Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-18
PHILLIPsBURG
The Coming Metropolis Of the
Northwest


PhiIipsburg 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 snd beauty. The surface is
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
apopulation OF about 1.24O. II has 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 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 5000 EACH that would
be no discredit to the large cities. The VIM
Bissell block is two story brick, mainly new,
and is = fine imposing building The Bissel Hotel
owned by John Bissen erected in 1888 9, cost so
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 PhiIlipsburg 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 the
main line Of the Rock Island between Kansas
City and Denver. 1t is also a freight division.
We have round house and considerable repair
ing is done here There are about one hundred
employees on the pay rolls, and. about $1,000 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 a 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
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 mud. Being
located about 800 feet higher than the Missouri
river at Atchison, the air is dry and pure bracing
and healthful.
Phillips is situated in the northern tier OF coun
ties and is the fifth east of the Colorado line. L
was organized in 1872, consists of twenty-fv,
townships, is thirty miles square, and contains
$4,000 acres, 800 square miles of territory. II
1886, it contained population of 12,1S1. 1t il
estimated that our population now approximate
$4,000. AT this time it is estimated that but ont
sixth of its lands are under cultivation. Goo,
farming land may be purchased AT from So
to $500 per acre. There are "a 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 al a dept
of from ten twenty-five feet, on the hig
grounds at from nifty to seventy-fve feet. Mag
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may b
found II great abundance ia nearly every part @
the county, and is extensively quarried. FIR
clay is found near Phillipsburg; also potters ella
the same place. as well as in the northwes
part OF the county. very fine quality
brick clay is found within one mile of the publ
square of Phillipsburg. that resembles, and
equally good. the celebrated brick clay
Milwaukee, Wisconsin BY reason of its being
well watered by living streams, it is gaining I'll
reputation of being a fine live stock county,
we'll MS good grain producing county. To thos
who are seeking new homes say take q loo
at Phillipsburg and Phillips county before 20
locate.