The Kanzas news., 1857-06-06
Ernporia.

= Fmroria /. ssitassea between the Neosho and
Cottonwood creeks, six miles above their junction
The streams at this point are about four miles apart
The town site is on an elevation about one hundred
feet above the water level of either stream To the
south east the land slopes gently TO the
To the West it gradually rises for distance of sew
eral miles On the North and South arelarge belts
of the finest timber, along the Neosho and Cotton
wood, while the various smaller streams emptying
into them near this point, all well hmbered, serve
to make it one of the best tifnbered regions in Kan
zas The valleys of the Neosho and Cottonwood.
and their tributaries are acknowledged by all to be
equal if not superior as farming district, to any
in Kanzas. Coal and building stone are found
here in abundance.
Emporia was located in March last. About the
first of April, the erection of a large Hotel was
commenced by the town company, which has just
been completed a comrnodious Store House has
Just been erected and filed with goods, and anoth-
er is in process of erection. large and grist
mill, with lath and shingle machines attached, is
about being put up ON the town site. Another
largesaw mill is in process of construction one
half mile distant. There is at present one saw
mill in operation the junction, six miles dis
tant, which has furnished the lumber used in the
erection of the buildings now the town site
There is also another saw mill, eight miles above
the Cottonwood. which is in operation.
No Intoxicating drinks are allowed to be sold On
the town site. The two following features we copy
from the contrnet of the proprietors:
"The parties bind themselves to each other, that
in every sale donation of any portion of the land
which may be selected or located for town sit
they will sign deed OF sale, release gift, grant
or lease to the same, without provision in such
deed of sale, release, gift grant, lease, that the
lessee shall not make, store, sell, give away, to
De used as beverage, any malt or spirituous IL
quors on such premises sold or conveyed away,
and that any violation Of such provisions shall
be forfeiture of all the rights which such rure.a-
ser, donee, grantee, or tenant shall have acquired
to said premises.
"And the said parties further agree that they
will also prohibit in all deeds and eonveyances as
above, and bind purchasers to extend the pro-
visions to their assignees that houses shall be
allowed to be occupied for gambling purposes on
any Of the lots of said town; and any gambling for
money, or otherwise, by which anything shall be
lost or won, said premises, with the knowledge
and counsel of the purchaser, shall be forfeiture
of all the right which said purchaser, donee,
grantee or tenant shall have acquired to said prem
ises" sl
The lots are one hundred and thirty feet deep
and fifty feet front, excepting the front streets,
where they are but twenty-five feet front The
principal streets are one hundred feet broad-the
others eighty. ssi
Building is progressing as fast as the supply of
lumber viii admit, and as soon the mills now be-
ing constructed put into operation, the progress
win be much greater. Several stone buildings
have been contracted for, to be built this summer.
The country around here is fast filing up with an
energetic, industrious and intelligent populstion
who will develop the rich resources of this fertile
region, and make it the centre of wealth and In
telligence.