The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-30
GOULD MADE MONEY
New Depot in Wichita Causes
Big Business
RECEIPTS ARE DOUBLED
Col. BIeckIey Gives Figures
Showing Increase.

j The passenger business Of the Missouri
Pacific IN this city shows a wonderful
+ increase zincs the new depot was built.
This road helped itself b. helping wich-
tia.
People n this city have for some time
noticed that the building Of the new Mis-
souri, Pacific depot on West Douglas ave
nue. had increased the business Of that
section and that the property there had
advanced in value. but they have never
been fully informed as 10 what that
move did for the Missouri Pacific and as
TO whether the road had helped itself
while doing so much for wichita II can
now be stated OF the best Of authority
that the new depot was q paying invest
ment Tor this popular railway.
The accounts OF the company show q
wonderful increase IN the passenger bust
ness OF the Missouri Pacific since the
new depot was opened to the travelling
public The Increase is SO astounding
that a portion Of il viii have 70 be creu-
tied TO the business growth OF the city
IS a whole II is certainly TOO large 70
have been brought about solely by the
building Of the fine new depot. Just
think OF It. The new depot was opened
on the first day OF last January and the
business OF that month shows an IL
crease OF twenty-five per cent over the
same month last year. The month Of
February showed an increase OF sixty
per cent, March twenty per cent. and
the business for the first twenty days Of
April this year equaIed that for the
whole month last year.
Colonel L. z. Bleckley said yesterday
that there IS now strictly Kansas City
train that leaves here at % ?. n. and
the sleeper IS set In the yards an hour
before that time. and that their Pullman
business had increased $50 per cent since
the opening OF the new depot. He as
cribed large per cent OF the increase Of
passenger business 70 the new depot. he
said its facilities were not surpassed by
any single line depot IN the west. There
were union depots that beat It, but 10
one belonging TO a single road.
Col. Blecldey said one remarkable thing
about the business this spring was the
increase Of Colorado travel Heretofore
the travel TO that section in the spring Of
$50 - ----- SIl-- AA5A-r LAL THIS SlLlLZ
the travel was immense. Re said MS
road was going TO put another fast train
on the main line by the middle OF May
for the Colorado trade and that through
sleepers would be run from Wichita 10
al Colorado points. He could not ac-
count for this extra Colorado passenger
business unless II was increased interest
in mining and other property in the Cen
tennial state. He thought there was a
good deal Of interest being worked UP in
the beet sugar interests OF Colorado. He
said there was n sugar plant on the line
OF the Missouri Pacific ar Sugar City.
about seventy-flve miles this side OF
Pueblo. that two years ago had no pop
ulation which one year ago had CSC. and
now has over !, 900 people.
Col. Bleckley said the Missouri Pacific
was in favor Of having ticket Offices in
the business center of cities, ard there
was question whether the road would
not lose some Of its customers by abol- /
ishing the ticket Office on Main street. /
Re said It may have lost some. but the (
records showed that the new depot had ;
more than made it good. This increase
n business viii be no less gratifying 10 +
the people Of this city than 70 the Mis- 4
souri, Pacific. because they like fine de- 1
pots IN the city and they VIII be glad
that the railroads that build them get a
return for their capital invested in them. /