The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-22
ORIENT SHOPS
SITE APPRAISED
Sedgwick County Commits
SionerS File Report of Work,
LAY OF THE LAND
Embraces 80 Acres in Lots
Valued at S10,750.

The board Of county commissioners CT
Sedgwick county yesterday fled its ap-
praisement of the site for the Kansas
City. Mexico & Orient railroad shops and
terminals. The land appraised includes
50 acres on the West Side and represents
q total value Of about SlO,75O The strip
OF land extends from the corner of Sen
eca and Wheeler avenue southwest to
Meridian avenue. The board as one Of
condemnation. adjourned yesterday to
meet again July % to continue the work
II this county. They have been at work
since June 10 and would not have rested
at all but the railroad company is not
ready for them TO go on with the work.
The company selects the right of way
and ground for the terminals and then
the commissioners pass upon it.
The piece Of land is an irregular formed
body Of town lots, running through East
University addition, Shearman's addition,
Wheelers addition. Princess addition and
Orchard Grove addition. Almost all of
this land is farming land and only three
lots with houses and improvements on
them have been condemned. On the so
acres there is TO be shops. switches, wa
ter tanks and everything connected with
the end Of the line. IT is about mile and
a half from the corner or Seneca and
Wheeler avenues TO where the strip
reaches Meridian avenue.
The representatives of the Orient now
own more than half the land appraised
by the board. as is shown by the fling
Of forty deeds yesterday with the register (
Of deeds. Most Of this land is in the
name Of ". p. Robinson. jr., who is at
the head Of the Union Construction com /
pany. All the land that could be pur-
chased before the appraisement was pur-
chased, but the fact that many property /
owners DO not live in this city made it
impossible 10 get all.
Commissioner Redfeld, in speaking Of
the appraisement said yesterday to a re- /
porter for the Eagle:
we appraised each lot according TO its I
value at the present time. The company /
selected what ground they wished to put /
fits shops on. and we decided what every
piece Of ground was worth today As
soon as the company is ready We viii go /
on with our work appraising right of way /
for the tracks through the county"
The Orient Townsite and Land company
viii file it's application for a charter /
with the secretary of state tomorrow. /
The company is supposed to be formed /
for the purpose Of helping to boom Wich- /
fta and incidentally TO make a few dol /
lars out of the location of the Orient /
shops in this city
The company owns about 800 lots in /
the vicinity Of the location of tho Orient
shops and how much other land they hold
options on cannot be told
The directors who viii be named in the
charter are: Scott Z. Whine. A. NJ Den
ny. James Allison. w c. Edwards. L. s.
Naftzger. W. P. Robinson jr.. a. N. Con-
man and r l.. Holmes. w. p Robinson.
3r. is at the head Of the construction
company that is building the orient. and (
lives at Kansas City. A. NJ. Cofman .
lives at Oklahoma City and all the others
named as directors live ia this city.
The men named as directors seem to /
have gone about the business in a very
quiet way and evidently did not intend to (
have very much said about it for several I
days. a reporter for the Eagle yesterday /
learned that meeting had been held in .
this city on Friday last for the purpose Of F
securing charter and that Mr.. Robinson F
and 1Tr. CoTman came here for the pur-
was also learned that George NJ. Dick (
son of this city had in his possession the .
minutes of that meeting.
Mr.. Dickson was seen last evening and I
after some considerable hesitation ad-
mitted that such meeting was held at
the Office OF Allison G Dickson. That the
meeting was organized by the election Of
Mr.. Naftzger as president and himself as
secretary. and that the necessary steps (
were taken to secure q charter
Mr. Dickson was very reticent and
would not talk very much about what the
company proposed 90 do until the reporter
had told him the facts he had obtained
before coming to see him.
II was later learned that the men COM
posing this company have been on the in
shops in this city and that they have Sc
cured property that may become very
valuable after the shops are built There
does not seem 10 be any question that
they have the promise OF the Orient peo-
PIE that the road win be builC into this
city before the first day of next January.
The line viii De built from the shops to
the west bank Of the Arkansas river at a .
point near where the Wichita & Western
crosses that stream and from there 20
what other point in the city is what a
good many people would like 10 know.
Tho location of the orient shops on the
West side VIII doubtless make a great
Chanee in that part OF the city. 1t is
known that the street car company has