Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
HIS FIRST VISIT.
PRESIDENT Marvel and Manager Robinson Spen,
Half Day in the Metropolis Of Kansas.

AT 2:10 p. m. yesterday special train
on the Santa Fe. bearing President A.
Marvel, A. A. Robinson, general manager,
and Division Superintendent Turner,
pulled up at the union station. In a few
moments the train was pulled down to the
Douglas avenue station where those Of
ficials were met by President Corbett of
the board of trade, Secretary Pierce and a
bankers, merchants, manufacturers, pack
ers, grain shippers and Union stock yard
officials. After half hours conference
carriages were taken and the visiting Of
about and inspecting the business
portion of the city, its public
edlfices, ETC., drawing up at the board of
trade rooms where number more bust
After another short drive in which the
EAGLE was complimented with visit,
Messrs. Marvel, Robinson and Turner, ac-
companied by A. w. Oliver, President Du-
laney, Colonel H. w. Lewis, Colonel B. H.
Campbell, j. o. Davidson, n. F. Nieder-
lander, C. A. Walker, Superintendent
Hamilton and others, the train was pulled
back up to the Union stock yards and
packing houses. The Dold plant was first
inspected, next the new stock yards. which
viii be opened tor business this week, and
then the Whitaker plant. The killing
for the day had ceased but they found
hundreds of tons of meat in process of
curing, examined the great condensing
engines at work, etc., etc. At 6 o'clock the
train was again boarded and at ten min
utes past six the special pulled out from
the lower station for Chanute via Winfield.
Mr.. Marvel was found to be
very agreeable gentleman and
exceedingly good natured, lending
willing ear to the statements and opinions
of every one. He was particular and
pointed in all of his inquiries touching the
expanding trade of the city, about our very
small bonded Indebtedness and how it was
possible that the taxes in Wichita were
other city in Kansas. OF course satisfac-
tory answers were promptly forthcoming.
Mr. Marvel is fully impressed with the
fact that SO far as the money centers Of
the world are concerned, as well as of all
New England, that the Santa Fe is part
and parcel of all that Kansas rs a state is,
and that the sy stem is everywhere looked
upon as the Kansas system, and that
therefore in trying to put it again on its
feet and on a paying basis, he desires very
greatly the sympathy and good will of the
ali the people of the state, believing that
whatever success is attained will be of mu-
and to the road - that their
fame and fortunes are so closely linked
and allied in the minds Of eastern monied
people generally that prosperity for the
one means prosperity to the other, and
that. therefore, his first care as a manager
will be to conserve, so far as possible, the
interests of Kansas, and especially of ali
the communities which the Santa Fe
SeTNeS VI SuStdluS WILL
OF course in four hours running con-
versation much was said that is unneces-
sary to repeat. Suffice it to say that each
of our business representatives as gave up
their afternoon were all highly pleased with
Mr.. Marvel, with his quiet, easy manner
and transformations bearing. In parting
with him he said: 81 had heard much of
Wichita and her wonderful accomplish
ments antecedent to my connection with
the Santa Fe as it's president, and in ex-
pressing my qualification for all that |
have seen today l must acknowledge that
L am surprised at her magnitude and
the solidity and permanency
which is evinced upon every hand"