The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-29
OVER The TOWN
Orient Railroad People I'M
pressed With Wichita.
CONFER WITH COMMITTEE
But Reach No Conclusion on
the Bond Proposition.

The committee of railroad gentlemen
representing the Kansas City, Mexican
and Orient Railway company were here
again yesterday looking over the situation
and after holding consultations behind
closed doors all Gay, left last night for
Kansas City. The delegation composed
Judge John A Eaton, general solicitor
from the legal department Of the COM
pany, who has been taking care of the
Wichita end of the project; E. Z. Martin,
director and member of. the executive
committee of the company and vice
president of the Guardian Trust company.
which is back of Mr.. StillweH: c. W.
Atkinson. president of the construction
company which has the contract Tor a
portion of the road; ". c. Edwards, who
| is associated with the construction COM
pany, and w. r. Armstrong, chief engi-
| neer of the company
The gentlemen were driven over the
city by the local Committee and shown
the many approaches to the town The
result Of the conferences is being kept
from the public until something definite
IS determined, and all reports that have
been rife during the past several days
the committee announces is sheer specu-
lation. To a reporter for the Eagle Presi-
dent COIN of the Commercial club said
last night that no special meeting was
called, bur the proposition to land the
shops or other terminal facilities was
singly talked over by the two interested
parties with the view Of reporting on the
measure underst andingly
None Of the gentlemen here yesterday
were empowered to act for President
Stillwell, but they were given such infor-
nation about Wichita's special advan-
tages by the committee that will enable
them to make 1t clear to Mr. StillwelI and
thoroughly define the situation
The railroad men are very favorably i'm
pressed with the advantages of the town,
the hospitality and congenality of the
people, but as to the nature Of the propo-
sition that is pending they were reticent,
from the fact that no agreement of any
kind was reached and nothing is in readi-
ness for publication as to the true status
of the situation.
The Kansas City people were in con-
ference with the members of the club
until almost 10 o'clock last night, when
they took the Missouri Pacific train for
Kansas City to report the situation.
: Sentiment in Wichita is in favor Of the
railroad company building its lines
through here At any event, whether aid
bonds or terminal bonds are voted or not
the officials assert that the road will take
in Wichita. But foremost in the minds
of Wichitans and the Commercial club Is
the effort to obtain the shops.
Before leaving last night Judge Eaton
said that nothing definite had been de-
cided upon and the situation will remain
in statu quo until all propositions now
before all interested can be judiciously
and understandingly discussed in every
phrase.
Wichita is the right distance from Kan
sas City and also the right distance from
the central terminus for the shops, and it
is the concensus of opinion that railroad
institution of this kind would be more
to the lines Bcated here
than at any point in Kansas, and that it
would be a good thing for both the town
and company
1t has been argued that bonds to the
extent of $4,000, and even more would
not ork a hardship on the taxpaying ele-
nent, for the reason that the taxes real
lied from the property would more than
amount to the interest on AS and pay off
the principal in from fifteen to twenty |
years.