The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-05-19

How Sedalia does grow. What a
prosperous city she is becoming. Not
an empty house in the town. No
business property to let and everybody
doing a good business and making
money. Real estate is more eagerly
sought after at better prices than ever
before. Outside capital is coming in
and thousands of dollars will be in
rested here before the close of the
year.
The most glorious news of all,
however, is that manufactures are
coming. This last week has practi-
cally decided that Sedalia will have
300 additional inhabitants within 60
days by the establishment of a vitrifed
brick plant. The electric line will be
EXTENDED to the west side and Associ-
alton park, which means the invest
ment of capital and the employment
of labor. The great ice plant has be-
gan to turn out chunks of GOODNESS,
and give employment to men. Streets
are to be pavel, buildings erected,
sewers constructed and works of every
kind pushed,
During the past week another man.
ufacturing industry has been partially
developed with every prospect of early
success. Mr. james Ramsey, one of
the largest brick manufacturers in the
stste OF Kansas and one of the heavi-
est contractors in Topeka has been in
the city looking on at the growth and
making an examination of the clays
In this section. The visit has been of
an exceedingly satisfactory nature
thus far and is very likely to result in
the establishment here of a vitrifed
brick plant which will employ be-
tween seventy-fve and one hundred
men. This of course means an addi-
ton of at least 500 inhabitants.
In addition to this, Mr.. Ramsey
sees here field for Vast amount of
street paving. He expects to get the
lions share of it as he will have his
material on the ground and can do it
cheaper than a contractor can who
has to get his material from else
where.
The paving of Broadway cost
in the reighborhood of $4,000
practically all of which was carried
out CT the city. If the brick had
been made here and the contractors
had been residents of Sedalia, the
work would not have cost them more
than about s27 900, and all of the
money would have been spent in Sc
dalia. Thus Il ere would have been a
net saving to the property holders of
about s13, 900.
The above is a practical instance of
the value of manufactures to a city
and should spur the citizens up to re-
newed efforts to secure many more.
Not only does Sedalia need a man
factury for paving brick, but one for
building brick. There are thosands
of brick used here each year and the
prospects are that more will be used
in the next twelve months than ever
before. They have to be shipped in
at heavy freight rates and contractors
and builders subject to vexatious de-
Laws.
Judge Metsker yesterday morning
commenced an inspection of the track
of the Third street horse car line with
a view of changing it into an cleo.
trio line at once. The road bed with
a good surfacing up will answer very
we'll and the rails are just as good as
new. They will be changed with the
flsnge outside and will in conse-
quence make a better surface for
teams than do the T rails. 1t is con-
templated to. extend the west end of
the line, about quarter of a mile
west of the present termines. 1t is
very probable also that the line will
be run to Dundee Place. the arrange.
ments being about completed for that
extension. This work will empty a
large force of men and will be the
result of the investment of q large
amount of capital adding to the
wealth Of the city.
In this connection the opinions of
the people of the outside world are of
interest.
Mr.. William West. of Kansas City,
a gentleman who has constructed over
600 houses in that city has been here
during the week and expresses HIM
self as having never seen more pros.
porous little city. He has almost de-
cided to come here and build a mum.