The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-04

and stockholder. One Saturday after
noon met Mr.. McAfee at the corner
of Fifth street and Kansas avenue and
asked him what they would take for
the bridge. He replied, 100000,
$4,000 in bonds of the city of To-
peka, and $4,000 in county bonds in
GLIDING the city," thus making the
city's share about rs per cent of the
whole. 1 wrote a short paragraph
for the Sunday morning issue, sug-
costing the purchase on the terms
proposed. The final result was the
purchase of the bridge and opening it
free to all traffic. Daniel NJ. Adams,
president of the Kansas Valley Ma
tional bank, opposed the purchase and
wrote an article for the Daily Record
suggesting that inasmuch as the
bridge had repaid the owners all the
money ever invested, it was not worth
100000. In my reply 1 stated that
inasmuch as the Kansas Valley Ma
tional bank had more than reimbursed
the stockholders, the president should
be out soliciting some one to take it
off their hands without cost, or at
some nominal figure
Lincoln School Building.
The Lincoln school building got up
to the second story and there the
work stopped for want of funds. Doc
tor Crane, father of George w. Crane,
was president of the school board, and
was anxious to have the building COM
pleted. A bond proposition was sub
mitted and he and 1 conducted a cam
paign in favor of the bonds thru the
columns of the Commonwealth. The
morning of the election I had black
letter lines on every page of the paper
urging the voters to turn out and vote
for the bonds. Colonel Prouty had
met some friends at the Teft house
who were vehemently against the
bonds. He came to the office about
midnight and wrote a double-leaded
editorial in opposition to the bonds.
The paper next morning editorially
opposed the bonds, while every page
was bristling with exhortations favor
able to them, which carried and Lin
coin school was finished.
Santa Fe Infant.
The Santa Fe railroad was then in
its infancy and a half dozen men with
Col. Cyrus K. Holiday at the head
were bending every energy to put it
on its feet. Colonel Holiday went to
Washington time after time to secure
land grants in aid of the road Con-
gressmen snubbed him and ridicuIed
his projected railroad, feeling if not
recalling a speech of Senator Benton
of St Louis, who said on the floor of
the senate:
miles west of st. Louis-there will
never be anything beyond that but the
coyote, the buffalo and the Indian"
At last the land grant was obtained
and work began in earnest. Meetings
were frequently held to urge the
voting of bonds in aid of the road.
would be notified of a meeting in the
old court house, but other matters
kept me away. Then they would saw
I'VE will give him the names of the
speakers and he can write better
speeches than we can make" 1 have
fSH u
never delivered
Colonel Holidays Prediction.
Colonel Holiday had a famous ses-
ture which did good service in his
campaigns for the bonds Crossing
his arms in front. his right arm rep
'resenting Chicago and his left St.
Louis. with Topeka at the crossing,
and then turning toward the south
west. he would say:
Then away to the hall of the Mon
tezumas and the Golden Gate"
He lived to see the full fruition of