The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-01
THE PRESS MEN AND THE PRINCESS

THE PRESS MEN AND THE PRINCESS.
Now that the Press Gang of northern
Kansas have returned home from their
southern tour of recreation the individ-
ual members are each giving the readers
of their papers an account Of the trip
what they saw and where they saw it.
Here is what Mr.. Lewis, the representa-
tive Of the Clay Center Dispatch, saw
and experienced in Wichita while the
party were here and the estimate of the
city that these helped him to:
''The first stop was made at the historic
town of Wichita, where the party was met
by the genial citizens and driven through
the principle portions of the city. A for
NAL reception was afterwards held at the
magnificent board of trade building,
where the mayor, on behalf Of the city,
| welcomed the visitors, which was re-
sponded to by Governor Riddle of the as
ISOLATION, with that happy humor charac-
teristiC Of that gentleman.
Well may the citizens of Wichita be
proud of their fOrest-grOwn city. Her
mammoth packing houses, her acres of
stockyardS, her magnificent public build
ings, her mansion residences, her elegant
homes, wilderness of grandeur and
beauty attest the fact that fortunes have
not been spent here in vain, nor Wichita
gone busted with her boom. 1t'sall there"
The Downs Times clever editor con-
tributed the following as his salaam to
the Princess in the same connection:
Wichita did herself proud in the splen-
did drive she gave our people through her
elegant shaded avenues, immense blocks of
business houses, both wholesale and retail,
and out to the packing houses of Whitta-
ker & Son and Jacob Dold, which employ
a vast army of disciplined workmen. We
were so fortunate as to be taken in charge
by Peter GettO, wholesale boot and shoe
merchant, and who mas been a resident of
the place for nineteen years and has seen
| it grow from a mere handful of houses to
one of the most prominent cities of the
west. Here we ran across our old friend,
! VIII Hearst who is in attendance at the
| Southwestern business college. He looks
! hale and hearty and seems to be enjoying
! his school pursuits. Before their departure
each editor was supplied with a copy of
the daily EAGLE, one of the foremost jour
nails of the state and adjoining territory"
Editor Waterman Of the Delphos Re
publican stopped in the city on the re-
turn trip and spent three days visiting
friends and taking in the city more in
detail. From his two-column narrative
we excerpt the following:
The city of Wichita is doing a vast
amount of public work in street and
other improvements, and has quite an
army of people constantly employed.
Many fine school buildings we found
| here and another to cost nearly $4,000
was in course of erection. The county
IS building a one-half-million dollar
court house, the city a quarter-milliOn
! city hall, while several miles of iasperite
paving is being laid in the principal
streets. One feature Of the city struck
our fancy, and that was the large maple
and cottonwood trees lining the streets,
the branches arching over and meeting
at the top, forming a canopy so cool and
delightful to the prairie dweller. 1t is
no trouble TO grow trees in Wichita, as
their roots have plenty of water, reach
ing a flowing stream within from three
to five feet of the surface.
A visit to the ice factory furnished our
first experience in the manufacture of
ice. and we never saw a purer quality.
Our next visit was 10 the wafer works,
which we found equipped with first class
machinery, capable of supplying twelve
million gallons per day, the monster
Holly pump throwing 1900 gallons at
every stroke, the supply being practically
inexhaustible, clear and cold. The water
rates are very low in comparison with
other cities. The electric car line: the
Burton car works. six miles north of the
city. and through the courtesy of Gen
eral Superintendent Casweil, we were
shown the inside workings of this NAM
moth concern. Here Is manufactured
the celebrated Burton palace stock car.
The plant consists of five large brick
shops covering about two acres each, and
many smaller wooden ones. The ca
pacity of the shops is :, 900 men, but We're
only using 500 when we were there. 1t
Is an establishment Of which any city in
the land might Justly feel proud.
The pride Of Wichita Is her packing
4AA'NSNS an tux Alc NSA is14L1Af ei-C LA41St
prolific source Of profit possessed by the
Peerless Princess" We We're taken 4
ont to and inspected them. the Jacob /
bold institution at distance, but went /
through and all over the Whitaker e. !
tablishnent. which. owing to an acci-
dent TO part Of the machinery, was not /
killing. but the cutting room was q /
tnual stream of hogs. in halves, were /
poured out upon one end of . large /
table and came out al the other end OF 4
1t hams. shoulders. side meat hook and /
sausage. These establishments make /
their own ice and it was almost like a
trip to the north pole 10 60 through .
their cooling and packing rooms.
The windy wonder possesses many