Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-26
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Scratches Short Scoops.
Fire Marshall Walden does not hest
tate to say that the new fire alarms now
being put IN from Fifth avenue to Gen.
| trail on the business streets are just what
was needed. When the alarm is turned
on the chains are dropped, and horses
turned loose, and gong rung IN the sleep
| ing rooms at the station.
Rev. r. E. Guthrie, who has just re-
turned from Nebraska was on Main
street last evening relating to some
friends his impressions of that sister
state. He liked the looks of the country
around Lincoln but for climate ''give me
the bright sunshine and gentle zephyrs
of southern Kansas. There is no place
to compare to Wichita: even our great
revival was reported all over the
country.
No, said Fred Waller, of the Wichita
bank. don't know anything. l just
stand here all day and don't see any
thing or any body only the people who
come in here and the stream of hui
mainly that constantly pass around the
corner of Main street and Douglas
avenue, Just look out there at the
crowd. believe there is more people
pass along that walk in one day than
pass along any street in any other town
in Kansas in month.
Yes, said George Dold as he brought
up on the corner of Topeka and Douglas
avenues yesterday, our architect will be
here next Monday and we will build a
temporary Office right away. We now
have everything ready for operations,
and it will be only a few days now until
you will see the mortar flying at rapid
rate. We intend to put large force of
men at work, and hurry the buildings
right along to completion. 1t is the in
tention to have the entire packing houses
completed by the first of June at the
very outside.
Judge Mitchell, walked around on his
legal ear yesterday and impaired the
information that the fair grounds case
would be appealed to the supreme court.
The gentlemen interested in charitable
work to build up county fairs do not
relish being called ''boodlers' by their
fellow laborers, and they propose to re-
sent it to the bitter end. The Judge
said all the stock owned by him would
have been held for the association and
handed over to his successor if this suit
had not been commenced.
The request of the board of trade that
the new jail be not located on the court
house square is meeting with almost
universal approval among business men.
Nearly everybody interested in the city's
welfare are more than willing to see the
Jail 90 somewhere else than in the
square. 1t seems to us that the proper
thing to do would be to build the court
house in the center of the square and
plant the ground around it to trees. and
otherwise ornament the square until it
will be a credit to the entire city and
county. j. S. p. Gordon gives the in
formation that some very fine business
blocks will be erected on the streets adj
joining the square this summer.
z. T. McGrew of Union township was
seated in an office chair in the county
building yesterday. He crossed his legs
onI ,,,,+ bic t,rn ipIa-- fnrarc tbro,,nh
the straps of his boot, and after some
moments of serious reflection said with
emphasis, You may put this down, that
there was never better prospect at this
time of year for good crops in Kansas.
The ground is in splendid condition.
Wheat looks fine and the farmers up in
Union township are plowing and many
of us have planted our potatoes. There
will be an increased acreage of oats and
corn planted this year and l predict good
crops. / don't want to see a European
war, but if such thing should take
place unbeknown to us it would make
good prices for grain.
An official of the Rock Island road sat
in the ticket office conversing with the |
ticket agent, c. A. Rutherford. Their |
indicated that these men !
were expecting heavy freight business |
in and out of Wichita the coming sum- |
mer. They would run number of ex-
cursion trains into Wichita and southern |
Kansas this year, because so many peo- !
pie were wanting to see Wichita. That |
IS So said the official, We will be COM
PEELED to build road directly west to /
connect with our western branch, in
order to handle the cattle business. 1t is
now settled fact that Wichita is to be
a cattle market and we must
have all our roads connected
with the shortest possible route to this
point, from the grazing grounds of the
west.
Did the EAGLE say anything about the
the Frisco people are go
ing to make here. said an official of that