The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-25
ASKING FOR A NEW DEPOT.

Yesterday two committees went Jointly
to Superintendent Russell Harding Of the
Missouri Pacific road with petition ask
ing for the erection of a new passenger
depot at this point. Inc committee of the
council consisted of Mrs. Cox, Schadd,
Kenyon, Mccall and Horner The COM
mittee of the board of trade consisted OF
Messrs. Clement. Oliver, Wilson, Potts and
Stewart. The committee of the council
presented the following petition and the
| committee of the board of trade presented
| one similar to it,
To the Superintendent Missouri Pacific Railway
Company:
The mayor and council of the city of
Wichita desire to call your attention to
what we consider the very inadequate de-
pot facilities OF the Missouri Pacific rail-
road AT this point, and in doing so we
wish to be distinctly understood as acting
III the most friendly spirit and with
view TO our mutual benefit.
The city Cf Wichita bias been liberal
Contributor IN bonds and franchises and
has manifested friendly spirit both So
cially and commercially to the manage
nient OF this great corporation. Ii should
De unnecessary TO say that our interests
are mutual, that the pride OF the citizens
of Wichita Is 10 build up here the great
commercial metropolis OF interior Kansas,
and in this WE cannot fail to consider the
Missouri Pacific as an important factor in
our ambition.
The necessity Of handsome and com.
modlous depot at Wichita Is urged by the
growing business at this point and we
urge the necessity of increased depot
facilities here because we hear so often
the present very meagre and inadequate
accommodations bitterly complained OF.
In very many instances we have heard OF
ladies Importuning their husbands to take
some other route than the Missouri Pa
clue, solely because they hated to go and
stay around that miserable old place"
Permit US TO suggest that in our judy
ment the business OF the Missouri Pacific
railroad would be very materially increas-
ed at this point II there existed n hand
some aud commodious passenger depcts
One worthy OF the name of the Missouri
Pacific railroad aud commensurate with
the business of the road here. And
we further believe that outside
of the absolute necessity for largely in
creased depot facilities here that as a
stroke of policy the amount necessary 20
furnish this community with the depot
facilities they deem themselves justly en-
Titled 10 that as an investment IL would
pay handsomely even as an advertising
scheme. There Is no question of the in
creased passenger business at this point.
There Is no longer any question of the i'm
mense increase OF the tonnage of Wichita
and with the possibility of even these fig
ures being largely increased in the Imne-
date future. We believe it would be a
material factor in securing for the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad that share of the
business that it is justly entitled to, did
the management proceed at the earliest |
possible moment to give US the accommo |
dalton We now deem so necessary.
Mr.. Harding received them nicely and |
treated their claims favorably. 1t will be- |
come necessary, however, for the petitions
to go through the general manager of the |
road, and the indications for favorable ac-
ton are good. There is no question, but |
what the company ought to have more
suitable depot at this point.