The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-26
B|||)AS FARM PRICES
One Result of Building Eastern
Railroad.
WAS BETTER For FARMERS
Than 1t Was for the Builders
of Cities.
MAS BETTER FOR FARMERS

The industrial development OF eastern
Oklahoma within the past SIX months
has been wonderful" said J. Hunter
Williams. editor Of the Glencoe Mirror.
who was in the city yesterday And 1t
seems that the new activity has been
caused mainly By the building OF rail-
road through that section. I, seems
strange that so favored section c,s9ld
have been neglected so long. and that
the mere building OF branch line Of
railroad could have worked such a change
In so short time, But the change came
and no one who ever traversed the conn
ties Of Payne and Pawnee a few months
ago could withhold his expressions os
surprise could one make the same trlp
again today.
The Eastern Oklahoma railroad vas
begun late last year II Guthrie and =
being built In a northeastern direction 70
connection with one OF the southern
Kansas lines Of the Santa Fs Tho road
taps section OF country noted for Is
natural beauty and richness and dlversi-
fed as 20 its industries. II first traverse
the rich valleys OF the Cimarron in a
southeasterly direction from Guthrie un-
III it reaches the thriving town OF RIP
ley. Here II twists back 70 the north-
west until 1t reaches Saltwater, town
once noted as being the largest inland
town in the United States. The road then
turns again 10 the northeast and gradu-
ally reaches the lofty and magnincent
[ ulafng NJ h.
and Pawnee counties. where the town OK
Glencoe, the magic city Of the East End
is located. The terminus Of the road az
present is at Pawnee. growing county
seat town builded and doomed by tho
tireless push OF the most thrifty lot OF
people II IS possible to find
Five new towns have been built as a
result OF the railroad These are the
towns OF Campbell. Coyle. Ripley. Mehan
and Glencoe. All are growing. but Rip
| ley and Glencoe are destined 10 be tS-
best OF the new towns. The old tow e
which the railroad has helped are Pc
kins. Saltwater and Pawnee. In The o
towns the price OF real estate has adj
vanced from . to % per cent and each
/ OF the towns viii double IN population
within a year.
| The most perceptble change. however.
Is probably seen in the rural development
Of the country traversed by the railroad.
The price OF all farm products Is higher
and the farmers are getting almost az
much again profit out Of their stun as
they got a year ago. because they are
not compelled 10 haul so FAR 10 market
In the vicinity OF Glencoe. for instance.
the farmers used to haul a load OF wheat
| from twenty-five 20 nifty miles 70 mar
/ ket and get no more than they are get
/ ting today right at Glencoe. As a result
/ Of this great change farms which last
year could have been purchased for from
$500 10 $3.50 are today worth all the way
/ from s2,0o0 10 $1,000. owing 70 their dis.
| lance from town. There f. scarcely n
farmer but who is building some kind OF
a building on his place. from a granary
/ to new and commcdious dwelling The
man who made the race with an old
broken down team and a dollar IN his
pocket now rides into Glencoe every sat
urday in a carriage and Il lord over =
fine quarter section q land BY the wa.
he is going 70 vote for Flynn.
The railroad company Is putting great
faith IN the new town Of Glencoe. which
/ Is destined 70 be. the greatest shipping
point on the line. The town IS surround
ed by a superb farming and stock raising
country. In view II this fact tho rail-
road company has spent over 1900 Ia
side tracks and other couvenieDces Tor
the shipper. The Industrial track II the
best one on the new Iiae. II was put IN
| without cents cost 20 the indus tries
along the riRhf-of-way. Besides this
/ track there are two other switches and
fine stock yards The townaite company
would ike 20 locate some man who ALL
put 10 fine brick hotel and ne indus
I trial department ~ the Santa Fs will
look up another elevator and cotton gin
l for next year
Taking everything into consideration.
/ 7 believe the building % the Eastern
/ Oklahoma railroad has ben worth mill
/ ION dollars % eastern Oklahoma.