The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-04-11
The Dissipation of Hard Times and
the Beginning of the Era Of
Prosperity.
Great Expectations About to be Rea-
liked, and That, too, imme-
distely.
The Building Mania, Especially in the
Matter of Business Blocks.
An Outlook Most Gratifying and En-
errasing-Brisht Prospects.

There seems to be an impression abroad
| and among the uniformed il obtains Gre
dence somewhat at home-that there is a
large amount of business and residence prop
erty in Leavenworth that is going about I"
seeking purchasers. In some places this is
so prevalent that parties appear TO think
that all that Is necessary
TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY
of this character is 10 write TO some local
agent and direct him TO invest. There is
hardly real estate agent In this city, the
Register of Deeds included, that has no,
half dozen of these orders, or inquiries, on
file, and from present indications
THEY ARE LIABLE TO REMAIN THERE.
This inquiry has one significance at least. 1t
proves that men with money to invest have
not lost their faith in Leavenworth; believe
that it has future, and q brilliant one at
that, and are anxious to take advantage of
THE UPWARD MOVEMENT
which all well informed people believe this
city, and In fact the entire West, is about to
enter upon. These "bargain " investors. We
fear, have called just a little too late, If they
expect to obtain property now at any such
prices it sold for year or two years ago,
for within the past three months or SO the
sissuiHtA DI
frInness much greater than even
THE MOST sANGUISE ANTICIPATED,
and those holding property will either not
sell at all or stick TO their own figures. The
change from the unsettled condition Of "A year
ago TO the comparatively settled one that is
now apparent Is due to several causes One |
OF them Is that property owners are beginning !
TO see the dawn of better times, and will |
therefore hold on the other Is that most OF |
the debatable property
HAS CHANGED HANDS
during the past year, and is now held by men /
that have means 10 bide their time. and are |
in no hurry To realize, except at IA handsome |
profit. Many of the par les into whose hands /
this sort Of property has fallen are 50 pleased |
with their bargains that they are anxious To
acquire more. The numerous inquiries which /
have been made by men in the East
ANXIOUS To INVEST
have given n marked backbone TO busin.s,
during the past three months, and
holders are imbued with , confidence they
have not before felt since the panic. The
lays of sacrifices" are evidently numbered
among the past, and those parties who are
can get just what they want at
THEIR own FIGURES,
will soon discover that they have idled away
heir time in fond authorizations. "Waitnelfor
he bottom To lie reached" is a very goo q pol
cy, providing that one knows the exact point
where the bottom" l. located but most men
ire only endowed with what some vulgarly
all "hind sight" and do not
DISCOVER THE BOTTOM
Until II is well beyond them and they have
cached certain altitude in the upward
course 1t is safe To say that the "bOtfom"
vas reached in Leaven worth about a year
Jack The man who has "'had his eye on
nniething for long time" Is rapidly coming
o the front but As usual he always comes out
,ehind, or al the little eud of the horn, SO 10
peak. That there
Is AN IMPROVEMENT
n the real estate market there is no doubt;
he good times have come, ard there is no
Quit IN our minds as 10 their gaDuinent -.
he discovery that there is, not an actual
rIrcity OF houses, certainly not a surplu =, to
leet the demand, has made quite a Stir
mOng builders. IL cannot be denied that
here Is money in a certain class ofAbuilding
nterp.ise just now, providing there l. an as |
france of tenants at fair remuneration,
nj IN view Of the fact that
THE SITUATION
ould Sc, m To warrant the undertaking upon !
le terms stated, there Is brisk inquiry for
bargains" There is an unmistakble build .
- fever abroad, and there is every PROBABLE
That the coming summer will prove a
risk season. Not only will there be invest I
cnts in this line by conservative, own o
;, who have looks d over the whole situa-
ON and carefully counted the costs, bIt also !
lsiness men and thrifty spectators.
THE BUILDING MANIA.
The building mania the present season is | u
he Of the most encouraging signs Of the NJ
mes yet made manifest, and is spreading at
rate wbrch threatens 10 become an epidem- O
. In many cases new buildings being n
ected for occupancy by the owners, al n
ough the majority ofthose erected will be
e springing up in all portions of the city, II
III IS one OF the encouraging signs il may \
mentioned that they are being built by :,
orkingmen and laborers, who are anxious |
own the homes they live in. A city where Il
the inhabitants themselves own the | !,
buses they live in cannot go down, and i'm
est is this fact. The renting Il
this town is not done by labOrers and ii
the majority of whom own
eir houses.
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT. d
Bids have been made - the erection of a C
rye four-story building at the southwest g,
rner ofSecond and Choctaw streets, upon e
e block occupied by the Great Western u
at company for mounting stoves and stor-
e. The building will be OF brick, four l.
Dries in height, sixty-two feet In width by
he hundred and thirty feet in length, and | s.
ill be the handsomest structure in the city. h
he Company, also, erected yesterday, an r
immense iron melting cupola, forty feet in Il
ght and six feet in diameter. o
oMHER IMPROVEMENTS.
The Brown Medicine Manufacturing Com. !.
my will proceed In a short time 10 the erec- | Z
on OF four story brick building, to be occu- +
on the lot now occupied BY =
lie two-story frame building on Delaware
rect near Second, next to Eddy's drug q
)use. u
John Bitters is erecting a substantial two ;,
Dry brick at the southwest corner of second 4
I'd Cherokee streets, the second story hav-
= been reached.
large brick building is TO be erected i'm G
upon the southeast corner OF Sec. | Il
ID and Cherokee streets, opposite Mr.. Bit a
rs building.
are now making for the cree o
on of a solid and substantial brick block on b
'erokee street, south side, between Fifth r
nd Sixth streets.
Ravens & Co, will proceed at once to the II
ection of a Large elevator on Main street, u
tween Seneca and Miami streets, as soon A
the City Council grants them the permis- :.
On to do SO. II
Other buildings are also in contemplation, a
Il not definitely determined upon, due no | 4,
re of which VIII be given. The era of pros :
rify has come now let US profit by IL. q
FEEDING THE HUNGRY. :;