The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-04-05
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perously on its Feet.
The wheels Of the board OF trade
were slow inbeing put in motion Mon
day night. Members drifted in one
II time when at about the hour OF
: ~ there had arrived about twenty
gentlemen.
The organization was a sort Of in
formal one. being taken GU al its own
The meeting was not for
mally called To order, but opened
with discussion Of desultOry subjects,
" hich turned ON the matter Of =
morning newspaper for Salina. IfI
our memory serves Us in :he prem
ises, the President, f. W. Ober, in
troduced the subject, and he elo-
quently dilatrd To some extent on
that Ga, me.
NJ. r. Mo-er very soon gave forth
the faith THAT Is ia him." and pro-
ceeded 10 say that now Was the gOl-
den opportunity whi-h should bring
forth the fruits Of a morning paper.
Mr.. Andrews. OF Meadyille, Pennsyl-
yania, who with his brother. was Ia
Salina last season on the mission OF
establishing such n paper here hut
v ho inglOriOusly hattened out after
all preiiminaries had been consum-
mated, was the gentleman who pro-
posed now To come tO the rescue.
Mr.. Moser proceeded To give some
what IL detail All account of mis- trip
east last " inter. He visited New Jer-
--y, where he failed Ia induce Mr..
Newlin who WAS ia Salina later than
Mr.. Andrews on the same errRnd ~
Mr.. Andrews. Mr. Newlin failed In
discover millions in IT, and de-
rlinrd with thanks lie went then
to 1.-The city Of magnificent dis
tances, ''to-wit; Washington, u. e.,
and interviewed Congressman An
dcrson and Senator Plumb, trusting
To secure pecuniary atd mot
by Congressional aid hut by person.
al AID. To the enterprises, but here
too lac was doomed To disappOint-
mtnt. Then he hicd him to Mead
Vile, Pa, where he promised Mr..
Andrews, in behalf of the people Of
Salina, the following benefits: In
consideration that Mr.. Andrews
would agree To establish at Salina,
and keep in operation for the period
Of five years. q morning newspaper,
the citizens would loan him $5,OD
cash, 10 br returned II the end uf
him the sum Of l,jO0 as first pay
ment on the telegraph franchise, and
make him present of 5000 worth
of Salina real estate. at cash value,
To he decided him in equal quanii-
ties IN =, :, !, and ) years on the per-
fOTmancr Of his part of the contract.
The conversation contemplated the
coupling of the proposition with
the EsPUbii"oH nf this city.
Mr.. Andrews WIS extremely
anxious Ia engage i'm the morn
ing newspaper business in
Salina, and there had never been an
hour since lac was here last summer,
proposing Ia give us the best paper
in Kansas, that he had relinquIshrd
his fOndest hope 81 following the
"star Of empire" westward To- Sa-
lima. The spirit was willing hut the
flesh was weak. lie MAS absolutely
pennilesS was under contract to
DR. Roberts. the owner OF the Mead
Vile paper, To edit its morning,
evening and weekly additions at =
salary Of s ,un a year-penniless sx-
crpt that lac Was owner of an elegant
press in the establishment, and the
wind work /. e., press and fran
chise' the latter hich he could dis
pose Of for $500, 500, $T,OOO-aye,
s. ,JO0O-he WIS utterly helpless TO
10 aud act a. he wished He had
been prosperous merchant in New
YORK City-and subsequently, he
conducted a mercantile establish
ment ia the oil regions OF Pennsyl-
vania, but from out the great good
ness of his heart he had gone on his
bruther's bond, and had gone down
to the tune of i15, 0OO-WOrse than
nothing. lie was compelled for
-oOth Ia accept his preseht place,
with its paltry Sl,OJO a year He was
sealed to DIR. Roberts, So TO speak,
but lac hoped sever this Siamesetie
connection, and hoped To do 80 at q
very early date. Thus the two men
parted, with mutual promises to act
a. should he in their power. IL was
eight weeks thereafter that MIR.
MO-er received n communication
just think Of IL, that covered eight
or ten pages of note paper!-in
which Mr.. Andrews accepted in its
entirety the proposition Of Mr..
Moser made at Meadville u few
months ago, aud assuring the latter
that if acted upon at once the writer
would come To Salina by May !.
The communication was quite alb
~orhing in pathetic fervOr, manifest
ing tat the matter had been given
prayerful, carr est and mature con-
sideratiOn. Four weeks later the
communication comes to light In
the board % trade meeting Of last
night. In presenting the subject
our friend MOser took the measure
ment Of Marsh Murl'ck. Of the
Wichita E1gIo a. boomer, and
placed the said Andrews Tar IN all
vance of even the gifted Marsh
in that special trait. Mr.. Andrews
was described a. a very able man.
lie edited morning paper, an even
ing paper aud a weekly paper. He
worked twenty hours ont Of every
tweniy-four. In fact, Salina wanted.
needed and never would be prosper
Gus aud happy until she had secured
him The re' ital was one eaIeu-
lated 10 do the soul Of common NOR
tai good, and We fail 10 do q Justice.
Mr.. Moser said upon receiving the
he had quietly gone 10
work to raise the required $3.50
land bnnus and press franchise, but
after securing two or three names.