Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
PHILLIPsBURG
The Coming Metropolis Of the
Northwest,

Inc HERALD goes IubO nearly every
state east Of the Missouri river. For
the benefit of those who do not know
anything about Phillipsburg we make
the following notes:
Phillipsburg is the county seat of
Phillips county and is located near
the geographical center of the county. i
The tOwn-site cannot be surpassed for
eligibility and beauty. The surface
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 direction 1t has
population of about 1900. 1t has a
number of elegant buildings; the
court house is brick and cost about
$4,000 and is al elegant structure;
the Phillips County Bank is brick and
stone and was erected at a cost Of
about $4,000; the First National
and the State Bank buildings are of
/ brick and cost about $4,000 each.
/ The Gebhart and Cummings brick bus
/ mess houses are elegant structures
/ costing about SO, 900 each, that would
be no discredit to the large cities.
! The VIM. Bissell block is two story
| brick mainly new, and is a fine inn
/ posing building. The new hotel
/ Just about finished, and erected and
owned by John Bissell, cost about
/ $4,000 and is the finest hotel on the
Rock Island railroad between St Joe,
Mo, and Denver, Colo.
The future prospects of Phillips
burg are very bright. Besides being
the county seat of a county thirty
miles square without a rival within
thirty miles, it is the division, both
freight and passenger, on the main
line Of the Rock Island system. We
have a round house and considerable
repairing is done here. There are
about one hundred employees on the
pay rolls, and about $4,000 per month
are paid out to railroad men. The
company has here an inexhaUstible
supply of good soft water-the best
we'll on the line of their road west Of
the Missouri river. The bottom of
the we'll seems to be a lake which
cannot be lowered. Some water con-
tains ingredients or chemicals that
are very injurious to the engine boil
ers. Such is not the case with this
water. The engineers all testify to
the truthfulness of this statement.
Parties closely connected with the
3 Rock Island company own, adjoining
or near the town site, l,6OO acres OF
land.
The climate of this portion of Kan
sas is as desirable as any in the great
Mississippi Valley. There is but lit
tie snow and no mud. Being located
about 1000 feet higher than the Mis-
f souri, river at AtchisOn, the air IS dry
. and pure, hracing and healthfuI.
=. Phillips is situated in the northern
tier of counties and is the fifth east
D Of the Colorado line. It was organ
e lied in 1872, consists Of twenty-five
r. townships, is thirty miles square, anC
7 contains $4,000 acres, or 800 square
miles Of territory. In 1886, it con,
u tanned a population of 12.1S1. 1t is
3: estimated that our population now
- apDrOximates $4,000 At this time Il
7 is estimated that but one-sixth of its
n lands are under cultivation. Coco
farming land may be purchased al
e from $500 to $500 per acre. There
o are a living streams of water which
6 are mainly skirted by narrow belts o.
timber Of the following varieties
Cottonwood, elm, ash, walnut anC
box elder. Well water in this county
is reached, on the bottoms at a deptI
Is VI LIZ OCl1 " UWCLlty -1lF0 i0CG5 OA Ct'
+ high grounds at from fifty to seventy
! FIVE feet. Magnetism lime stone o
u excellent quality may be found il
o great abundance in nearly part of til,
> county, and is extensively quarried
= Fire clay is found near Phillipsburg
q also potters clay near the same place
" as we'll as in the northwestern part o
IS the county. A very fine quality o
b brick clay is found within one mile o
is the public square of Phillipsburg
q that resembles, and is equally a
: good, as the celebrated brick-clay o
Il Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By reason O
L its beng so we'll watered by ivina
d streams, it is gaining the reputation
i of being a fine live stock county
, Corn has been cut short by drOutl
= the past two years in portions of tn
d county, but for several years prior t,
# 1887 large corn crops were raised
d Even now corn is worth but % cent
per bushel in this market To thOs
who are seeking new homes we sa,
take look at Phillipsburg and Phil
e lips county before you locate.
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