Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-25
KANSAS CITY.
what IL IN Great Railroad and
Trade Center and
What IL IL Going 10 belts Recent Con-
nectiOn with Memphis.

special COrresp ndence OF the Appeal
KANSAS CITy, Mo-, October 22.-A pleas
ant ride of TIVE nty-three hours over the
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis
railroad brings one from the dear old
Bluff City to this great Western city,
whose growth, both in population and
business enterprises, has been so rapid
| during the past ten years as to astonish
the whole country. The city now contains
about ninety thousand people, and a
buster set can hardly be found anywhere.
| When one speaks of the population of
Kansas City he might as well include
| those of Wyandotte, Armourdale and the
| three or four little towns in the immediate
vicinity. Many of those living in these
places do business in the city, and the
street ears run to most Of them. There
are enough elegant houses in the city to
make it an attractive place, but it can
hardly be spoken of as such. The fine
| buildings are too much scattered and the
surface too badly broken for pretty town.
| The streets generally are paved, some with
| stone, others with cedar blocks; but most
| of them are muddy, the unpaved ones
/ DtlllR. L l.lluh, lilc DluOtuGSl III tUt tOuH-
| try. There are two operahouses, the Gil
lis being superb structure, nicely located,
| the Coates very good building, rather
out of the way in location. The large un-
| ion depot. in the low flat near the river is
| the station for eleven railroads, the Kan
sas City and Memphis trac'l being next to
| the depot, very convenient. On entering
this place the view of the city cannot be
| called attractive, the cutting away of the
1 sI.
| ings rather shabby appearance. About
| the depot the business houses are as close
| as it is possible to build, and there is a
| noisy crowd of eatinghouse blowers sound
| ing the praises of their places when trains
j arrive near meal-time. There are many
| fine churches. \ new one, Congregational,
| now building, of gray stone, is one of the
| most attractive. A customhouse, untinish-
| ed, and much too small for the city of to-
| day, is in very good place. There are about
as many hotels as it is possible totIocate in
such place; and good fare is said to be
| obtainable at many OF them. The trade is
| mostly in meat and grain. There are three
| large packeries. One of these claims ca
| pacity to kill and pack 1000 hogs in one
| day. Beef cattle are also packed at these
| establishments. 1t is hardly necessary to
| 60 into details OF these great enterprises.
1 Beeves and hogs 60 INTO one end OF the
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| out of the other end in cans, boxes and
| sacks. A large number of refrigerator cars
are owned by the packers, and they are
run alongside the buildings and filled and
shipped to nearly all parts OF the country.
| The packers say they send large amounts
| of green meats to st. Louis, where they
are cured. II is claimed that the meat
trade is growing, and many of the people
| express pleasure at the probability OF
Al ,ln-trRrr
! selves here instead of at st. Louis. The
| grain business is run on large scale,
but there are very few of the new process
mills here, and the grain can hardly
be used for all IL Is worth. The inn
| proved mills will, it is claimed, soon be
| built. and then Kansas CITY will want
more orders for flour, and it is thought she
| will receive those OF the Memphis mer-
| chants. Where so much meat is packed
| it is but natural that large stcck-yards
| should be established. This is the case
| here and the yards will hold thousands of
| cattle. The pens for hogs are very extern
| sive. and well covered. IL is claimed by
| some that these yards are not all that Is
| wanted by the dealers, and meeting was
held last Saturday by gentlemen who are
| contemplating the openingof other yards
| Just what will be done by them is not vet
known, but supposition is that stock-yard
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| One thing in which Kansas City is de-
| ficient is that it has no popular place of
| resort for Sundays. Ii may be that many
of its people thius and care about nothing
but their business, but there are Others
| who would like such plan. There are prob
ably more drummers to the square inch,
and more cheek TO the drummer here than
many other Western city. The press of the
city consists of two first-class morning and
one evening paper. The water supply
comes from the kaw river, which is near
the city. The pressure is sufficient for
the Fire Department. Saloons are closed
on Sundays. This new requirement seems
to work well here, although in st. Louis
they claim that it is not good law. The
extent to which Memphis and Kansas
City will trade with each other is the sub
iect Of a great deal OF conversation, and
much more business than is now expected
may come in a short time. W.