Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-31

Last Monday being being . lovely day.
the business manager Of the EAGLE thought
the opportunity good one to steal away /
from the rattle Of presses and machinery
and the efiiuvia arising from the glue pot Of
the bookbindery to catch sniff of pure air.
So we boarded Charley Plank's Has train.
on the Wichita a. Western, for Cheney, not |
expecting. however, to say any thing about |
IL In the EAGLE. The train consisted of |
about twenty frcigbts and one passenger |
coach. The latter us well as box car was
full Of passengers, mostly citizens OF wich-
tia, business men, grain buyers, land agents.
bankers, coal dealers, each one with a
moncy-making scheme on hand; some
bound for Goddard, some for Garden Plains
and others for Cheney. Each, according to
his way of thinking, was bound to be a
good town, and that Is why they were put
ting in lumber or coal yard, or an eleva-
tor, or a store, or some other business prom
Using goodly return Of golden ducats, and
as usual among Kansas men each was blow
ing fer his own particular town. A few
minutes ride hard by the farms Of Il. f.
Lawrence, ii. W. Lawrence, John and N.
Mccormick, NJ. Stanton, Lee, Richmond,
Redmond, Derby, Campbell, Mcdonald,
Martinsop, Fardy, Kenyon, King, Rogers
Bros, w. G. Roscnsteil, Cross, Shaicr. Miles
and Coleman, we arrived at the first sta
tion--Goddard, about twelve miles from the
city. Here we found twenty-five or thirty
houses completed and in course of erection
business houses, residences, and among
them church building fully as large as
the German NJ. 4. Church OF Wichita. The
railroad company have also about completed
a real neat, tasty and commodious station
house, larger than at Sedgwick City or Mul
yane. Goddard is located in n slightly place
| on the divide between the headwaters of
Clearwater, Dry and Spring creeks. Her
business, most of it, is in the hands or con-
trolled by business men of Wichita. They
will soon have small elevator. Considera-
BILE corn lie being, bought and cribbed there.
From Goddard 10 the new town Of Garden
Plains, the road runs along the half section
line for distance of six miles, passing
through and along by the farms of James
Davidson, Slower. Bryant, Wygant, Cole
man, Atkins, Pipkin, Spear, Willis, Bryan,
i1oon''s' niiht anu score VI o'"ers Po'h'eu
OUT 10 us py ~ r. Neiuctiahuer. me pan
oi''na winch Spfeau ""' pe'orc US Us we
stood upon the rear platform Of the coach,
win '"e ->'ie Vi h'neiie" W '"e c"''' oie"-
water and the MINES cah to the south and
west, Germana standing out in bold relief
against the northern horizon, and our own
oeau''iu' ioies' Guy Win It's ,nro"seu
s'fee.s oi h'pP! ""u 'iea'ch iNoie" Peopie,
hes'ieo )" tue 'ai'es a' our iee'' was one Vi
eAeeeo'ns oe"u'! anu INVERNESS, anu f,ch
viii Pro""ise io' Tue i"'urc. AZ "aiue"
riaihs Tue same livery interest Is MANIFEST
eu ny her c'ti@ens as at "ooaaru Id ouiio-
ing houses ana elevators anu Tue music Oh
lhe carpenter ,oois Is heard on every
manu-. "lchita is wen represented mere
aiso' M. . Loyu opeheu iuhioer !aru Oh
TUESDAY iaH. " n. Taylor is III the gram
ousihess. ~ NJ. Sou'h"iek is 'he pos.''as'-
er ana is also III inc reai estate business
mere are several large cribs oil corn here
also. Two south anu h'e anu one-ha'i
ihiies WEST ABOUT one anu ohe'haii 'ui'eS
from Tue west hhe OF the county, III MOT
Ion to"nship' Is Ohehey' on 'he west sue
Vi Ine hor'h OF east pranch ol the Mimic
sean' ABOUT one hi'e from IT, on
pam that slopes gradually 10 'he stream.
After gettihg our dihher we TOOK stroii
through Tue town, which mas nearly one
hundred houses and but SIX months ago
was moving wilderness OF prairie grass
anu SKY. III now boasts OF number oil
stores which carry general stock OF dry
Soous ana groceries, TWO hardware stores,
TWO drus Stores TWO OF three ii'ery stapies'
furniture store' harness shop' meat Market
I'D TACT ABOUT All that goes 10 make up i've