com
pany good rates for hauling, on ae-
count Of the shOrtness Of their line.
This rOad will also do much more
towards developing the coal interests
Of southeastern Kansas than any
other road, as II Is \ home institution,
and the men who are building Ii have
no money 10 invest in large blocks of
coal lands, and will, therefore, en-
courage men along their line to mine
and ship all they can, though Il be
but q small amount each day. This
will give all shippers the same sd-
vantage, and men who own coal
lands should aid the road In every
possible way.
The completion OF this line Into the
timber districts OF Arkansas, must
necessarily reduce the price Of all
kinds OF lumber, posts, &c, through
out that part Of Kansas where the
road runs, as this will be the only d.
rect line into the timbered country.
People often hesitate In regard %
voting aid to railroad enterprises, and
In fact condemn such q proposition,
without stopping for q moment to
consider the benefits TO be derived.
In the first place, Il costs from ten
TO twenty thousand dollars q mile,
even In as level q country as Kansas.
% get q road ready for rolling stock.
or course the most Of this is for grad
ing, which Is nearly all paid out for
labor, board ond other necessaTies, in
the locality where the road is being
built, and many men Will be con-
tinually employed upon the road after
its completion, whose wages will be
paid out where they live. We find
from the report Of the auditor of
state, Z. P. McCabe, who was seore-
tAry Of the board Of railroad assessors
last year, that railroads were assessed
on an average Of something over
seven thousand dollars q mile. The
Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf Is as
sessed So, 9,932.76 per mile. The Mis-
souri, Pacific $40, 1876, Ft. Scott q
f6,0l9.65, AtehlsOn, Topeka
& Santa Fe, $1i ,459.79, Kansas
IS, SS9.4s, Marien q
q, ,4S0. %, st. Louis & San
FrHneisO s., T,225.54, Salina & South
western s., ,7sl. SO and other roads ae-
Any one knowing the |
per cent oftaxation can soon figure /
what amount Of taxes 3 railroad pays /
4 county, or even q township, each |
year, and who would be ahead at the /
end Of fifteen or twenty years, where
4 township did not vote % exceed
1900 Ia aid. The townships will /
not only have q cash balance, but the
value Of land viii have been increased /
md citizens will have saved, in haul
ing and other cOnvenleBces, bpndreds
n times more than the road cost
hem.
The Sallna, Columbus & Southeast
srn folks don't ask the people 10 do
rate the amount asked, but give in re-
urn stock for bonds voted, dollar for
iOilaF. The stock Of q railroad IL not
good until the road begins
o nav, but the bonds can be sold ss
,Oon as issued, and this money used
o put the road in such shape es 10
make the stock valuable. Therefore
he bonds voted can be considered
merely ~ that much money advanced
~ the citizens % make the stock they
lOld worth its face.
Fvervone knows that the hard
truggie for q railroad company is for
he firsf one OF two years. The city
q Parsons. realizing this fact prompt
4 voted so, 900 in bonds, as they are
'ery anxious for this line Of road.
7ontana township, In Labette ooun.
y. aIso promptly voted $4,000, and
lther townshils and cities along the
inc, will be asked 20 give bonds In
,xehanre for stock, 20 that the comr