Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-14
mot ENOUGH BLOWING"

To residents of Wichita, who stay here
for any considerable length of time with
out taking trip "back east" to the staid.
solid, easy-going towns of New England,
the middle states or the so called western"
states east Of the Mississippi, these oc-
casionally recurs some such question
as this: SIS Wichita really growing any
more rapidly than the good, active towns
from which we camew They fail to note
the signs of improvement visible
on every street and on every
hand, for the chief reason that daily
contact with these sights has bred in them
failure to notice such occurrences as were
to them for time after their residence
in Wichita sure to attract their attention,
has accustomed them to such sights and
such events, and now they give these no
heed. Were they but to consider for mo-
ment the immense amount of money be-
ing piled up in brick and stone and NOR
tar and all kinds of building ma
terial, they would see that three gigan-
tic buildings going up in Wichita today,
aggregate S050000 and with the sewer sys-
TEN, total of 81, 100000 in only four en-
terprises. From credible information and
close observation in addition to these there
are business houses, residences and other
buildings to the value of fully $500 900,
now being erected in Wichita. And before
these are fairly out of the way others rival
ing them will begin. If they will but con-
slider a moment and draw contrasts. they
will need no second thoughts on the SUBJ
ject
The person. however, who does notice
% an IN inn,
ing constantly made in Wichita, is the
stranger who makes periodical visit to
this city and in the interirns has seen
various live cities in other sections
of the country. The foregoing senti-
ments were expressed yesterday by
one nonresident of the city to
another gentleman who occupied
a similar position to Wichita, as they sat
in the rotunda of the Carey. The
one addressed responded by saying that
he knows of one of the best little cities in
southern-central Illinois, a city of about
5000, with five railroads and good coun-
try. blessed with excellent crops the past
year; that boasts today through its papers
that there will be no less than 100000
expended in buildings in that city during
the year 1889, and every county
paper within one hundred miles is citing
that fact. in order to stimulate building
boom of some such gigantic proportions
in its own town. Just at this juncture the
gentleman mentioned the town to which
he referred, and then happened to notice
an unobtrusive listener jot down the name
of the town, when he asked. care you a
newspaper mani" The writer admitted
l. ~
EAGLE"
"Well please dosnot ascertain or men
ton my name or the name of the town to
which / refer because can never sell
bill of goods there if you do"
While contemplating the conversation
overheard, the EAGLE representative met
Mr. V. Jobst, of Peoria, H.. which by the
way is about the best business city in Hi
nois outside of Chicago.
Mr.. Jobst was here about six months
ago and again about four weeks ago. Yes
terday. in company with his superintend
ent, Mr.. Chas. Correll, of Peoria, he had
been taken for drive over the West Side,
the South End and College Hill. Both
gentlemen were astounded at the growth
and promise of Wichita. Mr.. Jobst in
particular, was enthusiastic. He said, 81
can see every time / come back to the
city many new evidences of its rapid
growth. never saw anything to equal it,
With all the blowing your people have
done about Wichita they have not done |
or as much as they should |
do" He had not seen the stock yards, |
packing houses, car works, plow works, |
the north end or Riverside, but |
will during the week.
Another stranger who yesterday ex-
pressed himself on Wichita was Mr.. NJ. E. |
Brewer, of the Janauschek company. who |
spent the most of yesterday in strolling |
about the business and inside residence |
portions of the city with former friend |
whom he found a resident of Wichita. Mr. |
Brewer says they have recently been in
the most lively cities of the south and
west, but that no place has he discovered |
any such signs of business life and thrift
and such promising prospects as he has
seen in Wichita. as portrayed by her
busy streets.