The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-04-06
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Ia tie Editor Of tie Eagle

0UNNlSOn, UUbuhAUu.
To tie Editor Of tie Eagle:
"Though lost to sight, to memort dear"
This is not intended US joke, nor for the
exclusive use Of the editor of the EAGLE.
am keeping myself pretty well posted in re-
gard to Wichita and its surroundings by
reading each week the EAGLE and the Bea-
con, doth borrowed from Billy Hazcn).
Friend White of the Beacon appears to be
just as full as ever OF theology and Democ-
racy, and Marsh of the EAGLE as happy /
as big Oscar WILDE sunfower. (My
partner says ought to be hung for this. but
it seems to me to be pretty good.)
1 notice from the last EAGLE that my
friend, Judge Campbell, has retired from the
business. am not all surprised
at that, for if he run a paper SIX moths and
did not get two fights and at least three Ii
bel suits on his hands, the thing would be-
would have to be abandoned in disgust.
see that Sluss has raised quite tempest, |
might say almost cyclone, by speaking his |
sentiments at the Old Settlers reunion. |
First DIR. Minturn pitches into him and gives |
him fits; then comes Billy Ross and gives
him turning over; then Pat Mcdonald goes
for him; then the Beacon gives him tonch
then the EAGLE comes to his rescue; then
our old friend Kelley says his say in behalf
of Sluss. Now my opinion is that Sluss is
abundantly able to defend himself Al d any
thing he has said or done. Tell Sluss for me
to "brace up,' and that if the people of
Southwestern Kansas don't see to it that he
is elected to Congress next fall they will
make great mistake. and one which they
will regret for long time.
Wichita, see, has new passenger depot,
or that one has been built somewhere south
Of Valley Center. That is probably good
thing; but that depot should have been To-
Gated on upper Main street where they first
located, and for the reason that Uncle Ben
Fisher gave at the time. But enough about
Wichita.
l suppose you would hike to know some
thing about Gunnison. We used to think
when Wichita was about two and half
years old that it was quite place. So it
was. But compared with Gunnison at the
same age, it was nothing more than what
the boys call ''marker." Gunnison, now
about two years and six months, old has a
population of over five thousand people, and
increasing every day. 1t contains five
churches, two school-houses, six hotels, a
good brick courthouse and Jail, a good stone
calaboose, two banks mot faro banks, two
saw and planning mills, fifty-four saloons, (St.
John has never been here), Two theatres OF
the order varieties, two dance-houses where
trim: there are three newspapers-the Re
piep and Free Press, Republican, and the
News, Democratic, which is the organ of the
Democratic party. BY the way, Frank Root
says you do not exchange with the Recier.
This is great oversight on your part, for 1t
is good paper. There are thirty-one law
yers, seven doctors, and six preachers. !
don't know know how many gamblers and
| other sporting characters, but will say that
all branches of business are well represented.
The rise in property here has been almost
unprecedented. The prospects for rapid i'm
provements could not be better. We already
have one railroad, the d. & II. g., completed
to this place, where it branches, one branch
| running to Creston Butte and the Ruby and
Gothic and other mining camps in that di-
rection; the other branch runs across the
Gunnison river and is intended, after branch
ing out to all the principal mining camps
and towns in the san Juan country, to run
to Salt Lake City and to the Pacific. The
d. & S. p. road is already graded and bridged
To nla no,
running here on that road by the first OF
June or sooner if the snow on the divide will
permit the laying of the track. This road
also branches here and runs in the same gen.
eral direction as the other. The northern
extension of each road reach at a distance OF
less than thirty miles of this place deposits
of both bituminous and anthracite coal in
inexhaustible quantities. The road down
the river reaches in twenty-siX miles numer-
Gus bodies of iron ore, some of which has
been pronounced by Prof. Worth, of Pitts
burgh, to equal any in the United States.
There will be built here this season water
and gas works at cost of not less than 5000
coo. Miles of pipe have already been distrib-
uted along the streets. Arrangements have
been completed for building two new hotels
this summer at an aggregate cost of over
sls5,e0O. One iron foundry TO use our ma
tive ores has already been determined upon.
and at least one smeltcr, which will cost at
least $l50,00c. There will be built a first
class opera house at an early day. We shall
have one more bank and one more newspa-
per within three months.
This town is essentially Kansas town.
In all branches of business Kansas is fully
represented. We have in this county about
fourteen Kansas lawyers, among whom |
might mention Miller, OF Eldorado; Fish
back, Waterman a. Phillips, of Olathe;
Goudy. our district attorney. from Oska-
loosa and Kellogg and Osborn from Dodge
City. Our old-tine friend, George a. Craw-
ford, and Dick Mobley are building town
somewhere down south in this county, about
one hundred and fifty miles from here. They
call their town Grand Junction. 1t is located
at the junction of Gunnison and Grand riy-
ers, and is growing finely. At our last falls
Republican convention l noticed ex-Goy.
Carney among the delegates.
We are running straight Republican
ticket here for city officers this spring, at the
head Of which we: have George y. Moses.
formerly of Great Bend. and against which
is a mixed peoples ticket. You know where
stand. Some lime, if yoa wish, ! will write
you something more about this wonderful |
country. Yours,
S.M. TUCKER.