Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-31
HARPER.
HARPEg, May %.

HARrEE, May %.
To the Editor of the EAGLE.
This beautiful little city is showing very
much activity in the building line, and not
les. than a dozen new business houses VIII
be completed this season, besides large
number Of handsome residences. The fol-
lowing are those which are now under way
and contracted for: A twO-story brick
block on Main street, 50xl50, Messrs. W.
II. Grove and j. w. HIrst are the owners;
/ J. J. Merrick, two-story brick block,
i7xIOO. Main stsect; \. Wolf, two buildings
5OxlOO, on Central avenue; Wilson u
Baumstock, two-story brick on Central ave
nue.. a5xl49: Cochran & Kaufman, Central
ave. two-story brick, 5Ox 100; &. Thompson,
business house % by 100 on Central ave-
nue.. and new hotel near the Southern
Kansas depot. This is a handsome looking
stru cture and nearly completed. 1t is built
with Cowley and Harper county stone. In
addition to these Improvements the new
| roller Touring mill is also an established
institution, and will soon be rolling out as
! fine grade of -four as can be made in the
| state at the rate Of seventy five barrels per
day.
These improvements clearly show that
Harper has the right kind of business men
and men who will surely keep their favo rite
city in the front rank as a center for trade
This city is also anxious for direct
connection with Wichita, and viii
give literally in aid of such an enterprise
providing the proper encouragement Is CIV
en- by other towns interested. The cost Of
building the road would be small matter
compared to the great advantages it would
give to both places, and we understand that
Harper could be depended on e raise hell
the amount required to build the road. Thi;
connection could be built cheaply, eithe'
from Conway Springs or from Mid Lothian
The cost of building road from the las
named place to Harper would be consider
ably less than fifty thousand dollars, while
from Conway Springs il would cost nearly
twice as mnch. but the connection is much
more..direct and also give the SunfioweI
road good opportunity to build an air line
from Wichita TO Medicine Lodge and by
the Harper way of CONWAY Springs 1
this road were built the distance from
Wichita TO Harper by rail would not be
more than fifty miles and to Medicine Lods'
about eighty-iye miles
The impression that Harper would los
- -----,a-i,,- af,n- tho Snutherr
Kansas road had extended its line west, ha
disappeared with the amazing revival of it
business interests this season, and for th'
vitality evinced in this respect We look tc
the unsurpassed farming country by which
the town is surrounded.
The attendance at the Harper County
Driving Park association during the las
three days has been very satisfactory, and
the hotels have been crowded with turf men
and visitors to see the races. Through the
kindness of the general manager, w $
Forty, your corresondent was induced 10
witness the first days races, an account 81
which WAS published in the EAGLE. On
Friday We found the press well represented
by Col. f. II. Dunton, Of the Spirit of the
Turf, Chicago, and Charlie Hickman, Of the
Live Stock Record, Kansas City.
The drugmumps are making handsome
record here and the way to the bottle is
shor: and easy; the drug stores are
consequently doing lively business, and
the always dry individual makes the rifle
without any impediments. Beer is the IA
vorite beverage-sngle bottle fifteen cents,
or two for quarter, statements included or
not. ;. |.