Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-17
A FEW POINTERS.
To Those Who Think of Going to
Kansas.
aruuc Radical Reaver Pa
WICHITA. Kas., June 18th, 's5


WICHITA, Kas., June 18th, 's5.
EDS. ARGUs:-Wichita Kansas is
considered the Queen City of the Ar
kansas Valley and is situated 2l2 miles
northwest of Atchison, at the junction
of the Big and Little Arkansas rivers,
the county seat of Sedgwick county,
| $50 miles from the eastern limits of the
state and 80 miles from the southern
line. AS late as 1865 there had been
no white settlements in the territory
embraced within the limits of Sedg-
wick county; in the summer of 1868 a
postoffice was established and the
name of Wichita was then attached to
the town. AS place of fine resi-
dences the city is without a peer in
the state. Wichita has at present four
lines of railroads, as follows: The St.
Louis & SanFrancisco, direct from ST.
Louis, the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe, from Atchison, Kansas City and
Chicago, connecting Wichita and
Weston, and the ST. Louis, Fort Scott
& Wichita, direct to ST. Louis.
At present this city has popula-
ton of 5000 inhabitants. A tourist
from the state of Beaver Oh first enter
ing this wonderful city is at a loss 10
know where so many people come
from or where they are all going, or
how do they all live, thrive and have
their being We lock around u; we
see no mills or factories for men To
find employment in. still there are
hundreds OF men who seem to make Il
living, and a very good one too, while
there are many more who don't live
quite SO we'll Why? is the question.
Ii is easily answered. Everybody
hears of Wichita beng such fine
place, and no doubt il is, but those
eastern people must not all 90 to
Wichita. for our observation is that
the description of the place is much
overdrawn. The papers of Wichita
don't tell you so; the flaming posters
of the real estate agetns tell you there
is plenty of work; the citizens of
Wichita understand it is to their inter-
est to encourage immigration there.
They proclaim abroad that things are
booming. In one way they are, but TO
the men who are hunting a business
location or employment, our
advice is don't go to Wichita. This
advice is free, "no wantee, no takee,"
but our Beaver county friends, we do
not tell this 10 keep them from com
ing to Kansas. There are plenty of
good and new towns in this state that
man with some capital can do well
in. 1t is necessary TO have persever-
ance, some cheek, and grit to take it
as it comes and never to growl, but
grow fat. The way they boom town
out here is: A man locates his town.
he thinks it will be the right distance
from some other town, to make a city
of, with the prospect of a railroad 60
ing through il soon. He goes there,
laws out his town, gives il a name puts
up blacksmith shop, gets a postoffice
and calls ii a town. lie lays out town
lots, offers them for sale and gives
some fellow lot or two, to build
house on. That fellow of course has
to work for the SPECTATORS town;
in Il short time a railroad passes
along that way; then the mans town
is on boom: his lots sell rapidly and
at good price; his next move, if in
new county, is TO get the county seat:
if he does that, he quietly hides him
self away and considers his fortune
made, or if he has great deal of am
bition, as the most of these western
fellows have, he starts new town
and so on.
How some make and how others
get left in buying in booming towns
is thus: A railroad comes TO n Ger
tain point or town. makes i; ter
minus for say year or so: that town
then has an extraordinary boom, the
town is filled with strangers, town
lots are sold at fabulous big prices,
brick and stone blocks 90 up. stores,
hotels, all kinds of business have a
great boom. Look year later, when
that railroad extends few hundred
miles further. That towns boom is |
no longer heard of in the land: now il |
is some other mans town that starts a |
boom. And the poor man, who paid |
his big money tor lot and built a |
store room. sees he is left |
and wants TO sell, generally selling at
/ sacrifice. This of course is, no; al |
WAYS the case, but, in many Instances.
g. How TO invest and not loose!
The man from the east who comes ont
iere anu stihce io"u on u DOOM 1
must take Gin the surroundings, see
irst if il is good farming, agricul-
uring or cattle raising country, that
he town will have something TO sup
,ort il after il is built. Ii il has not
hese advantages, beware. Its only
ONE mans boom; he reaps the re-
ward, the buyer suffers the loss An,
me coming here to buy land will find
hese towns besieged with land sharks
Who will tell all manner Of fish stories
nd sell property without title.
JASPER
The cholera is spreading in Spain.
Is yet precautions have Kept ii from
his country. for. as a matter of fact.