Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
PHILLIPsBURa
Tlla Coming Metre polls 81 the
Northwest

the beneht OF those VINO do not Know
anything about PhiIlipsburg we make
the following notes;
Phlllipsburg 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 general rolling prairie; the natural
drainage is perfect. The town is on
high ground and can be seen for many !
miles from any direction. It has
population of about 1,7O0. It 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 d 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 business
houses are elegant structures, costing
about $4,000 each, that would be no
discredit to the large cities The
VIM. BisseH block is a two story
brick, mainly new. and is a fine I'M
posing building. The Bissen Hotel
is a three story brick besides the base
ment, owned and erected by John
Bissen. It 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 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 SIS, 600 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 tx
the truthfulness of tins statement
Parties closely connected with th,
Rock Island company own, adjoining
or near the town site, 1900 acres o
land
The climate Of this portion Of Kan
sas is as desirable as any in the grea
Mississippi Valley. There is but lit
tie snow and no mud. Being locate,
about /, 900 feet higher than the Mis-
souri, river at Atchison, the air is dr.
and pure, bracing and healthful.
Phillips is situated in the norther
tier of counties and is the fifth cas-
of the Colorado line. It was organ
lied in 1872, consist Of twenty-fv
townships, is thirty miles square. an
contains 57G,OOO acres, or 900 squar
miles OF territory. In 1856, it cor
tanned a population Of 12,16l. 1t
estimated that our population no
approximates $4,000. At this time
is estimated that but one-sixth of il
lands are under cultivation. Goo
farming land may be purchased
from $500 to $500 per acre. Their
are d living streams OF water whic
are mainly skirted by narrow belts {
timber OF the following varietie.
Cottonwood, elm, ash, walnut an
box elder. Well water in this count
is reached, on the bottoms. at a dept
Of from ten to twenty-five feet: on I'll
high grounds at from fifty to sevent,
five feet. Magnetism lime stone
excellent quality may be found
great abundance III nearly every pa
OF the county, and is extensively qua
ried. Fire clay IS found near Phi
lipsburg; also potters clay near Il
same place, as well as in the mort
western part of the county A We
fine quality Of bricE clay is four
within one miie Of the public squa
Of Philipsbuyg than res abIes. III
is equally as good, as tha ceie.rat
brick-clay Of aIilwaukea, Wisconsi
BY reason OF IFS heihs 50 we'll wase
eel by iiyiag streams, it is @ainiog {
reputation of being a hae live So
county. To those who are seel1iI
ne% noues We sag cake look
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