The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-13
WICHITA.
. Queen city-The metropolis of the Yves,


IL was from the dome of the court house
that nv eyes first beheld Wichita. Behold
her did l say! Yes, and grand the view
AS nv ewes looked this way and that way,
could not help measuring out her future
greatness On, reader If you could have
stood with me upon this Chin borazo
height on that beautiful October evening
when the suns last rays were fading be-
hind a cloud. thus tinging everything
with golden hue, you too would have
caught some Of the inspiration that set my
being on fire with admiration for Wichita.
From this place of lookout Wichita pre-
sents view OF our vast primeval To- st.
And do you wonder at this alone, to one
who lives where trees are not, nlhng the
very being with emotions Of rapturous JOY.
Such wasatne sight which met my gaze,
except here and there, a spire, dome,
pointing upward, marking out this church
and that: for Wichita has them, thus
making a strong point in her favor.
Wichita may have been at one time
dead town. but not SO now. Like an aspin
leaf, she moves, she quakes, the clang of
the hammer, the rolling motor, the hustl-
ing wagon. the moving mighty throng, all
say she lives And when the modest Grim
son tipped flowers shall fade and die away
and the last soul cord shall break, then
and not until then will she die.
Cast your eyes down those long avenues
of wealth. Behold the massiveness OF the
structures | say massiveness OF the
| structures because | mean that they are
! massive for western town. Indeed, these
three, four, five and six story buildings
are great in architecture and structure.
| Many an eastern city, senior by many
1 years, might be proud to claim their equal
| Many of the streets OF Wichita are one
continuous lay of stone like substance,
/ white as marble and solid as granite,
while others are over-arched in summer
with bows of green foliage, thus CIV
Ling driveway of shade for miles
and miles, where the seekers OF
pleasure may while away the hours
and as they gently glide along the eye can
! look this way and that way and see
dwellings fine enough TO have the title of
palace or mansion, and these are not Few,
but there are scores and scores.
have just been out in the quiets, but
now return to the noisy part of Wichita
| Busy, hustiing, ever moving Wichita.
! She never stills, she never sleeps, her busy
wheels move her on. Gonder goes load
of dry goods in and yonder one out, here
comes a load for wholesale grocer and
over yonder loaded wagon on hustle
for a train, with the words on his lips can
make No. 9? 1t is run here, CHATTER
there and a hurry up over there, IN fact,
Wichita is alive.
Whatever Wichita's past may have been
her future is success. You can no more
keep her down than you can stop the tide
that GIBBS away your life. Her six or
seven very large colleges, her fifteen or
twenty very fine public schools, her
twenty-five or thirty churches, her ten or
eleven railroad inlets and outlets
electric railway, two very large
meat packing companies, twenty OF
thirty wholesale houses, fine retail stores
without number, and all these, too, in the
best OF condition, marks the path to sue
cess Smoldering capital in the east, I'M
earth myself; here is place where thy
glitter may shine. Would you go where
welcome is the browning word, thou go Il
Wichita Here you will meet men OF en-
ergy and worth, and men. too, who arr
alive to the interests of their city. WIFI
all the whine about bleeding Kansas
starving Kansas and parching Kansas, "
eastern men must stay at home If you don
| want to be an admirer of the beautiful ant
thing of worth.
One very important and interesting par
of Wichita's success is due TO the mann
moth EAGLE printing outfit. While Their
l was shown through this great concern
, And do surely appreciate tho kindness
, and manner of the men who do wori
: there. The only thing regret is, L dit
/ not meet the proprietor, Mr.. Muir
I dock. gentleman surely OF ster
, ling worth, spoken so OF b
all who knew him. | am we'll informe'
} that Wichita largely owes her success an
, future prospects to the untiring and ener
, getic push of Mr. Murdoch. Is not tn
Iaborer worthy of his hire? Certainly h
, is Then be ready for pay day, be 1t nea
r or far,
/ now want to speak Of the surroundin
/ country of Wichita. For miles and mile
is a fertile valley; no end to the richnes
Of the soil 1t is not desert OF barre
) and waste. But wheat. From whea
a bread; and bread. life. God did not Great
and toss into existence for beauty ouly
! but for worth. Oh. We tardy and lndiftei
ent men, whose homes are without foo
of land. are the jags of thorns so pleasan
that YOU would not push out TO gain
rose,
n Such was my admiration for WIGHT
T upon nv first visit. l have made tx
= Others, three in all. and | do assure 20
7 with each visit lose none OF my zeal II
her. Each visit made was to bu
;, goods 1t was with difficulty tha
I was induced TO go TO WIGHT
/, my prejudice was so great in favor OF eas
e ern cities But | now throw that owe
e board and say that for the western me
d chant that Wichita is good place to bu
= merchandise. Consider the advantage
;. freights. The nearer 70 your door u
car load rates come the less will be q
d local freight. Or, in other words. Il
h Wichita merchant will placsrd his wi
dow % pounds OF c sugar for 81. viii
the merchant one or two hundred mil
r, away cannot do SO without loss. No
r, what makes this difference? Simply o.
d has the advantage of car rates while {
IS other has 10 add the local freight let
T, Wichita merchant buy his sugar Al 4
.; eastern town and pay local freight and
\. card will soon fall from the window.
ID this be true OF sugar, 50 IL a MEASURE "
y il be OF other articles And since Nichi
and other Kansas towns have the advaI
age of the new freight rates, she can nt
do Us ali better turn.
WhneI thus admire Wichita ] an
EsnSan and there are other good tow