The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-21
0hILnUhD NEUOs
Mammoth and Joint Freight
Terminals for Kansas City.
Roads to Unite in Building
Enormous Transfer Yards.
ON THE NORTH SIDE.
Will Greatly Facilitate the
Movement Of Traffic.
Gossip and Matters of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
ON THE NORTH SIDE.

Kansas City, March 21-That the
railroads, which are members of the
Union Depot company and in this
number are the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa F'e and the Chicago. Rock Is
land & Pacific, are planning for
great freight transfer yard in the
north end, as well as for q SIS. 600, 900
south side Union passenger station, al
though none of the officials who are
directors of the depot company would
confirm the report is undoubt-
eddy true. It Is credited in
Kansas City in every circle where in
formation on such subjects would or
dinarily be sought.
John NJ. Eagan, president of the
companies holding the Armour Swift
Burlington properties in the north en.I
and across the river, in Harlem, said
last night:
Il am not in a position to say any
thing about the matter, for the sim
pie reason that our proposition to the
railroads has not been accepted or re-
jected. That property is available for
railway purposes and the most acces-
sible there is anywhere in this section
Of the country. whether for Union de-
pot, union transfer yards or for in
dustrial purposes especially the most
accessible in Kansas City, and on il
there could be erected 100 miles of
tracks.
There is no trouble in gaining &C
cess to this north end property from
any direction-from the Clay county
side by bridges, from the West bot
toms and from the East bottoms.
There would be no grade crossings
which are dangerous. not only to the
roads, but to the people who have 10
drive across the tracks, and which
have required the railroads of Chi
cago to spend millions of dollars and
the New York Central to spend many
millions in New York city.
The three lines which have tentative
~ but not finally agreed to join the
other seven roads now members Of the
Union Depot company in building a
SIS, 900, 600 station and passenger ter
minal on the South side are all most
vitality Interested in this North end
project. The Burlington road owns
not only One-third interest in the Ar
mour-SWfft Burlington properties. but
also large amount of Clay county
land upon which it is expanding a
great many thousands of dollars.
The Wabash, which recently paid
$4,000. 900 for terminal purposes in St.
Louis, and which IS extending its line
eastward to the Atlantic seaboard, is
IN worse shape so far as Kansas CITY
terminals are concerned, than is any
other Kansas City railroad It must
absolutely have relief in the matter of
freight terminals.
The Missouri Pacific. the third of
the lines which have given but tenta-
tive consent to the South side plan, is,
like the Wabash. a Gould property,
and while the Goulds are seeking relief
for the Wabash. it is to be expected the
Missouri Pacihcs action will be gov
erned accordingly.
These are some Of the considerations
which go to circumStantially confirm
an impression very pronounced in Ger
tain quarters that there Is to be a COM
promise arrangement under which the
freight terminal proposition will be
worked out to the best interests of the
Burlington, the Wabash and the Mis-
souri, Pacific, in consideration of which
they will join the other lines in favor
of South side station.
President Winchell; of the Rock Is
land, who Is chairman of the unbn
depot executive board, in Chicago Mon
day said the matter of reight terni-
nails was very important one, but that
it was to be considered apart from the
union passenger station matter. Hesaid