Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-25

deeds from Peter Ditsch and wife and
Thomas Ewing and wife to Colonel cha
mute. The deeds were from twenty-five 10
thirty years of age. and on each was the
! revenue stamp in use at that time.
Judge Martin then asked Colonel Morse
| how II was that in the tract there was now
! about ten acres more land than shown in
the original deeds.
1t was acquired by change in the
/ course Of the kaw river. IT was inclined
! to cut away the east bank Of the river and
| was doing damage. We had some JoJtieS
| built in to force the current back to whore
| it originally was and stop the cutting.
| When we shut the water back we had lip-
rapping put on the banks to protect them
and have since been able to force the cur
| re Mt 10 7, main i'm itc regular channel. The.
| land thus reclaimed was added to our
I acreage. and We filled il with dirt up to
the yard level Before IL was confined the
/ river was inclined to spread out very
great deal
Then Judge Martin took up at great
| length the purchase Of lots and tracts. and
| asked when, from whom and for what price
each piece Of property was acquired. 1t
made it necessary TO 20 into all of the an
| Cient history relative 20 the property.
J Judge Martins questions caused it to
come out. As Colonel Morse stated in his
company donated Ss0557.lS to get the Fow-
/ Ter Packing Company to locate in Kansas
| city. The company gave up a plant at
East Atchisnn Tor tho donation. Judge
Martin lives in Atchison. and his questions
/ indicated a resentment at Kansas city for
getting the AtchisOn packers Replying to
D
/ tiOns Judge Martin suggested the people
/ OF Kansas had an interest in many mar
kets. rather than in one. and ought not 10
be taxed for the destruction of one to build
UP another.
in the description of tracts of land that
hal been donated by the yards to packing
houses it came out that one piece of land
given was called Winaiugham place, which
lead Attorney General Boyle to observe
| f2Cetously that the name was highly sig
Uifcant and peculiarly appropriate, eSpe-
ClaltS as II won packing house.
ln conducting the examination Judge
Martin sat with State Accountant Joseph
~ Riggs on ono side and Expert w. J.
Stagg on the other. Each had an abstract
OF the land register. The questions were
MeaTisOme. Here j. q sample.
Does your company own lot l6. i'm block
II, on Wood street, Tourtelots SubdiVis-
ion of the second addition 10 old Kansas
City. kas.?'
What did You pay for it,"
when did you purchase lt2'
WAS IT cash transaction"
Have YOU sold any portion of ito
Please read the description"
Judge Martin appeared TO feel sure the
stock yards company cleared all of the
ears that We're used at the yards. Colonel
MCIse explained the difference between
clearing the yards and clearing the cars.
lie said the company did not and never did
have anything to do with clearing the cars.
Judge Martin wanted Colonel Morse TO
saw that the unimproved lOwland west OF
Water street along the river bank was a
saTGbar. like Richard III. said Of himself
scarce half made up
Il octic license might admit the COM
parISon." responded Colonel Morse. "Au
OF the bottoms here was originally "a sand
bar. That loNlaud iS being made now and
will be brought up to the land level
BY what right do YOU claim title 90 the
lOwlaud which dcSignat" Is "A SaUubaTH'
BY the deeds which I have described"
Colonel Morse also said the company had
been In peaCeahle possession for twenty
one years. That woJld give title of itself
Most of the deeds describe the land as
going 10 the Eaw river
Did your company offer any inducement
10 Swift & Co. to locate there
Yes sir; We gave them S62.l75 to locate
here"
How much Of that was land and what
was il Worlh2'
Twelve ana one-halt acres. worth sC2.-
To-
Judge Martin asked If q part Of the bonus
was stock in the Stock Yards Company. In
the Cl-, Of Fowler Tho balance was cash
aud in turn Fowler purchased FOR cash
stock iu th, yards.
What iuducement did it require to get
the kiugan people TO locate here
We gave them $4,000 worth OF land 80
Did YOU KnoG that klngan was operat-
Ing a plant 80 Atchison prior 10 coming
here.
Z did not"
there and that the Reids lived o Atchi-
soas
No sir: I did not Ny negotiations were
with Sinclair at indianapolis 80
Judge Martin continued his questions
bout AtchisOn. when Mr.. Dana asked
whore the plant At AtChiSOH was located
East AtchiSon. or Winthrop" Judge
Martin said.
In what state is that?" asked Nj Dana.