The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-04-14
TAKE THE FIRST STEP.
Enterprising Business Men of
North Topeka Meet
TO INDUCE THE BURLINGTON TO CONE

A Chance for Topeka to Get Another
Big RaiIrOad-The Speakers Are fn
Earnest.
In pursuance of the call issued by the
chairman and secretary of the CONNER
cial club of North Topeka, there was
large representative assemblage of north
side business men at the engine house
last night.
They seemed ito understand what they
were there for and no time was lost in
getting down to business. Much enthu-
siasm was manifested. In the absence
of the chairman, 5. o. Urmy was called
upon to preside.
Postmaster A. J. Arnold was the first
speaker and Immediately launched into
the subject of the Burlington railroad
He said that it is well known fact that
the road has long been DESTROYS of coIn-
ing to this city, and that recently 1t has
had its representative here looking over
the ground; that a Leavenworth man had
told him that it was worth more to the city
than any other road they had. He said
every movement for the material ad-
vancement of Topeka that had amounted
| to anything had started in North Topeka
| and he looked for great results from this
meeting.
He was followed by James Thompson
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| general meeting which would include
gentlemen from the south side but had
not met with any encouragement.
Sam Dolman said he had been in COR
respondence with officials of the Burling
| ton for some months past and was con-
WINGED that they had an eye on Topeka
from the fact that their replies had been
| evasive.
He moved the appointment of COM
mittee of three to draft resolutions to be
I Al e
and the chair appointed on the commit
tee Sam Dolman, A. J. Arnold and James
Thompson. Harry Stafford was subse-
quently added to the committee.
While they were preparing report
the meeting was addressed by Judge
Casey whose remarks were in line with
those of the gentleman preceding him
The committee reported the following
resolutions, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That, we, the business mer
and citizens of the First ward, city Of
Topeka, most cordially invite the c., B
& Q. r. r. Co. to build into Topeka anc
hereby pledge said railroad company oul
united support and influence in securing
terminal facilities and patronage.
Resolved, Further, that a copy o
these resolutions be furnished and for
warded by the secretary to the presiden
! of said company.
Geo. B. Payne, secretary of the club
presented some data relative to the bust
ness done on this side by the othe
roades. His figures showed that thu
amount of grain shipped to North To
peka by the Santa F'e alone for the yea
ending July 1, 1898, was ,458 cars. al
lowing the same amount to the othe
roads would make the total about 400
cars. The amount of -four shipped on
of North Topeka by the same road dur
ing the same period was 435 cars. Allow
! ing the same amount to the other road
| would make a total of about 1900 cars
1t was decided to forward compilation
of these figures with the resolutions.
An all important question on this sub
ject is: ibid the Burlington build it
magnificent steel bridge at Leavenwortl
merely to run into that cityf"
The meeting adjourned for one week