The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-27
COMING THIS WAY
Surveyors Looking for Right
of Way Into This City,
WORK TO BEGIN SEPT. IS
Line Being Graded North of
Anthony.
WORK TO BEGIN SEPT. IS

". ". Colpitts, Of Kansas City, chief
engineer Of the Kansas City. Mexico &
Orient railway, arrived in The city Sun
day evening He is looking for a right
of-way through the city. He brought
with him a corps of surveyors. They viii
begin work this morning surveying all
the possible routes through the city. The
surveying Of the rigat-of-way is up TO
within three miles OF the city on the
southwest and about two miles on the
northwest. There are two routes from
the north and It is not definitely decided
which one VIII be used. One goes almost
straight east ana the other northeast.
The route 10 the west will be used as
surveyed two years ago. IL starts about
two miles south OF the Friends university
on the sixth principal meridian and goes
southwest to Viola. From there it VIII
so 10 Harper and Anthony and from
there nearly south 10 the Red river. Mr..
Colpitts stated TO q reporter for the
Eagle last night that nothing definite
had been decided on the route from the
west into the city from that meridian.
Tie company has had men out looking
up the right-of-way and have made op-
tons for the line up to the meridian.
There are some small pieces that will
have to go through condemnation pro-
ceedings but these are few ana far be-
tween. Mr.. Colpitts viii be in the city
for two or three weeks.
MI w c. Edwards and his family are
in the city also Mr. Edwards is one Of
the directors Of the company and has a
number Of contracts for the construction
work Mrs. Edwards and the children
are well pleased with Wichita and they
left last night for Kansas City to bring
their household goods. Mr.. Edwards is
pleased with this town and yesterday af-
ternoon rented the residence Of Col. Dyer
at JOY North Emporia. He win be To-
Gated here permanently after September
lst
Mr.. Edwards stated TO a reporter for
the Eagle that the work is being pushed
as fast as possible IN this state and in
oklahoma ae stated that there was
sixty-seven miles in the line southwest
Of Anthony ready for the rails and eight
more would hen nished by October l.
This viii take the line to Falrview. O. T.
tho first division point out of Wichita.
Tt is $50 miles from this city. The COM
pary has purchased two sections of land
there and 8Ir. Edwards had the plat Of
the town with him to file in the recorder
OF deeds Office. This town is a new one.
eight miles south of the Cimarron river
in Woods county. The grading is com
pleted up to the river and win be finished
TO the town within forty days. There
are 5000 ties 1t Anthony now fer the lay
ing of this track as soon as the steel
comes Al ltheb ridges for twenty miles
south of Anthony have been completed
and all is now ready for TIE rails The
graders ere working on the right-of-way
north of Anthony TO Harper. Kansas.
This VIII be finished in few weeks
There is "a big steam grader at work
here. The men have 20 cut through some
very hard rock north Of Anthony. The
graders are ut work near and have about
six miles completed. This is TO be the
next division point south of Fairvicw.
There is twenty miles If grading done
in Greer county. Oklahoma and nine more
miles viii be finished by October !.
South Of the Rcd river TO Chillocothe,
Tex. there is eleven miles completed.
The graders are working both ways on
an the lines except from Anthony, but
mon viii he put to work ct Wichita as
soon as the men reach the Sedgwick
county lire. Mr. Edwards said that work
would commence in this county Septem-
Der Is There is q large amount of ties
and bridge timber stored ct Anthony for
the work south Of thta town ana rs soon
as the steel comes the work of track
laying would commence
Mr. Edwards said that the Steel
Workers strike was putting the work
back some as far as tracS-laying goes.
but the graders would keep busy just
the same
Nearly an of the right-of-way from
Anthony TO Wichita has been purchased
and ar Edwards leaves Tor Oklahoma
this morning TO clear mp the risht-cf-way
for mile and a quarter of the lire
About seven miles II grading has been
completed or the line southwest of EN-
poria an6 q large force OF men are COM
fnr- tHfe WAY