Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-15
PHILLTPsBURG
The Coming Metropolis Of the
Northwest

PhifipebErg 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
a gentle rolling prairie; the natural drainage is
perfect. The town is on high ground and can be
for many miles from any direction It has
a population of about 1.240. 1t has a number OF
elegant buildings; the court house is brick and
csst about $4,000 and is an elegant structure;
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 5000 each, that would
be no discredit TO the large cities. The VIM
Bissen block is a two story brick, mainly new,
and is 4 fine imposing building. The Bissel Hotel
owned by John Bissen erected in 1888 9, cost SSO-
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 Phillipsburg are very
bright Besides being the county seat of coun-
ty thirty miles square without rivalwithin thirty
miles, it is the half way passenger division on the
main line of the Rock leland between Kansas
City and Denver. It is also freight division
Wehave round house and considerable repair
ingis done here. There are about one hundred
employees on the pay rolls, and about S5,OOO pei
month are paid out to railroad men. The com
pany has here an inexhaustible supply of gooC
soft water-the best well on the line of their roa'
west of the Missouri river. The bottom Of tn
well seems to be lake which cannot be lowered
Some water confirms ingredients chemicals tina
are very injurious to the engine boilers. Such
not the case with this water. The engineers a
rbo fnIu of sta
Parties closely connected with the Rock Islam
company own, adjoining or near the town site
1000 acres of land.
The climate of this portion of Kansas is as d.
sirable as any in the great Mississippi Valley
There is but little snow and mud. Bein
located about 900 feet higher than the Nilsson
river ut Atchison, the air is dry and pure, bracin
and healthful.
Phillips is situated in the northern tier OF cOul
ties and is the fifth east of the Colorado line.
was organized in 1872, consists of twenty-f'
townships, is thirty miles square, and contain
$4,000 acres, or 800 square miles of territory.
1886, it contained population of 12,1s1. It
estimated that our population approximate
$4,000. at this time it is estimated that but Oh
sixth of its lands are under cultivation. Co
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 dep
of from ten to twenty-five feet, on the hi
grounds at from nifty to seventy-five feet. Nj
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may
found il great abundance in nearly every part
the county, and is extensively quarried. F
clay is found near Phillipsburg; also pOtters C.
the same place, well as in the northwe
W.~fH. Twna ali IN
brick clay is found within one mile of the pull
square of Phillipsbnrg 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 a fine live stock county,
well as good grain producing county. To tn
who are seeking new homes we say take i
at Phillipsburg and Phillips county before
locate.