Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-25
THE WEEK IN WICHITA.

| The week that has just closed has not beer
marked by any event of very great import
lance. Until the latter part of the week the
continued drouth had depressing effect on
trade generally, but was more marked in
real estate, and many began to feel blue.
Judging by a majority of the most reliable
| reports from the county and Southwestern
Kansas in general, there has been small
ground for alarm. The corn has been
injured only in spots and about the edges.
Late corn is in splendid condition, and
many well informed people say that with
the increased acreage, there will be far
more corn in this part of the state than there
was last year. The rain of Friday morning
and more especially of Friday night and yes
terday, have been copious and general and all
feel that the Lord still smiles on Kansas
The feeling in real estate circles yesterday
was bouyant and every one looked happy.
The city was full of joyous farmers. Three
new additions are about to be placed Oh the
market viz: University Place addition, the
platt of which is on file in the clerks office
and a very neat platt it is, gotten up by Major
John w. Bear and NJ. Stanton is having four
acres plated on the west side near Mr..
Lawrence Seniors place. The next is Merri
man Park, a handsome platt of ground
east of College Hill, which aspires to be the
grandest residence park any where in the
state. 1t is very beautifully laid out in SER
pentne drives and avenues, shaded by trees,
with here and there a grove and an angle
park. The city surveyor is making the plat.
Contrary to all else building is on the in
crease and almost everybody has caught the
mania. Residences are going up all over
town too rapidly to record, and beside the
dozen or more large brick blocks many of
which are 100 feet front, that are already
under way, Capt. Carey's big four-story
hotel, c. r. Millers wholesale gro
Gerry house on the corner of Water
and First street, H. H. Richards wholesale
On south Market street and A. W. divers
building next to John Exton'S on east Doug
las avenue, will be begun next week.
A still more promising sign of the building
boom is found in the fact that break is to
be made in the old string of wooden build
ings on the north side of Douglas avenue be-
tween Fourth and Fifth, which used to be
known as Rum Row"
Mr.. o. d. Draper is about to commence a
brick 25xlOO and three stories high on his lot
break the rest will follow, and soon there
will be a solid brick block from
Charley Hunters corner clear to the railroad
Jake Eckert intended to build on the Valley
house site and on all his lots clear to the
Richey house, next year, but he may be in
duced to begin this year and q general break
may be made. w. A. Richey, and for that
matter every one who Owls property in that
row are well able to build. The late magnifi-
cent rains will stimulate the building boom,
and from now on until after Christmas build
ing operations will be unprecedented. The !
Garfield university, the Sisters academy, |
and the $4,000 school house will be built ON
the west side, and a great many fine resi- |
dences are spoken of in the same quarter. |
Robert Blacks mansion ON Douglas and |
Hydraulic is covered in and Grietfensteins |
palace on Tenth street is in about the same
stage of progress. Fred Smyth. Jr., and !
Charley Smiths fine residences on Waco |
avenue are being pushed right along
These late rains insure a good corn crop
and also good grass for stock, so with plenty |
Of corn, enough breadstuff, bountiful crop
Of vegetables and oats, good apples, the
building or commencement of three or four |
new railroads and in unprecedented boom in
both business houses and residences. our CITY |
in her history