Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-11
BUILDING BOOM.
What Is Going On in Wichita
Outside the Business
Streets.
The Steady and Substantial Growth
of the Future Metropolis of
the Southwest.

J. that are shut out from view by the big sun
v flowers.
al The faber singer first struck the Consoli-
l. dated Tank Lines works at the "Y' where
W he found large squad of laborers and arti-
d zsas busy. The big warehouse, s0x32 feet,
'e is well under way and the masons are be-
n ginning the foundation of the cooper shop,
s another structure s2xs0 feet. A residence
e for the stable boss and employees will also be
+ built right away. Speaking with Mr.. Ii. p.
n Allen, the company's overseer, regarding
: future operations of the company, the re-
: porter learned that next year another ware
g house 32xS0 feet will be built north of the
S present one by the Santa Fe track, and a
: large paint shop will also be built. Mr.. AL
: len explained to the reporter how the wa lis
of the warehouse would prevent
the escape of fire, even should
: a FIRE occur within its
walls. Speaking of the tanks
t Mr.. Allen said they had four different sizes
? those that remain upon the cars being OF
e 200 barrels capacity, the three already here
: of 500 barrels each, which will be placed in
r front of the present warehouse, the next size
5 hold 1000 barrels each and the largest
! 100 barrels. Some of these larger tanks
will be brought here next summer when the
, other warehouse is built.
) Passing north of the Union depot the
scribe saw three new buildings going up
east OF the railroad. On the west side of
: the track two blocks north Of the depot
residence. On the other side of the track
one block north, Mr.. C. L. Coburn and Mr..
Clark are building each uery good frame
house. From this point could be seen six
small buildings of various kinds going up.
Passing west to Topeka avenue and taking
in all that territory north of Oak street and
between Main street on the west and the
Santa Fe railroad on the east, the ses-cher
for new buildings found: Mr. II. X. fuller
building really fine resi-
dence on Topeks avenue. On the
same street further south Mr.. L. Woody
has two elegant residences completed and
two Others under way. hr. Winants is
also building neat house in the same
block. DIR. Purdy is also building resi-
dence here. Over on Emporia avenue stone
are being laid down for two large founda-
tons The names were not learned Over
on Lawrence, in the same neighborhood,
foundation is being built for large house
the name the workmen did not know. From
this point twelve small frames of various
| sorts were visible In this neighborhood
the sunAowers are SO high that foundations
could not be seen unless one came up to
them and traversed every street, which was
not done owing to lack of time. On Law
renee, Topeka and Emporia avenues and
Market street in this neighborhood there are |
many fine houses that were finished this !
year which were not taken into this count |!
This is a beautiful neighborhood with fine
lawns and gardens, with fruit laden trees |
and small vineyards.
Passing from here over to Main street,
Fred Ford was found in a new store, Just |
occupied, and well filled with groceries,
on the corner of Main and Park
Just above this on the opposite corner the
brick work of one of the new $4,000 school
houses is going up on a very fine site. Far
Their up five new residences of respectable
proportions were seen yet unfinished, and
there are some foundations farther up which
were not visited nor counted. One good
residence, that Of Mr.. r. Gates, on Topeka
auenue, was omitted. Over on Wichita
street are three good dwellings unfinished
and number of new frames were seen
away out as far as Tenth street, the number
not as yet ascertsined. Quite number
were seen on Waco street and all over
Griefenstien's 9Th and Sth additions a num-
Der of respectable frames were visible from
this standpoint, but the reporter hadn't the
time to 60 and count Them. They number
probably ten. The late extension of the
street railway has contributed to the boom
in this section Of the city. Besides the new
houses there are great many new addi-
tons 10 old houses. Coming down Main
street on the street car DIR. j. J. Stoner was
found building good residence, Just north /
just finished nice residence on
Central avenue west. There are two other
houses going up on that street. OF towards
the water works three new houses are going
up. The business blocks have been enumer-
sted and described in q previous issue and !
are not taken into this account.
The scribe took the street car and passed |
east Of the Santa Fe road on Douglas ave-
nue.. On the north side there was but one |
new building, and on the south side six.
This section is not building up at present as
fast as il did last fall and spring The part
Of the city lying south Of the Wichita &
Western railway was visited and one new
house was seen away down by the Santa
Fe track and six Oh Emporia avenue. Hill
and Palmeteer are just finishing house on
Topeka avenue near the w. & w. L S.
Mstkin is building q good house and barn
away down on Topeka avenue, and Mr..
Conklic carpenter shop. On the corner of
Illinois street and Emporis avenue the foun-
dalton Of another of the big school build
mgs is up and brick-lsying begun. Prof.
Ssmuels has just finished store building on
South Lawrence avenue and there |
is another new store building |
nearly finished just north of it. |
Away down three blocks south large new
residence is nearly finished and five others
could be seen from this point. Here the
! street car came along and thu reporter got |
aboard On the way up towards the city |
four more houses not finished were counted. |
Mr.. Thos. Jewell is building 4 fine brick res
idence on the corner Of Water and English |
streets. These, with five going up in the
Fifth ward beyond the Arkansas, make l06 |
new houses of all classes, with probably |
forty not counted and missed.
In the time devoted to the search it was
impossible to find all the foundations that
could not be seen at distance 1t is pre-
sumed that about 200 of all classes outside |
the business area are now in various stages |
of completion.
When these and the thirty odd brick bus
mess houses that are going up are taken into |
account, some idea of the number of
mechanics and laborers employed in this
city may be obtained, and the amount be-
ing spent in buildings this year may be ap-
proximated.
LARGEST OF THE TWO
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