The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16
A MAGIC CITY.
The Little Town that has sprung Int Life
Between the Platte and the Republica..

Tie Little Town that has spruag late Life
Between the Platte and the Republican.
HoLDRoaE Neb., March 5.-Here is a town
on a treeless plain. No running stream is near.
The town contains sixty business houses
and a corresponding number OF dwellings. with
u commensurate population. 1t il all the
growth Of four months. 1t IL the terminus of
the Kenesaw cutoff Of the b. and NJ. Railroad.
and it is the liveliest pioneer town OF the West.
On the 9th OF October last the first house
came here. 1t was brought here on wheels from
Phelps Centre. the'county seat Of Phelps county,
Nebraska. Since then. by transfer and con-
structon the place has grown to its present
size. On Dec IL the railroad track was finished
and work was then abandoned for the winter.
month had hardly lapsed before grading was
resumed. More than hundred men ara
deep cutting is required. Soon the general cor
struction will be resumed and be continued
until the road is ,completed to Oxford, the con-
main line from Kansas City to Denver by tho
Republican River.
nal Es and est ne edn
north and south. are bordered by substantial
business houses; West avenue s alone sonains
bies. three land Offices two banks. two b.i. .n.,i
prntins ofilee and the Arlneton Hotel in DO.
sides dwellings and other business houses now
UtlHk Dullt ub QUIET SlTeSt TWO UTuX
stores. two hardware houses. two restaurants,
three lumber yards, II furniture store, lizard
hall. bank, and hotel almost completed.
Dec. 10 commodious section house. now used
~ boarding house for workmen, y large
tank. and we'll 100 feet deep walled with
stone. Two grain-dea!ins firms supply mar;
construct elevators as soon as spring wea,he,
will permit. Two newspapers-ihe Nugget,i
H,.n< nnH m IN M a had hui Ian
son in the interest Of ant-monopoly. both
snicy she,e.s-dish up the news OF tho town and
A church. under Baptist supervision. will soon
be sIeced g9Id 1I hos by sub
an opportunity for land and pleasure seeker
to come and see for themselves.
Turkey and Spring Creeks. both south here.
andemptyiac into The Republican River, are me
b" 6" to- Gs depth sSon
10 feet. where what Il termed sheet wafer 10
found on level with the Platte River. The
sraye wRas ais GOOD Soo wynd
mills are erected, which ut an attitude OF forty
lie well has been sunk 10y the town near its
centre. with mill and cistern reservoir. which
Hhs Ar Mtsr h. a has been the on,
hotel. The new ho;c will be- IN operation be.
fore tho excursion and will make accommoda-
This is not town Of ephemeral duration. It
is poised on the firm basis of q fertile and beau
tiful agricultural country. which will be popu-
lated by enterprisinE farmers. 1t IL tho divid-
ing emlnehce between tho Platte and the Re-
publican Rivers. and il is ono ~ tho most heau-
iifui prairie countries in America The earth
stretches in al directions, in a continuation OF
almost imp"rc"ptile fluctuations which do
nre unprecedented. Nearly the whole oouatry is
ti!lable land, with a. soil deep and productive
and oasily reclaimed from its nni,ve state 1t
affords romunerative return tho first year.
md improves year by year undor proper cul-
tivation All The cereals yield superior crops.
and vegetables are grown in abundance with
li,,o attention. The original sod houses arc
being replaced by substant a frame buildings,
and everything givos evidence OF thrift and
prosperity COSMOPOLITAN.