The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-29
Will 60 TO WORK
Surrey for Proposed Southwest
ern Railroad.
Usage and Coffey County People
Take Up Project.
PASS THROUGHAUBURN
Will Be a Direct Line to
Burlington.
Proposed Route of New IL. h. &
T. Extension.

A corps of surveyors viii begin work
on Wednesday Of next week to make a
preliminary survey and profile map
for the location Of the proposed line of
railroad from Topeka directly south
to Burlington, and which, if built, will
be used. under traffic agreement, by
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railway
company to get into Topeka
This line was first suggested by w.
L. Taylor, the promoter of the Topeka
Southwestern railroad which is to be
built from this city to Eskridge and
Council Grove, and he hopes to be able
to arrange things. so that it will be
built as a part Of the Topeka South
western system.
Since the announcement of this pro-
ject by Mr.. Taylor the people in the
cities and towns down through Usage
and Coney counties have greeted it
with more than enthusiasm. They are
actually beginning to fight among
themselves as to Just which towns the
line viii run through. And they are
all so keen for its construction that If
Mr. Taylor finds 1t impossible to build
it in conjunction with the Topeka
Southwestern. it may be built as in
dependent proposition.
1t is needed. however, by the To-
peRa South W estern for il will give this
road easy communication with the coal
fields Of Usage county and thereby
make its operation Independent of
other railroad companies which tap
these coal fields. Mr.. Taylor believes
that after a preliminary survey has
been made and data concerning the
country this line will tap are prepared,
Company of New York city which is
going to finance the Topeka South
western proposition to Council Grove.
Will see the feasibility of the project
and be glad to finance the building of
the line
L. T. Hussey. president of the Com
mercial club of Lyndon, and w. H.
Wyckof, of Burlington, who has been
tives for the last two terms and who is
zone of the influential men of Corey
county, were tn-the city yesterday and
had a conference with Mr. Taylor.
They said that the people in their
viCinitieS were most anxious to have
this railroad line built so that they
would have direct communication with
Topeka and said that they were willing
to do anything within reason to help in
the cOmpliShment of the project
Mr.. Taylor explained the necessary
preliminary work that had to be done
before the proposition could be taken
up with financial interests who might
back it. And the first Of this work was
the making of a preliminary survey for
the tentative location of the proposed
line.
MT. w YCkOI ana MI HuSScX lost no
time in saying that the people they rep
resented would be glad to meet the ex-
penses incident to this preliminary sur
vey and it will be made at once Mr..
Taylor will start out a corps of sur
veyors for this purpose on Wednesday
of next week on the representations
made by Mr.. Hussey and Mr.. Wyckoff.
This preliminary survey will take the
line down through Auburn. If H. NJ
Herbert. the consulting engineer for
Lamprecht Brothers & Co.. decided that
the Council Grove road will be built
via Auburn instead of Dover. why this
new line will be part of the Topeka
Southwestern as far as Auburn If Mr..
Herbert decides that via Dover is the
more preferable route for the Topeka
Southwestern why Auburn will get in
direct communication with Topeka on
this new line.
From Auburn the line of the new
road will run down through Carbon
dale, Scranton. Lyndon. Olivet and
straight south to Burlington
The construction Of this proposed line
will mean much to Topeka and the
country it will tap. 1t will give Tope-
kans almost direct communication
through the connections with the Katy
down through southeastern Kansas and
that is something they do not enjoy
now for any great distance and like
wise it will place that section of the
state in direct communication with To-
peka 1t will tap an unusually fertile
country and will do much to develop it
to its proper DrODOrtiOns