The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
FROM GARRETT.
Work in Progress on the PaOla
& Fall River Railway.
Good Times Ahead for Anderson
County.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Attcr Tines:

From Our Regular Correspondent
Editor Tines:
GARNET, April %, 1874.
The city Of Garnet, Anderson county, is
siiuat I'd at the junction Of the Paola & Fall
River and L. L. & G, railroads, about IS
miles from Leavenworth, and is thriving,
prosperous town of ! 500 inhabitants. II is
one of the most important towns on the line
Of the L. L. & G., as well as one OF tie
handsomesr. The business houses are of a
much more substantial and permanent char
acter than are usually found in towns Of
this s;ze, and i,s bu.iness men are all wide
awake and enierprising. The
| BUSINESS
of G arnett is divided about rs follows: FIVE
dry goods AM grocery houses, one exclusive
dry goods house, five dealers in groceries,
three drug stores, one large dealer in sgri-
cuIlu.a, implements, two banks, two news.
papers-;he Piaindeaier and JoarnGi-,wo
hardware snc Two furniture stores. one fur
ni,ure factory, two lumber yaris, one public
sa!oon-wiil one or two cor the sly"-ibree
dealers in insurance policies, two Touring
mills, one p;.w mill, and two good hotels. A
cheese factory is in process of construction,
which is intended 10 be Of about 1000 cow
power capacity. There are also seven
churches-fve frame and two stone calling
under the banners Of the Bartisls. Pre-byte-
rians, Methodists. Catholics and Christians,
with one colored Methodist society. A hand
some brick school house, costing So 600,
and designed by ]. G. Haskell of Lawrence,
is the pride Of Garnett. 1t 10 two stories
high, with basement, and has capacity OF
$50 pupils. The principal streets are Oak
and Fifth, aad the buildings which line both
sides are nearly all two stories high and
built oil brick. The real growth Of Gun,tt
dates from 1859, and though it has 10; he.n
very rapid, il has. been steady and fuis'an.
tial.
A new impetus has been given to th,
town. and al lines of trade 10y the prOs'sc
Of the immediate completion Of the
PAoLA AND FALL RIVER RAILWAY.
This road il intended to run from Paola go
the East through Greeley, Gsrnett and Leroy
on the West 10 The Arkansas river, distance
OF two hundred miles through one OF tae
bes, and most fertile regions of Kansas.
The Board of Directors held a meeting
here last week, the agents for the London
Trust Company of England, the parties
who are lurI ishing the funds 10 build the
road-C. ii. Dillingham; & Co., being rep
resented by Col. ii. Tomkins and K. q.
Dillingham;. The Board decided TO drive
the work on the line, with all possible speed.
The twenty five miles between Garnet aud
Leroy will I've completed in sixty days and
trains running. the iron has been brought
and shipfed and everything looks as though
they meant business" faola and Garnet
are to be callsd upon TO revo;e their bonds,
the outstanding liabilities are being paid as
fast as audited and confidence in the ultimate
and speedy slceers OF the enterprise has been
completely restored. II will be remembered
tia, this reac Was for some time in bad re-
pute. but ever thing has been placed on q
solid financial footing ard all that energy
money can do TO build and tquip the
road is being done.
ANDERSON COUNTY
is one OF the lies; counties in the Safe. Il vas
vas frat organized in 1859 and contains
four hundred thousand acres
OF rich and fertile lands. IL is twenty -four
miles square, and has population OF s goo.
TIE county Is well watsfed by the following
streams: Poiawa,tsmie and liz numerous
tributaries. which fow eastward through the |
western and net bern portions of the county |
Cedar creek aE,i the South Fork OF the Pot. |
tawatomie suI u the central portions; North |
and South Sugar creeks, with their branches,
in the eastern; nd the Little Ossge, Deer,
and Indian CT e. l.s water the southern pars
of the county. These ere all living streams
of clear. crysta water, gravel and rock bot
toms, and abol d IN fish-
Among the ousine-s men of Garneit, l
mad The pleasure tf meeting the following:
Kaufman d Her, dealers in real estate,
and agents for the sale Of the L., L. Il e.,
and ~. X. & L. railroad lands. These gen.
tlemen do large business, and are most
agreeable firm 10 trade with.
Il. 5. wilkins, lawyer, and woud-be
granger.
Hon. ". A Johnso., nee STATE Senator
iIohh hbueiroh touhty, anu ny tsue az az |
tCrney.
W. II. MelIsn, the courteous and accom-
Register Of DEEDS, the Kansas
City Times TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
j. 1. Lauter, the newly elected temper
ance .dayor, and President Of the Citizens
Bank.
]. II. S:ewaii, contractor on the +. & +
r. railway.
l. IL. ..,l |
surer
G. +. Chspin, wide awake dealer in dry
goods and groceries.
Vim. Groii. literary merchant. who pur-
snes traffic in groceries and general mer-
chandise.
VIM Hamilton, dealer in bco,s, shoes,
hats and CAPS.
IL. Mastin, railroad contractor.
&. ". Snow. with Mseker &c White, deal
ers in drv goods and groceries.
J. s. Wood, merchant tailor, and good
one. too.
X. I. Stokes, one of the best agricultural
implement men In the west.
Charles DeWOlf, hardware merchant, and
dealer in stoves and tinwsre.
+. Il. Barber. the only exclusive dealer
in dry goods in Garnett.
l.. L. IlU7ihuIt, proprietor oil the plain
ing mil ..id fnrSiture factory. Ia AL old Leav-
enworth ,lan.
l am nader especial obligations for
shown me during my stay in Gar
neit, TO MsssIs. kaulman d Tier, L. :. VIII
kins and ". S. Kirk.
THE FUTURE
IF Garnet, looks bright and promising. With ,
Ter two iines Of railway and The fertile coun-
Y Of Anderson at her back, there is certain-
v no reason why she should no; mske rapid
strides towards becoming large city. A
arge number of buildings will be erected
his spring, and various other improvements
Ire under way.
The lines ia well liked and well pa tron-
zsd here, and it, circulation is constantly
increasing.
Don CARLOS
OSING to the hard times and the inabiii.
: OF many Of the suffering 10 visit the Ma
,ional Surgical Institute, at Indianapolis,
Indiana, three of the Surgeons Of the Insti-
ute have yielded to urgent solicitations and :,
will visit Kansas City, No., stopping at the
Pacific Hotel, May g., and Oh, and St. :,
Joseph, Mo-, Pacific Hotel, May IL and 18th
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