Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
PHILLIPsBURG
The Coming Metropolis of the
Northwest

PhilHpsburg 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 |
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
q population Of about 1.2zO 1t has number OF
elegant buildings; the court house is brick and
cost about $4,000 and is an elegant structurei
the Phillips County Bank is brick and stone and
was erected at 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 $1,000 each, that would
be no dscredit to the large cities The VIM
Bisseu block is two story brick, mainly new,
and is a fine imposing building. The Bisseh 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, No, and Denver
Colorado Our School House is of the best
in this part of the State and some of our church
buildings would be u credit to much larger towns
The future prospects of Phillipsburg are very
bright. Besides being the county seat Of conn-
ty thirty miles square without rival within thirty
miles it is the half way passenger division on the
main line of the Rock Island between Kansas
City and Denver 1t is also freight division
We have a round house and considerable repair
ing is done here. There about enc 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 a lake which cannot be lowered
Some water contains ingredients or chemicals thai
are very injurious to the engine boilers. Such If
not the case with this water. The engineers al
+F,f 1faT ,art
Parties closely connected with the Rock Island
company own, adjoining or near the town site
1900 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. BENZ
located about 1900 feet higher than the Missouri
river at Atchson, the air is dry and pure. bracin
and healthful.
Phillips is situated in the northern tier Of couI
ties and is the fifth east of the Colorado line.
was organized in 1872, consists of twenty-fv
townships, is thirty miles square, and contain
SIC 900 acres, or 800 square miles of territory.
1886, it contained population of 12,1S1. 1t
estimated that our population now approximate
$4,000. At this time it is estimated that but OF
sixth of its lands under cultivation. Goo
farming land may be purchased at from So
to $500 per acre. There are "a living streams
water which are mainly skirted by narrow belts
timber of the following varieties: CottOnwoo
elm, ash, walnu. and box elder. Well water
tins county is reached, on the bottoms at a dep
of from ten to twenty-five feet on the nj!
grounds at from nifty to seventy-fve feet Ma
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may
found If great abundance in nearly every part
the county, and is extensively quarried. Fl
clay is found near Phillipsburg; also pOtters eli
near the same place. well as in the northwe
qrt Oft he ~ A
brick clay is found within one mile of the pub
square of Phillipsbur 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 {
reputation of being n fine live stock county,
well as good grain producing county. To tho
who seeking new homes we say take a 10
at Phnlipsburg and Phillips county before y
locate