Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
PHILLIPSBURG
The Coming Metropolis of the
Northwest,
KANSAS.

Northwest,
The HERALD goes into 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.
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 a
population Of about 1000. 1t has a
number of elegant buildings: the
court house is brick and cost about
$4,000 and is an 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 $4,000 each, that would
be no discredit to the large cities.
The VIM. Bissell blOcb,is a two story
brick, mainly new, and is a fine i'm
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 Il 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 well seems to be a Jake which
cannot be lowered. Some water con-
talns 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
kOck Island company own, adjoining
or near the town site, 1000 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-
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
Of the Colorado line. It was organ
lied In 1872, consists of twenty-five
townships, is thirty miles square, and
contains $4,000 acres, or 800 square
miles OF territory. In 1886, it con-
tanned population of 12,181. It is
estimated that our population now
apprOXimates $4,000 At this time 1T
is estimated that but one-sixth of its
lands are under cultivation. Good
farming land may be purchased at
from $500 to $500 per acre. There
are a living streams of water which
are mainly skirted by narrow belts of
timber Of the following varieties:
Cottonwood, elm, ash, walnut and
box elder. Well water in this county
Is reached. on the bottoms at a depth
of from ten to twenty-five feet; on the
high grounds at from fifty to seventy
FIVE feet. Magnetism lime stone of
excellent quality may be found in
great abundance in nearly part of the
county, and is extensively quarried.
Fire clay is found near Phillipsburg;
also pOtters clay near the same place.
as we'll as in the northwestern part of
the county. A very fine quality of
brick clay is found within one mile of
the public square of Phillipsburg.
that resembles, and is equally as
good, as the celebrated brick-clay of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By reason of
ITS beng so well watered by living
streams, it is gaining the reputation
OF being fine live stock county
Corn has been cut short by drouth
the past two years in portions of the
county, but for several years prior to
1857 large corn crops We're raised.
Even now corn is worth but 25 cents
per bushel in this market. To those
who are seeking new homes we saw
take look at Phillipsburg and Phil
lips county before you locate.