The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-26
Force Begins just West of the
City Limits.
Error i'm Condemnation Notice
Causes Delay.
STRIPS MUST BE LEFT.
These Will BE Completed After
Board Reports.
About Half Right of Way Is
Secured.

w. r. Denton, of CIeburne, Texas,
who has the contract for the first
eighteen miles for the Topeka-South-
western. has put force of men and
teams to work or the railroad Just
west of Topeka 1t is the intention to
get all of the grading completed be-
tween the city limits and the land that
has to be condemned by the 18th of
January. That Is the time set for the
appraisement by the condemnation
commission
Mr.. Denton expects to put another
outfit to work in a few days near Mt.
Hope cemetery, in Mission township,
as the company has bought one-half
mile of right-of-way through the tract
known as the Sims pasture; this will
leave the Seabrook tract, just beyond
where the graders are working, and as
soon AZ the condemnation board awards
the damages, these two pieces of work
will be connected; that will give the
company nearly four miles adjoining
the city.
w. L. Taylor, president of the rail-
road company this morning said: I'VE
would have had plenty of teams work
ing there before had not the condemna-
ton commission been delayed thirty
days on account of an omission in their
legal notice. This notice was prepared
and sent to one of the Topeka papers
for publication, and it seems the copy
was not proof read, and after they had
run the notice for three weeks dis
covered that one line in the notice had
been left out entirely. This invalidated
the notice and made it necessary for
the condemnation board to repubHsh
which they did
1.-THE eka-Southwestern Railway
company will not be year old until
next month. During the past year we
have taken hold of proposition that
had been peddled around wall street
for three years by different brokers and
went begging, but we succeeded in get
ting a strong banking house In New
York to finance this railroad, providing
the local people would do so much. The
part required of US was to locate the
railroad and furnish the rtght-of-way;
we have now completed the location of
the line the entire distance; we have
acquired probably one-haf the right |
of-wav. in fact we have, 1 think. done
remarkably we'll under the existing cir
cumstances.
During the last ninety days while |
the bankers panic was on, we have
raised over $1,000 in money to meet our |
preliminary expenses. The survey that
was Just completed cost us over $6,3Oo |
We now have to acquire r1ght-or-way |
for the construction company to build |
on. and / anticipate no trouble in fur |
nishing the right-of-way as fast as |
the construction company will require |
it, The action of the directors OF the
Topeka Commercial club few weeks
ago practically assures us OF enough
funds to take care of all the right-of- |
way we will have to buy in Mission |
township, and beyond that we have |
considerable right-of-way given US and |
where we could not get 1t donated, the |
friends of our railroad proposition have |
bonds enough to assure us |
Sufficient funds to buy all the right-of-
way we will need.
soThe affairs of the Topeka South
western are in excellent condition The
annual meeting of the stockholders of
oDr company will be held on the 18th
of January, and believe they will feel
very much gratified at the report they
will receive"