The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-15
FIRST STEP TAKEN
Petitions for Special Election
are Circulated.
TO BUY THE DOLD PLANT
All Wichita Is interested and
Unanimous.
In a 80. wIchita - 60.

In q crisis, Wichita never hesitates.
Yesterday petitions were out in the city
requesting the mayor and city council to
call a special election. This special cleo
ton wiz be for the purpose Of voting
$4,000 bonds, for the purchase of forty
acres lying just north Of the packing
plants, the tract so purchased to be made
into park. The realty wiz be bought
Of Jacob Dold.
The matter has been under Amusement
several days, as every one in the city
knows. The city council has talked the
matter over, and yesterday at a meeting
Of citizens. a committee was appointed to
prepare q petition at once and arrange for
its Immediate circulation.
By , o'clock the committee had the Pc
titions ready and from this time on no
delay viii be suffered in getting them
signed. The committee consists Of c. 4.
Potts. o. l. Smith. c. II. Smyth, ". R.
Dulaney, Charles Luling, J. o. Davidson,
c. r Fulton c. Y. Ferguson, 5. p. Ami
don. Scott r. Whine, 3. L. Eaton and
Finlay Ross.
The election VIII be one Of the most i'm
portau ever held in this city. As the cit
liens know its import and the pressing
necessity of action. there VIII come laud-
ible unanimity of sentiment. The cleo
ton viii. consequently, prove, the mere
forrnality Of recording a harmonious SEN
timent. a sentiment which has never fall
Cd to grasp the opportunity TO carry
Wichita over all difficulties and to press
her destiny on higher and higher TO un-
disputed ascendancy in the southwest
A necessary step in the rebuilding of the
Dold plant is the purchase Of this tract
and the bonds viii be voted practically
unanimously.
The election VIII be held within the
next forty days.
In the meantime the North Side is to
become a scene Of renewed activity anu
life. The city viii extend the water ser
vice to the district Of the big packing
plants. the big mil and the elevators. The
city limits viii be extended around them.
BY Octobert1. instead Of evidences Of a
bacl-set and the signs Of retrogression,
there will be an army Of carpenters, Of
masons, Of artisans, the roar of hun
dred hammers, the rasp of saw, the ring
of trowel. and everywhere evidence of a
new life. a new start and Wichita viii
enter the winter with ali the life that re-
newed vigor, freshened determination and
revived faith can impart. The tin bucket
brigade VIII grow apace, and Christmas
vii ind the city forging forward with
immense strides, prosperous, progressive
and at last witness TO the accelerated
growth so long anticipated. There has
been no loss through hesitation. The
@r-4 is -fc
is going ahead.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Fred Dold arriv-
ed in the city from Bunalo. Mr.. Dold
went UP TO the packing house and about
the middle Of the afternoon when re-
porter for the Eagle called there he
found Mr. Dold dressed in his working
clothes. The broad smile on his face
told that he was glad TO get back 10
Wichita and that visions Of the greater
Dold packing house were fitting through
his mind. There is no getting around the
fact that Dolds quick determination 10
rebuild broader and larger than ever has
done wonders to inspire confidence in the
future of Wichita as packing center
Fred Dold heart was with this Nich-
3ts plant and he does not fan to express
his delight at the opportunity offered to
build a bigger packing house than the one
destroyed.
eve viii set right to work. he said
"and clear the deck for action. II viii
take several weeks TO clean out all the
debris and set ready to commence the
new building. We viii first clear the
ground OF the fallen walls and then take
down the foundation walls 70 the ground
I supnose the underground walls are all
right. but if they are not they too, viii
be removed. Every stone in the founda-
items injured by the fire viii be taken out
People thought We had good packing
house before the fire, but when the new
on is built you viii see a great deal
f,tter one. We have had experience
and row know exactly what We need
here. I was very much discouraged at
the Tine of the fire and the idea that I
was NOT a part O.: the business life Of
Wichita was enough to make one sick
had come to regard Wichita as my home
and the very idea of -oing somewhere
else was not pleasant 20 me ard now
that have the consent of the company
10 rebuild the house. you may he sure
that I am only too anxious 10 see the
new structure completed. The work viii
be rushed because we want 10 set back
to killing hogs. more Of them than ever
before"
II viii take eight months. IN the opin-
ION Of 8Ir. DoId, 10 complete the massive
plant