The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-20
THOSE PALACE CARS.
a Large Meeting at Which the
Proposition
OF MESSRS. MYERS AND ALLEl

Is Talked Over-A Committee AD-
pointed to Formulate = Proposition
TO the Pullman ex-EmDloyes-
There was a meeting at the council
chamber last night for the purpose OF
discussing the question Of granting con-
cessions to the Pullman men to establish
shops in Topeka.
The men were not present and had
submitted no proposition to be considered
at the meeting. E. u. McKeever was
elected chairman.
5. III. Wood presented the proposition
from A III. CovIlle to sell the company ~
acres of land and take the price in stock,
as told in last evenings JOURNAL.
+. q. HentiQ did not see why the Pull
man club should demand so much land.
He said that when he came to Topeka the
city only covered 100 acres OF land and
there were 5000 people here. He thought
the men were unreasonable in their de-
mand Of land.
5. NJ Wood said that it was the inten-
ton of the men TO bring 200 men and
their friends here if the shops are built
He said they would bring the best Of rec
concentrations with them and were not
anarchists. but sober, Industrious men.
Elk Mayor r. L Cofran said that it
seemed like the same old thing. The
people would fall back on talk, but it
takes money to build cars. 1.-THE men
who are willing and able to take stock
have taken as much as they can in other
projects, and they are not ready to take
any more.' said he "The men who
should help in matters of this kind, don't
do it. They shove their money down in
to their pockets and wait for 10 or 20 per
per cent" He thought that the men
asked for too much land, but expressed
his Willingness to do all he could to help
the scheme.
Councilman EttlinRer said: 81 think
we should consider this matter seriously,
because of the straight forward manner
in which these men came before rs.
They don't make any great promises
They don't say that they have thousands
Of dollars back of them, like these other
men who have come to Topeka They
frankly say they have no money"
Councilman stephenson thought the
men should have had some plan formu-
lated before they came to Topeka and
then the business men of the city would
know what was required.
Fred Slater, the attorney, thought that
when a proposition was made it should
include the right to all the patents held
by them so that they could not sell them
some place else
Albert Griffin said that he was a firm
believer in cooperative enterprises and
when they did not succeed it was be-
cause of a lack of business management
He thought something tangible should
be done at once.
George ELLIOTT a Santa + Q shop man
and expert mechanic, said he had exam
med the patents owned by the Pullman
men and was satisfied that they were
feasible. He said the car patents were
to change the ordinary day cars to din
ing cars or sleepers. The men did not
expect to build cars. The other patent
which he thought would sell was an at
tachment for bicycles and there we're
several others.
Secretary Samuelson of the Trades
and Labor Assembly, said that the assem-
bly, would undertake to raise $4,000 of
the money He said that Allen and
Myers, the Pullman men, had expressed
preference for Topeka and would locate
here even if the inducements offered
were not SO large as were offered by
other cities. He said Messrs. Myers and
Allen were now at Hiawatha asid would
be in Topeka before returnin 10 Chi
cago. He thought some proposition should
be formulated at once and submitted to
the men.
The chairman was instructed to ap-
point a committee to confer with Aessrs.
Allen and Myers and secure PROPOSE
ton to be submitted at a future meeting.
He appointed the following gentlemen
on the committee: s. Ettlinger. J. B.
Bartholomew, NJ. c. Holman, J. G. Sam
uelson, r. L. Cofran and Geo. H. Elliott