Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-12
KANSAS City.
The Metropolis of the
West Connected
With Memphis.
Wonderful Growth and
| Enterprise Of the
Place.
Hotels, Thsaters and Resi-
dencss, Churches and
People,
Streets, Union DspOts, Stock
Yards-Smelting Works
and Rolling Ellis.
Some Of the Biggest Smoke
Houses in the World.
Twenty Carloads Of Meats Coming
through to Memphis.
Facts Of Interest 10 the People
OF a Dozen States.
Some Of the Biggest Smoke
Houses in the World.
Twenty CarloAds Of Meats Coming
through to Memphis.
Facts Of Interest 60 the People
OF a Dozen States.
A View order Of Things I'm the Meat,
Grain and stock Trade.

KASsAs CITr, No, October 9. Iss3
EDITOR LEDGER.-In q few DAYS
the road will have been completed
which is TO connect Kansas CITY and
Memphis, and nov upon the eve Of
this happy event 1t is only mete and
proper for each place to send greeting
TO Its sister city. !, therefore. As 1
native OF Memphis and in the name
OF the citizens Of Kansas CITY bid
you, the people Of Memphis, q hearty
welcome as the representative Of my
fellow citizens | extend TO you the
right hand Of fellowship and good
Will, and | have, as q Memphian born.
guaranteed the cordial reception Of
every courtesy that may be extended
you, The citizens Of Kansas City and
Memphis alike realize and acknoWl
edge the great value and Importance
Of the Kansas City, Springfield and
Memphis railroad; they see 10 il a
channel through which renewed
strength, vigor and life will be
lnstilled into their growing and
thriving cities, they realize that upon
the completion ofthis road the mer.
camille and commercial facilities Of
each city will be much enlarged and
extended. 1t is difficult to tell which
city will receive the greatest benefit
and advantage from this road, iol
while 1t enables Memphis to becom,
thei, hourishing and thriving graiT
market OF the South, it also afford
Kansas City an ample opportunity Q
handling with more facility and to
! greater advantage the inexhaustibl,
supply Of wheat and other grain. cat
lie and hogs that is constantly poured
into her immense graneries, stool
! yards and packing houses. Kansa
a Ulty halls with joy and pleasure IN
a eompletion Of this road, as giving he
direct communication with the sum,
y South, with which she has SO lopge,
a to be more nearly allied and con
o nected' Her citizens hope and expec
70 receive from this day forward m
fruits aud products of our Souther
i cline, fresh aud blooming from tire
" AS Memphis is the hub in wbio
y must and necessarily will center N
70 wealth, commerce and traffic Of m
Is South, SO is Kansas City the great an
y growing city Of the vast and immea,
IS urable West, 1t cannot fail 10 h
iy not only a great and prosperous raj
ne road center, but il also will interoen
,s capture and hold the immense Srai
and cattle traffic which otheTwi.
!, would be carried to st. Louis an
ID Chicago.
ct Memphis and Kansas City can. /
he elasplng hands aud entering into
T. trm and lasting compact, handle an
~ control ere many years the entii
We wealth and products both of ii
lg South and West. Each city won
II soon become second to none In wealti
prosperity, size or influence. / lor
to see each pledge to render to II
|, other every aid and assistance in /
u power. BY doing this their immed
ate and permanent prosperity an
Z success is certain.
- On the completion Of their 70,
y courtesies will be exchanged. irien,
n ships formed, business compaets MAJ
- and active commercial relations 4
n stituted between the cities. The
cannot fail to be the initiative Of
business and social alliance wbie
Il time will only more firmly seal.
l. The growth, prosperity and reper
j" appearance Of Kansas City is astonisl
ing to one who views it TO-DAY M
compares il with the town Of $50.
Q, To-day it has population of "a
is 900, when then 10000 would mo
5 than have covered the number Of h.
J, inhabitants; then it was a small, d
II lapidated town on the banks Of n
D Great Muddy" known only BY h
D travelling world as a mere eating st,
ton, and also considered semi. barb