The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-27
A Lively Meeting of Enterpris.
ing Business Men
At New National Roof Garder
Luncheon This Afternoon.
THE FUNDS SECURED.
The Needed Six Thousand Dol.
lars for Southern Railway
All Raised for Use as Needed on
Monday Next.

The needed six thousand dollars for
the Southwestern railway emergency
fund necessary for Monday was raised
at an enthusiastic meeting OF business
men this afternoon and the dirt will
fly Monday morning.
Thirty-five business men responded
to The call of the president of the
Commercial club and attended the
luncheon given at the roof garden on
the National hotel at 1 O'Clock this
afternoon for the purpose of raising
funds to secure the right of way for
the Topeka & Southwestern railroad.
The luncheon gathering today was
an adjourned meeting from that called
for last evening at the Commercial
club rooms.
Following the luncheon, which was
an elegant MONDAY repast. the meet
ing was called to order by G. K. Hol-
liday, who said: what we need at
this time is Moses to lead US out of
the wilderness, some one who will
suggest a way by which the Topeka &
Southwestern railroad can be brought
to Topeka.
1.-The fate of this proposition is in
your hands and as captains of indus
try it is up to you to save the day. II
the hard times had no, struck the
country this matter would have been
settled without the necessity of a
meeting of this kind. This money
whicl, we are asking todey is not a
donation but an investment, and
think good one.
THE contractors are on the ground
with outfits ready to go to work the
day we furnish them the right of way
as we promised to do. The time is
ripe and if We get this road something
must be done at once. If we let TINS
opportunity slip we will be delayed in
building the road from six weeks to
three months and all assessment work
must be done over again. - '-7 -
IF the money demanded to satisfy
the claims of those who have appealed
from the report of the condemnation
board is not raised by Monday night
we lose our right to go on any or the
right of way which have we required.
LAS a business man of 2S years ex-
perience in Topeka, I look upon the
purchase of these bonds as a good busi-
ness proposition said E. H. Crosby.
Every man who owns real estate In
Topeka should be back of this PROPOSE
ton as 1t will increase the value OF
Shawnee county real estate hundreos
of thousands of dollars. We must put
our shoulders to the wheel and help
make Topeka a great city.
]. w. Robinson: ut will take less
than $40 900 to secure the entire right
of way to the west line of Shawnee
county but we must have $4,000 by
Monday evening and the rest Will be
easy
II. E. Richter: I'm don't see what is
the matter with Topeka, but something
is. We wanted to start building this
line from my home town of Council
Grove but the directors insisted that
the construction work should begin at
Topeka. Had it been left to us the
road would have been half built by
this time We have but 5000 people
in Council Grove. yet We raised $4,000
in one day last week for proposition
which does not mean half as much to
us as this road does to Topeka"
P. 1. Bonebrake said: This pro-
position is not a new one to me for I
commenced to help build railroads into
Topeka in 1859 and have been at II
ever since. While the entire city will
be greatly benefited by line such as
the Topeka & Southwestern will be,