The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-12-21
BUSY old DODGE
MANY THINGS COMING HER
WAY AND THEY LOOK
GOOD.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WATCHING
And Working For Future--Let-
ter From Mr.. Corey On
Railroad Prospects.

The Commercial club committee have
plenty Of encouragement In their UNDER
taking to add In various ways to the Ia
terests Of Dodge City. The prospects, for
the big Touring mill are good, the sugar
beet tests will be made--and there 10 fur
ther Information now that the big COM
pany operating at Garden City will
undertake gigantic enterprises in Ford
county-the Santa Fe road from Medi-
cine Lodge to Dodge City is being SUR
veyed, the Orient is trying to purchase
the D. e Il @. with the purpose Of ex-
tending 1t through this country, and the
extending of the Rock Island from Dodge
City north west Is extremely probable.
The hotel proposition is In a promising
condition, one elevator Ia assured and
others actively making plans, large wheat
farmers are coming In almost daily, plans
for new Santa Fe buildings In 1905 seem
to be fully made, land buyers are coming
In In droves, and the streets are full Of
people.
The Commercial club certainly has
reason to feel encouraged
The club met at the Eagles rooms Tues.
day night. In the absence of President
Russell, Vice President Hoover presided
The attendance, as at all other meetings
was good The committees reported to
be actively at work In their various lines
Judge Milton in a talk before the club
'ex pressed hi' complete confidence In the
ability of the organization to work great
changes and to secure great benefits for
this city and county. The next meeting
of the club will be held two weeks from
last Tuesday night at the Eagles club
rooms.
During the last meeting an interesting
letter regarding railroads from J. A
Corey Of this city was read. There was
good deal Of sound judgement shown
in this letter and it is given here so thai
th ose who were not preseut may read IL
Dodge City, December l4th 1905.
A. Russell, Esq. President Commercial
club.
e. N. Slocum, Esq. Chairman Railroad
Committee.
Gentlemen.
Now that the time has seemingly ar.
rived when the citizens of Dodge City
have awakened to their interests, per-
haps few suggestions relative to the
railroad situation in connection with the
matter, may not be out of place. Sug-
gcstions are Of no detriment, and cost nc
money, so long as they are not acted on
and while 1t may take few moments OF
your valuable time to read this letter, II
will not take very long to throw 1t In the
waste basket, II there is nothing In Il
that, In your opinion, has any bearing
on the subject, or that would be consid.
cred Of any merit Our distinguished
fellow citizen and eminent jurist stated tt
the club the last meeting, that these pro-
jected railroads, tending in this direc.
tion, were all on paper While this /,
true, lot us see what the prospects are
for them to remain SO very great length
OF time. A railroad from some point OF
the Gulf Of Mexico. to the Pacific North.
West is as Inevitable as fate, and the re-
cent charters which have granted In the
Indian Territory and Kansas, leading Ii
q Southeast direction, eonstrsin me, a
least to believe that the time is near a
hand when tbis move will assume deflnit,
shape, and'when once started, there 10 nt
question but what Il will be rapidly push
ed to completion. People no longer car.
ry the opinion that there are only three
seaport cities 10 this great land Of ours
Boston, New York, and San Francisco
The Gulf Of Mexico ports are demanding
and are gettinga large portion Of ths
ocean freight which formerly was con-
signed to Atlantic Coast points, while
the Commercial giant Of the northwest
Seattle is orowding the Golden Gate city
hard for supremacy on the Pacific side
Again, the time seems 10 be a. hand
when railroads no longer are to recog.
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