Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-12-31
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81
GREATER OALENA.

Saicno Will soon De CITY Vi Ao,-
600 people. Consolidation 10 now
almost an assured fact. The coun-
Gil of Empire City met with the
council of Galena Monday night
for the purpose of discussing the
advisa bility of annexation or con.
solidation. II wac business meet
ing throughout, and was carried to
what all term q successful termin-
alton. The people representing
Empire City realized that they must
sacrifice something az also, did the
people of Galena. These matters
were definitely settled after mature
elaboration. and the councils told
each other what would be expected
of each city. Empire City expects
to have an elegant new school
building or buildings, as the vote
of the people may determine. That
money will be allotted for the pur.
pose of securing machinery suffici.
ent to establish an independent
water system In that city. They
have q well down to depth of l,5OO
feet, and claim to have as fine a
supply of water 40 ever come gush-
ing from mother earth. This is
highly proper In view of the fact
that the deep ravine between the
two cities would make an extension
of the Galena water maine, q very
costly and difficult undertaking.
The benefits ODE derived from con.
solidation to both cities were con.
sidered numerous and the disad.
vantages few in number. They
claim that consolidation will give
US free delivery system. Consoli-
dation will make Galena city of
the first class. It will place Galena
in the rank of one the largest towns
in Kansas. 1t will give us fire en-.
giues. 1t will make it possible for
us to macadamize our streets. II
will give to one town united, Wig
orous and oue.aim people. They
expect from such a condition to
get Court of Common Pleas. in
a court building costing $4,000.
That our influence as united pro-
gressive people will Immediately
have the effect of turning the at
tention of railways here. The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas could be
made to see the advantages of our
town. The great resources would
prove a magnet to them. Natural
gas has been discovered at Chetopa.
II has been proven that natural gas
10 the cheapest means yet discov-
cred to smelt our ores. The Mis-
sour Pacific railroad stops at Jop-
lin, and lie just waiting for an ex.
cuse to come to Galena. Under the
proper conditions they will con-
tinue their line through Galena, to
Baxter and Chetopa, where they
will connect and by doing so, give
Galeua one of the greatest railroad
systems in the world. The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad is only
waiting for Galena to discard her
swaddliug clothes, and quit her
cellar door Gliding. The big gas
smeiters in the lola district are To-
Gated on their line. Galena is the
greatest zinc ore producer in the
United States. We believe in rail-
roads. They are factor in civiliza.
ton, no railroads the white man
of the west would still be worship.
ing goblins damned aud griffins
terrible. Where there are railroads
are men of money, men of brains,
men who achieve. men who sue.
coed. Expansion is the order of the
day. The vest we filed wit ice
cream last summer fit us now like
goid-eye glasses fit a maverick
mauler.-Galena Republican.