The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-22
RAILROAD NEWS.
Union Depot Roads Have Settled
Their Differences.
Contracts Signed for New kansas
City Station.
ALL LINES ARE NOW IN.
Chances Are the Plans Will Be
Adopted Soon.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.
ALL LINES ARE NOW IN


Chicago. May Executive officers
of every line which is a member of the
Kansas City Union Depot company
met yesterday in the offices of B. L. |
Winchell, chairman of the union de-
pot executive committee and president
of the Rock Island railroad, in this
city and signed all the contracts
necessary to assure the building of a
union passenger station IN Kansas
city.
1t had been supposed a few weeks
ago, when the Burlington road agreed
to the South Side Site that the matter
was settled, but it developed later that
not all of the roads were willing to
sign the agreement. Numerous con
ferences have been held between the
interests involved. some of them in
Chicago and others in New York, with
the result that it was stated a few
days ago on authority which would
usually be accepted in such matters,
that all the differences had been set
tied and there was every prospect of
the new station going to the South
| Side
The meeting at Chicago yesterday
| bore out this forecast, but it was inn
possible to find what changes, if any
may have been made in the plans of
the roads in order to induce all of
them to sign the necessary contracts.
After the meeting President Winchell
said:
1--WE did not take up the plans for
the new depot at today's meeting. The
entire meeting was devoted to arriving
at a general cordial understanding and
/ the signing of contracts. At a meet
ing to be held in a few days we will
consider the plans. Everything is now
| running very smoothly. All obstac les
| have been removed and the project
| will go on rapidly from this time.
| There was not time at tOday's meeting
to give the plans any suitable atten-
ton, so we laid them aside altogether
and will give them careful considera-
ton at meeting for that purpose
alone"
Despite every outward indication
that the roads have reached a COM
plete understanding to build the new
union station on the South Side, there
are still those who insist it will not go
there, but will ultimately be located
upon the Swift-Armour tract in the
North end. There has, however, been
an appreciate lessening of confidence
on the part of some of the formerly
sanguine adherents of the North end
/ project of late. and il Is conceded that
everything being done above board
favors the definite selection of the
South side.
A leading railroad attorney. who
was reported as having been at work
upon an ordinance to be introduced in
the Kansas City council granting to
the roads the concessions necessary to
make the South side site available for
depot purposes denied that the prepa-
ration of such an ordinance was yet
under way, remarking that the differ
ences between the roads had been
such as to put a stop to any work OF
| that kind.
With the contracts between the
roads signed by all however it is ex-
pected that it viii be but a few DAYS
until the nlans for the new station
viii be laid before the CITY council
with requests for franchises and grants
: desired from the municipa Iitv