The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-02
GIVEN A BOOST.
New Company Organized to
Build Council Grove Line.
Build Council Grove Line.
Nearly All Communities on Pro-
posed Routes Are Represented.
ENGINEER IS COMING.
H. NJ. Herburt Of New York to
Locate Line.
This viii Be Followed by stak-
ing Out Road.


Preliminary work towards the con-
struction Of the Topeka Southwestern
railway. the proposed road between this
city, Eskridge and Council Grove. and
possibly on to Marion, and the building
of which viii mean so much to the addi-
tional prosperity of Topeka and the ter
rltory it will tap, is going on apace.
a meeting was held yesterday at
tskrldge at which steps were taken to
form the new company which will be
incorporated to construct and manage
the road and at this meeting the seven
teen directors of the company were de-
cided on They are: T. J. Anderson,
George W. Brooks, c. K Holiday. Z. r.
Merriam and w. L. Taylor OF Topeka;
T. P. Babst and ]. r. Tomson of Dover;
f NJ. Stahl and NJ. F. Stout of Auburn;
A J. Skeen, John Y. Waugh and w H
MelrOse Of Eskridge; w. F. Shamlefer
and H. Z. Richter of Council Grove; r.
v. Sears of Bucyrus; c. B. Henderson
of Alma; w K. Beach of Keene, and
f. J. Gurnick of New York City. Mr..
Gurnlck is a member Of the firm OF
Lampbreeht Brothers & Co, of New
York City, which is going to finance the
road.
All of these directors, with the excep-
ton of Mr.. Gurnick, Mr.. Holiday and
Mr. Merriam, were present at the meet
ing yesterday and it was most enthusi-
astic and harmonious. It was decided to
incorporate the company with a capital
stock of $1,50O,0O0, divided into $4,000
shares Of 800 each. of which 5000 shares
will be preferred stock and 10000 COM
mon- Each of the directors viii hold
one share of stock except Mr. Gurnick
and he will hold the balance for his
firm the financial hackers of the road.
Mr.. W. l. Taylor, to whom the credit
for financing the road belongs, will hold
the stock of the banking house in proxy
It is expected that Mr.. H. M. Her
burt, the consulting engineer OF the
New York bankers, will arrive In tfSs
city during the next few days and be-
gin his work of making a final location
Of the line. About all he has TO do
will be to decide whether the line will
run from Topeka to EslxEidge via
Dover or Auburn Both routes have
been surveyed but the people in the
vicinity Of Auburn seem to have been
more forehanded than those on the
other proposed route. Mission town
ship, through which the Dover line
would run, was the only township
which defeated the bond proposition
for the road. and if it is decided to run
it through Dover another special elec-
ton will have to be held there. A
good many citizens of Mission town
ship who were opposed to the road at
the time of the last bond election are
in favor of it now. It is possible that
spurs viii be built both ways from To-
peka to Eskridge, by Dover and by
Auburn.
Just as soon as the route is finally
located by Mr.. Herburt. a large force
of engineers win be put to work The
line will be staked out, all the plans
and specifications for the work will be
made including those for the con-
struction of bridges and trestles. etc,
and after these specification are pre-
pared the contracts for the actual con-
struction of the road will be let.
When Mr.. Herburt has done his
work and reported to Lamprecht
Brothers & Company, special meet
ing of the board of directors will be
called and officers for the road chosen.
1t is likely that Mr. Taylor will be
elected president and Mr.. Gurnick
secretary and treasurer. After this
election takes place the formal incor-
poratfon papers will be filed with the
state charter board.
These papers as drawn call for a
charter to permit the construction of
the road from Topeka. to Eskridge,
Council Grove and Marion, distance
of about 100 miles. When the road
was originally planned it was not con
templated to build it beyond Council
Grove, but the people OF Marion, which
is in an air line southwest from Coun-
ell Grove and through country un-
tapped by railroads. have insisted that
the road be built on to their town, and
so it was thought best by the directors
to so arrange the scope of the incor-
poration papers that the road could
be extended from Council Grove to
Marion. when the time was ripe. Per
haps it will be built right on to Marion
as soon as it is completed to Council
Grove. This viii be determined on
later.
Extensive plans have been made for
the entertainment of Mr.. Herburt the
consulting engineer. when he arrives
in these parts. He Will be entertained
IN this city by the Commercial club
and also by the Commercial clubs of
Eskridge and Council Grove and at
other towns along the line