Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-24
A THRIVING CITY.

The Kansas City Times prints the follow
ing letter from Mr.. Sam Keller, its cores
pondent in this city.
Mo-, May 16.-Because of 3
neighborly feeling. and because Of the one city
being closely identified with the other, the
Times is asked to give space to q few lines In
which to set forth L~exlngton's progress.
Peopled by q class of citizens whose efforts
have added to her financial strength great
beauty, giving her the ATTRACTIONS OH nasa-
some heiress, Lexington, wherever she is
known, is in rood repute for solidity and
hospitality. Gifted by nature to an uncom-
mon extent, she possesses all the requisite
advantages for the successful operation OF
manufacturing enterprises, advantages DOM
developed and undeveloped.
Never very soun asleep-and many OF the
sold river towns" have been mapping for
some ti~me-Lexington is wider awake to day
than she has been for years. Her boom IL
q goodly sized one. and is being supported Dy
home capital, an incentive most certain to
bring in foreign capital. With the railroad
facilities to which the situation and resources
of the city entitle her, she could IN 3 very
short time adopt every metropolitan air anu
: furnish products for the leading marts OF the
country. Confident of securing q bridge fron
the Chicago, Burlington aud Qalncy, with
reasonable assurance that the expectation
: will be realized. property has taken quite n
Jump, and though the appreciation IN value Is
by no means small, the transactions are lively
~ can be seen from the published transfers
of real estate. :.
Lands second to none. no matter in Whist
section of the state, we'll timbered and abund-
antly watered lands which, according to the
reports of the state board, are held III \ high
err average per acre than any county IN the
state. with the exception OF st. Louis and
Jackson counties-Old Lafayette il the county
for farmers seeking new homes. Lands which,
rs can be seen from a recent report OF the NJ
ricultural bureau at Washington, placed the
wheat crop of Lafayette county at the heau Tor
quality and the third for quantity in the
United States. We want immigrants. but OF
the right class. No shifilesa, thriftless lazy
bones are wanted.
! OF Lexington. however, rs capital of t.ie
county, this letter will mostly treat. Chief
among her industries are her coal mines,
! giving employment to very n,ailY
j, OOe men, the monthly pay roll running up
to about $40 COO. or $s4O,OOO paid out annn-
ally for mining coal alone. Hany ol these
mines haye been in use for years, yet the ser
vice they have given doesnt show any telling
evidence of the supply being exhausted.
Within the newt few days work is to conf
mence on a lage number Of cosy little cottages
for these miners, and by economy and proper
care of their earnings they can soon W
their OWE homes. We nave q furniture lac
tory which runs q force of some seventy men,
and despite the fact that there are no compet-
tive lines OF transportation to give it the adj
vantage of cheap rates. It ships yearly large
quantities of its products, many carloads
going to Kansas City,.
Since the advent of the new year we have
built a creamery, and thus have another pro-
duct-one always in aemand-to put upon
home and outside markets. A canning fac
tory, to employ a couple Of hundred boys and
girls, is also building, and if the world We're
searched over a better country Tor such =
factory than our own could not be found.
Material has been received for the cOnstruc-
ton of q street railway, work upon which is
only awaiting the result of calculations as to
grades. We vote in June on q proposition for
the construction of ~waterWorks, and without
laying claim 10 prophecy. your correspond
ent forecasts the result and predicts a maJori-
ty for the proposition. These are only a few
steps in the staircase of our ~ascendancy. We
have others, but Of no less importance than
those mentioned. Each one in the list is de-
sirable and worthy of mention, and there is
no wonder that the LexingtonIan who con-
templates it in its entirety feels light-hearted.
Our female seminaries-three in number
rank foremost among the educational institu-
tions of the state. From PLAIN, unpretentious
structures each has so steadily grown and
~prospered that it now occupies handsome.
well appointed buildings; each of them, to
keep pace with their growth, have been
obliged to enlarge their accommodations.
Our public ~schools-white and colored-are
good as the best. The Intelligeneer, Captain
.A~CouGOAy otSOA FeF
in the state. MI. Ethan Allen is the business
manager, ard Mr.. Ausgrove publisher. 1t is
making money, and talks of starting a daily.
The Register. under the control of Mr.. Cam.
Wilson, is a fair local paper.
But enough. With no desire to trespass
upon your space were these lines written.
Did they but half SO earnestly bespeak his
interest in Lexington your correspondent
trusts they do, he would feel fully repaid for
the writing of them.
. Lexington is agrand old town. She occu-
pies Q green spot In the memory of many now
living in other. cities and other states. She
Is pretty, healthy and clean. Her men are
brave and generouss her women are lovely
and true. Her business men are solic. her
banks are solid-and 1t may not be amiss to
say a new one is building which also will be
solid. .
With low taxes, healthy location, good
schools and good churches, surely we have
some inducements to offer new settlers. This,
however, Is becoming more and more gener-
ally known, and Lexington, deservedly, is
again IN the high road to prosperity.