The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-21

Inc construction of the Same to this Point
and on to Wichita Almost Assured.
The Carbonate or Kansas City, Wy
andOtte s. Northwestern Railway
company have secured, through the
New York Security and Trust COM
paDy, loan of 81 500 900 and in return
have given a mortgage on the main
line from Kansas City to Beatrice, Ne
braska, also upon the proposed line
from Kansas City to Wichita via Car
bondale and Emporia. The mortgage
and loan is bona fide deal, as the pa
pers were filed for record in this county
yesterday afternoon before the county
clerk and register of deeds.
The mortgage was drawn up with
the signatures. of w. D. Bethel presi-
dent and C. A. Trimble, secretary, of
the Kansas City Western and North
western railroad company and Charles
S. Fairchild, president and John L.
Lamson. secretary append their names
to the same instrument in writing on
the part of the New York Security and
Trust company. The document is
very lengthy and states definitely the
consideration etc. and was acknow-
lodged by notary Public NJ. P. TreZe-
dant of Memphis Tennessee.
1t is necessary that the mortgage be
recorded in all counties through which
the lines of road, main or proposed
pass.
Now the question arises, since the
money is being raised as to where the
road will run in its course from Car
bondale to Wichita and will the line
pass through Emporia. The papers
being recorded Lere is conclusive evil
dence that the line will pass through
this county. bat at what point. 1t will
be remembered that a line has been
surveyed through this city from
Usage City, and from the same place
through Americas, each line going in a
southwesterly direction towards Wich-
tia.
The fact is, Emporia needs another
railroad, whereby other avenues of
trade would be opened, besides the
Santa Fe and NJ. K. and Il. The road
would be of great benefit to the
city and surrounding country, and it
certainly is right and proper that our
citizens should make every possible
effort to secure the Carbondale road
and the advantages, which would nee
essarily accrue from the location of the
same through Emporia.
There is now hardly any doubt but
that the plan virtually insures us the
road and by all means we should have
it, as its construction to this point and
on to Wichita, will be the development
of a wondrous growth to Emporia and
Emporia's interests.
THE NEWS scribe interviewed to-day
member of the surveyors corps of the
Carbonate road which was recently in
the city, aud cleaned the following in
teresting facts.
The surveyors have completed the
line to Wichita, and pronounce it en-
tirely practicable, the Flint Hills being
the only difficulty with which they met.
However, a line was surveyed over
these barriers, and everything is love-
ly. The construction workmen are
now busy, building bridges and laying
track, and will soon have the road in
operation as far as Carbonate. and
Emporia may well feel elated, as the
officials at Kansas City are discussing
the matter thoroughly, and we are in
formed that they are in favor of the
roads running parallel with the Santa
Fe, from Carbondale to this city, when
direct line to Wichita will be taken.