The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-13
Another Big Hallway System to
Radiate From Here.
Two Blocks of Land Are Already
Purchased.
TWO BIG DEPOTS
Plans Also Made for New Kan
sas River Bridge.
President Holiday Says Name
Is q Secret.

According to Charles K. Holiday,
president of the Commercial Club, one
of the big railway systems of the West
has plans already completed for maxi
Ing Topeka one of its terminal centers
and has already purchased two blocks
of property in this city for its freight
an passenger depots. Mr.. Holiday
is under a pledge not to divulge the
name OF this company until some FUR
/ Their preliminary details have been ar
ranged by it.
A statement about this eompany's
plans came from MI. Holiday today
IN the course Of a talk about Topeka 5
future
Is Topeka going to grow" in
CURED Mr. Holiday in reply to a sim
liar question. well rather. Topeka
is destined to become great and
fiourishing city. The foundation has
been laid for the best city in the union
and all we have to do is to follow the
original plan. The wide magnificent
rents mean everything to business and
then add the other fact that Topeka is
today the best distributing point in
Kansas and the new West and you
can readily understand why we will
grow.
The Santa Fe. the Union Pacific.
! Rock Island and Missouri Pacific are
the four great arteries of the West and
they all unite and radiate from Topeka.
And isten," said Mr.. Holiday in a
confidential but certain tone, do you
know that a great railway system has
already all its plans drawn for a
bridge across the Kansas river here
with lines extending Northwest, North
east and Southwest from Topeka?
do you know that the plans have
already been drawn and submitted
for new passenger depot costing $780,
600 and freight depots and terminals
costing much more?
DO you know that this new railway
system already owns two blocks of land
IN this city on which these new depots
viii be built?
There is another line heading here
from the Missouri river and when it
comes. It's coming Will be a revelation
TO the people here and elsewhere as
well. Then gOodby to Kansas City as
the great western terminal point. / re-
greet that 1 cannot state what this ney
I road is or what the new system is, OF
systems are, that Will radiate from To
peka- AS president of the Commercial
club I gave my word not to tell, but
they are facts just the same.
And there is the Union Pacific" Mr
Holiday went on Everybody under
stands what the northwest extension
from Topeka means and that not an
other year viii elapse before the North
side will witness wonderful transfer
nation. The great Union Pacific
through trains, its immense western
business, Will pass through Topeka ami
this city will become a big division
headquarters of the system. As with
the Union Pacific, so with our friend
the Rock Island. Month after month
this road is adding to the large head
quarters already establish here
The Rock Island buys ev-
erything in Topeka for It's western di-
| vision as our factories and business ner
can testify. And then our great friend
| the Santa Fe. The people are now IA
I 4 hnCQ Eh0f
improvements will mean to this city
Another thing OF Importance is oul
natural gas. Natural gas alone would
and will add ten thousand to our popu-
company has by its competition with
the Edison company made electricity
and power so cheap that coal for steam
purposes in this city will soon touch
the prices for it in Kansas City.
Natural gas at ten cents and Goa
at begging prices mean more factories
and they are coming. Again let US no.
forget the possibility OF finding natural
gas and oil right at the doors of To-
peka It must be found and can be
! found If anyone can only get down the
/ required two thousand feet The Com
nerciaI club ought to hang L , g. cash
| bonus of $1,000 for anyone who vii
bore to a depth OF two thousand fee
in Shawnee county. Gas and oil found
here would mean city of one hundred
thousand population alone in five years
(
linterurban railways planned. The To
peka and Council Grove road will be
built in 1907 Then there are three
surveys for interurban lines between
Kansas City and Topeka and Topeka
and AtchisOn.
, at Is not necessary for me to speak
! now" Mr.. Holiday continued, "of To
: peka as a city OF fifty thousand per
sons, with its fifty miles of paved
I lstreets its one hundred and fifty miles
f,F ~f1f- ST qfS re- cf-vf
miles of sewers; its splendid national
! state county and city ediffces, the fine
libraries and colleges and other things
Z too numerous to mention I will moi
tou, h on the prettiest picture in the
world the perfect parking and boule-
: ward system OF the residence districts
nor VIII I refer to the great industrial
life Of Topeka with its four hundred
factories. some of them the Creates
of their kind In the world and all Of
them of the best; nor will I mention
the great and rapidly growing inan-
ciai Institutions Of the city which are
now taking such an important par
1 in our development
~The question you. have put to me is
what Of the future2 We can only and
2 back three years to 1903. the year of ths
flood and figure what has been accom-
plished in the way OF growth since tina
cuIffes namely. the flood Of 1902. the biz
&. IRE Of 1901 ana the big DevIin failure q
Z 1905 Yet. despite all these drawbacks
Topeka today, in municipal life in he
street railway systems, her waterworks
I telephone improvements, natural gas it
. her new banks and trust companies ant
! her thousands of new houses. and in he.
marvellous development along all lines o
commercial and Industrial activity. Is on
of the wonders OF the age. What we havl
E accomplished IN the three years just pass
ed we can more than duplicate during tn
coming three years
zone Of the best signs in Topeka TO
the future that see IS the absolute har
mouy existing among our citizens Yo1
can not purchase hammer IN any hard
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