The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-06
FUNDS IRE RAISED
Ia England for the Building Of
the Orient.
so SAYS JUDGE TRIMBLE
Who Was in London Explain
ing Legal Status.


have solved the important question Of
raising ample funds 70 build tie road.
The Kansas City Journal OF yesterday
gives the following interview with Judge
Trimble relative TO the matter:
Judge J. Med. Trimbie general at
torney for the Kansas City. Mexico {.
Orient railway. ana Hrs. Trimbie return
ed last night from Europe, where Judge
TTimbIe had been called by President
Stiiwell OF the Orient road, 70 explain
legal matters connected with the project
70 the English investors. They arrived
in London January 4. and left January -
I found that Mr.. SulweH had been re-
markedly successful in the connections
he had formed over there. both from a
financial and social standpoint. said
Judge Trimble. You know, a great
deal OF Importance is attached b. the
English TO the social standing OF a 1naa.
OF course, Dir. Stilwen was not q strang-
er in England but he has succeeded in
getting rev and close connections with
large number OF prominent capitalists
Of London, and among them number Of
the nobility. most Of whom 7 met and all
OF whom seemed to be very much inter-
ested IN the Orient enterprise.
It may now he said that il IS perfectly
clear there VIII be no trouble in raising
all the money President StilwelI needs:
IN fact. he had made arrangements for
securing nearly al of It before left. and
had already secured. in actual subscrip-
tons. more than he could spend in build
ing the road in the next year. ] am in
formed he has gotten something Ike S500,-
0oo more SINCE I left. The principal per-
sons in London who are interested il the
project net a few days before I LETT and
agreed that they would raise the price Of
the stock OF the International Construc-
ton company which is building the line in
Mexico and Texas on February Is. They
did this because il was evident there
would be no trouble in placing il. and, in
money needed for some time to come,
they felt it would be a needless sacrifice
II they sold any more OF the stock at the
price at which it had been selling.
Judge Trimble says that the finances
OF the Orient company have been placed
in charge OF an English finance COM
mittee, the mem hers Of which are among
the strongest financial men IN London.
The chairman is Lord Munson. whose
name. Judge Trimble says. lends great
weight 70 any enterprise with which it is
connected. The vice chairman. w. "
Chimney. is q leading member and an
officer Of the London Stock Exchange,
The other members of the committee are
Sir Alfred Newton. vino was lord mayor
Of London last year; David Abercombie.
Manchester: Harold D Arbuthnot. Lon
don; Senior Don Louis Cauacho. financial
agent Of the Mexican government in Lon
don. and director Of the international
railway and OF the Mexican Railway
company; George Brace Colt. London;
Ernest II. Forwood. London, chairman
OF tho Manchester & Liverpool Trans
port company: Hermann Kuhn OF Kuhn
& Co. London; Percy Marsden, member
Of the London Stock Exchange, and Lewis
Rendeu OF Church, Renden & Co. Lon
don.
We arrived in London Saturday
evening said Judge TTimble. and the
following Monday we attended a ban
quet which had been gotten up by some OF
the friends of the enterprise in London, at
which there were thirty-seyen OF the
prominent capitalists and men Of high
social standing OF the city. Among them
was a 1aron and two or three knights, as
well as some lesser lights. socially. The
banquet was fixed for time when the
guests could hear Mr.. Paret. CHIEF engi-
neer of the road, make a statement as 10
the engineering features. Mr.. Nathan,
manager Of the mining department. also
made a statement IL regard to the miner
al prospects along the line and told them
that the Sierra Aadres in northern Next
CO. was the richest mining country IN the
world. They also listened to what had
to say about the legal status and orEani-
zation Of the railway company in Kansas.
Oklahoma, Texas and Mexico. Our rail-
road laws differ so much from the Eng
lish laws that they wanted some inforna-
ton on that subject. particularly the law
yers who are taking an interest - the
matter over there. They seemed to be
very much pleased with the information
given By aIessrs. Paret and Nathan and
myself. Two Of the Engiishmen pres
ent had been IN Mexico. and not ouiy
confirmed our statement. but went
further
Mrs. Trimbie IS suffering from a Sc
we're cold. contracted on the voyage from
Europe. which was one OF the toughest .
known in the past twenty years She
expressed herself as delighted with the
trip. however We were entertained
1uite extensively she said. and in that
way came 70 know more OF home life
than had learned o. nv previous visits :
II England At dinner AT Baron BoN- (
airs. we heard the kings fiddler. ard saw I
the Prince and Princess II Wales az tie (
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