Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-18
Clubbing List.
HILLIPSBURG
The Coming Metropolis of the
Northwest

Phillipsburg 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
IA gentle rolling prairie the natural drainage is
perfect. The town is on high ground and can be
seen for many miles from any direction 1t has
population of about 1000. 1t has number of
elegant buildings; the court house Is brick and
cost about $1,000 and is elegant structure;
the Phillips County Bank is brick end stone and
was erected at a cost of about $4,000; the First
National and State Bank buildings are Of
brick and cost about $4,000 each. The Gebhart
and Cummings brick business houses are elegant
structures costing about $4,000 each, that would
be no diFcredit to the large cities. The VIM.
Bissell block is a two story brick, mainly new,
and is q fine imposing building The Bissell Hotel
owned by John Bissell erected in 1883 8, cost so
600 and is the finest hotel 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 Phillipsburg are very
bright Besides being the county seat of coun-
ty thirty miles square without rival within thirty
miles it is the half way passenger division on the
main line of the Rock II band between Kansas
City and Denver. 1t is also 4 freight division.
We have round house and considerable repair
ing il done here. There are abOuU 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 we'll 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
arc 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 or near the town site,
loo 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 no mud. Being
located shout 1000 feet higher than the Missouri
river u Atchisou the air j. dry and pure. bracing
and heal-hsu-.
Phillips i sruageL in the northern tier Of cOun-
.les and Is The attn east of the Colorado line 1t
was organized in 1872. consists of twenty five
townships, Is thirty miles square, and contains
$1,000 acres, or go square miles Of territory. IN
1856, it contained 8 population Of 12,181 1t is
estimated that our population now aPprOXimates
$1,000. AT this time it is estimated that but one
sixth Of its lands are under cultivation. Good
farming land may be purchased at from SIS .OC
to $500 per acre. There are a living streams OF
timber of the following varieties: Cottonwood
elm, ash, walnu. and box elder. Well water il
this county is reached, on the bottoms at a depth
OF from ten to twenty-five feet, the high
grounds at from nifty to seventy-fve feet. Mag
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may bC
found il great abundance in nearly every part o.
the county, and is extensively quarried Fir,
clay is found Phillipsburg; also potters clay
near the same place, as well as in the northwest
ern part Of the county. very line quality o
brick clay is found within one mile of the public
square of Phillipsburg, that resembles, and i
equally ar good. as the celebrated brick clay o
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BY reason of its being g
well wutered by living streams, it is gaining tn
reputation of being fine live stock county, a
we'll as a good grain producing county. To thOs
who are seeking new homes we say take loo
at PhilIipsburg and Phillips county before yo
locate.