The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-29
ARE NOT YET KNOWN
Site of Orient Shops Must Be
Selected
ON OR BEFORE NOV. 10Th
But the Site Need Not Be
Known at That Time.

One of the principal topics Of converse
ton at the present time is when the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railway
are going to enter this city. where they
viii place their depot and yards and
what is most important of all, what viii
be the location of their shops
Wichita is to have the principal ma
chine shops and the general Offices Of
the company between Kansas City and
the Texas line. The company is work
ing on the line between Harper and An
thony, and the line IS almost complete
between Anthony and the Red river, and
It is expected that work will begin on
the line between Harper and this city
by December LIST.
IN the ordinance calling for a special
election TO vote bonds for the Orient
railroad it is stated that the road should
be in operation through this city by
December 81. 1904, and that the company
should select the site for the shops and
terminal facilities within one year from
the day that the bond proposition was
voted on. That date was November 20,
1899. so the Orient people must select
the site for their shops within twenty
three days.
The people Of this city have conjectured
a great deal about the location Of the
Orient shops. Their corps of surveyors,
under the direction Of Mr.. ". W. Col
pitts, surveyed several possible routes
into the city and worked some time
on the West Side surveying several tracts
OF land and some people thought it GER
tain that the location Of the Orient shops
would be on the West Side, near the
Missouri Pacific junction. II was also
rUmored that the Orient would come
into the city over the Missouri Pacific
tracks and the two roads would use the
same shops and depots. This rumor was
augmented by the building Of the new
Missouri Pacific freight depot.
The next rurnor knocked ali former ones
into a cooked hat 1t was reported that
a director Of the company made the
ment that the company had purchased
the Burton car works and would utilize
them as shops and would come into the
city on AIosley avenue.
There were a number OF other rumors
floating around. but none of them came
10 as definite conclusion as the two above
stated. Mr.. ColpiJts. the chief engineer
of the system, has completed his work
in the city as far as preliminary surveys
go and is at present in Kansas City max
ing his plats and presenting them TO the
board of directors. The company has
until November 20 to select the site and
in all probabilities the site has been Sc
lected and is now known to the officials
but not to the public and it is very likely
that the people of the city VIII not know
where the Orient machine shops are to
be located or how the road is TO come
into the city until the contractors have
graded the roadbed almost up to the
city limits
The Orient shops VIII be located in
this city and it is almost certain that
the site IS selected at the present time.
In the ordinance It is not stated that
the companies shall place on file their Sc
lection of site for their shops. All they
have to do is to make their selection
and they can keep the matter in their
pockets uStil they are ready TO begin
work on them. It is not necessary that
they make known what their selection is
and it is very improbable that they viii
tell, for obvious reasons. the exact Ioca-
ton Of the shops.