Wichita eagle., 1886-09-07

had been voted in any county in which
they had submitted propositions, and there
would be no deviation from this rule.
1t being mentioned to him that some
confusion existed in the minds of the peO-
pie as to the route and destination of the
two proposed branches in this part of the
state, he gave the following outline of the
general course the lines would take:
Crossing the Missouri river at st, Joe the
road would run west some forty miles and
divide, one branch going north into Ne
braska and the other taking general south
westerly course through Kansas, making
the cities of Topeka, Alma and Council
Grove points on the line. In the southern
part of Dickinson county or the northeast
corner Of Marion, the road would again
branch, one line crossing the Santa Fe at
Peabody and running southwest to Wichita
and beyond, and the other through the
counties Of Mcpherson, Reno, Pratt and
Kiowa, in the direction Of the Texas Pan.
handle. 1t was the intention to have the
road built into Wichita by the lst Of July
voted gave them till December 1st to reach
pected, he SAID to have the road built and
of the annual meeting of the directors of
the Rock Island next June, he could bring
them on a tour of inspection over their own
line as far as Wichita.
As concerning the extension from that
city south, he said that bill was now
pending in congress granting the company
the right Of way through the Territory
south to DenisOn, Texas. The road would
leave the state at some point between Ar
kansas City on the east and Caldwell on
the west, just where would depend on the
character of the country and the DISPOSE
ton of the bond propositions. He admit
ted further that the company would prefer
to build through this country and through
Wellington if a satisfactory subsidy was
voted The whole discussion lasted per
haps twenty minutes. At its conclusion
John Murphy moved at the sense of the
meeting the bonds should be voted, which
was carried without dissenting voice, and
meeting adjourned.
At its conclusion Mr. Low and his COM
panion. Mr. Parker, of Atchison, the engi-
neer in charge of the preliminary surveys,
took carriage and were driven south
through the county to Hunnewell, over
the route which no doubt has already been
marked out for the line to run. They al
so penetrated some distance into the Terri
tory, intending to return on Friday by the
way Of Caldwell, whose citizens want to
set forth the inducements their town can
give to have the road swung round in their
direction.
Mr.. Lows visit, if not productive of any
definite advance toward getting the road,
has at least given our people very fair
idea of the companys plans. They mean,
within a twelve-month, to have their road |
built and in operation down through this
section and through this county no longer |
admits of doubt Probably the submission of |
the bond proposition is only waiting on the
of the preliminary survey, and
within month, we should say, at the out
side, the choice of routes will have been
made and the question of voting aid will be
formally placed before the people. after
iguring up the advantages of the road, its
Increase of the countys taxable property,
lirectly and indirectly, and the benefit to
ar1ner, shipper and merchant of the les
ened freight rates that competing line
would bring, will decide the voting of the
,onds to he a good business investment and
,overn themselves accordingly.