The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-12
ARE THE BONDS SOlD2
J. w. O'Neal Former Man.
ager of Railway Says So.
MATERIAL MAY DELAY
City Official Heard the Latest
News in Topeka.

The inclemency of the weather yester-
day. both overhead and under foot las
brought about the usual discussion Oh
street railway matters. and many ques-
lions have been asked by those who have
70 depend on the street car service 10 take
them 10 and from their homes and PAGES
of business. The public have been pa
tient,v awaiting some movement on the
mart of the Church people that would look
like business in the way of constructing
a new street car line under the franchlse
which was granted some weeks ago 10 II.
p Church & Co. Of Boston, Mass, anu
when the bond OF $1,000 IN cash was placed
in the hands of the city treasurer as
! guarantee of good faith as well as lot
FIXTURE. It was looked upon as the Gulelus
to all wild rumor and speculation ana
new system was felt assured There was
some little delay and many hitches De-
tween the money loaners and BOND noat-
ers. as well as railway contractors. tnat
seemed at one time as if the company was
not such an assured fact as supposed.
Some cores ondence of length and many
kilograms were sent and received by and
between officials of the company at this
end and at Boston, including contractors
in one or two of the large cities, and ii
finally terminated in the visit of Engineer
| Bradley, coming 10 the city from chicago
with many assurances, and Contractor
Gates of Chicago, representing that he
| had closed the contract with the Church
people for the building of the railroad.
Material was going to be shipped at once
! and many men were to be at work and the
new road was promised according TO the
| agreement with the mayor and council to
be constructed and in operation by April
| 1, 1899
Very little or nothing has so far been
| accomplished that would seem like bust
/ ness so far as the railroad is concerned,
| and what has been done in connection with
the electric lighting plant can be seen for
| itself The city has its eye on the $4,000
| in cash, but the public would very much
| rather have a new system of street rail-
way. 1t is now drawing near when ii
will be almost too short a time to build
| and equip line of frst-class electric rail-
way unless the company will take hold of
! the work in earnest and put a number Of
men to work.
During the visit of some OF the city Of
| ficia.s to Topeka at the beginning Of the
week, where they went to attend the in
| auguration of Governor Stanley, one of the
| officials happened across ]. W. ONeal OF
| Topeka, who was a former general man.
| ager of the street car company now in
| existence here. He had recently returned
| from New York. and he impaired the in
| formation to the gentleman from this city
| that during his visit in the east he was
| informed by a Wall street friend that the
| Church people had made final arrange
| ments to place the Wichita street railway
| bonds and that nothing would now delay
| the building of the Wichita street rail-
way, unless it might be the inability to
get the required material
| While this story seems to lend some
| coloring to the matter in the way of ex-
pecting something to be done soon. there
are others who have learned Of the report
made by Mr.. O'NeaI and who are asking
what has become of the mOney-that was
once before supposed to have been paid
| over for the same bonds. Many conflict
/ ing statements have cropped out and al
| that can be done is being done, while the
J day draws nearer when the city Will maxi
| a demand and put the $1,000 deposit 70
| the credit of the city of Wichita.