Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-16
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was flying and the streets baked up hard.
The last two days has been remarkable for
emigrants going west with their prairie
schooners, with stove pipes sticking out Of
the top. They seem to be going in unusual
numbers this spring.
Yesterday was q fine day, and business
doomed with an awful boom. The city was
full of people, all running pell-mell, bent on
business. The real estate men were awful
busy and made lots of sales. Nearly every
pair of men one would meet on the streets
were talking of sales and one could hear the
question asked almost anywhere: "Who
bought it.''
A gentleman told me that Ches Firebaugh
had sold the two lots opposite the Occidental
to John Doran for S10,s50. Said my in
formant: 81 have reason to believe from
something heard in connection with this
purchase that it was bought for the Sum
flower road, and they will build their gen.
eral Offices there"
1 met Chief Engineer Woods and Road
master Gaffeny, of the Sunfower, talking in
front of the New York store, but they few
when they saw me coming. / find that
timid people are afraid of me, though l
amt dangerous.
met b. S. Garrison at the postoffice and
he told me they are booming things up in bic
addition. They are now building five very
fine houses and lot more to follow. He says
they will build no more small houses around
there. Speaking about buildings: l asked
Abe Smith abo8 the prospects for building
this year, and he said the present indica-
tons are that there will be three times as
many buildings put up this year as last He
said he built 5000 worth last year. He is
now building three houses for him
self on North Topeka avene, between Elm
and Pine. and there are many waiting for
favorable weather to begin building; SO
that if this weather continues through this
week the sweet whistle OF the hammer will
be heard in all parts of the town. Mr..
Smith told me he was going to build a
5000 residence on College hill for Mr.. Pal
lett, and $4,000 house for J. c. Rutan.
The most important thing in the building
line ut present, however, is the new cofee
and spice mills on John Exton's place. South
Emporia avenue. This mill, with its attach
ments and the fine residence of its proprie-
tors along side of it, will constitute very
important interests. among the very fore
most in the city.
l met Mr.. II. r. Farnham, Of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, one Of the members Of the firm
who arrived yesterday, and in company with
him went to see the foundations of the mill
and residences now in course of building.
They will occupy all that portion of the
block on the east side Of South Empora
avenue between the alley and Williams
street. The main body of the mill is 25x74
feet, and back of this will be . large room,
the dimensions not yet determined, which
will be the machinery room and will be join
ed to the main building by an arcadr. The
whole will be two stories high. The
building will be all of brick AID will be
very substantial. The firm name is Corner,
Farnham & Davis, and each partner will
have brick residence right near their mill.
One will occupy Mr.. Exton's presen: resi-
dence, which will be pu: in fine order, and
south of this will be a fine double brick
house for the other two families, the dimen-
sions to be 5Ox6O feet and two stories high.
A fine twelve foot cement sidewalk will be
laid in front of the whole block. This will
add greatly to that part of tie city, and the
spice mills will be the largest concern of the
sort west of st. Louis.
Ii am to have the regulation of things
iu this town / will have all these old shells
and bulletin boards on the west side of
Main street between First and Second, fred
bodily and four-story bricks built in their
places.
fell in with crowd in front of the Citi-
zens bank, among whom was man who
had just arrived from Rock Island. and who
think is looking for location. They were
all talking about real estate AMI one said,
"Do you know the first thing / did when l
came here! l bought real estate, and there
is only one thing am sorry for, and that is
that l didn't buy more" Il am in the
same FIX" said man named Gordon, 81
came here last fall and thought property
was too high. bought q little and kept
the remainder of my money lying idle IN
the bank. l might have made $4,000 on
that money if had bought most anywhere
in town. made about 5000 on what l
did buy-that is, / could sell it now at that
much of an advance" Real estate on
all the business streets has advanced in
the last month from $500 to $1,000 lot.
Captain Smyth, George Blackwelder and
Z. p. Ford went across the river yesterday
on some big scheme. and they say that side
will boom this year to beat this. II GER
,ainly will boom, but not to beat this side.
Three or four tackled me on the fish ques-
ton. They said that several parties were
catching beautiful young channel cat with
SCENES in the little river last Sunday and that
| certainly ought to tend to that. III Dc it.
| am great lover of fish myself, because
am sadly in need Of brain food. This work
Of clearing our streams of fish is played
out. There were thousands of pounds of
nice young fish caught with nets and poi
soned with lime in the little river last year,
and will this If the law amt enforced. That
river would be svarming with beautiful fish
now but for such conduct. l will now pro-
coed TO read the law for the benefit of
poachers:
At the last session of the legislature Sec
lions s, 6. Z and 8. of chapter lii of the ses-
sion laws of 1871, relating to fish, were
amended. Section of chapter liz is amend
"a SO as to read as follows: at shsll be I'M
awful 10 catch or attempt 10 catch, or 10
kill fish in any of the inland waters of the
state of Kansas, by means of any drag-net.
,ill-ne,, irift-ne,. trammel-net, seine, fish pot,
'et-re;. wire pond. or BY poisoning the
~sier with lime or any dele,erious substance
Sha,ever. or by making any obstruction in
he natural trsnsi, Of fish, for the purpose of
catching the same. Provided, nothing in
his act shall grevent persons from fishing in
private ponds upon their own land. 1t shall
be lawful for any person to remove any Oh
!. rpcfinn which hs. heap plsced in n stream