The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-10

WHICH ID G4pcCbtU W Idht piaCC III
1870. By this means it is urged that
ST. Louis viii get shorter connection
with that road at Omaha than is pos
sible for Chicago.
1t was originally intended that the
Kansas Pacific Railroad should go up
| the Republican fork of the Kansas. Or
Kaw river, and form a junction with
the Platte or Nebraska route, but it
would not suit st. Louis to play sec
ond fiddle" to Chicago; so the Kansas
road strikes out on its own hook"
and goes up the Smoky Hill, the more
southerly fork, i on AN Aindependent
| route.
Kansas, as far as. both States are
developed. is a State of better re-
sources than Nebraska. J 1t issfric1gr
in timber and stone, and more favor
able for fruit than its more Northern
sister. The climate is also more IA
vorablea for ordinary the purposes
of life. For agriculture Kansas, as
a whole, is, So far as both have
been tested, superior. Nebraska
is more fertile than has generally
been supposed, and the people
there are confident that their young
State, When, better developed will
prove itself highly favorable for the
raising Of grain and live stock. Veg
etables produce well, where, properly
cultivated. Grass grows luxuriantly
in its wild state, and is used for hay
Kansas is more highly developed than
Nebraska, but Nebraska is progress
ing rapidly in population and wealth,
and Kansas must exert herself to
keep ahead. s'' --''
1t is moated question which is to
be the large. city of Western Missouri
and Eastern Kansas-St. Joseph,
Atchison, Leavenworth, or Kansas
City. To me, appearances indicate
that the latter viii eventually carry off
the prize, They are all live" places,
but Kansas Cityseems to possess more
of the elements of prosperity than
the others. 1t is now city of from
10000 to 1900 people, and growing
very rapidly. Here is the great bend
of the Missouri River The site is
unfavorable for the building up of a
city, as it is composed of alterntte fill
and hollow. Its neighbors call it
2" Gullytown. But its people have
shown extraordinary energy in cutting
down the hills and filling up the hall
lows, and have therby incurred enor-
nous expense. In passing along some
streets that are excavated throughgthe
hills, one sees walls of earth towering
from twenty to forty feet above him.
In many places spaces, have been cut
in the precipices on the sides of the
streets and houses built therein, the
roofs not reaching to the upper sur
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far and wide over the hills and val
leys, and beautiful residences and
grounds grace the submits and de- |
clivities of the hills. Such extraor@
binary energy and outlay betoken the
faith of the people in the future of |
the place. Kansas City has two daily |
and weekly papers published in the |
English language, and a German pa
per. tits located two miles from the |
Missouri and Kansas State line, and |
is the, real starting point of the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad, although Wyan-
dotte,' Kansas, town of much smaller
size, situated four miles above on the |
on the road to, Leaven- |
worth, is the. nominal initial point.
Within year Kansas City will be
by railroad with Cameron.
on the Hannibal and st. 10. Railroad. |
and sometime In 1868. with Fort
Scott, on the South, in the Usage and
Neoshoscountry afstr aasg7E
The Missouri Pacific Railroad
brings the place within fifteen hours
of st. Louis. The country around is
rich, productive and well cultivated.
Stone cof good1qnalityl is abundantl
The bridge o=er the Missouri River,
now building, will besubstantial. The
place enjoys large wholesale trade.
Jas is just being introduced The
river landing is good.
St. Joseph, the Western Missouri
'ival of Kansas City. is also situated
n the midst of an excellent agricul-
,ural region, and has good, building
stone and timber tits growing rap
dly, bnt trade seems dull just now.
There, also, hills have been cut
through and hollows filed. Large
ewers for drainage are now being
built. A street railway from. the de-
'ot to the center of the city is in 'op-
,ration-about a mile lin length
There are a couple of American daily
md! l weekly papers, and one OF two
IT. Joseph Railroad has its western
erminus here, and there is also a rail-
Dad built and running fifteen miles
lorth to Savannah, on the way to
'ouncil Bluffs; also, one to East
A subscription has re-
emily been made by the city to aid in
uilding a railroad to Des Moines, the
'apital of Iowa. The landing in front
f the city is precarious and moons
enient. Population about 15,0oO.s
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