The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-22
TOPEKA NEEDS 1T.
President Holiday of ComrnerciaI Club
Discusses Proposed Suburban Line.

G. X. Holiday, president Of the To-
peka & Council Grove railroad, which
is asking the city to vote $4,000 to-
wards the construction of a line of
railway southwest from Topeka, today
gave out the following statement to
the public:
"The $4,000 in bonds which are to
be voted in aid of the Topeka & Coun-
ell Grove road at the April election,
should be unanimously voted by our
citizens.
In the first place. no bonds are is
sued until the road is completed to
Council Grove. In the second place,
it will cost the railroad according to
the engineers plans quarter of
million dollars to enter Topeka, and
upon which it must forever pay taxes.
tGuess we can afford to exchange
$4,000 in bonds for a quarter of mil
lion of taxable property, to say moth
ing of the benefits to accrue to To-
peka merchants. mechanics and ar
tisans by the opening up of the ex-
ceedingly rich territory between To-
peka and Council Grove and making
the same forever tributary to Topeka.
Topeka is essentially a railroad
town and the prospects are mighty
bright this year for great results in
this line.
1.-The Northwest railroad is now
DullQlDR@InG
Union Pacific from Topeka to Kansas
City is going on-the proposed double
tracking of the Kansas City-Emporia
peka to Herington has already result
ed in the Rock Island headquarters
being established here again-the new
Missouri Pacific depots. both freight
and passenger, are assured and COun-
Gilman Nipps says there are other
happy things in store for Topeka.
.aThe Topeka e. Council Grove road, !
had hI1i 6
have been. there would be no double
rtacking of the Kansas City -Emporia |
cutoff over the Santa Fe going on
today.
every man in Topeka acquainted
with the conditions. knows what that
cutoff has cost Topeka-au the Santa I
Fe roads through freight and the
crews and their families who used to
live in Topeka
.sThe Council Grove road is a STRAIT
agic move. 1t is just as short or
shorter to Newton via Topeka, Coun-
ell Grove and Marion as it is via KAN
sas City and Emporia- See the point!
BE sure and vote for the Topeka
& Council Grove railroad bonds 1t is
one of those cinches where we have
everything to gain and nothing to lose
by voting them
.aThe building of this road with the
other good things mentioned, together
with natural gas coming this summer,
will certainly make the year lSOo one one
to be long remembered. Ran Tor TO
peka! Topeka first. last and all the
time. Topekal"
p. L. wise. who has been one Of the
engineers employed on the proposed
new railroad. gives the following state
ment about the character OF the ROAD
which it is proposed to build:
1T can hardly be doubted that the
Topeka Eskridge and Councll Grove
will be of the greatest beneht
in the city of Topeka.
us in direct communication with one OF
the richest sections of eastern Kansas
that today has almost no railroad facll-
tiles and such as they are, are tribu-
-arv to Kansas Citv rather than Topeka.
There have been two locations maze
between Topeka and Council Grove, one
by the way of Auburn and one VIA
Dover. both passing through Eskrldge
farming country This line is not a
street car line. but it is a full sized
railroad located on easy one per cent
grades and six degree curves, ana capa-
ole of handling any amount OF heavy
freight and of handling coal, STOCK,
grain or other freight At the same
line its passenger cars being operated
n single units, can stop at any place,
md express, milk, butter, eggs and Vege-
ables can be picked up at FREQUENT IN
erva1s along the line. So that this line
las all the advantages of a street car
inc and Of a steam railroad combined
JaTS VIII De operated dt II SIuCAAt me
5als probably rourly. People working
n Topeka and in business here can live
n their 5. 10 or 20 acre suburban homes,
and do business each day in the city
Ind thus gain all the advantages OF city
md country life combined.
Some say that they can see where it
will help the country, but ask where it
will aid Topeka. There are two sides to
very trade If the people in the coun-
ry sell their grain. stock milk. eggs
md vegetables, they must bring them
o Topeka giving US better and cheap
r supply and making work for more
abor in our packing houses, mills, ,
,reameries, besides a general increase
n the business of all our merchants and
he more business the more people, the
arger and better city