Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-10-23
PHILLIPSBURG
The Coming Metropolis of the
Northwest

PhiinRsburg Il the county seat OF Philips
county and IL located near the geographical cen
ter Of the county. The town site cannot be sur
paused for eligibility snd.beauty. The surface Is
. rsntie rolling prairie; the natural drainage IL
perfect The town is on high ground and can be
seen for many miles from any direction 1t mas
. population OF about 1.240. Il has q number OF
elegant buildings; the court house Is BRICK ana
csst about $4,000 and Il an elegant structurei
the Phillips County Bank il brick and stone ana
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 Cuminge brick business houses are elegant
sxuctares costing about S6,ooo.each, that would
be no discredit 10 the large cities. The VIM
BtsssI block IL q two story brick, mainly new
and is . nne imposing building. The Bissen Hotel
OUned by John Bissen erected in 1855 cost $SO-
60 and IL the anest hotel on the Great ROCK Is
land roate between ST. Joseph, MO-, and Denver
Colorado Our School Hous0 is one OF the best
in this part ef 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 4 coun-
u thirty miles square without rival within thirty
miles, it IL the half way passenger division on the
main line OF the Rock Island between Kansas
CITY and Denver. It is also . freight division.
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iAxis done here There are about enc hundred
employees on the pay rolls, and about 5000 per
month arc paid eat to railroad men. The com
pany has here an iAexhAastible supply OF good
ssft Uatee-the best well the line of their road
west Of the Missouri river. The bottom of the
we'll seems to be . lake which cannot be lowered
Some water contains Ingredients or chemicals thai
are very injurious to the engine boilers Sach II
net the case with this water. The engineers al
testify 10 the truthfulness of this statement
Parties closely connected with the Rock ISLAND
company OWE, adjoining or near the town site
Ices acres Of land.
The climate of this portion of Kansas il as de
sirable a. any in the great Mississippi Valley
There il but little snow and no mud. Beini
located about 1900 feet higher than the Missouri
river at Atchison the air is dry and pure. bracin
aRd hsAlthful.
Phillips 10 situated in the northern tier Of cour
ties and il the 18th east of the Colorado line. ]
Wa organised in 1872, consists OF twenty-nv
Townships. is thirty miles square, and contain
81, coo acres or 900 square miles of territory.
1885, It contained . population of 12,1s1. It
estimated that our population now approximate
1900. At tAis time il 10 estimated that bat on
sIztA of fts lands ara ander cultivation. Goo
farming lAAd nay be purchased az from IS {
70 SlB.O per acre. There are "a living streams
water which are mainly skirted By narrow belts
tizAbsr Of the following varieties: Cottonwood
elm, ash, walnut and box elder. Well water
thss soznty s. reached, on the bottoms at dept
OF from ten 10 twenty-five feet, the his
EpsHA1s a from ATTY 10 seVenty-hVe feet. Ma
AsGjaA hAe stone Of excellent quality may
fOGAd II great abundance in nearly every part
the county, and h extensively Quarried. FL
clay = found near Phnlipsburg; also pOtters eli
near The same place, a. well m the northwel
err part Of the county. A very nne quality
bEiak clay Il found within one mile OF the publ
sQNArs of Phillipsbnrg. that resembles, and
equally As good, As the celebrated brick clay
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BY reason OF its being
well watered by living streams, it is gaining t
reputation OF being = hne live stock county,
veil as good grain producing county. To tho
Who are seeking new homes we say take 10
at Phnlpsburg and Phillips county before y
locate