The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-11-04
BuRLINGAAE.

1hls old town has come out of the
kinks in the last eighteen months won
derfully, at least one hundred buildings
having been erected in that time. We
spent day or two there this week and
were not only surprised but pleased at
its growth. We had not been in the
town, except on the railroad, for over a
year. The principal business street
Santa Fe Avenue-had filed up and
heightened out to a surprising extent
The stone sidewalks had been extended,
and elegant fronts and cityfied signs
adorn the street. A new three story
building was receiving. the finishing
touches of the masons; brick front,
with white stone corners, which is as
fine n looking business house as is to be
found in Southern Kansas, if we except
two or three of our own new buildings.
The upper story is to be used as a Ma
sonic lodge. y
II. d. Shepherd, together wife the Odd
Fellows lodge of the town, is about to
commence another fine three story
building, which is to be 50x125 feet. 1t
will have white stone corners, and will
be an ornament to the town.
Empie 81 Perrill have. just completed
a new stone block, which adds greatly
to the solidity of the business street.
1t is also fine building in appearace.
There are many other new buildings
which we did not note.
Schuyler's mill is one of the largest
and best in Southern Kansas. The
brand of -four made here is celebrated
for its excellence all over this part of
the State.
'Schuyler's bank is. an institution
which is well managed and is doing q
good business. We were glad to see
our old friend Judge Schuyler, who has
so faithfully worked for the town and
State, and who has stuck to Kansas
through evil and good report for nearly
fifteen years, reaping his reward in
greenbacks. THOUGH well along in
years he has as much vim, and is as full
of energy and industry as any of his
young co-laborers.
In churches and residences Burlin-
game heads all of the towns south of
the Kaw river. The fine residences of
G. II. Sheldon and Levi Empie would
do credit to any of our cities. They
each cost about $1,000. There are
many other elegant private residences
in this village, of which that of M. NJ.
Murdoch, of the Chronicle, was noted.
This cost, with the grounds, about 3d.
600. 1t is tastefully built, and we con-
graduate our printer friend on having
fixed himself in such comfortable quar-
tiers.
The Methodists, Congregationalists
Presbyterians and Baptists all have sub
stantial stone buildings, some of them
very tastefully built, and elegantly fin
ished and furnished. The Baptist and
Methodist buildings have stained win
dows, large bells, etc. The first named
is carpeted and the seats are all cush-
toned. We know of no town south OF
the Kansas river which has such ele-
CANT churches as Burlingame. The peo-
pie speak highly of some of their pas
tors: The Sunday schools are well at
| tended.
On the top of the hill southwest OF
town stands large and buautiful brick
school house, which cost short of $685.
600. 1t is heated with furnace, and is
furnished throughout with all the mod
ern improvements in school furniture
and apparatus.
We learned while there that Colonel
James Blood, of Lawrence, has decided
to locate in Burlingame with a wooden
Factory, owing to the natural adven-
tages the place offers for manufactures,
such as cheap coal, plenty of water, etc
The people make liberal offers to the in.
stitution. Col. Blood will put in $780,
600 worth of machinery, and from the
way all parties interested are taking
hold of the matter, there is no room to
doubt but that the enterprise will be q
success.
Among the live institutions of the
town is its enterprising local paper, the
Usage Chronicle. 1t has worked hard
for years for the county and town, new
er losing an opportunity to herald to
the country the great advantages oil
that section of the State. Marsh Muir
dock certainly deserves success with
his paper, and we are glad to know that
the circulation of the Chronicle is
growing, while the business men are
extending to it fair advertising pat.
ronage. 1t has done much toward
bringing to Burlingame and Usage
county their present growth and pros
porous condition.
We advise the people of Burlingame
to take immediate stops toward the i'm
provepent of the park near the center
of town. At present it is great va
cant square, full of weeds and naked
ness. Plow, fence and plant it to trees
at once, and thus improve the appear
ance of your town one hundred pei
cent.
Burlingame has lately lost the county
seat, but if her people improve their
opportunities the town will go ahead
She possesses advantages for manufac-
turing purposes surpassed by few
points in Kansas. She will lose moth
ing by paying less attention to the
county seat and more to her manufac-
turing and other more important inter
ests. We wish her, as we do all Other
towns in Southern Kansas, a prosper
Gus future.
THE APPROACHING ELECTION.