The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
TIMETOAWAKE.
Union Pacific Shops May Come
to Topeka.
Old RumOrs Revived by Recon t
Developments.
TO COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Attention of Organization Called
to the Question.
w. w. Webb Writes Letter Tell
ing of Importance to City.
% COMMERCIAL CLUB.

W. W. Webb on Friday night in
formed the Topeka Commercial club
that he had received positive and re-
liable information that the Union Pa
ciffc railroad had purchased 27 acres
of land and secured an option on so
more acres in North Topeka, close to
the place where its new depot will be
built, for the construction of a 81
stall round house. Mr.. Webb said
that he also understood that a large
water treating plant had been put up
on the same place.
From this information Mr.. Webb
concludes that the company is con-
sidering bringing to Topeka the shops
from Armstrong, because of the con
tinued labor difficulties at that place.
He therefore urges that the Topeka
Commercial club make Investigations
and see if they cannot offer induce
mentS. The committee on promotions
will take the matter in charge:
MI. Webb's letter is as follows:
The Union Pacific Railway COM
pany is going to build a new passen-
ger station in North Topeka and I
am reliably informed that it has re-
Gently purchased eighty acres of
ground in that locality and that plans
and blue prints have been seen for
the construction OF twenty seven
stall round house to be built on that
tract. The purchase of this eighty
acres certainly indicates a good viii
toward Topeka and means something
for its future. I am inclined to be-
neve that the company is considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of moving its shops
from Armstrong on account of the
continued labor difficulties they are
experiencing at that point It is a
fact that during the many years the
Santa Fe's shops have been located
here, there has been no general strike
of the shopmen, with the exception
Of one instance, and then that was a
general strike OF its employees over the
entire system. Thus Topeka has a
good reputation as q shop town and
it is not SO far from Armstrong as to
prevent its location being seriously
considered by the Union Pacific com
pany
It seems to me this is a business
proposition that ought to interest
every man in Topeka for if we should
be successful IN securing such a prize
1t would be, in importance. second
only to the new Santa Fe's shop prop
osition which we anchored here three
years ago. Respectfully submitted.
w w WEBB.
No action was taken with reference
to the proposed agitation to repeal
the national bankruptcy law. James
TrOutman, chairman of the committee
on state and national legislation. rec
ommended opposition to the proposed
repeal
J. R. Mulvane said that the law
was one of the most inhuman ever
placed on the national law books.
1t blacklists a man." said Mr.. Null
Yane who has been bankrupted
LhOuSh his failure may have been
fair and honorable. It is wrong. A
general impression prevails that west
ern bankrUpts favor western creditors
in preference to their eastern ones.
That is not true"
Mayor ". H. Davis said that the
law appeared to be all right to him.
but that it could stand a few quail
Tying amendments. He saw in it no
great change from what the old law
already covered.
The report of the committee on leg
islation follows:
prior to the passage Of the ma
uonal bankruptcy law this club united
with similar organizations throughout
the country in memorializing congress
for the enactment of such a law Con
gress responded to the almost uni
verSal demand of the commercial in
terests of the nation in the passage of
this act. Experience has demonstrated
that under its operation fraudulent
failures have been greatly diminished
and the volume of litigation CORE
spondingly reduced. We believe that
the interests of debtors and creditors
are DepUer SubSerVed under the present
law than they were formerly under
the various insolvency statutes of the
several states.
Eve therefore recommend that this
club declare its opposition to the pro
posed repeal of the national bank
ruptcy law, and that the secretary be
directed to notify the members of
/ both houses of congress from Kansas
of the attitude of the club upon this
question"
It viii be a pretty hard proposition
from now on to take snap-judgment
at Commercial club meeting TIE
trouble which arose concerning the
/ railroad meetings held by the club
during the session of the legislature
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