The chronicle=news., 1914-06-10


il 10 the iiTn of ilodss. Lard 4 Co.
~hO in tim. actually dis buiid / .ove
miles Of the road. The bull ling
however. sas neither swift nor -asy.
iiefose affairs HAD reached Ihis
hopeful stage congress had prom
isrd the company issd grant assrs-
sstisx 3."on. ."Sc acres. ga coalition
that the Rad sas completed 10 the
Colorado line bs the end al i.:i,
Nai shove, null Of earth ~as
tars-i tiit isss. the year The Usion
rSesfIe shi c.hisai i.Arifie road.
sers eompis,si, The first s~siion
of lssrk Ia be opened uss fsoiA To-
p~ks To wASausa. a distances sf -
miles When the rails had been isii
the soatsss'os bssso~-d - sheishi
iosonaosiss and q .oupi- os ssrs win
which sn sxsursion 10 is- end oi the
arsrk ~as run The party included
cyru. X, holiday ami PRETTY much
everyone sis. sho saAi-. 10 eo, The
engineer covered the distance in }.
asisss-s. which was pretty x.st
time considering the coalition Of ihs
iFsrk.
Yfsse. More Niles.
That same year ~ more mii.s a.
track we're laid u fsuSiinsam m-. In
iA;c The line Gas extended 10 Em'
so,is. 81 aii.s fsoa rossks. si"sS
the rails sr-ps westward so siosH.
iad--d. sha, shsa hat ten nsosths oi
the tia- limit I-Isis-d in Which Ia
eAsa the land sIsn, there ~~r~ siiii
l>a mii~~ ss saiii and soshine In the
iseasufy ts baiia .i,h. Hut the isss
rssy sssi.h-n company simply had
q. have that 5.."c."oo ssf-s: so. a.
in many another -ss- of the sAn.
sort. IL 60, i.sn Ia ba.in-ss snd
completed the rad To tho western
boasdasy "f Kansas. thus -asnias
the srsas.
Il certainly -as a sI-a; Esiisosd
u followed the old Santa ~ ,ssii BE-
faithfully that. To raas. . .oni-nppf'
0Hy
. in.foot sI-am taf . Iysr,-r os =
mil. IN sssjs- a shallow SPOT for ford
ins. tho builders did the sam-. In
ss-aa of bridging the stream when
they struck II. ami where the sFai'
ran ap q tr-. or hid In a hollow rork
'o avoid ih. ~oi,-s .f the satns-s
the railroad lid the same
10 Objective Point.
This me-, have h--n aa- In isr' 4"
the fact that the objective had not
thea hr~h .atiin-is The COMPANY
-as huiidiaz = railroad. but diin' :
exactly kna- where u Sss h,siiiins
iis'iidAy's dream. u mus, i'- 10.
m.mi'rs-d. .as more comprehensive
than .p~eifis: and besides. he .as
far frum b-ins the whale ihins.
Anyway the bstid~s. w-g- so .lissaar.
.s..s ss.sp s.s ssst e"ss.'. s"'S
got anywhere Of not. besides. that
sort Of line Sa," tho engineers In
charge Of scioc alton In more recent
years a finc chance io build up a
reputation.
When Dodge City VAS reached In
1879. there was no traffic worth
mcni iionias,- - the company ran n
mixed train. consisting of a couple "f
-mp,y hox cars ani crazy coach
.u, on- day and back I'll" next.
Iiusin.ss did Improve. for Dodge city
grew. particularly In ~ick-'in~ss. u
there Was ever n tougher town than
Dodge city was In It's early days "
would he altogether TOO rough To talk
about. So IL doesn't count. Saloons.
gambling dcus and dance halls were
open day ami niIhi. Sunday. week
days and holidays. Gangs Of drunk.
IN cowboys eaiioprd through the
streets. yelling and shooting. while II
WAS counted n duh day that did not
furnish, u murder. when the limit
of cndurance was reached the self
respecting part Of tho community 10,
together and hanged few OF the
worst characters as hint to the
others to go slow.
Hunters flockcu in to Kill buffalo
for their hides and horns: the out
posts OF civilization. pushing farther
west. made Dodge city Headquarters.
so every once In u while there was a
load Of freight to haul.
After the road had bccn extended
., the Colorado line II became ncccs-
sary to find a more permanent form
Of traffic than that afforded by buf-
falo hides. Three million acres OF
land was only valuable with people
on e. So the Santa Fc. which real
izcd more fully than any other rail-
road company Of Its time that Its in
tcrcsts were identical with those of
the country Il was to serve. entered
a new field Of endcavor. which prov
cd to be so successful that II has