Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-08-21
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and country along the Hannibal &
st. Joseph railroad, as we journey
to Kansas City. This road traverses
the northern portion of the state
from the Mississippi river on the
east to the Missouri on the west, /
No section of that state surpasses it |
in its combination of good points.
The soil and scenery, the climate |
and people, the streams and forests,
are all so inviting along this route
that they will produce the western
fever in one who tarries there long
enough to take any infectious dis
ease. I tarried one night at Macon
City and the next Mt Chillicothe.
Both these cities are fiourishing.
Farmers were in good spirits over
the finest crops of hay, oats and
wheat that they had ever harvested.
Though a severe drouth had pre-
vailed for weeks, the corn never
theless was sure for more than a
half a crop. This result is attribut-
ed first TO the depth and fertility of
the soil, and secondly to good farm
ing. The pillow must go, and deep,
while the drouth prevails. Fruit
was abundant and of the finest
varieties. Peaches are not general
ly successful, but apples, cherries
and grapes do especially we'll.
Stock is largely raised. l
AS we approach Kansas City the
clay of the land" becomes enchant-.
ing. Gently-rolling plains is the
prevailing Characteristic. 1t is di-
versified by fields of heavy green
corn, by beautiful groves, by pretty
streams, by pretty villages and neat
farm houses. AS the traveller glides
through this beautiful land of pro-
gress and plenty, he is ready to. be-
lieve himself in fairy land, sure
enough.
This part Of the state has been
made, in II great measure, by. the
liberal and sensible policy of the
Hannibal 4 st. Joseph railroad
company. The most moderate
rates for freight and passengers are
charged, which encourages settle
ment along that line. The best Of
coaches, engines, etc., are used, and
the travelling public are thus made
safe and comfortable. One luxury
enjoyed on this route which have
met with nowhere else-I allude to
reclining chairs, which are furnish
ed free to all first-class passengers
ON night trains. This company
does well, not by killing the goose
which lays the golden egg, but by
feeding and caring for her that she
may continue laying. The road
builds up the country contiguous to
it by a broad and liberal policy,
and in turn is enriched by the coun-
try it has done so much to develop.
Emigrants and settlers in new
country have nothing to fear more
than the extortion practised by GER.
tain railroad corpoations, hence i call
the attention of the travelling pub
lie, and emigrants in particular, TO
this "old reIiable' railroad COM
pany, which does everything that
can be asked for its patrons, and
taps as desirable a country as is on
this continent.
But we have reached Kansas City.
"Within the memory of young men
now doing business there, it was a
struggling hamlet, fulfilling no
other function, commercially, than
that of wood-market for river
steamboats,, or supply market for
an occasional wagon train to the
Rocky Mountains. But the steam
boats, like great birds of passage,
sailed, one day, southwark, never
to return, and the wagon-trains,
dragging their slow lengths along,
crawled further westward out of the
way of the iron horse. The steam
! boats and wagol-trains went, be-
cause something more potent came.
The railroads, always reaching out
for new wealth, as rOotlets for
water, thrust themselves through
the hearts of states and seized upon
the center of the new west-the
city of Kansas. Their choice was a
prophesy. Their prophesy has been
! fulfilled" Ia
This city has thirteen main lines
of railway which, fan-like, spread
out over all the adjacent country,
rendering it all tributary to itself.
Now, when we remember that the
country, for one or two hundred
miles in any direction, is as fertile
as the Nile, and is being rapidly
peopled, it takeslno prophet to say
that Kansas City nedst swell out
into a great metropolis, and that
rapidly. From the Struggling
hamlet il mas, already become .
large wholesale eeltenj resolving
fronfund supplying largely the vast
agricultural district surrounding.
Men Of energy and brains and
means are here putting up business
blocks and residences which vie
with st. Louis. Not lcss than 200
houses We're built in 10, and about
$50 will be built in 80. Rents are
still high, because the demand even
exceeds the supply. In fact | have
seen nothing anywhere in my trav-
els like this "new center"
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Goaey's Lady's Book for sePtem Der
Isa number full of attraction for
those who, returning from seaside
and mountain, find their pretty
crisp dresses and finery Of two
months ago a faded, torn array Of re-
cords of boating, climbing, croquet,
and summer pleasure. Tie pages
are full of suggestive matter for a