The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
WILL SEE WICHITA
FRISCO OFFICIALS NOW IN The
PEERLESS PRINCESS.

They are Here to Meet the Patrons of the
Keorxani.sd Road and Get Acquainted
| With Them and Their Needs - They
Came in the Proper Spirit and Will
Doubtless Have a Profitable Expert
socs-They VIII Remain Here Until
Monday Afternoon, During Which Time
They VIII Ride Through the City.
Last evening special train OF the
Frisco came in with three cars bear
ing the following officials Of that road.
Mr.. D. 3. Robinson, president; Mr.. B.
F. Yoakum. vice president and general
manager; Mr.. G. w. Gale, freight and
traffic manager; Mr.. F. D. Russell. gen
eral freight agent, Mr.. D. Wishart.
general passenger agent; Mr. ]. R.
Wantworth. general superintendent and
Mr.. A. OHarra. division superintend-
ent.
The gentlemen VIII remain in Wich
which tine they will take a carriage
ride about the city and meet the pat
rons and friends OF the road They
will probably put in the most OF Mon
day at the Commercial club rooms
where. no doubt. they VIII be met by
the leading business men OF Wichita
The re-organized Frisco company
have started out governed by the pro-
per spirit. Their policy is one OF wis
dom, a fact that is manifested every
day and especially by the object of this
trip. They are ambitious TO do bust
ness both freight and passenger. and
they are going after it in a businessiike
manner They realize that they have
TO get business from the people along
the line OF their road and il is as much
for the purpose of meeting their pat
rons as TO ascertain how to please them
that they are out now. Their idea Is
TO study the country watch they ramify
with their main line and branches and
thus better fit themselves TO manage
and handle their business. They have
carefully studied the important points
enroute and viii. perhaps, give more
atten ton % Wichita than any point
west of St. Louis. They, doubtless,
recognize the importance OF Wichita as
a trade and business center. They
have a PROPHECY of its destiny and feel
confident that IL viii be a city of i'm
portance 10 the prosperity OF their road
and the attachments OF that pros erlty
is their ambition. II is destined TO be
the grain center OF Kansas-it is natural
that il should-and the fact is that IL IS
the greatest grain center OF the state
today But the grain market Is sthl
an infant and none know IL better
than the .wide-a wake gentlemen connec-
ted with the Frisco. When the means
are established for the concentra ton
of grain ar this point, as they soon viii
be. in a measure AT least, the Frisco
will be on the market as competitor
and a strong competitor it will be. The
Frisco does not go TO Kansas City and
hence in an effort 10 get its carrying
proportion OF the grain OF the great
valley. concentrated at this point, IL
will, undoubtedly. try and divert IL TO
St. Louis and hence viii not only create
a competition between independent
lines of road but between two large cit
les as well.
Il is 10 be hoped that the Frisco peo-
ole. in looking over the city and asceT-
tanning its traffic resources viii under |
stand and appreciate the opportunities
that lie here for them II their road |
proves TO be friendly TO and tote fair |
with the Peerless Princess OF the Plains 1
Il is to be hoped also that while here
they Will have a pleasant time and a |
profitable experience.