Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-10
THE CROWDED STREETS.
The Explanation As Observed by the Clearing
House and Leading Business Men

The bank clearings for yesterday were
ss6, 1884, A against 81, 705. so the same day
last year. The clearings for the week
amounted to s6O9, 2sT.76 against $751;, 1872 Il
of the week one year ago.
As may have been noticed each day
Wichita shows more business through the
clearing house than on the corresponding
day last year, and as the only conclusion
each week shows creditable, to put it
mildly, gain over the corresponding week
last year. Of this business the manufac-
turing and wholesale men claim to be ex-
periencing the larger per cent of the in
crease of business. AS one of them
yesterday explained it the wholesale
business depends on surrounding towns.
which feel the Increase OF trade promptly
following big crops. The basis OF it is the
agricultural products and as soon as the
wheat. corn, oats. ETC., are exchanged for
money they go to their towns to buy some
thing they need. This increases trade and
the merchant of the country town finds
his stock running low and he buys some
more from the wholesale houses. and
Wichita houses in that line get their
share of the increase of business. The
same is true, as he explained it, of the
manufacturing business, which he offers
to explain the fact that the many business
establishments of that class are able to
report correctly that the business for last
month, as compared with the correspond
Mng month of last year shows an increase
from twenty to one hundred per cent.
One of the leading manufac-
turing concerns in, the city,
as represented by member of the concern,
yesterday for last November shows an in
crease over the CORES onding month of
last year of lis per cent.
In the same line it is estimated that the
retail business OF the city will not respond
as quickly to big crops and increased &C
tivity as the wholesale and manufactur-
ing business. AS estimated by promi-
nent man in that business yesterday it
would not increase as quickly or decrease
as rapidly. As result the retail business
of the city, in his estimation. would not
show the increase for last month as some
other lines, but would show comfortable
and healthy increase all the same.
The streets yesterday were crowded.
The Main street and Douglas avenue
pavement did not allow of rapid transit
or very rapid-of wagons, and at times
it took careful driving to get along
with their big teams and heavy wagons
There were not many fine carriages out,
the owners having too much respect for
the mud, as presumed The sidewalks
were not wide enough. 1t was jostle and
a jam on Main and Douglas, even on
Douglas with sidewalks eighteen feet wide
while on Main street only twelve feet wide
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along. The average easterner would look
around for the band and inquire where the
people were going. The constant stream
of people was composed of those out On
business and not for health. While Wich
tia is known over the world to be an ex-
ceptionally healthy city the streets were
not crowded with health resort people, but
with people who had good health and
using it in rushing along through the
surging, bustling, busy world.