The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-11-29


il awakening q tlle Importance of The
pFolect lnauguraeed lately by citizens
q Co'Seyyllle end tentralla fof tho
e0nstruetl0n of 4 railroad southeast
thru Centfaila into ths SpaTinaw
country. Until rccentlf tir people o.
Nlnlta have regarded tie project a.
al extremely visionary one, ADD have
excused theif failure 70 join hands
wilh c0nsyvllie and CentrallA by tiia
c0mplarent assurance that the road
could never b. built by Tie cltlxefs of
TIE tva towns principally Interested
bot Of late 5 change has come Ger
the spirit Of eur dream. TIE earn.
paign recently begun 10 S81eyyllle
s0r shs voting IL touds for saa.Ugl ior
4 bouas fof tie road. and TIE action
u Tie eitllsns q Ceutana Ia prom.
ising O. raise ti3.o0o fof a bonus. las
convinced TIE scegtical here Ia Nini.
a that peflaps after Al. there mas be
something doing Afl9m has been
appealed % hg CputmlA aud C0lseY
vile to take an actise part u TIE
piumofIou oi tie Rad. aiso. and tho
her citiaens have nuf as ret rcspouisi
sefY heartily the fuad sill undauht-
sdiy ~ them aaless Niniia bestir
lemelf ssry sonn
For when tile y~Dpe of twu such
towns Is Centmiia and CoiicyylIir NJ
themselves seriously % the building
.nfa road. 30 IS pretty certain that
that rad slIl BE- huui And. ff Fini
"a Hsfe o. 80 into tle proitct e9n.
tribute al amount equal % That coo.
tubatsd b corsyyills. ule success 81
tllo pfaleci soad be practically a..
safod
Il Is 8 eeIl snosn tact that the
Missouri Kansas s Texas. uls Frlseo,
the Santa Fe and lhe Missouri Pacific
have entered lasn al agreement n8t 10
build ans more Tines IN tbs section a.
present Tie construction q the
road caHnet d expected b either q
these therefore lt must be buIli II
A. al tadepebdenty hui Il Il Isl
hallt, aHd lg ii proves financially sue
esssfal Is a road from hefe to Caliey
ulle coud turilF all q be. n Is Ger.
tain tfiat the fgzd all IS taken from
the builders b9 one of TIE other of
lhese roads at rfudt
Just 3 present gsuinila = ineeussd
Il VlnltA FOR Tie treatment extended
% thar little eltg - this town II tho
Vlniia s Western deal said q gen
tlemau prominent in the work y tie
Nlnita Commercial club We have
treated CentulIa siAmafully, and
cannot blame hef for tling up 20
0oHeyviile ara using hef inaaence
agaiust "a Tie thing for Us q do
nos IS - confess oli mistake and get
right / WAS on tbe railroad commit
Zee az TIE time TIE contract sas
signed With J : Henderson, f0T the
construction n the Yinlta Il Western
I thought then thai TIE clause Il the
contract providing for tie building o.
tie line q a paiut so of near Ceutnl.
"a vas leo indefinite bat be assured
Is that - would build to Centfala u
tlat tosn would give BIN a bonus
pf course the toRn couldn expect 90
get TIE rad Il Il ana hof uav some.
thing foI h.
"Rut 81 HunfeFs1n protected by
This clause then deliberately attempt.
81 70 kill CentallA Not only did he
ash Tie town Ter d tremendous bonus
hut he demanded io0 acres south o.
town Of ehlch u course he would
have built a nea town which would
have killed property values IN the
present tosnsite ln Vluitas con
tfact with NJ Henderson there vas
= provision that tie Nlnlla guaFantos
eere III have a percentage of the sales
from tosusltss ard Il sas natural
enough that ceHtalia should think
y NAANNA HHH HaaAIAH AsHta NNH HHAaN
Effort q Elll Tie present tosn ia order
q make TIE nes toensIte more FAlu.
able and thus increase tie revenues
q the Nlniia Tuaranton from tt
sale Of lots
Under The citeumsi auees, therefore,
Centaiis cannot b. blamed Tor turn.
INK 10 Cofiegville and doing every
thing possible q block Nf Hendef.
sons plans whsther Geutralia Nas
responsible forthe failure 81 Mr. Hen.
aerson t. make = satisfactory contract
eith ColieYvllle o. not tie fact re.
mains that 10 e1uimct was made
elth that city and That lhe Vinita a
Western has not Set been built And
CuieyYills n now bound not q con.
tribute t. the construction of ans
ailfuad thaf dbes not fnn thru Cen.
tfslla.
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