The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-04
OTHER CITIES
WANT SHOPS
And Offices of Orient If Wich-
tia Doesn't.
COMPANY WOULD ACCEPT
West End Proposition If City
Would Grant 1t to Them.

1t is high time for Wichita citizens 10
get to work and select a site for the Kan
sas City, Mexico & Orient passenger de-
pot Other cities have heard of the rum
pus in Wichita and are working TO have
the shops and division points moved away
from Wichita and given to some other
town. Anthony would like TO have the
shops. and the citizens there are going
after them. The following is taken from
the Anthony Bulletin:
Wichita is not acting right in the mat
! ter OF granting the right OF way and fran
chises 70 the Orient railroad for a division
and the location of shops. The people
| up there are quarreling about the matter.
| TWO or three factions are trying to pun
the locations one way and another.
While they are doing this the people
| of Anthony might quietly secure this
plum. This town has already done much
| for the Orient road. and the Union Con-
structiOn company, which is building il,
/ has headquarters at Anthony. There is
/ no reason why Anthony is not just as
/ good a division point as Wichita. We al
ready have more railroads than Wichita
we can give them plenty of room anu
plenty Of good railroad company"
Wichita must keep those shops. and she
viii keep them. but it viii not do TO keep
the company waiting to know. where they
Will be located
! Mr. Eaton last Monday afternoon sta
ted that the company must know within
a few days where they are to have their
depots in this city. He asked that an
ordinance be granted them for the depots;
near the corner of William and fremont
| streets and it was referred to the coun-
ell committee on franchises and licenses
| and three weeks time given the commit
| tee to investigate the route. Mr. Eaton
said that this was too late for the com
pany. They had completed their line 10
| the Sedgwick county line and were work
this way as fast as possible. and at an
early date put on a larger crew. 1t is
imperative that the company know how
they will enter this city where their de-
pots shall be located and what route will
be used in conunuing the road TO tho
northeast.
Since the special meeting of the council
the first of the week another route and To-
cation has been proposed. and that is TO
have the road build north along the west
bank of the river 10 a point north of Ma
pie street and then cross the river and
have the depot either on the corner Of
Water and William street, or facing
Douglas avenue nearly opposite the Mis-
souri, Pacific depot Since this PROPOSE
ton was made many people have gone
10 work for this site. and the DIRECTORS
Of the fremont street site have removed
their objections and many who signed
the remonstrance are out openly at work
to keep the Orient in the east end Of
town, and the supporters of the West
End site are doing their work quietly but
just as hard as the others.
Mayor Mclean and c. L. Davidson went
to Kansas City Wednesday and had a
conference with the Orient officials re-
garding the new project. and it IS I'M
derstood that Mr.. Davidson received a
letter from .ne chief engineer OF the com
pany yesterday. saying that the West
End proposition was thoroughly under
stood by the company and that this as
a possible entrance to the city had been
thought Of and the line surveyed. II is
said that the letter also contained an
acceptance of the route along the west
bank of the river and across with depot
and yards west of Water street. the let
ter saying that if the council saw fit TO
grant them this right the company would
build their depot in thar section.
The matter will not be taken up now
until the council meeting next Monday
evening. The greater number Of the coun-
cilmen are in favor of the site between
Main street and the Arkansas river and
only block or two south of Douglas ave
nue.. and it is altogether likely that an
ordinance granting the orient company
this right viii be passed at the meeting
Monday evening.
The men who until week ago were the
strongest opponents OF the fremont street
franchise have thrown every objection
they presented TO the winds and are now
working TO keep the road where a fran
chise was originally asked for They re-
alize that the depots in their part OF the
city would be a good thing and the West
End people also know a good thing and
are working TO keep it moving in their
direction Both sides have their entire
forces al work and ali know that the Sc
lection of site IS not 70 be delayed
longer than next Monday evening.