The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-01-20
The Patrons Commercial Agency.

of late several papers in the Southwest have
made pretty serious charges against the Pa.
irons Commercial Agency located at Wichita,
one of which papers declared openly that
there had been a swindle Of S150,000 and that
j. G. Sampson had got away with large
amount OF the dedication. Last week our
contemporary made lengthy inquiry into the
matter. in a commendable spirit, we hope.
While we hold ourselves ever ready to de-
uounce fraud, steals or deception when we
know them to exist, we have always been
slow to condemn until satisfied beyond
doubt that to denounce was duty. AS to
the Agency here and its Affairs, an intiinated
trouble was reported us some four weeks
since, but from the character OF the directors,
agent aud others connected with 1T we with
held all comment. feeling sure that it their az
fairs had got mixed, through iEcxperience,
that more than likely all would come out near
" right in the end, and that however the case
might stand there was no attempted fraud.
This opinion an judgment we still adhere to
and shall until matters are shown to be differ
ent. In the mean time we call upon the di-
rectors and agent TO give us report as soon
as possible, that the public and those interest
ed may be satisfsd The following letter
sent us by Mr.. Sampson for publication may
prove partial explanation,
NJ. N. MURDOCH wish through your pa
per to request all who have tickets for wheat
in their possession to present them to me as
soon as possible so / may know how much il
is. Myself nor the Board cannot tell from the
books, and the book keeper is absent. 1 can
be found at Todd, English & Harrelson's Of
flee. Butler, Cowley and Sumner county pa
pers pleas copy. J G.. SAMPSON, Agent.
The present indications arc that the sum-
mer of 1876 will witness larger and more
permanent improvement in the growth of
Wichita than any year Of her brief but sue
cessful existence. That the county viii grow
and develope more rapidly than any year in
the past all coneeGe, and now the signs for
Wichita are equally encouraging. Notwith-
standing building operations have gone on all
winter, we have the dimensions and locations
of no less than six business houses that will
be erected in the early spring. all OF brick or
stone. The truth is, Wichita, .as CONNER
cial town, as a shipping point and market
place for 4 large extent of fine agricultural
country. her status is fixed. She has passed
that experimental or test period in the hives
OF towns. The proposition, as to whether
she would ever amou Mt to more than an ordi-
rary county seat, has been settled in the mind
of every obseryant man, and business men
and men of means no longer feel that there is
any risk in putting up such Improvements as
will stand the test and style OF towns of ten or
twenty thousand inhabitants. The conse-
quenee is our more cautious business men are
making calculations to tear down their old
temporary wooden buildings .and replace
them with permanent and insurable struct-
ures. One of the latest contemplated i'm
provements that we have heard mentioned is
to be made by eX-Mayor, James g. Hope,
who having purchased the lots east of the Gen.
tennial Block, on Douglas avenue, will, early
in the spring, erect three two-story brick
business houses. Mr.. Hope, as nearly every
body knows, means business when he takes
hold. lie has already purchased the .necessa-
~ brick and The contractors are figuring on
the job. The cast may go on with its Csnten
NAL, aid the country generally with the cleo
ton of a President, but the west, especially
Kansas, will make big stride in wealth and
Improvement this year, and Wichita will be
among the prominent and noticeable eXam-
pies in that line.