Wichita eagle., 1890-01-17

S establishment of manufacturing and
wholesale houses to settle the question Of
: the permenancy of our realty.
The future growth of our city and the
2 advance IN real estate will largely depend
upon the improvements which are neces
, sary to be made in order TO make this city
: productive both to the business man and
the homeseeker. That those improvements
Will be made there is no question, because
! the demands OF this city and country re-
Quire it. and the people of the southwest
J look forward to the city of Wichita to fur
} nlsh them with all the advantages OF a
metropolitan city. No one knows the value
OF Wichita property any better than our
own people. Large fortunes have been
mode in the real estate of this city, and il
is doubtless true that as great If not great
er fortunes will be made in the future. 1t
is said that the increase in real estate Is
greater aud more permanent when a city
is growing from 80, 900 TO 100, 900 iuhabi-
tants than it is previous to thst time. That
property is less in price in the city OF
w ichlta than II Is II any other city or the
same size with the same amount or buSI-
ness there is no question. AS soon as these
facts become known, and capitalists be
come convinced, capital will be eager to
take advantage of the opportunities for
investment Even today the Wichita man
is withdrawing his investments from other
places and relnyestlng that capital IL
Wichita. There are three periods which
mark the growth of all cities The Pho
neer, the Speculative and the Investment.
The pioneer finds the location, the specu-
lator lays the ground work, and the in
| weston reaps the harvest.
beg to call the attention of the board to
the great demand there is for better facil-
tiles for the handling of the grain products
of this section. With the number of rail-
roads already built, and those in contem-
plation, there is no better point for the To-
cation of elevators than right here. 1t is
necessary that we should have a storage
capacity capable of handling all the grain
| within a radius of at least seventy-fiye
miles. Outside of that radius only pro-
portion would probable reach this market,
but more will naturally come as we are
| better provided with facilities. Grain in
store at this point will naturally draw
purchasers from exporting ports and other
| grain centers, who can not today enter the
market here and buy IN large quantities.
! With elevators esta bliShed at this point
capable of holding from $50, 900 to 1000, 900
| bushels, it will naturally increase the car
rying capacity of our railroads. which have
| been SO crowded for cars during the past
| few months.
| With the certainty of deep water har-
Dor on the Gulf, 1t is necessary that steps
should be taken at once to provide tor the
trade In this product of our territory and
establish a grain point which will be of
!
! farmers in Southwestern Kansas. Action
should also be taken to establish rules for
| the inspection OF grain the same as Is con-
| Quoted in more eastern grain markets.
| This inspection will enable our grain mer
chants to sell their grain without waiting
| for eastern inspection, also enable them TO
make contracts, and larger ones than they
/ are able to do now.
! / might also suggest that in order to
| reach and control II territory which Is
tributary to this city. that is now demand
| ing supplies from this point, that 1t is our
| duty TO establishyas far possible, such
wholesale houses as will be able to supply
| the trade knocking at our doors.
If wholesale drug houses, hardware
houses, other wholesale grocery houses
al dry goods houses had been located
here we would have supplied great por-
ton of the trade in Oklahoma which
passed through here from more eastern
jobbing points at the time that territory
was opened. As this demand will again
be repeated upon the opening of the Chero-
kee strip and No Mans Land. and with
the increasing trade of the Oklahoma
country, it becomes more necessary that
we should be provided with more whole
safe establishments.
| would also call the attention of the
board to the fact that as Kansas and
Wichita have done so much advertising in
the past, that it Is expected that IT she Is
prosperous this advertising Will be kept
up. At the expostions in the east about
the first question visitor asks when he
enters their exposition nails Is Nv here Is
the Kansas eqhlbit?" and they don't seem
satisfied tibet the exposition Is complete
unless Kansas is there.
The exhibits of farm products at the
centennial. the Atlanta and the New Or
leans expositions gave her reputation as
an exhibitor second to no state In the
union. In 1855 Wichita made an exhibit
ton at the Cincinnati exposition which at
tracted great deal of attention, and the
people would not believe that it WAS an eX-
hibt from the city of Wichita, but insist !
ed that it was an exhibit af the state, and
they continually called it the Kansas ex
hibit. Wichita made the exhibit and the |
state reapej the benefits.
/ would recommend that this board use
its influence at the next Legislature to baYe |
bill passed providing for agricultural |
displays To be made 10y the state at EXPOSE |
ton halls in eastern cities.
The indications are that the year 1890 |
will be a memorable one in the history of |
this city. A new era breaks forth upon /
the city, with new ideas and new thoughts |
to mould the work Of the future. W lille |
the past hes been marvel in accomplish |
ments the future has greater things in |
store for this city. The location of our |
present packing houses Is but the forerun I
ner of other plants. The present extension 1
of the Union stock yards is but the pre-
liminary work of what they expect TO do 1
The small manufacturing plants already /
in operation are but the starting OF larger /
and more extensive ones.
The magnificent blocks CT brick and /
stone, the beautiful residences. the grand /
public buildings, the well shaded and /
paved streets, are simply the groundwork
for more magnificent buildings and more
extensive improvements.
There is not city in Kansas which has
the amount of improvements under con-
struction today that Wichita has. There
is not city IN Kansas having so low a
rate Of taxation, or one low enough to ad-
init of similar improvements.
Wichita is the new center of the South
west, beating In unison with greater nerve
centers east. AS larger commercial GEN.
tiers east grow and prosper, so viii Wich-
ita grow and prosper, aud as Wichita
grows aud prospers so will the whole
Southwest feel the effects OF it
From the foregoing it will be seen that
many important interests. relating direct
~ or indirectly 10 the prosperity OF the
city. have received careful attention at
your hands. II is true that measured OF
originated aud considered by
the board have been carried into effect,
which shows that this board Is power
aud so considered By corporations and
business men. and is power in organiz-
ing and promoting enterprises that add
wealth TO the city.
The value of this board must not, at this
time. be measured by actual ccomplisa-
rnentf What has been done is power
ful index 20 its influence. Power and
ability 10 add more and greater things as
time is granted TO IT, The results OF the
past years WORK, IN my opinion. are not
a. apparent now as they viii be N tie
future: aud the direct influence upon the
business Of the city win not be Is notice