The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-22
THE ORIENT.
President StilWell Is Enter
tanned in Topeka
And in Return Entertains Sew
eral Of Her Business Men.
A VERY LIVELY TIME.
Interesting Discussion of the
Orient's Prospects.
Its Accomplished Results and
Its Great Future.
A VERY LIVELY TIME.

Topeka last evening made her closest
Connections with the osient railway.
This was at dinner at the Copeland
given by f. z. Grimes. the general
agent of ths state Of Kansas. for the
company HHieh IS building the road
There were present f. F. Grimes. A.
J.. StlW.ll. president Of the Kansas
City. Mexico ana Orient Railway COM
pauy p. Dickinson. general manager.
Horatio Harmon. general agent of th-
Burlington ~ Kansas city and director
in the orianU United States Senator J.
r. Burton. 7 T. Bousbrake. Herbert
Hackney. il. W. Mu1vana. Frank Park
hurst. A. II. Bates. Josb Afuivaae Frank
farrell Warren A. Crosby. H. T. Chase.
John r. Mulvane. Dr. W. S. Lindsay.
Frank T. MaeLennan. q. j.. Anderson.
T a. 9IeNeal FL FL Crosby Jorr L
and Charles Wolff
I'm presenting the speakers aIr
Grimes made happy Introduction, re-
ferring 70 his pride and satisfaction lin
being associated with Mr. Stlweu and
the others engaged in the construction
or tina railway
Alr Stilwell spoke at length and I'M am
entertaining manner about his hullliug
OF the Kansas city. Pittshurg Il Gulf
railroad and his later and most afn-
hitious enterprise. the building of the
Orient railroad from Kansas city To-
the Pacific
.This road" said he. "has as its
western terminus on the coaSt Port
Sfflweil- two hundred miles further east
than salt Lake City The line is FIVE
hundred miles shorter than any other
from the Missouri river 70 the western
ocean 10 VIII he the strai GhtFst line,
OF che lowest grades the least eurva-
fure and cost less money Ia building
than any other transcontinental rail-
way IL viii avoid flH SHOWS Of the
northern roads and the deserts of the
more southern ones The length of the
road IS $50 miles. six hundred Of which
runs through highly mineralized
country trayersiuE lhe richest gold
mines the ereal est coal districts. tAH
largest silver deposits and the most eN-
tausire lead formations IN the country.
Along this line already lie great
masses of ore already mined. only the
richest portions of which have been
taken to- the mill for lack Of tssnSpoi :
tari0u facilities This ore runs $50 q
tom and there is sufficient quantity
OF il already for the steam shovel to
load upon the cars to provide ially
traffic OF from two 10 three thousand
tons for twenty-five years,
rWa are independent of Wan street
The people in Mexico and Kansas and
Missouri and Oklahoma and Texas are
building this road with 1neir own
money some little of ir. IL IS true. mas
been procured from Europe, and all Of
tt could have been obtained from
abroad but I believe iu keeping the
Profits ~ railroad construction ana
ulauae cement an home Instead of "a rev
individuals IN New York. or London or
Amsterdam securing the profits. I be-
Ecve we should give them to our own
people We have the money and should
get the benefit of it, Practically all ot
the stock IS already taken We are nO1
asking topeka for any aid. but would
he glad 70 nave her indlv-lual citizens
interested with us
Above au we want the good VIII Of
the c-fz Mr- Gould is one Of our de
rectcIs and ue have am ARRANGEMENT
with the Missouri Pacific hy which we
CEN use the AlsSouri Pacific l-nes and
terminal facilities into Toueila 70 the
greatest advantage.
~The Orient win be built. no one
doubts that now [ want TO associate
with me AS many individuals Of its ter
ritory as possible 4ly experience in
building the Port Arthur line and losing
f. has taught me how to build the
Orient and keep IL IN the hands Of its
Kansas city fu building my first road
rave four hundred Kansas city men
with me In this.
AS an earnest Of his success and
ability i'm the construction of railways.
Mr. Stlweu said that all he had prom
ised in connection with the Kansas City
Southern road had been fulfilled II
cost what he said it would cost 1t was
lt paid his friends who invested In it,
most OF them Ii paid double and some
OF them three times.
He cited the fact that it had brough;
about just railway rates and had built
uD immense interests at Kansas City
Which could only exist with fair rates
ne referred notably TO lumber enter
pfises and especially to the thousands
rf dollars saved directly to- Kansas
farmers and Indirectly to all of her
people by the reduction of freight or
wheat 10 the guif from q cents To a
cents
Fe Impressed his hearers with his sim
certify and ability He took the most
pronounced stand in favor of lust
freight rates and said he knew q freight
rate could make or break a community
he was enthusiastic over the recent de-