The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-05
a SURE FOUNDATION.

She has outgrown the habit Of Deepen ing
upon railroads and politicians, and ',rust-
ing TO luck" and has learned (" deperd
upon herself.
The city OF Lsayenworth Is Now rec ~
nizsd throug CHOU, the West as the msnufac-
turing c.ntre Of the Missouri Valley, ana
goods os Leavenwor'h manufacture are now
regarded as staple all over the West. Scores
manufactured here in large quantities, and
find ready sale, at good prices, in 'he mar
kets Of the world. Steady employment is
thus given to large numbers Of men, a good
home market is furnished our farmers Tor
large portion Of their products, and instead
Of sending our money abroad TO pay for ev-
erything We use, as was formerly the case,
we are steadily bringing money to the city
in exchange for the products Of the skill of
our own people. A good idea of the extent
Of the manufacturing interests OF Lesven-
worth can be obtained from glance at the
quantity and quality cf goods turned out
by u few OF our more prominent establish
ments:
The Kansas Wagon Company, which car
ried Oh the gold medal for the best farm
wagon exhibited at the Centennial exhibit
tion-where all the prominent manufac;ur-
ers OF the world were competitors works
over two hundred men, and turns out six
thousand wagons ayear-or a complete wag-
on. built from the rough, ironed, painted,
and made ready for market, every Girty
minutes OF every working day in the year.
The Great Western Stove Company,
which Is Known by its works" in all parts
OF TIE west, is melting twelve tons Of pig
iron every day, from which it turns out
Jour hundred stoves a week, or a grand
total OF twenty thousand per annum-
enough, if arranged side by side, to make
line OF stoves across Leavenworth county.
This establishment is running 10 its full
capacity, with an outfit equal to that OF
any foundry west Of Cincinnati, and as
Illustrative Of the general improvement OF
the business OF the city, it reports that its
sales up to the first OF September this year
are fifty per cent greater than for the cor
responding period last year.
We have instanced these two because the
figures of their business were conveniently
at hand, but there are many other branches
equally worthy of mention, and which
would still further emphasize the point had
in view. In the matter OF shoes for instance
there are three factories, the lsrgest of
which turns oct forty-ive thousand pairs
per annum The LeaYenworth Bag Fac
tory, employing large force Of
hands, and running duz-n
machines and two power presses, by steam,
turns out thousand bags per day. Ia addition
to the above, and equally worthy OF special
mention by reason Of the amount and quail
ity of goods turned out, are three furniture
factories turning out half million dollars
worth of manufactured goods per annum,
four Touring mills doing business equally
as large, an extensive WOODEN factory, a
mandatory OF patent medicines, whose
20 IDS are standard in all parts OF the ws,t,a
mandatory OF jewelry known all over the
the country for the excellence oil It's work.
and the larsss. establishment OF the kind in
the west; engine and boiler works, which
send their machines not only TO all parts
OF our own country but have filled orders
from South America; mandatory OF
iron bridges, two extensive soap factories,
scores of cigar factories, paper box factor
les, cigar box factories, breweries, making
ale and beer, an establishment manufactur-
ing baking powder and essences, shipping
goods 20 grocers III all parts of the West,
a cotton batting factory, the largest wooden
factory in the West, three extern
sive CARR &c manufactures, an
other foundry and another wagon
factory, in addition TO the extensive estab-
lishments referred to above, both running
to their fullest capacity, and turning out
large quantities of goods which find ready
sale in the markets OF the West. In addi-
ton to these there is sash and blind fac
tory, two vinegar factories, and scores OF
smaller establishments furnishing employ
ment TO from two to four hands each, and
possibly other larger ones which We cannot
at present call to mind.
All of our merchants report an excellent
and growing business; the wholesale trade
of the town is keeping FULLY
abreast with the growth of the State, suf-
fcient illustration of which is furnished in
the single fact that we have two wholesale
grocery establishments that report a trade
of more than million year.
Any notice OF the manufacturing interests
of Leavenworth would be incomplete with
out reference to the foundation upon
which all our manufacturing rests-the
Leavenworth coal mine. Underlying the |
ity is an inexhaustible supply of coal, Of
superior quality, and about 10 900 bushels
a day is taken out by the Leavenworth |
coal company, at their shaft on the nor
thern line of the city. The annual pro.
duct is two and half millions Of bushels,
worth quarter of a million of dollars. 1t
furnishes the fuel for all the factories and |
private houses of the city, and ships annu-
ally hundreds of car loads to other points.
The aggregate of the entire manufacture
ing interests of the city is estimated at ten
million dollars annually-an estimate
which is not far from correct.
As We have said above, Leavenworth
years ago, abandoned the idea of depending
upon the caprice of railroads or the favors
Of politicians and went to work for herself
The result is that we have laid \ solid and
foundation, have built upa bust
hess that cannot be taken from us by any
outside influence, and have now the most
lively, thrifty and prosperous town in the
Missouri Valley.
STILL SPREADING.