The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-13
KEROSENE HEADQUARTERS.
The Consolidated Tank Line Company Making
Extensive Improvements IN Wichita.


The cheap sensational chap named Mus
ser, who claims to be an agent of the
Standard Oil company, or of the Consoli-
dated Tank Co, and who thus imposed a
lot of rotten hog wash on an insignificant
Ohia paper, to the detrimeGJ OF Kansas
and more especially of Wichita, for which
the EAGLE gave him roasting, turns out
to be myth, or at least so insignificant as
not to be discernable The Consolidated
Tank Line company, however, propose to
smoke him out, as Will be seen by the
following letter from General Manager
Swain.
KANSAS CITY, No, April 8, 1890.
Col Lewis Weitzel Wichita Kan.
Dear Sir-Referring to the clipping from
the Wichita EAGLE, wherein Il certain
George Musser has written articles deroga-
tory to Wichita, permit me TO say that the
Consolidated Tank Line company IS the
only representative of the Standard Oil
company in Kansas, and that 1t has no en-
plOys named Musser, and that we do not
entertain any such ideas or opinions as
those expressed by this man MUsser. We
are about to increase our plant and facili-
ties for increased business in Wichita, and
our investing money in plant certainly
shows our confidence in the future pros
poets of your city. Not only does our
company itself own property in Wichita,
but nearly all of its officers. You can
show this letter to Mr. Murdoch, and we
hope he will understand our feelings in
j. w. SWAIN,
General Manager.
The letter is emphatic enough to satisfy
our people of the good viii of the consoli-
dated, even if its officers were not directly
interested in the good name of Wichita,
which they are, several of whom having
become so well convinced of Wichita 5
great future that they bought quite large
holdings here But not until we saw Gen
eral SWANS letter did we know that a
majority of that powerful corporation had
made individual investments in Wichita.
The improvements alluded TO in General
SWANS letter have already been put under
contract and Colonel Weitzel says that
they are quite extensive. Their station
and storage capacity is already larger in
Wichita than at any point in the west out
side of Kansas City, and with the addi-
tions ordered all Southwest Kansas and
the Indian territory can be supplied from
this point.
SOUTH WESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
NOTES.
Miss Louisa Koch left for Cheney, where
she Will act in the capacity OF book
keeper for grain firm.
c. VI. Webster leaves for Norwich.
where he has accepted position a, book
keeper and business manager for the
Farmers Alliance.
G. j. Gundloch, one of the old students,
who is now travelling salesman for the
North St Louis Glass company, remem-
bered the college with a pleasant call on
last Thursday.
The following students enrolled during
Ike week: Miss Daisy Daily, Belle PLANE,
Kan; Miss Belle Stires, Eureka, Kan;
Willis Johnston, Calista, Kan; George
SOmers. Elva Dunaway and Homer Spauld-
ing, Wichita
MEETING At COURT HOUSE.
The meeting announced for the court
house last evening of the alliance and in
dustrial classes was fairly well attended
DR.. ". A Pratt was made chairman and
among the speakers were Mrs. VI. L. Lease,
Rev. Foster and Judge Dixon. The fol
lowing are the names Of delegates from
the Federation Of Labor club to the Al
lance convention to be held in Wichita on
the 18th inst: c. W. McGoyerney, Judge
7. l. Dixon. Mrs. ". +. Lease, J. J. Chris
ty, !. A. SAearer, W. T. Walker, Rev. Fes-
tus Foster
Mrs Lease gave notice Of a meeting at
her house TO organize wOman's industrial
union.
Forty-nine names we're signed 70 the club
roll