Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-28
CLUBBING List
PHTLLIPsBURG
The Coming Metropolis Of the
North west

Philipsburg 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 1t has
a population of about 1.24O. 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 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.
Bisseu block is a two story brick, mainly new
and is a fine imposing building. The Bissel Hotel
owned by John BisseH erected in 1888 9, cost $40
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 would be credit to much larger towns
The future prospects of Phillipsburg are very
bright Besides being the county seat of a cOun-
ty thirty miles square without rival within thirty
miles it is the half way passenger division on the
main line of the Rock Is land between Kansas
City and Denver 1t is also a freight division.
We have round house and considerable repair
inc is done here. There are about one hundred
employees on the pay rolls and about 5000 per
month are paid out 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. SHch Is
not the case with this water. The engineers all
testify to the truthfulness of this statement.
Parties closely connected with the Rock Island
company own, adjoining 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 no mud Being
located about 800 feet higher than the Missouri
river at Atchison the air is dry and pure, bracing
and healthfuI.
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
576 acres, or 800 square miles Of territory In
1886, it contained a population of 12,181. It is
estimated that our population now apprOXimatea
$4,000. At this time it is estimated that but one
sixth of its lands under cultivation. Good
farming land may be purchased at from S. .OC
to $1,000 per acre. There are "a living streams Of
water which are mainly sklrLed by narrow DelLs Oh
timber of the following varieties. Cottonwood
elm, ash, walnut and box elder. Well water il
this county is reached, on the bottoms at a deptI
Of from ten to twenty-five feet. the higE
grounds at from nifty to seventy-fve feet. Mag
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may bt
found il great abundance in nearly every part O.
the county, and is extensively quarried Fire
clay is found near PhilFpsburg; also pOtters ella!
near the same place, as well in the northwest
ern part of the county. A very fine quality O
brick clay is found within one mile of the publi
square of PhilIpsburg, that resembles, and j
equally as good, as the celebrated brick clay o
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By reason of it's being 81
we'll watered by living streams, it is gaining tn
reputation of being a fine live stock county, a
we'll as good grain producing county. To thOs
who are seeking new homes say take a loo
at Phillipsburg and Phillips county before go
locate