The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-11
WOODEN MILLS FATE.
1t Is to BE Settled On November
Thirty.
MACHINERY 10 BE SOLD 1t AUCTION
Ga That D@y-Msy BE Purchases and
Put Into the EfiI by PARTIES Who
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Put Into the EfiI by Parties who
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At 10 o'clock On the morning Of No
veuber 30, AuctIo1eer JACK Hungate
will sell to the highest bidder in the old
packing house at the foot Of Quincy
street fourteen carloads of machinery
originally destined for the interior fitting
Of the Topeka wooden mill, and will
thereby drop the curtain on business
farce which the people OF Topeka have
been Witnessing fer the past year
Whether the Topeka WOoIeu Mil COLI
pauy VIII then purchase the machinery,
secure and It the mill, aud proceed TO
business. remains TO be seen
The machinery Is valued at $4,000
and Il sold to satisfy freight charges
amounting to 1s5oo, held BY the Santa
Ee Company.
At the tine that Wn AppIeyard, of
Sebec, Ne, shipped the machinery 10
Topeka he sent the bills Of Izdiug to the
Topeka Woolen Mil company, Of which
C. J. PRESCOTT Is secretary. By the tine
the machinery reached its destination
Nj. APpIevzrd was sntangisd N bust
ness CON pIicagIons with ths CON pany,
and he claims that they would not de-
liver the bills o. Iadiug 70 him, without
which he could net pay the freight
charges.
As the WooIen Mil company was IN
abIe 20 gain possession Of The machinery
without Nr. AppIeyard's consent. which
he refused to give, negotiations came 20
4 staudstIll, and the Santa Fe stored the
machinery fer the required SIX months,
the tine ex piriug Nov. /
As the person now buying the ma
chinery viii have clear title to the
same. this sale Is thought by many 70 be
a plan Of the WOODEN Mil company 10
secure it. THIS IS. however, positively
denied by Mr. c. ]. Prescott. who states
that there has been no meeting OF the
CON pauy for the purpose of even coz
sideEIng the sdvisa bIlity OF buying the
stuff, and 10 intention On the part of any
of The mem hers to buy i Individually.
n speaking Of the claim of NJ Apple
yard n reference to the bills OF IadIug
Mr.. Prescott said There Is no truth IN
the statement that the company refused
to deliver the bills to Mr.. Appleyard, as
I myself offered 10 lend him IS 700 for
the purpose of paying the charges. pro-
vided upO1 investigation that his State
meats proved 10 De Correez. Mr.. Apple
yard I'D not care for an investigation
and the matter was dropped
~The operation Of Z WOODEN mill IN
Topeka Is 4 practical business proposI-
ton, and in ny opinion eau bs made
success. The natural 4dvantagas are all
IN cur favor, and the freight charges to
the east and return which ara now paid
o. wo0lens Il q great Item-
Il splendid building has been erected
and can be secured By the company by
their paying the amount of liens inside
of eighteen months. aud I believe the
mill VIII be operated, but whether 81
the present company Or not 7 can not
say
If It Is the intention Of the com pauy
TO IL up the mill they would much prefer
10 buy new machinery, unless matters
were 50 arranged that there woutd be no
possibility of Jaw suit to the purchaser
Of the stuck now here The present com
pany has put over $4,000 II the nil, but
! for oae would be willing to lose nv
share rather taza engage IN any further
com plIcatiOn5
What Ar. AppIeyard's intentions are
concerning the sale of the machinery Is
not known
IN is present condition the WOODEN mill
seems to be n the sane class with the
cotton MIL, which was also built to boom
Al addition