Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-11
PHILLIPsBURG
The Coming Metropolis OF the
Northwest

Phiilipsburg 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; rhe natural drainage lis
perfect. The town Is on high ground and can be
seen for many miles from any direction. &c has
a population of about 1900. Ii has q number of
elegant buildings; the court house is brick and
cost about $1,000 and is an elegant structure;
the Phillips County Bank is brick snd stone and
was erected at a cost OF about $4,000; the First
National and the state Bank bindings are of
brick and cost about $4,000 each. The GebhaFt
and Cummings brick business houses are elegant
structu res costing about 5000 each. that would
be no discfsdit 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 o, 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 hiIifpsburg are very
! bright, Besides being the county seat Of cOun-
ty thirty miles square without rival within thirty
mites it is the half way passenger division on 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 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,
500 acres of land.
The climate of this portion of Kansas is as de
sirable as any in the great Mississippi Valley.
There ia but little snow and mud. Being
located about 800 feet higher than the Missouri
river at AtChsOn, the air is dry and pure, bracng
and healthful
Phillips is situated in the northern tier Of coun
ties and is the fifth east of the Colorado line. II
was organized in 1872, consists of twenty five
townships, is thirty miles square, and contains
$40 600 acres or 800 square miles of territory. In
1886, it contained a population Of 12,181. 1t il
estimated that our population now approximate
1000. At this time it is estimated that but one
sixth of its lands are under cultivation. Coco
farming land may be purchased at from SIS o.
to $1,000 per acre. There are p living streams o
water which are mainly skirted by narrow belts o
2 timber of the following varieties Cottonwood
elm, ash, walnut and box elder. Well water il
this county is reached, on the bottoms at dept
of from ten to twenty-five feet, on the higl
grounds at from nifty to seventy-fve feet Mag
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may b.
. found il great abundance ia nearly every part 0
the county, and is extensively quaFried. Fir
clay is found near Phlipsburg; also potters ella.
near the same place, as well as in the northwest
ern part Of the county. A very fine quality o
e brick clay is found within mile of the publ
@ square of Philipsburg. that resembles, and
equally as good, as the celebrated brick clay o
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By reason of its being s
g well watered by living streams, it is gaining tn
q reputation of being a fine live stock county, a
- well as a good grain producing county. To thos
who are seeking new homes we say take a loo
e at PhiIlipsburg and Phillips county before 20
r locate.