The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-12-13
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rae PUBLIC BUILDING.
John A. Braniff has received from
r. p. Crsvens, Esq, . letter dated
Dee. 4, at waslnghton In which he
says:
Nothing has yet been done about
the public building ~ no opportu-
/ nifty has bee n had to introduce bill
/ I'm the House. A call Of ststes for
| the introduction OF bills not having
been reached. Yesterday wss the
/ opening and no business was done
except the heading Of the message
| and today was spent In wTanglInR
over q $3.50 appropriation. The
| Democrats have suddenly become
very econ Omical.
The prospect for getting our
measure through At this session, rs
I now see It, IL decidedly discour-
aging for many reasons. will not
attempt TO enumerate them here.
The time IL too short for one thing
and there are too many similar bills
ahead Of ours for another, but j will
know more later, about next week.
Mr.. Cravens eneloses In the letter
the following address to the Sen ate
Committee, In which he sets forth
the reasons why . Government
building should be erected In this
city, as provided In Senate Bill 22as:
To the Committee on Public Build
fHgs and Grounds:
GESTLRMAN:-The erection of q
commodiOus psbIic building 1t Sa-
lima should not be- delayed. n the
public interests demand that place
shall be provided for the acommo-
dstIon Of he L. q. District Court,
the L. 8. Land ONCE and the Post
Office.
Congress at the last session, recOg-
nIzed the necessity Of establishing q
term Of United States Court at Sa-
lima, and passed Q law accordingly
IL II therefore necessary that the
records OF this Court as well as
those OF the Land ONCE and Post
Office, should be kept beyond the
reach Of Dire, and should In all
respects be safely and conveniently
preserved for the benefit Of the pub
llc.
At the present time no place has
been provided and no place exists,
as y matter OF fact, where these
records could be safely Kept. The
Land Office at SalIna IL contained
In q frame building, entirely at the
mercy Of the fames, aud 80 far 80
the court records are concerned,
there IL no place prOvi.' ed, aud no
safe place can be provided until q
suitable building shall have been
erected therefor.
In connection with the foregoing
facts Il might be we'll enough for
the cOm mittee to take into cOnsid-
Grafton the location, surroundings
and advantages Of the city Of Salina,
In order to Judge for themselves
whether or not Congress was wise
In establishing o Court at that place.
Sallnn IL situated about twenty
five miles north Of the center line Of
the state, drawn from east to west,
aud very nearly the center line
drawn from north to south, I'm the
best portion Gt what II known as the
Golden Belt" or great wheat pro-
ducing district of the state, about
100 miles west Of the city Of Topeka,
and 10 the largest and most prosper
Gus city in that section Of the state,
having advanced from the seven
teenth city In point Of population
In 1856, to the ninth city In the year
1883, as shown by the report OF the
Kansas state Board OF Agriculture
for the month OF October.
SaIina IL supplied with the free
mail delivery system, has a pnpula-
tion at this time of over 1900, and
Is the center of the best railroad
system In Kansas, east or west, and
by reason Of the latter fact, has di-
rect communication with All the
territory west, northwest and south
west, all the way to the north and
west lines Of the state: everything
in fact west OF the sixth principal
meridian and north OF the Santa
Fe railroad, and for q considerable
distance east Of said meridian, say
fifty miles.
The railroads centering al Salina
are a. follows: The Kansas division
Of the Union Pacific, passing direct
ly through the state from east TO
west; the Salina and South Western,