Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-06
WAY OUT WEST
CoLDwATER, kaS., June >

To the Editor of the Eagle.
left Wichita on the $40 train Mon
day evening. The trip to kinsley Via
Newton WAS without particular inter
est, except the excellent prospect for
corn and friIii. which i 50 apparent
on every hand. There is evidence of
an abundance of rain which no man
who live, in Wichita will presume TO
question. At 7:39 Tuesday morning
was initiated into the pleasure of
Staging il across the country The
road for five or six miles south of
kil-icv winds about through SAND
hills. scaniilv covered with cactus and
SAGE brush. Here we saw a number
OF tcamstcrs conveying lumber, coal
end merchandise to the towns and
villages living in the south and west.
\ kind generosity j. manifested by
the men in doubling up" through the
sand hills, j. e. unite their teams and
convey one load out to the solid road 4,
then return Tor another.
Our company. consisting of five
persons, were all Sood-natured and
Jolly. and the lime passed very pleas
antlv. The only incident worthy of
note WAS noisy alteration between
the stage driver and a teamS;cr. The
latter seemed to have forgotten that
Ill i rule of the land that when
travellers meet each favor the other
and turn 10 the right" The driver
soon Withdrew from the field
and sought shelter when the teamstcr
bore down upon him like a cyclone
We stopped AT Grcensburg for dinner.
This town was laid out last October.
II contains about seventy buildings
aud seems 10 be having quite 4 boom
This spring. II already has 4 good hO-
tcl, a number OF stores, law and rci
estate firms. \ new hotel i almost
completed. A. matter of course
GrcenSburg i expected Ia bc a county
seat and railroad town in the iunmc-
date future.
The organization of Reader City,
our next stopping place, was effected
ouly three weeks ago. Several houses
have been already built and number
of Others will bc erected soon.
The stage drove up to the Mcr-
chants hotel at 5:15. The distance
from kin-lcy To Coldwater is fifty
five miles The city of Coldwatcr j.
located near the center Of Comanchc
county. The town company was or
"anizcd in Harper comfy last year.
The town site was located on the 10th
of last June. Although the managers
have not spent a cent i'll advertising
the growth OF the city has scarcely Il
parallel in the west. The census re-
port taken the middle of May shows
that there were $50 people. Others
are coming IA every day. The county
was organized March and Coldwa-
ter chosen A. the county seat. \ full
set of cGnntv and city off cerS will be
elected this fall. The city contains
over 80 business and resident build
ing>. all of which present neat and
substantial appearance.
The business interests are repre-
scented by The following: Three dry
goods. one furniture. three hardware
and agricultural implements, four
drug, seen grocery. three millinery
and two grain and feed stores. We
have two lumber yards. one coal and
wood ward. three carpenters shops.
two blacksmith shops. two hotels. four
restaurants. two banks. three weekly
newspapers. four livery and sale
stables, thirteen attorneys, six ply
Sicians and number of real estate
firms. Two churches. the Baptist and
Methodist Epi>dopal have been or
gained and a large and fiourishing
Sunday school is sustained. \ school
building will probably be erected this
wear. A. another matter of interest
has Just occarred near the city which
will likely be of interest | will stop
for the present and promise more
anon. j. q. STEFFEE.