The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-15
THAT AUBURN LINE.
Meeting to Discuss 1t Will Be
Held Nov. 3.

F. NJ Stahi and Frank Stout, farm
ers from Auburn township, met with
the Topeka Commercial club last night
to agitate the building of an electric
railway southwest from Topeka 10
Council Grove, via Auburn. They claim
that all the farmers along the proposed
route and the citizens of the small
towns through which the road would
pass are in favor of the idea and viii
give their support The committee on
transportation was asked to take action
on the matter, and this morning COM
mittee composed of F. NJ. Stahl, Frank
Stout, T. J Anderson and Peter Hell
met and arranged for general meet
ing for all persons interested in the
proposition. They fixed the date of the
meeting for November 3.
Mr.. StahI end Mr.. Stout urged that
there was a much better field for a rail-
road OF the kind from Topeka south
west than over the proposed Man
haitian Kansas City route, which was
He said that the road could be made
81 miles in length and pass through
Auburn, Eskridge and several otter
small towns, to great advantage both
to the towns and the owners of the
road. Owing to the poor service given
on the Santa Fe of the Burlingame cut
Off which is the only railroad through
E,skridge, he thinks that country would
patronize an electric line exclusively.
He said that the residents of Auburn
township would vote bondssto the lint,
and he was confident that all other
towns or townships through which the
proposed lire should pass would do
likewise. He said there were many
farmers in his township who would
make personal donations of from $3.50
to $500 toward the building of the road,
and that the limit of bonds which may
be voted by each township, $1,000 per
mile of road. should make a good start
toward construction.
Mr.. Stahl is working hard for the road
2 o., n n
bring about the building of such a line
If inducements amount to anything, he
says, there will be an electric line be-
tween Topeka and Council Grove within
Is months.
Several other subjects were also dis
cussed by the Commercial club. One
was the possibility of landing the next
state convention in Topeka. Charles l.
Wood, proprietor of the National hotel,
and chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee, presented a report urging that
a. committee be appointed to raise
fund to bring the state political and 9TH
er conventions here. G. c. Clemens
made a few remarks along that line. He
said that there were a few things that
ought to be fixed before the club asked
| a convention to come here. He said
that the Commercial club should get a
fund together and in such a place that
| they could get their hands on 1t at
moments notice, and that the town
must recover from the prolonged attack
of being too partisan. He said that the
| town was suffering from the reputation
! it had acquired of being extremely and
uncomfortably partisan, and that until
the condition was changed Topeka
could not expect any large conventions.
He also stated that the city needed some
BARRIERS who followed the profession as
! a means of livelihood instead of amuse
ment" He said that a. visitor who land
ed in town after Z o'clock or on Sunday
had no chance to get cleaned up end
presentable unless he was guest of one
or two of the exclusive clubs which kept
such a luxury as night and Sunday
barber.
Then Mr.. Clemens branched off on the
old shop worn Joint question. and turn
| ing 70 Mayor Bergundthal remarked
that protracted Sunday school was
poor place for a state convention. and
| that when a town forbid a visitor to
play a game of billiards or take drink
it would never amount to much as a
| town.
Topeka will have a good representa-
ton at the Kansas Federation of COM
mercial interests. which will be held at
Hutchinson Saturday. The Commercial
club committee of three will be chosen
from the following half dozen members
of the Commercial club: Chas. Wolff,
E H. Crosby, Otto Keuhne. ]. : Parks.
w A Thompson and Thomas Page.
Mr. Wolff has consented to go and the
secretary of the club will appoint the
other two committeeman. At the
Hutchinson meeting candidate Tor
railroad commissioner will probably be
appointed The two favorites are ]. w.
Robinson of Ell Dorado and J. S. George
of Hutchinson.