Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-25
Clubbing List.
HILLIPSBURG
The Coming 1Ietropo is of the
Northwest


Phillpsburg is the county seat of Phillips
county and is located near the geographical cen
ter of the county. The town site cannot be sur
passed 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. II has
Il population of about 1000 1t has number Of
elegant buildings; the court house is brick and
cost about $4,000 and is elegant structure;
the Phillips County Bank is brick and stone and
was erected at cost of about $4,000; the First
National and 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.
Bissell block is two story brick, mainly new,
and is a fine imposing building. The Bissell Hotel
owned by john BisseH erected in 1888 0, cost $50
600 and is the finest hotel on the Great Rock Is
land route between St. Joseph, Mo, and Denver
Colorado. Our School House is one of the best
in this part of the State and some of our church
buildings world be credit to much larger towns.
The future prospects of Phillipsburg are very
bright. Besides being the county seat of cOun-
ty thirty miles square without rivalwithn thirty
miles it is the half way passenger division on the
main line of the Rock Stand between Kansas
City and Denver. 1t is also a freight division.
We have round house and considerable repair
ing is done here. There about one hundred
employees on the pay rolls, and about $4,000 per
month are paid ont to railroad men. The com
pany has here an inexhaustible supply Of good
soft water-the best well on the line Of their road
west of the Missouri river. The bottom of the
well seems to be lake which cannot be lowered.
Some water contains ingredients or chemicals that
are very injurious to the engine boilers. Such is
not the case with this water. The engineers all
TO, Of STA
Parties closely connected with the Rock Island
company own, adjoining or near the town site,
1000 acres of land.
The climate of this portion of Kansas is as de-
sirable as any in the great Mississippi Valley.
There is but little snow and mud. Being
located about 800 feet higher than the Missouri
river at Atchson, the air is dry and pure. bracng
and healthful
Phillips is situated in the northern tier of cOun
ties and is the fifth east of the Colorado line. Il
was organized in 1872, consists Of twenty-five
townships, Is thirty miles square, and contains
$4,000 acres or 800 square miles of territory. II
1886, it contained population of 12,16i. 1t il
estimated that population now approximate
$4,000. AT this time 1t is estimated that but one
sixth of its lands are under cultivation. Coco
farming land may be purchased at from S. Ok
to $500 per acre. There are p living streams o
water which are mainly skirted by narrow belts o
timber of the following varieties: Cottonwood
elm ash walnu. and box elder. Well water il
this county Is reached, on the bottoms at a deptl
of from ten to twenty-five feet, the higl
grounds at from nifty to seventy-fye feet. Mag
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may b
found il great abundance in nearly every part o
the county, and is extensively quarried. Fir
clay is found near Phillpsburg; also pOtters ella
near the same place, we'll as in the northwest
ern part of the county. A very fine quality @
brick clay is found within one mile of the publ
square of Phillipsburg, that resembles, and
equally as good, as the celebrated brick clay
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BY reason of its being s
we'll watered by. living streams, it is gaining til
reputation Of being a fine live stock county, d
well as a good grain producing county. To thOs
who are seeking new homes we say take loo
at Phillipsburg and Phillips county before 20
locate.