The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-03
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KANSAS CITY, MO.
Her Commercial Resources and Tributary Wealth.
Correspondence of the st. Louis Republican,

Her Commercial Resources and Tributary Wealth.
Correspondence of the ST. Louis Republican,
Kansas City Mo-, June 90, 1879 Twelve years
ago, while living In one of the islands Of the Ca.
ribbean sea, your correspondents attention was
first attracted to the marvellous growth and 81
gantic progress Of this place. At that time The
press Of the entire country recorded the fact that
the commanding position occupied by Kansas
City made her the centre OF attraction for men Of
enterprise for capitalists and for those In search
of new homes and fortunes In the fertile valley
OF the Missouri of which she is the center. Not
until few days ego, however, was 1t my good
fortune to visit this enterprising young city and
witness the strides she has taken In the path Of
progress and become familiar with the vigor and
| vitality that characterize this civic development
The growth Of cities, unlike that of the individ.
usl members OF the human family is not meas
ured by years or limited in its progress by spe.
| clfc periods of time. The marvellous advance
meut OF our American civilization and the rapid.
| itywith which cities are founded, become ia
NOUS pOpulous and rich, bid defv nee to all
representations as to the future, and completely
co ltrOveri the experiences Of the past. What
enthusiast would have dared to dream that upon
the led crest of an American mountain, at an
altitude OF II 900 feet above the level of the ocean
a city wdOld II e, and within year or so from
the date Of It's incorporation have population of
1000 souls Yet such is the fact, and the city Of
Leadvie, COL, bears testimony to it, So very re.
cent is this mountain city that its site cannot be
found on our most recent school maps, yet 1t is
| now thriving place, with all the elements pour.
ing into 1t that constitute metropolitan lite and
character. So with Kansas City. In 1867 she be-
gan TO throw of her swRlhing clothes, 70 to
speak and step forth into vigOTOu9 life and q
| progressive activity that have made good her
claim to become rival Of her two great sisters,
| 81, Louis and Chicago
Her situation and her great facilities for trans.
pOftatiOn by rail and river through Missouri and
| TO and from Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico,
| Texas and Ariz na make these important States,
| with a combined population of 4G69,478 and a
productive capacity that represents wealth to the
amount Of 81 lbs O6S92l directly tributary to her
markets
From the recently published second annual re-
port of the trade aud commerce Of this city, COM
| piled by Mr.. W. Miller Secretary Of the Kan
Sas City Board OF Ira 9. learn that the pODula.
! ton OF the city grew from 4l7S6 July, 1877. to
50l26 In July, 1878, and It is probable that
| seven or eight thousand have been added since.
During The past year there were erected here
seven hundred and SIX new houses at a cost OF
S1I040,t0O. There is palpabe evidence on all
sldes of healthy and vigorous growth in the bu'
| siness Interests, and the iBhJwIug tide of emf.
grants tOm the other States to the fertile plains
OF tue new West will aGd millions yearly to the
trade OF Kansas City. A ttatement of the clear
ing house shows that The olearings for the past
| fur verrs reached the respectable sum of S2lS
| $50 673 49, the anOrnt corresponding W the year
1918 oeiug 81 900 3l7 Sc
| The com pleIiun Of the extension OF the Chica-
| 20 aud Alton ralIoad from Mexico, Mo-, to this
| place adds new impetus 10 the trade in giving
Kansas City another through line u st. Louis.
But the greatest and most important railroad eX.
tension Tor this CITY is that Of the AtchisOn To-
| peka and santa Fe from Pueblo; Col, 10 Las We
gas N, NJ, whence II ls being rapidly built 10 the
Rio Grande, and will before long be In possession
OF ils grants in Northern Mexico on It's way to
| the Pacific ocean at Guaymas. This road is es-
| senualiy Kansas City Institution, and every
| mile OF It's rapid progress through New and Old
Mexico is Bsied with delight by the enterprising
business men Of this community, who are thor
ougly alive to the Importance Of the irade lying
sOnthWard OF them, especially the trade OF the
neighboring republic. '