The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-28


ments could not be made whereby the
houses could be moved for them
There are lots further east said
Mr.. Crane. which might be secured for
these people II might be that we could
take the $4,000 which the Santa F'e
may pay, with what We can raise our
selves, and move the houses for these
people on to new property which VIII
suit them as we'll
Vice President John O. Frost, who
occupied the chair IN the absence OF
President Holman was Informed that
some or the property owners We're pres
ent. and he called on them for their
views. c. W Johnson said:
7 have a little place down there, and
am willing to sell cheap in order to
DFIn5 the shops here. II might De pos
sibIe TO move some Of the houses, but
not very many of them, and nearly
every man wants to sell his house too.
Most of them have additions built on
10 them II such way that they cannot
be moved. Then We have trees and
eisterns and wells, which We could not
move The most OF the property owners
are willing to sell for less than they
think the property Is really worth. but
they want TO. sell their houses toe Since
they have given in the price which they
win take to the railroad company, some
of them have said they viii take less
Henry McDade, another property
owner. said. II we sell We want To sell
our buildings also, because it won't pay
to move them
Jonathan Thomas. Il believe the
thing for US to do Is 10 get to work and
raise this money by subscription. and
We must move quickly. / am willing to
give 5000. If we lose these new shops,
the ones We already have will begin to
disiutegrate. and thgre is no telling
where it VIII stop, and what would our
property be worth without these shops
IN Topeka We viii not lose al the
money we put into this subscription,
because some Of these houses can be
off = szrlI4 in
A general discussion followed as to
whether the circulation Of the subscrip-
ton should be left TO the committee
already appointed and to those whom
they should employ. or whether a new
committee should be appointed for that
special work
We do not wish to leave this matter
to people who are hired" said F. P
MaCLennan. We must do it ourselves.
1 think Mr. Thomas has struck the key
note when he suggested necessity of
raising the money, and the sooner
We get at it the better. Will give $500
Mr.. webb: T do not see the ueces-
sity Of sending men down there to can
Vass these people again The railroad
com pauy viii pr8bai Iy furnish the list
it has already compiled Mr. Hale,
formerly city q assessor. has been work
ing on the matter for three weeks, and
his list is pretty correct. Tt would be
impossible for this club to improve on 1t
people are foreigners. principally Rus
slams. and do not speak English 1t IS
true that the houses cannot be moved
The most Of them would have to be
torn down. They have been built Is and
20 years. and many Of them are made
up Of separate additions. one built on to
another. I have IN mind one house
which started with one room and five
additions have been built on to it It
has been stated to me tonight that q
company can probably be formed that
VIII be willing to pay $4,000 for the
houses which cannot be moved, and
think this could be done"
Secretary Anderson This is q sim
pie business proposition, and we must
get down to work on it. The Santa Fs
doesn't need all Of this land for frog
and switch factory and the tact@ that
the company wants to buy it means
that the locomotive erecting shops are
soon TO follow. The Santa Fe viii not
be unreasonable. Not i shovel Of dirt
could have been thrown on the road If
Shawnee county had not first put $3.50.
ace IN bonds Afterwards we found a
way To give them another S106,o 600 for
the shops which are now here The
thing TO do is to see what the difference
is between the 0mpa1y and the proper
ty owners, and then raise the differ
ence."
c. s Elliott moved that a finance
committee of nine be appointed to raise
the necessary funds. and the motion
was adopted.
F H Foster then moved that the sec
rotary be authorized to take the sub
scriptions of those present. and without
waiting for the motion to be put Score
tary Anderson began to write the
names. and within a few minutes 81. $50
had been pledged The following were
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