The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-04
LET CHRONIC KNOCKERS
HERD TO THEMSELVES
Opportunity iOT Loyal GuthrIsIies
TO Demonstrate Their
OIdtIme Pluck

HH"N'HHff
be held this evening IN the city hall
auditorium viii decide whether Gutn-
ric citizens will avail themselves Of
the opportunity at hand to make for
a Greater Guthrie by raising the s75,.
coo bonua asked for the 45O.mllc line
railroad from Cimarron, New Mexico.
20 Guthrie giving the capital city
direct connection with Western OK.
lahoma. passing through fertile ag.
rlcnlturai section aud connecting with
the rich coal fields aud timber lands
OF New Mexico The need Of a line
Of this kind to furtlfy ourselves in
the coming capital location election
ls emphasized by tho recent initla.
tive proposition placed lu the aeld
by the c.tv on the south
Mayor Farquharson
Shows lmportanco.
Mayog Farquharson IN his address
to the city council last night dwplt
"a length upon the Importance of the
citizens pulling together for a Great
er Guthrie He pointed out that the
securing Oi the Mountain valley AND
Plain read now knocking at Guthr.es
door wax far more Gaportant than the
citizens Lad ihcughl for the upbuild-
ing OF The city
'rhe securing Of this road al this
time Is very essential, tstated Mayor
FarquhaIson. 70 build up the city
commercially and 10 fortlfy ourselves
Tor the coming capital election What
th0y ask is not 80 much and we should
bo able 10 give t. Il ls worth many
times thal amount 70 Guthrie. ! be-
lleye. II we get II. the road Will be d
master stroke and would mean more
20 Guthrie in dollars and cents than
any olhef railrosd we have secured
He annouhced that the Retailers
association would stand behind the
Chamuer Of Commerce III raising this
bonus aud that he stood ready to do
what he could to raise the money
The Voicc Of the kicker.
There are few objeetorg whe de-
clare fhrl Guthrie has bought herself
poor with railroads because some OF
the bonus roads later proved to be
branch lines OF some great system,
instead OF the main line road Their
statements are misleading, Since
1902 this city has secured the follow
ing roads through bonuses for which
they have paid Sl5000O as the $4,000
Fl. smith and Western bonus notes
were held void by the courts, and
no effort being made to collect the
Choctaw notes They are; Denver,
Enid and Gulf, the best road com
merclally Guthrie has Of It's branch
lines: Guthrie branch line 70 Cash
lon; the Rocl Island, the M. K &
A.. Fl. Smith and Western and the
n Reno and Western. These roads
since that time have paid double the
bonus amounts In taxes In this eoun.
IN. LaSt year these lines paid S54,.
1880 In taxes tn this county ap-
poriioneu as follows:
Roads Pay Heavy Taxes.
d. Z. & @. Ry .,.......S .Sl3047.g8
Guthrie branch O. 3 o. 9,767.SO
Seward branch, A. T. & 5.
F. .!s,. ..s+stt..,s...s 3,4hs.6d
Rock Island ...........4a. T.082.S0
M. K. & T. ny. +.t.....s. 6.a46.S6
HI. Smith & W. 44,,.... 7,Ba770
El Reno B w s........@ 6,sss.Is
Total taxes on bonus rail-
roads ............. .s54. 1850
Santa Fc line ...s.....,sa S33. .af7 .0b
Total railroad taxes In Logan
county 1908 .....e.. SST. .s32.9C
How Guthrie Has Gained.
Sis years ago, before Guthrie
reached out 10 secure these fOads
the city had but hall the population
II now has II had no paved streets;
II had no Federal building, no city
haIl.s ~ convention hall, no Carnegie
liDfafH no court house and IN fact
had no public improvements or pub
Nc buildings whaieyer Guthrie now
has better public buildings tiiaa ans
other ttwn IN the state, aggfeglilnf
~ value, over half million dollars
Guthrie row has len miles of paying
with as much tiuder construction
These improvements are brought on
0y the upbulldlng Of the town as g
railroad center Guthrie merchants
eli annpllncu better business thar
ever In thels history while the city
r. nndqfgplng gfeal activity IN ,h'
building line, bnIh VI dwellings ant
business blocks, Guthrie now rank
second in m3nulaetFrlnk N the state
SaeTe ghstaFlce FeMalAB.
Not obe Of the present faetoriql
VAS here before the railroads hal
beon secured. Mere factories arr
seeking locssions IN the capital cit,
A3llr because ~ the splendid rAll
road facilities ana the steady gsoWtl
pf she city
One factory which hes pay roll 0
over ei,e0n week sud whlea ha
splendid Inducements from rival elite
hve waiting 20 see what Guthfl
wiIl 10 relative e lha rallroad nlor
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