The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-06-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri,

KANSAS CITY, Missouri,
June 10th, 1872.
From Burlington, Iowa, all long the line
of the Burlington & Missouri River rail
road is a splendid farming country. From
Ottomwa on each side of the road, extend
ing into Nebraska to Fort kearney, the
company have land grant in alternate
sections which they are selling to settlers
very rapidly. On Sunday morning,-hav-
ing left Burlington the night previous-the
vast rolling prairies were seen stretching
away on all sides, as far as the eye could
reach. At intervals, spot was marked
by the farm house of the new settler and
plowed field, who had come from the busy
haunts of civilization, where he was him
self too much crowded-to shape his for
tune in this region of vast and almost lim-
itless expanse, where the fertile sofia
black sandy loan two to four feet Thick
laughs harvest of golden corn if but
tickled by the husbandman.
At Creston, we took the Kansas City,
St. Joseph and Burlington line, running
through wild prairie country, till we
neared the Missouri river, where the coun-
try becomes more thickly settled. St.
Joseph is on the eastern bank of the Mis-
souri, river 500 miles above st. Louis. and
has a population of 10000, a considerable
manufacturing interest, is railroad CEN
ire for several roads, and is altogether
brisk western city. The railroad runs
near the Missouri river, after leaving st.
Joseph, till Kansas City is reached, and
the country is not specially interesting
We reached Kansas City, Oh Sunday, about
the middle of the day and having to wait
till after night for train on the Kansas
Pacific, party of fellow travellers started
out to explore this somewhat noted place
noted for it's business and increase of pop
ulatiop. Here a marvel presents itself,
why sensible people will locate on such
spot and with infinite labor and expense
set about making city in the most unfa-
vored site that it is possible to find? From
the depot the town is reached by ascending
a winding, Stacking board walk built on
shaky supports, with one edge against the
bank and the other extending over the
sides of the bluff, in some places 20 feet
from the ground. After clambering three
fourths of a mile, much Of the way over
such foot bridge as have sketched, you
beoin to enter the better part of the town.
The streets are in many places cut through
the bluff twenty feet deep, and excava-
tions through earth and rock is the grand
feature of the place. Hill seem to mount
DER hills. Kansas City is without excep-
ton, the most horribly rough, and shock
ing site to place a city on that | ever
met with. AS we strolled through the for
bidding and villainous streets on Sunday
afternoon, the shops and stores appeared
to be generally open, and we met German
procession in regalia, with mounted marsh
ais and band playing. 1t appeared to be
street lively. The winding road round the
bluffs to the depot is said to be a favorite
lurking place for robbers and men are
often knocked down and robbed on their
way at night to the depot. If they don't
fall down and break their necks, they are
fortunate One Of our party who staid
with friend in town till after night, tum-
bled through the shackling side walk on
his way down, and gathered himself up ten
or fftaen feet below, fortunately not SER
iously hurt. From Kansas City to Law
renee we made night run, which place l
will describe in my next f. E. E.