Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-22
safe fLoss sss Leavess.Uossh.

BY a notice in our columns it will be seen
that lots will besold in this town on the
9th of 0ctoberne To all who feel an
interest in the progress Of Kansas and who
purpose making this their home il is a mat
ter ofno small importance to be present on
that occasion. twill afford opportunities for
the investment of capital. such as rarely oc-
cur. We hope, however, that there will be
purchasers enough to take all lots offered,
for immediate oceupationand improvement.
This we think to be the wish of the propri-
etors from the fact that but one half Of the
lots will be offered for sale. We would
call the careful attention of all intending to
establish themselves in business, to the local
position of this town. In our /. Immediate
vicinity is Fort Leavenworth, from which
100000 was last year paid out for stock.
grain, pay of men, &c., most ofwhich found
Its way into the pockets of the merchants,
farmers and mechanics of Buchanan,
Platte, and Jackson counties in Missouri.
Hundreds Of thousands of-dolIars are paid
to the Indians for annluties. All this trade
has heretofore been enjoyed by the frontier
counties above named. The vast emigra-
tions to California, Oregon and the Salt
Lake have as yet supplied themselves with
stock, provisions, groceries, clothing, &C.,
at the Towns Of Missouri. All the goods
consumed by the fifty thousand Mormons of
Utah, are taken overland from this frontier
and chiefly by the merchants of Weston and
St. Joseph. independence has had, at the
same time, almost monopoly of the Chi
huahua and Santa Fe trade. All expedi-
tions sent against the Ind ans on the plains
must be fitted out on this. frontier. The
mails for Santa Fe and Salt Lake, are at
present dispatched from towns in Missouri
The provisions and supplies used by the
troops stationed at Forts Laramie, Kearney,
Riley and the Government Posts In New
Mexico, are sent from this immediate vicin-
ity. =.
Some point on the Missouri River in
Kansas Territory will enjoy monopoly of
all this trade, provided there be a point more
convenient for approach and departure than
any other. Such we believe Leayenworth
to be, and such we are satisfied will be the
conclusion of all men of good judgment and
large observation. The government roads
to New Mexico, California and Oregon
have long been in use and are the shortest
and best that can be made. The streams
on these routes are bridged with substantial
and costly structures These roads diverge
at this point and lead through the very heart
of Kansas Territory. The site of Fort |
Leavenworth was selected and has been |
kept up for the reason that it was the most
point on the Missouri River,
from which the entire country South West |
of that River could be approached. After
a long trial Of this as military post the
War department refused to give it up not
the supposed urgent neces-
sity of the new government for that place
rs the Territorial capitol. So well is Fort
Leavenworth known abroad as a site for
4 commercial city that no well informed man
would hesitate in declaring that it would be
the great metropolis of the Missouri valley.
Yet whatever advantages it has, this place
also possesses, and has the further one of
being much better ground on which to
build. Such is the judgement of all who
nave visited both spots. This site will ad-
nit of the building of city as large as
Cincinnati or St. Louis and on better ground.
Added to these is the important considera-
ion, that the country back Of LeavenWorth
or one hundred and fifty miles is among
he richest in agricultural resources in the
Valley. The navigation of the
Kansas will be but limited and the towns
On that river must, until a railroad is con-
structed, receive their goods by land from
he Missouri. To every point on the Kan
sas above the Shawnees' and Delawares'
permanent reservations the shortest and
best route to the Missouri will terminate at
this point.
What we have said above is not mere
matter of opinion, but facts, facts that can
be proven by the most undeniable testimo-
nv. We ask calm and careful survey
of all the surrounding circumstances we
are certain of the verdict that will~be rem
dered.
TO EReaGerS.
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