Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-18
THE RAMBLER.
Saint Patrick's Day-Glorious
Spring and Busting Life.
A Ride to Fairview Addition-Grand
Prospeet-Building Boom and Sights
ard Scenes N the A:istccratic
Realms in the North Part
of Town.


Realms in the North Part
of Town.
Yesterday was the 18th of Irelsnd. No
more beautiful day ever dawned over the
proud city of the valley. The sky was clear
and blue, and the sun shone with brill
fancy and warmth equal to fine day in
May. The city was iull of people, many of
whom were strangers and home seekers. The
streets presented an animated appearance,
though nothing unusual was going on.
There was no Saint Patrick's demonstration,
nor anything to call the day to mind. save
that a few sons Of the Green Isle
wore green ribbons. Charley Openhei-
mer had been barking up his
ancestral tree until the spirit of one of his
forefathers threw him down an ancestral
chart, from which he learned thst he was
not s Sheeney at all, but genuine Irish
man, and that his original name before he
cams west TO grow up with the sunfower
i was " A1aiAiiGi- w 18th lc
covery be wanted parade, and in this he
was seconded by John Fisher, Hank Heiser-
man, Fritz Schniizler ard the editor Of the
Dutch paper, all Of whom, after skirmishing
along the mouldy and cobweby corridors of
| their genealogical record, discovered they
were Irish, and John Fisher said his wife's
uncle's sun.'s third cousin helped hustle the
snakes and frogs from the old sod with st.
Patrick. Hank Heiserman's real name is
O'Hibernia, Fritz Schni;zler's is McSnitzle-
chopper, the Irish bsll-tosser and Hsrburg's
ancient family name was O'Halligsn,
and his mother was a schoolmaster
when Oliver Cromwell came over
and raised thunder with the natives. They
wanted an old-fashioned parade, but Doug
las Dcnolly, whose consent is necessary to
anything of that sort, kicked, and the project
fell through.
met Mr.. George Blsckwelder and Col.
George Rouse, who asked if would take g
ride out to their Fairview addition and
around the north part of town. | was just
hsnkering for ride, and of course consent
ed. We got double rig and took one of
the scribes and pharisees of the Beacon and
off We went Up Main street to the Occidental
hotel, then across TO Waco street and out
that splendid boulevard, whose surface was
wish tor Waco is dry and smooth and nice
when other streets are buried in mud. 1t
never gets muddy, and is always pleasant
| drive, which has 10 doubt had q great deal
to do with inducing many to settle
on that street and build good houses.
| w passed between handsome rows of resi-
dences with fine grounds and lawns and
shrubbery where, remember, two year,
| ago there was hardly a house. On the way
| observed many new roofs, and men were
at work on some foundations. just north
of the ole ice house some one is cutting =
sort Of canal down to the rivers edge
| where neat little wharf will be built fol
embarking on boats, great many of which
am informed, will be on the river this year
4 oll-t HOElu VI luis NAlllt ~
Woodman's splendid place ON the banks OF
the Little Arkansas river, where that hand
some stream begins its majestic SWEEP
around the bend that almost encircles Grief
iinstein's park with its bluegrass carpet
noble trees and sweet shrubbery, which il
destined ere long TO become the great sum
mer resort of our people. Here they car
enjoy Themselves
In the shade of incensed trees,
Where towering elms, their nodiing cTests
Are tossing in the breeze.
Not the least source Of amusement viii b.
sailing on the placid waters Of the rive,
meath the overhanging foliage, for dis
lance of nearly three miles around this bend
with willows and other trees forming
Woodlands We drove and was surprised
TO see SO many neat houses in that locality
l rode up there with Councilman Richey
about wear ago and his house was sbou,
the only one north of Woodlands on tba
street Now there are dozens OF gooJ
houses and others being built, and along
Tenth street. in towards the entrance o.
Greiffenstein's Park, there Is a nice cluster
of houses. A gentleman named Mr.. Shank'
has jus. begun the erection of a neat frame
cottage just above the corner of Woodmani
place, and John Softer has the roof on an
other right across the street, then over, front
| ing on Tenth street, on some other avenue
the name of which don't know, the masoni
are at work On the foundation of Greiffen
STEMS new house, which will be one of thu
finest in the city. From here we could Sc,
men working on many foundations IN tbs
distance, and l may as well say right herr
that the building boom has commenced
| Looking back towards the city from this
| point | observed that we must be some ter
or twelve feet higher than Douglas avenue
an ahead We saw a gentle activity clear "
te the center OF Fairview addition. From
| Tenth street north on Waco and Fairview
there is u superior class of houses and citi'
zens of the best class are settling in all that
| Ul-triSt CitAE cSlbsS ~ baic Naiies,
because of its cleanliness and healthfulnessr
and it will be sought more and more as the
city grows, on account of its elevated loca-
ton and its clean streets. Anon the hand
come residences We passed north Of Richey''
are Lee Tavlors. T. c. Winsnts'. M. Wi
| nsnts is also at work on another handsome
residence Just north Of his Own home, and is
beginning to erect windmill behind IT, On
the opposite side is Frank Dale's handsome
residence, and in tha, section between Wsco
street and Fsirview svenue are Tolsr's and
St,tford's fne houses. and further up. nesr
Carey's park. is Mr. B. Lsndridse's elegant
frame house. On Fsirview avenue just south
of Toler's house, We saw large crowd of
mssons a. work on the foundation of W. A.
T. Buckridge's new house, which will be one
Of the very fines; in that aristocrst'c neigh
borhood. Opposite this snd fronting on
Park street, Mr.. Kellogg, The architect, Is
building handsome house. | learn ths; the
class Of residences 70 DC built in this neigh.
borhood this year will cost from 5000 10
s. 900. Tha; Is, the buildings sloue. Pass
ing on up Fairyiew avenue we arrive q, tie
northern terminus Of the stree, rail way on
Carey svenue, and there we strike the cele-
h-a.oI Fs;-viex addition ,hst i nox a.t-sc.