Wichita eagle., 1888-12-09

hands each, have begun operations. The
Deffenbaugh brick vinegar factory, on
North Hydraulic, has reached the second
story. Track material has been distribu-
! ted along the line for the Central Avenue
Motor line. The City Water company is
laying several miles of mains in different
parts of the city. The Paramount Water
Works company only about nine or ten
weeks ago began operations. Miles OF
sidewalk have been laid in every section OF
the city. The Catholic church at the Bur
ton Car works has been erected. Garfield
University's south and east and west
wings have been placed under roof. Fair
mount College is nearing completion. The
foundation for the new $50, 0o0 court
house has beea completed, the corner stone
laid and the upper structure is rapidly
rising.
One of the finest livery stables in the
country, the S=dgwick stables, on North
Water street, has been completed. a
Brass and copper wire and brass and cop
per cloth factory, to employ 120 hands, has
all but $500 of the $4,000 capital stock
raised, and will begin operations in short
while. More old payements have been
torn up and replaced by new and substan-
tial pavement than in any similar period
in Wichita's history. The contract for the
government building is expected to be let
at any day and work will begin immedi-
ately.
We, might. if we chose, initiate and ex
pand the hopes OF Wichita people and
their friends (but not without reason) by
illusions to things which VIII in due
\ don a IA
Wichita's and in fact to all Of southwest
Kansas immediate benefit.
OPENING OKLAHOMA.
Last but not least of the many circum-
stances which will be of untold benefit to
Wichita and place her higher even in the
rank of progressive cities of the country
will be the opening of Oklahoma. Wich-
lta is the natural rendezvous, the natural
supply point, for all who come west to
examine into the virtues OF or to locate IN
Oklahoma. She is the common center and
the only city from which radiate railways
to each part of this promised land" She
is the only city withhold accommodations
sufficient TO care for the hosts who flock 10
Oklahoma Here in Wichita they Will find
churches, recreation and amusements
the time between their selection of home
and their actual location upon the
same. Here will be the greatest
wholesale and retail houses within
three hundred miles OF this new territory.
The benefits to be gained by Wichita from
the opening of Oklahoma will not be in
any sense temporary, but viii, on the con-
trary, continue to enhance as the new
country becomes older, more thickly set
tied, more productive and its commercial
necessities and possibilities approach IA
maximum.
BY these illusions to what Wichita may
expect and will surely receive, there is no
desire to detract from the prominence and
the profits TO be shared by our neighbors
Nearer the edge of the territory. There
will be enough for all and they viii each
get proper proportion of the business to
which they are adapted and entitled, and
Wichita will be glad of it.
In view of the facts above presented in
this article, who can gainsay that Wichita
is not on the very threshold of an era of
unequalled and uninterrupted prosperity,
such as has not been excelled by any other
young city in this country.