The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-02-24
NJ, X. & T. HEADQUARTERS.
An Expression of Opinion from
a few Merchants Concern
ing the Proposed
Removal.

II -
dalia TO Parsons, published in the Re-
public Yesterday and reprinted in this
mornings BAzoo, has called forth
the following expressions OF opinion
from some of our citizens:
W. s. Mackey, wholesale boot and
shoe dealer: In the matter Of freight
We try TO do what is fair with both
| the Missouri Pacific and n. K. d L.
railways. Of course, if the latter
company should remove their head
quarters from Sedalia to Parsons, it
would cause Missourians to feel that
a great injustice had been done them
and it is natural to suppose that they
would throw much less Of their trade
to that particular company. Com
paratively speaking, Kansas furnishes
this road with but small amount of
traffic and cannot have the claim
upon it in this particular that Mis-.
souri, has.
F. H. Eastey, books, stationery
and wall paper: Since the road has
been in the hands of the receivers l
have ordered my freight over the NJ. &,
K. & T. r. r. and have always used
my best efforts in securing them bus
mess, because consider it home in
stitutlon, and I know that if the Offices
are moved away from here, that the
road could not get dollars worth of
business in Sedalia. One of the head
men in the freight department told
me that if the offices moved away they
would loose ten thousand dollars a
month in the department. The road
can't ignore Sedalia, she is the largest
and best town on the road, and she
has always come TO the front first,
when the roads were in need of help
in times of strikes The removal OF
the offices means loss to the road and
personal gain to few on the inside.
Charles Guenther. dry goods mer'
chant: Sedalia wants to retain the
NJ, K. d I. headquarters, if posi-
BILE. Two years ago We gave $50, OOO
to have them brought here, and our
people have always favored the road
as much as it was in their power to
do so. / was on the committee ap,
pointed by the Commercial Club a
| few days ago to raise $4,000 to p y
damages to MIR. Dyer for the use VI
the LIE Grand hotel as an NJ, X. q
IT. hospital. We wanted to keep that
insti,rtEnJ il Ssds ii THIS sh city is
small consequence compared with
that of the shops and general Offices
lit does not seem to me that the com
pany can afford to make the re
moval.
William Courtney, boot and sho'
dealer: After what Missouri ano
lSedalia have done, regard the pro
posed removal of the NJ, K. u 1
headquarters from Sedalia as simply
unjust, not to say outrageous. Two
wears ago we subscribed s25. 600 q
have the headquarters located her
and have always literally and almos
J exclusively patronized the road. Il
NV own case know that I have al
most invariably ordered my good
sent over the NJ, K. q T. Shoul'
the management decide to make tn
removal. it would have tendency t
cause the merchants of Sedalla t
throw their traffic almost entirely t
the Missouri Pacific railway.
D. II. Smith, wholesale hardwar
, dealer: can not see why the shop
and Offices should be removed to Pa
sons or any other point. Sedalia ma
. urally has, in some particulars,
D stronger hold upon the good will OF tt
M. K. & 7. management than has an
other place. We contributed LIBERAL
q to secure the headquarters here, an
y have stood by the road in good taitI
e 1t is safe to say that three. fourths
e the merchants of Sedalia patronize Il
e NJ. K. & L. line In the matter OF TIA
is fic to the exclusion of other roads. !
e fact. [ have heard it stated on goC
b authority that the state of Kansas tu
nishes this road with less traffic than al
other mileage in the whole syster
The protest of st. Louis merchant
a. published in this mornings Repub
i is a sensible document and states Il
IT, case fairly aud correctly.
g Col. Ferd Meyer: L came to Sed
i liza eight years ago for the purpose
'r. making this my home and investil
ID in business here. / came largely +
the reason that great railroad intere!
y were conferred here by both the N
m K. st. and Missouri Pacific roads, "a
or upon the representation that these
en- terests were permanently located he
d d / do not know why the NJ, K. d
lie Offices and shops should be remov
ar from here. The company is certain
making money here and have ann