Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-08
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 snd beauty. The surface is
a gentle rolling prairie; the natural drainage is
perfect. The town is high ground and can be
seen for many miles from any direction 1t has
population Of about 1.24O. 1t has a number of
elegant buildings; the court house is brick and
cost 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 discredit to the large cities. The VIM
Bissell block is two story brick, mainly new,
and is a fine imposing building. The Bissen Hotel
owned by John Bissen erected in 1888 9, cost $50
600 and is the finest hotel on the Great Rock Is
land route between st. Joseph, Mo-, and Denver,
Colorado Our School House is 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 il is the half way passenger division the
main line of the Rock Island between Kansas
City and Denver. 1t is also a freight division.
Wehave round house and considerable repair
ing is done here. There are about one hundred
employees the pay rolls, and about 5000 per
month 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 that
very injurious TO the engine boilers. Such is
not the case with this water. The engineers al
testify To he truthfulneSs Of this ST
Parties closely connected with the Rock Island
company own, adjoining the town site
1000 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 about 1900 feet higher than the Missouri
river at Atchison, the air is dry and pure bracing
and healthful.
Phillips is situated in the northern tier of coun
ties and is the fifth east of the Colorado line. L
organized in 1872, consists of twenty-five
townships, is thirty miles square, and contains
$4,000 acres, 900 square miles Of territory II
1886, it contained population of 12,1s1. 1t il
estimated that our population now approximate
$4,000. At this time it is estimated that but on,
sixth of its lands are under cultivation. GooC
farming land may be purchased at from S.. g,
to $500 per acre. There are "a living streams o
water which are mainly skirted by narrow belts o
timber Of the following varieties: Cottonwood
elm, ash, walnut and box elder. Well water il
this county is reached, on the bottoms at a dept
of from ten to twenty-five feet, on the higl
grounds at from nifty to seventy-ive feet. Mag
nesian lime stone of excellent quality may b.
found il great abundance in nearly every part o
the county, and is extensively quarried. Fir
clay is found near Phillipsburg also potters ella!
near the same place, as well as in the northwest
ern part of the county. A very fine quality o
brick clay is found within one mile of the publ
square of Phillipsburg, that resembles, and i
equally as good. the celebrated brick clay O
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BY reason of its being 8
well watered by living streams, it is gaining tn
reputation of being q fine live stock county, a
well as good grain producing county. To thos
who are seeking new homes we say take a Loo
at Phillipsburg and Phillips county before yo
locate.