Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-14

as liiS crown LldSSeu OUt, anu TcdcHiDS III
hall, 45xi40 feet, they found an elegan
spread awaiting. Four tables were Sc
iengthwise of the hall and one across tn
north end, making over four hundred
plates. Nearly all were taken in a few
minutes, and the Rev. Campbell. of Ar
kansas City returned thanks. line menu
was as follows:
MENU.
Raw Oysters.
SOUP.
Consume ROYAL.
Fele Of Beef, with Champagnons.
Bone Turky, Cold Chicken, Tongue, Ham
Turkey.
| SALADS.
Lobster, Chicken, Salmon, Potato.
ICE CREAM
| vanilla, Chocolate and Lemon.
Assorted Cakes, Nuts and Fruits
AS viii be seen from the menu the spread
was an elegant one. Gandolfo had taken
special care in the undertaking and was
F. determined to make it the success it was
The service was good and everything went
along smoothly. 1t was universally con
coded that the banquet was one of the
! finest ever given in the state
When the last course had been finished
cigars were passed and the president
called on Judge oluss for a response to a
! toast on Wichita. The judge seemed to
think that the banquet proved to the yis-
/ itors that Wichita prohibition prohibits.
Il fear that some of our guests, unless we
change our program, will go away with a
heaVy heart. am not COM
! planning myself We are here to
celebrate the natal day of the
queen of the valley. On the 18th of March,
20, we were christened at Ell Dorado We
then became fact. On that occasion the
town was plated, including $50 acres SUR
veyed and subdivided into town lots
Nearly all We're corner lots at that time. If
man wanted one he could get it any
where. The building of a city is vast
undertaking. At this age cities and we may
say states are built in short time. We
are now here to celebrate one of the steps
of the Queen of the Valley" Unity is
the product Of faith. When it was born
its future rested in the minds of few
1t was 165 miles from railroad station.
1t required then great faith. 1t is a
career Of struggle and success. Those of
faith never thought Of a failure but only
had in mind a great city. They fought
for no country town but city. 1t was
first struggle to get stage line then to
make this a cattle trading point. This
last was quite as important as any step
we have ever taken. The next was to get
a railroad from over the prairie 165
miles. 1t required faith and labor
to bring it in sight. The bonds
voted and paid off making a
municipal success never equaled on earth"
The speaker followed the history of the
city from its beginning, through the adj
vantages of the cattle trail, the terminus
of the one railroad, the wheat crop, then
corn and hog crops; the bridge schemes,
the extending of the one road,
the bringing of the Frisco.
the bringing of the Fort Scott
across the flint hills, then the reaching
into pocket and pulling out the Wichita
and Western; the building of the Wichita
& Colorado and the bringing of the Rock
Island. Hearing of the booms of other
cities Wichita had decided to have one
and she had it. This gave us start, turn
ing men and money this way, who have
built great buildings like this and
and those that make our streets. 1t has
worked a great benefit"
rs there yet faith to take it forward?
Every man answers 'I' Cheers 1t is
our record to go forward. We now have
our $1,000 homes and in fifteen years will
have over 100000 homes. We now have all
improvements known to cities We
have a system of newspapers worthy to
speak for us. The press voices our
possessions and future. We cannot speak
too proudly of the press of the city, but
remember that in saying this l mean to in
clude only the honorable newspapers"
Remember, the future of Wichita is in
the air. The growth is now and will be by
thousands. We are always glad to meet
our neighbors. We hold 10 jeal-
ousy, but invite them to a
friendly rivalry. Come on and
share our commerce. There is TO feeling,
that we are outstripping anyone. We ex-
tend the right hand of fellowship. Write
on banners the motto OF our board of
trade Harmony, Unity, Strength, Sue
cess
w. S. Corbe.t responded to transporta-
ton and trade. He reviewed the growth
of transportation and trade from the earli-
est days. The improvements in the last
century had been more than for all times
before. The men Of 50years remember the
of the railways, telegraph !
The youngest men remember the coming
Of the telephone. No people but Ameri-
cans built cities in a single decade"
The speaker t.. Il showed the develop
ment of Wichita with figures giving
amount of freight in zai out of Wichita be-
ing one-seventh as much as the rest OF the |
state.
Col. Lewis responded to Blanks and !
Bankers He thought Wichita not the /
result OF advertising. but of money brought /
here, as he would have it, by bankers. !
The secret OF our success is no secret from !
our worthy and ambitious competitors, |
We give it away, it is money. |
We build railroads with money, |
ouild massive brick blocks with money. |
colleges, churches with money. illuminate |
he streets with chained lightning with /
money, bring pure water from river !
through a thousand iron pipes to our /
homes with money, it bears Us away at /
will over our 20 miles of motor line. With
nut dispara cement to any other profession, I
who have surpassed the open hearted and /
pen handed fraternity Of Wichita bankers? !
" hen $4,000 wanted for Burton car
works, q per cent furnished by bankers;
200 900 more wanted for Dold's mammoth
'acking concern the bankers gave S41.125:
When money wanted for a $4,000 Y, NJ. c.
\ building the bankers gave S17,125: when
money wanted for watch factory, of $40
% SS6, 900 was furnished by bankers These
re but samples The financial
ituation in the west for SIX months has
zen very trying. The colossal enterprises
t the west was suddenly confronted by