The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-21
MAY BUILD
TO WICHITA
Blackwell Men Here Regard
ing Extension of Katy.
WANTITTO COME THIS WAY
Would Open Usage Coal Fields
and Bring Cheap Fuel.

party of business men from Black
well. o. T, were in the city yesterday
talking with the members of the CONNER
cial club and business men regarding the
building of the Missouri Kansas and
Texas railway from Cleveland. 1. T., to
this city.
The NJ. X. and T. has built line from
Wybark, l. T. in the Creek nation, and
at the junction of the Verdigris and Ar
kansas rivers northwest along the Arkan-
sas river to Tulsa, !. T. The line is com
pIeted and ready for operation to this
point.
AT Tulsa the road crosses the river and
follows the south bank to Cleveland. The
Grading and track laying is being done
between Tulsa and Cleveland and this
part of the line will be completed within
a few months. From COneyville the
same company is building line south
west, crossing the Frisco at Bartletts-
vile, ana also passes through Cleveland
and extends to Oklahoma City with
branch to Guthrie.
There has been considerable talk Of
trying to have the company build on up
the river from Cleveland TO Wichita
The line passes through the Usage nation
coal fields and rich agricultural coun-
try and considerable pressure has been
brought TO bear on the company 10 have
them extend the line north TO Wichita
and the officials have shown a disposition
to consider the proposition and have sent
a surveying corps into the field TO eN-
anime the country. What inducement has
been offered to them was by the citizens
in and around Tulsa who desire connec-
lions with Wichita il is their nearest
oeen working hard for weeks TO have the
road built to this city and things are look
ing very favora BILE for them.
Wichita has been doing a little work
along this line too and considerable cor
respondence has passed between the citi-
zens OF this city and Tulsa people and also
lie company officials and it is understood
that the company is very favorable 20
the proposition since they have been as
sured that citizens at both ends stand
ready TO offer any reasonable inducement
20 have the line built.
The purpose of the meeting yesterday
OF the Blackwell people was to have the
line built around their way and coming
up through Wellington. The Wellington
people are also greatly interested in the
mater and are doing some good work t.
have me line built through their city and
arc working IN conjunction with the
Blackwell people. The delegation came
here yesterday TO see what steps the
Wichita citizens would take regarding
the matter and found that the business
men Of the city were very enthusiastic
and would lend any aid possible TO have
the line constructed and would favor any
route that would shorten the distance
from Wichita to the Indian territory coal
fields and also place larger agricultural
fields in communication with Wichita.
The Blackwell delegation met number
OF the business men at the Commercial
Club rooms yesterday and talked over
lne matter. Very little information was
given out as to the business transacted
or the names of the gentlemen present.
The blackwell people were given 70 UNI
derstand that they could depend on Wich-
ita to get the line built
The delegation offered the fact that the
road would pass through a comparatively
level country ana rich agricultural dis
trict by running from near Ponca City
to Blackwell and then nearly straight
north through Wellington to Wichita,
while If they followed the river the en-
tire distance some heavy grading would
be encountered and the country is sparse
" settled and only one large town would
be found on the route while on the other
routes at least three towns OF considera-