Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-16
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Wichita Receives Jay Gould and Party ana
shows Them About the City.

As WAS known to our readers Mr.. Jay
Gould, the grea. railroad magnate, and his
party, have been expected to pay Wichita
visit for several days past, but owing to de-
lays and changes of programme, the special
train did not arrive till yesterday morning.
Although word was received but an hour
before the arrival of the train, a number Of
our business men headed by Mayor Aldrich
met the gentlemen at the depot with car
riages. The party was composed OF the
millionaires Jay Gould and Russell Sage;
George Gould, son of Jay; Hon. II. NJ.
Ho1ie, first vice-president of the Missouri
Pacific railway; Mr.. A. L. Hopkins, second
vice-president; General Superintendent
karrigan and Captain Shackelford, COM
mander of the famous yacht Atlanta; Dr. j.
z. Mum, of New York; Mr.. c. q. Warner;
DR.. Outer, chief surgeon; II. Mclaughlin;
Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, general solicitor
of the Missouri Pacific system, and General
Manager Miller, of the Fl Scott. After
Mr. Miller had introduced our visitors TO
our mayor and business men, the carriages
were filed and an hour or such matter
WIS spent in driving about the city, the
suburbs, oil tanks, factories, mills, elevators,
water works, school and church buildings
and residences being viewed first, after which
a drive was made through two or three oil
our business thoroughfares. The morning
was q delightful one, the sun unusually
bright, and the streets crowded with traffic
and people. From expressions, the whole
party, which were scattered about in differ
ent carriages, were delighted with the resi-
dent portion of the city, as they had never
seen a western town so completely embow-
cred with trees. The line of carriages start
ed out east from the Fl. Scott depot, cross
ing Main street at the Occidental, which
street was admired for its many new good
buildings and for its life, the party suppos-
ing that Main was the only or principal
business thoroughfare. Their after surprise
when whirled into the head Of Douglas avenue
was complete. The whole length of that
avenue was driven through to Waco. Mar
ket and First streets were afterwards shown.
Mr.. Gould desiring to go TO Anthony and
hoping to reach Fl. Scott again by nighttall
made request that delegation of our bus
iness men acquainted with the object of his
visit, 10 go down to Anthony and return in
his special car with him. II is unnecessary
to give the details of the conference with
Mr.. Gould, Hoxie, ct al. suffice it TO say
that there were no bitches or complications
All was plain sailing. A full understanding
as TO the future interests of the Missouri
Pacific in the metropolis Of Kansas Was ar
rived at if indeed they were not before The
grounds desired was settled upon and the
arrangements endorsed with reference tc
terminal facilities, as also site for genera
offices etc. etc. Of course the Wichita
Colorado will go, barring unforeseen finan'
cial crashes, and it will never stop until il
reaches the coal fields of Colorado. The
party got back to Wichita about five O'Clock
in the evening. Mr.. Gould and Sage and
Governor Brown were driven through the
streets ofAnthony.
As 10 the results of the important visit
the EAGLE takes great pleasure in saying
that Mr.. Gould and his counselors not only
fully comprehended the situation in south
ern Kansas, and that Wichita is the coming
great city of the state, but that the en,ir,
party are delighted with Wichita. Georg,
Gould-who, by the way. is a chip of th'
old block, smart and discrete beyond hi
yesrs-in company with Mr.. Hoxie, Wa
here last spring and had no doubt made !
favorable impression of Wichita upon thu
| mind of the elder Gould, but still our home:
and streets were a happy surprise and oui
location for grand future metropolis anc
| trade center fully as favorable as that o
Minneapolis or Chicago.
Other matters will be made public in th'
near future.