The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-08
BIG TIME AT FRANKFORT
Completion of Topeka Northwestern
VIII Be Celebrated September "a.

The completion of the Topeka Sr
| northwestern railroad from Topeka
OF monster celebration at Frank
fort. Friday, September "a. The
Commercial club and the business
men of the city have been invited to
JON with Frankfort and make this
occasion not only a memorable one
for Frankfort but for Topeka as we'll
A special train is likely to run from
Topeka to Frankfort on that date.
Inc celebration of the Topeka &
Northwestern's entrance into Topeka
VIII come as the closing event of
three days old settlers reunion,
which will be held September %, %
and "a This event will attract peo-
pie from all over Marshall and
Nemaha counties and Frankfort is
planning to entertain guests well ND
into the thousands.
The programme for this day in
cludes arrdesses by r. w. Blair. gen
eral attorney for the Union Pacific
lines in Kansas, and Major T. J.
Anderson, Topeka's greatest booster.
All Topeka has been invited. The
business men should take advantage
of this opportunity of extending good
will to this new section of the state
which is being opened for Topeka
trade. Frankfort wants the Topeka
business men to secure a special
train. This can undoubtedly be done
if enough will guarantee to make the
trip. Frankfort is only sixty miles
and the entire trip can be made in
one day.
This line opened to Frankfort fur
nfshes the first real connection for
Topeka with the Central Branch
territory. The territory along this
line from Frankfort to Clyde has
been closed to Topeka trade because
of the poor connections Instead it
has gone to Atchison, ST. Joseph,
Leavenworth and Kansas City,
The completion of this much of the
line, furnishes the Topeka business
men with an outlet to that section of
the state such as they have been
working for for over twenty wears.
When the Kansas. Nebraska &
Dakota road built into Topeka, $75,-
900 in bonds was the sum voted to
the road by Topeka. when it shou1S
have been completed to some point
where 1t would connect with the Cen
trail Branch. But this extension never
materialized. A few years ago the
Commercial club of which r r
Anderson, was secretary, took up the
mater and tried to revive the ex-
tension idea. The matter had been
taken up with Ballie P. Waggener,
general attorney for the road, and it
was understood that the road would
be extended providing inducements in
the shape of bonds would be offered
by the townships and towns along
the line A meeting was held in the
Topeka Commercial club rooms at
which representatives were present
from Onaga, Frankfort and all the
Intermediate points. The matter was
put up to the county commissioners
of Pottawatomie and Marshall coun-
tie sand bonds were eventually
carried at special elections in every
township and city. But the Missouri
Pacific didn't take very kindly to the
project and allowed the matter to
drop.
About the same time the Union
Pacific road got busy and the To-
peka & Northwestern road was
launched. This road was completed
as far north as Onaga, when work
stopped on account of the panic of
1907. This summer the work north |
of Onaga has been resumed. and the |
track laying is nearing Frankfort. It |
will be completed, by September "a, |
when all Frankfort will celebrate the |
event
Four years ago when the line was |
into Onaga a big celebra-
ton was held at that town. A special |
train was chartered and paid for by /
the Commercial club and all who
cared to make the trip were giyenj
free transportation. The Topeka |
business men went up there, took
plenty of money along with them1
spent it freely. and Onaga became
friendly to Topeka. Now all of the
Onaga. trade which formerly went to
and Kansas City comes
o Topeka. The relations between
he two towns are of the most cordial
lind.