The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-22
WINFIELD PEOPLE
MADE OBJECTION
To Having Southeast Railroad
Miss Their Town.
COMPANY OF THEIR OWN
Was Organized 10 Build a
Road into Usage Nation.
COMPANY OF THEIR OWN

The Winfield Courier IN speaking Of the
Organization Of the Winfield q Southern
Railway company. says:
The company IS composed Of twenty
I've CT WllheIds business men and is
capitalized for Sl0a0o0. So. 900 Of which
has already been subscribed.
The object Of the company is to build
railroad southeast from Winfield to
The coal fields Of the Usage and Cherokee
naGcns. The objective point at present
IS Fawhuska, in the Usage country. but
It may be pushed much farther to the
southeast The idea is to run the road
directly southeast through Maple City
The men interested ia the project are
convinced that if this part Of the terri
tory is connected directly with Winfield
st VIII bring good results in the way of
trade to our town. Wichita is evidently
Of he same opinion for she has organ
izeG- her business men and is now en-
deavoring to get a charter to build a road
down through Sedgwick, touching Cow
ley at Rock. thence southwest 10 the
territory line road over this route
would leave Winfield out in the cold,
y hich fact several Winfield business men
were not slow to see, as they only organ
Ted and made application for a charter
last Saturday night
Although the Winfield business men
have taken this action, it does not thwart
the plans of the Wichita men who have
long been figuring on building a line
into this same territory. Winfield men
and Wichita men have had conferences
about the natter Both routes. through
Winfield and Rock. have been considered
md the topography of the country care
fully observed. and some Of the Winfield
people did not believe the route through
Winfield was feasible Mr. Peckham.
Who is now believed to be back of the
scheme with his Frisco railway capital,
has said that ne did not think the route
Through Winfield was the best one.
Whatever the route Wichita viii have
3 railroad to the southeast coal fields.
and not at a very late day. All Of the
preliminary plans for the organization
OF the road have been made. A good
sized capital has already been subscribed
and all that is necessary is to organize
and secure charter. Some Of the pre-
Nminary surveys have been made on
the AttD routes. OF %CEEl1l months &c
tive work has been done IN this city
toward the building Of the road; in fact
ever since the organization of the Chem
her Of Commerce. that body has been
working on the proposition ana are now
about ready to make some announce
ment Of their plans.
Yesterday Mr. c. !. Davidson. who IS
at the head of the proposition. held
conference with number of business
non interested in the building Of the
road and talked the matter over. No
definite conclusion was reached. and
win uot De until after q conference with
the Winfield people.
The building Of the road will be a great
benefit 70 the entire southern part Of the
state. and the business men OF both
cities feel that IN order to make the road
{ success and assure its early compile
tion it would be far better 20 join forces
and work in harmony than to pull
against each other A road to the coal
fields Of the Indian Territory VIII be
built and Wichita win be the northern
terminus. but every town in Southern
Kansas and Northern Oklahoma viii re-
ceiya the hanrTrc