The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-26
TAYLOR NOW OUT
Gives Up Position as Represent.
alive of Board of Managers.
F. j. Curnick Takes Charge of
the Financial End.
REACHES FINAL STAGE
Preliminary Work Has Been
Practically Completed.
REACHES FINAL STAGE
Condemnation Proceedings for
Right Of Way in City.

6n6CL DIS soon as the dlalrS can be
turned over. According to the orig
inal contract between the board of di-
rectors and the construction company,
Lamprecht Bros, who have the con-
struction of the road in charge and
who dictate the personnel of the COM
pany, will have charge of the finan-
cial affairs. Thus, the financial affairs
which have been in charge of the
board of managers will devolve upon
| the construction company. F. J.
Curnick, representative of Lamprecht
Bros, and treasurer of the construc-
ton company will have immediate
/ charge
The board Of managers was only a
temporary organization. Last sum-
mer when the project was about to
fall through, the board of managers
was elected, from Topeka business
men, to restore confidence in the at
fair and to secure aid through the
connection of representative business
men. This board is composed of w.
H: Davis. chairman. E. H Crosby, ].
w. Robinson, w. c. Stephenson, Geo.
W. Crane. w. g: Hamilton and NJ. A.
Blanchard. All these men, being
business men, had but little time to
| devote to the duties connected with
the new road. Hence w. L. Taylor,
who was the original promoter of the
| road, and who has been one Of its
| hardest boosters, was engaged as rep
resentative. The board held it's meet
ings at intervals and Mr.. Taylor was
authorized to carry out their plans.
| The road is now fairly we'll financed
| and the construction company is an
xious to take hold of the financial end
of the affair. The board of managers
will exist until the end Of the present
fiscal year, which expires on the Sec
ond Tuesday in January. Mr.. Taylor
will remain with the road only long
enough to turn over the raising of
securities to the construction COM
pany. Mr.. Taylor has been the chief
| booster of the road since the incep-
ttion of the project three years ago,
land he will likely be retained in some
capacity or other. as his knowledge of
the conditions of the road. is too val
| liable an asset to be without.
! In talking with a State Journal rep
resentative this morning Mr.. Taylor
said: H1
st have nothing much to say but
what the public already knows. The
board of managers were put temper
arily in charge of the financial end of
the Topeka Southwestern last August.
This board retained me at a nominal
salary to do the work for them. They
were all very busy business men and
the work at that time required the
undivided attention of some one. NoY
that Mr.. Curnick is here on the grounds
he will assume the financial direction of
the proposition. / am by no means clear
out of the eka-Southwestern, my
whole heart and soul is with it and I
don't think there is anyone connected
with the proposition that feels any bet
ter over the results of my efforts in the
past four months than do. expect
to keep right on working in the interest
of the Southwestern but I cannot give
it all of my times as I have another
proposition that 1 am working on which
requires some attention.
Il don't believe there is any doubt
in the minds of the people of Topeka
nd IoV a n 10
of the Southwestern. I have always
maintained that the road would be
built. 1t is now in the hands of
good financial man and has the back
ing of the best people in Topeka and
along the route and to know whether
it will pay or not when built all anyone
has to do is to simply look over the
reports of other railroads that are be-
compare the territories of those lines
with the territory between here and
Council Grove"
Condemnation Proceedings.
c. K. Holiday, president of the To-
peka- Southwestern road, has submit
ted petition in the district court ask
ing for the appointment of three COM
missioners to condemn and appraise all
land, especially within the city not al
ready secured, but needed, for the right
of way and terminal facilities of the
road. Judge Dana has taken the pc
tition under Amusement and will doubt
less appoint the three commissioners
within a few days.
Mr.. Holiday mentions in his petition
the following things which are deemed
necessary for the construction, opera
ton and maintenance of the road:
First-Certain land for its route, as
already located by the company, not
exceeding 100 feet in width, except for
the purpose of sidings and for its side
tracks, depots, work shops, water sta
lions and material for construction, ex
cept lumber.
Second-A right of way over adjoining
lands sufficient to enable the company
to construct and repair its roads and
stations.
aqueducts and. right to make proper
drains.
All of the lands needed for the above
purposes, according to the petition, are
definitely shown and set forth in maps
and profiles filed previously with the
county clerk by the company.
According to the plats and profiles
mentioned, the cornpany's right of way
which it is desired to acquire will en-
ter the city % feet north of the inter-
section of BoIIes avenue and the north
line of Twenty-first street and will run
east through the city and across the
fair grounds to the east line of Kansas
avenue and thence east to the Missouri
Pacific right of way
The work to be done by the proposed
commissioners is set forth in the formal
request for their appointment made IN
the petition OF PRESIDENT HolIlday,
which asks:
THAT three commissioners be APP
pointed having the qualifications re-
ouired by law to lay off along the line
of said railroad, as now located afore-
said. the lands so deemed necessary and
desired by said company and that said
commissioners be so appointed, and
shall be required to make the appraise-
ment and assessment of damages as re-
ouired by law to do. and perform all
other acts and things required by law
to be done in the premises