The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-20
9alttl1s EaaIe
M. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING.


ceded by everybody. prestige Of which concession
means not only battle been fought and
but that it means millions money only millions
Of money but vastly greater growth and greater power
for Wichita We aude to the Eagles contention years
that there would be center commerce between the
Missouri river and Denver between that river and
Fort Worth central city of would
be Wichita
The Eagle, in the time gone by. convinced so many
railroad magnates capitalists Of the soundnes of that
proposition speculative imitation ensued and of such
proportions as, if il did prove disastrous least
greatly handicapped the cys conceded advantages Of
location environments thus retardng postponed
wichta's day of great things the jobbng point
the livestock market and packing center Of the state Of
Kansas.
Wichita not located any trunk line Of railway
but evident her superiority and importance that all
Ct the lines within reach projected branches the
town several of which branches becoming main lines
Simply and solely because their business city
with the communities this city daily
certainly and extensively serving The Orient which
Wichita its chief division shop station Of
course will put Wichita a line as
yet only being constructed OF course it is also true
that Wichita probably be the northern
the trunk line of the Choctaw But it is true that all Of
the present roads of Wichita treated
operated by their management branches their
lines,
Wichita in all her phenomenal past grew solid
ly expanded surely she growing expanding
now With no more contentious for supremacy confront
Ing her business interests; with uncertainties
as to the possibilities of railways combining against her
in the interest Of trunk points; present
railway arrangements friendly and conserving her rap
idly growing tonnage the reason for the concession
upon the part of everybody that Wichita destined
beyond any question greatest city Kansas is
difficult to understand.
Such conceded prestige would for all of the
cys present advancement in realty values the daily
enlargement of business But the discerning sees
addition this concession Of superiority and advantage
Of prestige of the wealth of the city
contributing territory. richest agricultural domain
its unlimited resources in grain and cattle. its teemng
thousands of prosperous people and there one
conclusion that the market city such
surrounding logically inevitably rapidly grow to
greatness in all that greatness means to and for city
ANOTHER TOPEKA GRAFT THAT WILL NOT GO.
There being no more unexpounded legislative appro-
oriaons for upon state capital boarding
house contingent and other barnacles of the sucker and
eech tribe Topeka being doubtless apprehensve of
hunger have commenced to cipher on new schemes The
seemingly them feasible graft is another state
capitol which graft by of the papers Of that
city. This paper does not name any sum Of
money declares that an annex or enlargement of the
present capitol is necessary.
viii be remembered. by the taxpayers Of the state
forgotten by them, they refresh their recollection
by referring their receipts that for several years
they compelled to whack up through direct state
of the legislature was Unprecedented Appropriations
from the treasury be expected from time to time
building should be completed but the Topeka
contingent demanded and secured direct levy on all the
property of purpose The said taxpayers
have concluded that addition of Ceres or other
statue the dome they would be done with
that expense But now comes the ntimaton referred to
af another pull
That state house has hundreds of thousands of
dollars than should It's whole construction has
been marked by series of expensive mistakes The
first foundation whose corner stone bore the names
Of who thought they were already ustrious but who
have for the most part been long since forgotten was torn
out in response to the demand of the newspapers There
big swnde and fraud construction of the first
east wing. Now after all these years of time and
expense that the taxpayer had concluded that at
least that burden well rid Of comes the sugges
ton Of more additional state house room.
If that hungry Topeka contingent viii take down their
they VIII discover that the present state capital is
located at about the of the state or its popua
lions. but the northeast eighth of the
state in dangerous political and commercial proximity
to Missouri Influences farther reference to census
statistics win disclose additional fact that there are
number Of live far west and south also Of Topeka
which are nearer the center Of population than the present
state capital and that the northeast quarter OF the com
monwealh in which Topeka is located holds about all
the state institutions and gets all Of the annual appro-
prations This fact in connection with the truth that