The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-10
RECORDED.
Right Of Way for Topeka &
Northwestern Purchased.
First Transfers Filed Today
With Register of Deeds.

The first deed for land which the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad company is acquir-
ing for the right of way for the Topeka
and Northwestern railroad, between To-
peka and Marysville, was recorded in
the Office of the register of deeds of
Shawnee county at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. The second deed was filed at 8:05
o'clock.
The first deed was made by Cola D.
Rogers, a widower. The second deed
was made by Emma Ellis, widow; Eth
el Ellis, single; and Lille E. Wilt and
her husband r. L. Wilt. Cola D. Rog-
ers received the first check drawn by
the railroad company for land acquired
for the right of way.
dred dollars and was drawn
upon the Merchants National bank of
Topeka and was signed by F. c. Ayres,
the Union Pacific land agent, of Omaha,
who mas established headquarters at
Topeka until the affairs of the Topeka
and Northwestern are all worked out.
The second check for the land sold to
the railroad by the Ellis was for $500.
2 The Merchants National Bank of To-
peka has secured the account of the
Union Pacific railroad, and money has
been placed at that institution to the
credit of the officers of the Topeka and
Northwestern for use in the preliln-
mary work of the construction of the
link between Topeka and Marysvflle.
The work is being pushed as rapid
1y as possible and it is thought that
the graders will begin work before the
end of the month of August.
The deed signed by Cola d. Rogers
makes over "a strip of land 100 feet
in width, fifty feet on each side of the
line of the survey as staked across the
south half of the northeast quarter
and the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section z, in
township IL, south of range 15 and
east of the sixth principal meridian,
and containing an area of and 27-
100 acres more or less.
The deed signed by Emma Ellis and
others makes over strip of land 100
feet in width, fifty feet on each side
of the line of survey as Staked out
across the southeast quarter of sec
ton 35, township 10 east of range No.
IA, and containing an area of 90-1e0
acres more or less. A fee of $1.10
each was paid the register of deeds for
filing the deeds.
The two pieces of land cost the
railroad company $500 which has been
paid, and which seems to prove to the
assertions made recently that the rail-
road company actually intends to
build the road as announced.
An official for the Union Pacific
said this morning: From this time
on the deeds will be filed fast. We
have come to terms with practically
all of the land owners whose land we
it only remains now to go through the
routine of making out the deeds and
paying over the money for the land"
The contract for the grading of the
road will be let at Omaha either today
or tomorrow, and the working force
will probably be concentrated in To-
peka at once. About 35 pieces of
land will be acquired in Shawnee
for the right of way. The citi-
zens along the line of the route are
favorable to the railroad and it is not
that condemnation pro-
ceedings will have to be commenced
to get possession of any of the land.