The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-04-30
The Emporia News.
friday, April so. 1860.
KANSAS.

The Indications OF Increasing pros
berity for our State the coming year
are unexampled in its history. Already
tide Of immigragion heretofore un-
eoualed In numbers, and unexcelled in
ali the best qualifications that make up
the successful pioneer, is crossing our
eastern and northern border, and set
Ting down all over our broad prairies.
Towns spring up as If by magic, and
grow into cities which count their pop
ulation by thousands. The farmer, the
mechanic, and brakeman alike are
focking into Kansas as they never have
before into any State SO young. Those
who come out prospecting return only
to get their families and tell their neigh
bors OF the unparalleled advantages
which Kansas offers to all the industri-
al classes. Our immigration is not con-
fined to the little trains of four or five
or a half dozen wagons, with as many
families. 1t comes by colonies.
On the Kickapoo Reserve a colony of
Swedes has lately settled, having pur-
chased large tract of land which they
selected after looking all over the West
for location that would suit them.
There 10 large colony Of Norwe-
gians on the Solomon river, where they
will soon develop into q wealthy and
prosperous community.
The Ohio Emigration Society, COM
posed of the best and most substantial
men on the Western Reserve, has To-
Gated one hundred and fifty families in
Saline county, where q large tract of
land has been purchased. They are ali
men Of sterling worth, and such as
make new countries blossom as the rose.
On the Sac q Fox Reservation a set
Element Is grown up which for thrift
and progress is not excelled.
A heavy column of settlers is con-
stantly on the move to the Usage Res
ervation and Cherokee Neutral Lands,
which are being filed up by class of
population of the most enterprising
character, and who will develop that
section into one of the finest farming
communities in the entire West.
Thus IL our State filling up, while the
rapid building of railroads is daily add
ing to the natural attractions of the
State the desirable advantages of con-
venient markets.
The Kansas Pacific railroad will be
completed to Denver this year.
The Neosho Valley road, which is to
run through one of the finest valleys
on earth, viii be pushed forward as
rapidly rs possible.
The Leavenworth, Atchison & North
western road is under contract, and
win be completed to White Cloud by
the first Of September.
A road Is being built from Topeka
to Burlingame, Usage county, and will
be pushed forward as fast as money and
enterprise can urge it.
The Leavenworth, Lawrence q Gal
weston railroad will probably be com
pleted to Humboldt this season, and
the thousands of settlers who have al
ready selected homes OH the fertile
lands along its line will soon have &
paying market at their very doors.
At least 81, 65O,000 will be expended
In Kansas this year in the building o
railroads, developing resources which
can scarcely be estimated, and afford
ing markets easy of access to all the
leading points in the State. The IN
crease in the value of property engen
dered by these great works will o
course be very large, and place many
settlers of limited circumstances in {
position to enlarge and extend thei
improvements. A much greater breadth
o. all kinds of grain Is being sown thar
ever before in the State, and with a fail
season all kinds of business will receivt
n vigorous acceleration from the in
come of a bounteous harvest. Every
body is hopeful and confident, and mel
of means are investing heavily in prom
Using industrial enterprises of all kinds
The State is being constantly traverseC
by capitalists from the East, looking NJ
fields of profitable investment, and they
seldom fail to suit themselves.
Kansas Is just on the Threshold of {
prosperity unexampled, and our East
ern friends are finding it oat.-LeaUen
G1O,th Conservative.