Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-21
A WONDERFUL TRANSPORTATION.

From the Leaven~orIh lines
The travelling agsnts sent by The Time
TO various points III western and s0uthU eSl
ern Kansas report gratifying progress every
where The puenomlnai influx OF settler
10 that vast region during the past te
months bursts upon the comprehension &
The average American citizen with Il be
WIiderlng SuuueuneSS that seriously dis
turus his preconccived notion about III
Duundicss magnitude of Uncle Sam S &c
mains.
The time when our public land shall b
taken up by settlers, and We Shall be il
any sort crowded tor clbOw-roOm has al
ways seemed SO very distant as to be giyel
hardly thought 1t seemed to be abou
The sanc relation to the present TO mos
minds, that the millennium or the distant
day Of judgment does.
Still, IL Is an actual fact that the event
ful year now drawing IT, close has wit
messed within the borders of our own state
/. wholesale taking up OF pubic land and
bona 1lde occupation OF claims by actual
settler such as never was seen before III
any other country OF ii any either part Of
the United States; such, III fact, rs would
not have been possible under conditions
existing and with such facilities as were
available a few years ago. Had we the
actual figures to present they would fairly
etagger belief.
Suttice it TO say that in southwestern
kanslo alOne-say that portion lying south
OF the Arkansas river to the southern
boundary line, and west from a line drawn
north aud south about the center Of the
State to the Colorado line-there has been
an uninterrupted stream OF immigration
for months. 1t has been an advancing
column Of men aud brains, energy and en-
tcrpriSe: some with wealth, others with
only d lit1le capital; but all imbued with
public spirit and attracted by the wonder
ful advantages presented BY the situation,
and all having faith IL the future Of the
section Of their choice.
Tracts that were unbroken, untrOdden
pralfles one year ago are dotted all over
now with prosperous little towns, each with
its pestoitice, stores, hotels, school houses,
churches anu all the other accessories OF
village life, and about eight in every ten Of
them are proud asplranis for county seat
honOrs ana advantages.
Regions through which twelve months
ago one might travel all day without meet
ing ielIoWman or seeing a sign Of hui
man occupation are now cut in every di-
rection with good, well-traveled highways:
and there Is not today Il point from which
one could not see the smoke curling from
the chimneys Of settlers cabins at all points
of the compass, with gra2ing herds and
cultivated hees on ali sides. Anywhere
IN that region man can take up q claim
and pat il in better shape IN a single year
than used to be possible III the mountains
and densely wooded districts Of eastern and
southern states in na!f lifetime
Tie traditional perils and hardShips in
cidcnt to frontier life are here almost
wholly done away with. \ man need not
hesitate abcUt taking wife and children
with him for he will have pioneer neigh
bor> upon every side, and villages within
easy reach.
Prospective railroads are soon to pcne-
trate this territory in various directions
The coming year promises to witness even
greater activity throughout this section and
before next spring opens most Of the de
>lrable claims viii have been hlod upon
and the only chance to secure one will be-
10y purchase.