The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-04-17
BEFORE MAY FIRST
Two Hundred and Fifty Teams
and Men
WILL BE IN WICHITA
Grading Both Ways for the
Orient Road.

There VIII be two hundred and fifty
teams at work grading the track for the
Orient railroad in this city in two
weeks"
That IS what ". C. Edwards. confiden-
tiaI agent of Arthur E. StIweH. said
last night He further stated that there
would be two construction companies
commence work on the new line here at
Wichita One will Guild west and me
other east The iron for the new line
win be delivered here at Wichita and the
track win be laid both ways from here.
It will make lively ZINES when the work
is commenced
Mr.. Edwards and A M. Denny were
out along the line east of the city yes
terday securing right Of way from the
farmers through whose farms the Orient
will run. 45efore they started out Harry
Stewart made out a list Of tie owners o.
the farms through which the road will
run IN this county, and the names Of
the parties holding mortgages on lew
OF the farms. They put IN q good gay
and did not return to the city until $50
O'Clock last night.
Mr.. Edwards was jubnant over the
prospect of soon getting to work here at
Wichita He said most of the farmers
were inclined TO do the right thing about
the right OF way. They want the Orient
and they realize that the people must
give the company a, chance to build. They
secured tho right of way through several
farms east OF the city yesterday. One
large land owner, S. /. Conine, ceded
the right OF way through his farm for a
mile and a half. It was when speaking
of this that Mr.. Edwards stated the
number of teams that would be put on
the grade here in two weeks.
It was learned from Mr.. awards last
night that the Orient has surveyed two
lines through Butler County. one is by
way of IL Dorado and the other by way
of Potwfn It is the intention to get con-
tracts for right Of way over both lines
and then the Company viii decide on
which one It viii build. e. Dorado is, Of
course, the better town, but the Potwin
line VII be four or five miles shorter.
This, Of course counts for something in
the operation Of the road, at it is be-
Beved that the Orient company viii pre-
FER the FL Dorado line.
The attorneys and county officials at
the court house do not discuss the mat
ter as to whether the Orient win be built.
That fact is now conceded and the only
interest manifested is as to where it Wi
enter the city and where the machine
shops will be located. When the Burton
works were mentioned to Mr.. Edwards
last night he simply smiled and said it
was pity that they were not nearer
the city. The general desire of the peo-
pie in this city who are discussing the
matter of the location of the machine
shops seems TO be TO have .--em located
either in the south part of the city or on
the West Side.
Speaking Of the building of the new line
last evening, Mr.. Edwards said that a
very large section Of the road through
Harper county was already graded and
that when work was commenced here
people would be surprised at the rapid
manner in which it would be carried for
ward. His idea seemed to be that Wich-
lta would be the center of great activity.
This, he thought was all right because
from the start Wichita people had en-
couraged the promoters of this great en-
terprise of building a new line of rail-
way from the Missouri to the Pacific.