The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-09

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AEssss EDIToss :-On last Tsesdsy
left your city eth my family 10 via
relatives ct this place. We bad pleas
ant days travel over the X. P. RsiIws.
and saw much Of the country which ",
had not observed 90 we'll while goinl
West. There were many passenger
taking tho train dsriag the day, snrOut'
for Ksnsss City and Neosho City TO 1t
tend the fairs.
1t rslned on nearing Kansas CITY, b
we had ample opportunity to cat = piess
ant supper and get good seats on tb'
Chicago 4 Alton. which would carry u
to the point from which stage would
convey US to our place Of destination.
As you understand, there are thre<
lines of rail road from Kansas City e
St Louis. When the Chicago 4 Alton
was completed, the fare from the former
to the latter place, was reduced to fifty
cents, but it ID now 1t the regular rates
eight dollars and fifty cents. All thres
OF these roads are in excellent condition
so far ~ travellers can Sod. The coaches
are fine, the floor Of the parlor cars are
beautifully carpeted, reclining char,
take the place Of the old fashioned seats
But little dust or smoke 10 seen, the
conductor and tram men are courteous,
obiiging and attentive to the wants OF
every one on their trains, and the rate
of speed Of these lines Is very high
RivAly, healthiul competition, betweea
roads greatly benefits their ter.
minal points, and the town, or city
which expects to enlarge must use oil
legitimate means to have roads come to
them, and treat tho builders with JUS,
of the vast benefit which
every rail road corporation confers. The
roads and tho people are mutually inter
ested in each others welfare.
This section Of Missouri is highly pro
ductise. Corn, wheat and hemp are the
staples. Fine stock. especially cattle,
sheep and horses are produced in great
numbers. Men from my neighborhood
in Kentucky visited this section in my
memory, and returned with Q repor,
very unfAvorabis to the country. Then
the land was valued at some one to two
dollars, now tho owners ask thirty Eve
per acre. Apples grow here in great
They can be bought from
wagons at ten cents for large water
bucket full. l should think that the peO.
pie Of your part OF the State need &c
plant out more fruit trees. A man could
this Fall, net out his orchard and put y
wind break around il. A short while
would, with . little attention, produce q
good return for his labor.
The sun flower. which grows 50 sbund
ly with you, and presents such bsd ap-
pesrsncs to strangers, is not known
oven here in Western Missouri. The
drainage Of this section. too, il very fine
and adds greatly to the hesltbiulncss OF
The Inhabitants.
Considerable emigration hss been
going on from here to points further
Wost. Much inquiry IL msds Of Ken
luckiAn wh" has been to Kansas. rel.
i've to the richest sections Of land. ber,
place tor farming, the most sli8ibls CITY
,r to IN, localities tor professional mon
md mechanics.
Hoping that your portion OF the State
nay receive . large quota Of tho thou
lands passing West from every section
If the East, South aud North, aud wish
ng great success to the distinguished
bodies IT christina miaisSers ebous to
in your city. I an with grea,
'espsct Yours truly,
Z. P. SHIKLDs.