Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-05-18
Phillipsburg Nearly Doubles Her
Population in the past year.
Now the Largest Town
in the County.

The HERALD takes pleasure In call
ing the public attention to the fact
that the population Of PhiIlipsburg
has nearly doubled In the past year.
One year ago, the census showed that
we had 631 inhabitants. According
to the report of Assessor Charles Fred
erick, we have now 1885 souls within
the incorporate limits This seems
to the HERALD to be quite an appro-
pirate time to say a few things about
Phillipsburg's past history, and still
more Of what we believe will be true
of her in the future. This town is
the county seat Of a large and very
excellent county of land, and IS lOcat-
ed near the geographical center Of it.
The tOwn-site cannot be surpassed
for eligibility and beauty. The sur
face is a gentle rolling prairie; the
natural drainage is perfect The
town is on high ground and can be
seen for many miles from any direc-
ton. It is 1000 feet higher than the
Missouri river at Atchison, and the
air is dry and pure, bracing and
healthfuI. Till late in the autumn of
1887, it had no railroad, and yet had
developed into a live busting town,
being a good trading point. Its en-
terprising citizens had erected in the
public square a fine brick Court
House, at a cost of about $4,000, an
elegant school house costing about
$4,000; two bank buildings costing
about $4,000 each, a church at a
cost of $4,000, and many other sub
stantiaI buildings, both business
houses and residences.
The future prospects Of Phillips
burg are very bright. Last fall the
@. K. & n. railroad was constructed
through this county, being a part of
the Rock Island system, and trunk
line from st. Joseph Mo. to Colorado
Springs and Denver Col That com
pany purchased about 1,6OO acres of
land here, laid out large additions,
established a freight and passenger
division station, constructed at a cost
of ten thousand dollars, six stalls of
the Is stall Round House, sunk a
mammoth well a feet in diameter,
and made other improvements on a
scale that would indicate that Phil
lipsburg is to be the most important
town on said railroad in western Kan
sas. At this writing excavations are
nearly completed for four splendid
brick business houses to be erected
this summer. A grain elevator is to
be built, several new residences are
to go up, and indications are not
wanting on every hand, that our city
will have quite a little building boom
this year. The population nearly
doubled last year, and many Of our
| people believe it will do so again this
year. Among the important enter
prises not yet secured, but which
there is good ground for the hope
that we may get, is a first class hotel
building, and a college building to
cost $4,000
To those who are seeking new
homes, or who wish to invest capital,
we say, come to Phillipsburg or to
Phillips county. Our climate is de
sirable, we have good schools, pros
porous churches, a moral and intelli-
gent people, a rich soil and a health
full country. Phillipsburg has nc
rival that can properly be called such
within fifty miles we have, close by
and easy of access, in great album
dance, fre-clay, pOtter's-clay, splen-
did brick-clay, good building stone
and an abundance of good water
We have a moral, temperate, enter
prising people, who have unlimited
faith in the future greatness of the
place. This we believe is to be the
coming metropolis of Northwestern
Kansas and now is the time to come
! In company with S. D. Cum