Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-22
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tiers Of Interest.
FL should state that there is one man In
this city who would neither buy nor sell
real estate, am afraid some people who are
not acquainted with me, might doubt my
veracity. and that would be terrible blow
on me, as pride myself in having great
ability for telling the truth, though I DOM
care to ask any of my friends to verify thai
statement on oath.
There is one man in this town, neverthe-
less, who will neither buy lots nor sell hi
place, for heard him say 30 yesterday, but
I wouldn't give his name, for everybody
would say he must be one Of the six whe
voted against the bonds, and it might injurs
bis candidacy for congress.
A young man from the country writel
me that he has good farm and is doing
pretty well but he hears SO much Of the
fortunes being made in Wichita in the rea
estate business, that he had some notion o.
selling out and coming to the city, and ask
my advice about it. Well, my advice is te
stick to the farm, but if he can bring it te
town with him and get a good location fol
it. would recommend the move. as land
anywhere near the center of the city is get
ting rather scarce.
Yesterday several people from Kingman
Wellington and Lyons, were registered a
the Manhattan, and a gentleman who
glanced at the book said, more railroads.
So many delegations have been here
of late in the interest of railroads
that whenever three or mort
are gathered together from any town il
Southern Kansas. they are set down as q
railroad delegation. Wichita has made ,
reputation for building railroads, and nov
when anyone has railroad to build ht
brings it here to have it built, and he gener
ally takes it home with him all finished uE
except the depots.
Mayor George Riley. Of Caldwell. was W
yesterday, and he wants the Rock Island
Well, really, George deserves another road
and must have one. If all the Southwestern
towns will just wait awhile the EAGLE vii
give them direct connection with Wichita
When the editor returns from New York ht
win probably have the pockets of his liner
duster full of railroads.
with perhaps small sprinkling of canals
and navigable rivers. found on investiga
ton that the four gentlemen from Lyon!
constituted in reality a railroad committed
who came to headquarters TO confer witt
the officers of the Kansas Midland and thai
they we're greatly pleased with what they
saw and heard, and that they pledged them
selves to give warm support TO the new
line, which is assured of a strong support
all along the line. VIM. G. Dacey, the su
perintendent of the construction company
went up to Eagle township last evening t.
Law the merits of the road before meeting
there. This new road which IL substantially
q Wicbita4o added to all the Others, will
beyond doubt, make Wichita the railroad
headquarters of the great southwest.
Yesterday WAS one more of our wonder
full days in the sale of real property. Mr.
Joseph Rosenthsl, of San Francisco, wht
was here some time ago and made large in
vestments, returned on Sunday and imme
diately began figuring on some more prop
erty. He bought Henry Smiths farm on
beyond the cemetery, which is the nortl
half of the northeast quarter 15-27-le, TO
which he paid the modest sum of $4,000.
Mike Zimmerly bought Of o. c. Daisy tn
premises on Douglas avenue, occupied b,
Husey & Kroenert's grocery store, 70
$4,000 and the county commissioner
refused AN offer of $4,000 for the count,
building and the two lots on which it stands
This is the building which q good mani
people in this county did not want to LAY
out $4,000 on an addition for two years sg'
and voted against the proposition, but for
tunstely there were not enough ofthat opin
ion to defeat the proposition, and now tn
whole can be sold for $4,000, but which
cost the county only about $4,000. NJ
property, public or private, is safe from tn
eager capitalists who now come to this cit,
in swarms, and it is hardly safe to go ahead
with the government building for they wi.
be after it dead sure.
The same gentleman who offered S5O,0O'
for the county building, offered $4,000 70
Billy Hellar's new block that he has just fin
shed. which offer was also rejected.