The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-07-20
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO
ASSIST BYERS RAILROAD
Liberals Boosting Organization
Votes Unanimously to Get
Back of Project

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After maintaining a neutral at
titude for almost two years, the Lib
eral Chamber of Commerce is at last
strongly back of the Kansas & Okla
homa railroad, and its president, o.
p. Byers, and plans are under way
looking to an immediate resumption
of work on the road.
The Kansas & Oklahoma has had a
stormy existence. fractional differ
ences have prevented the Chamber
of Commerce from giving assistance
and Mr.. Byers has had'to 60 it single
handed in the face of many obstacles.
Now that the organization has pledg-
ed unanimous support there can be
no doubt but what the road will be
built at an early date.
A meeting was called for the court
house Tuesday evening and some
thing like twenty-five boosters at
tended. 1t was the original inten-
ton to organize an industrial club
to handle the railroad matter but
when it was determined that all but
two of those in attendance were
Chamber of Commerce members it
was decided to petition that organi-
zation to get back of the road and
its builders. A resolution was un-
animously adopted asking this sup
port.
Accordingly a meeting Of the
Chamber of Commerce was called for
the following evening to thresh' out
the matter. This meeting was large
ly attended by business men and 9TH
or citizens of the town as well as good
delegations of farmers in the. neigh
borhood of Archer and Pleasant Val>
ley, new towns on the X & o north
west of Liberal.
President Cooper of the Chamber
of Commerce presided and read the
resolution from the meeting the night
before. A motion was made that this
be adopted and the organization
placed back of the proposition. The
motion carried without a dissenting
vote.
A motion was also made and car
ried that the railroad committee of
the Chamber of Commerce be desig-
mated as an executive comittee with
full power to handle the railroad
question and to add to its number as
it deemed advisable. This was also
carried unanimously.
Following the transaction Of this
business the visitors from Archer
and Pleasant Valley were called up
on, and responded with good talks.
It was plain that the people of this
territory want the Kansas & Okla
homa built to Forgan and on to Trim
idad. They have paid their money,
got what they paid for and are find
ing the road big benefit. 1t is saw
ing them thousands of dollars in the
marketing of their wheat crop and
they are back of it. More than forty
cars were stored on the X & o be-
fore the movement started and sew
raj have come in since. Figure the
cost o fhauling this wheat by wagon
or truck and see what the railroad
means to the farmers along the
route.
President o. P. Byers came to Lib
eral on No. L Wednesday but return !
ed to Hutchinson on No. 2. While
here he made definite proposition
and this will be presented to the COM ,
mittee as soon as it is ready to re-
ceive it. This proposition is the
most reasonable and most liberal that
anyone could ask and if it is accept
ed and the provisions can be met
Mr.. Byers promises work on the road |
will be resumed within twenty-four
hours after.
AS soon as the pfopositiohsis handi
ed the committee it will be iiiade'
public, but the Democrat can safely
pledge that IT III absolutely all right
and should be accepted with a will
ingness which will prove to Mr.. Byers
that Liberal is really back Of him in
his efforts to gve us railroad con-
nection with the Katy al Forgan.
1t is imperative that the PROPOSE
ton Of Mr.. Byers be accepted inn
mediately. If anyone doubts this
any attorney can set him right. Here
is the situation as it exists today:
The Beaver, Meade & Engelwood rail-
road company has made application
,,y;th fha Tntor- State Commarca Coro. I.