St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-06
FROM KANSAS CITY HoMEwARD.
Kansas City and Her Prospecfs'-A
Day at Pullman. the AHe-
ehanies on the baltimore and ONO.

PHuuIeS OH me IJdIIILHOIC anu UNIV
One has heard so many uniavora-
BILE reports of Kansas City in the
past few years that it is difficult to
arrive there without being pre]u-
diced against it. But a short stop
there will convince anyone that
Kansas City is not living on any
boom or idly waiting for capital to
come there. 1t has met with no IL
nancial reverses beyond the fate OF
any other rapidly growing place and
is today one of the leading cities OF
the Southwest. In population the
twenty-fourth in the United States,
the second week in June its clearing
house report showed that in volume
of trade it was the tenth city in the
list Various causes will continue to
keep this city prosperous. Twenty
great railroad systems have lines
there, including the Wabash, Rock
Island, Atchison, Missouri Pacific,
Union Pacific, and Others equally
well-known. 1t is the great depot
for the sale OF agricultural imple-
ments and more of these goods were
sold there last year than in any
other city in the world. In the live
stock and packing interests it is
second only to Chicago. Armour &
Co., have plant here Of many acres
and employ 5000 hands, and there
are other large packing houses in
the city limits. A visit to the Ar
mour plant is a trip that will never
be forgotten. The system of pack
ing the cattle and hogs is marvellous
in its rapidity and simplicity. Every
man has one duty to perform and
the whole force in each room work
with the precision of machinery.
Within the walls of this plant there
is nothing wasted, and butter, but
terine, cheese, tallow, lard, soups,
beef extract and many other staple
articles are manufactured. Every
day carloads Of dressed meats are
shipped to the East and even to
Europe. In 1891 nearly a half mil
lion cattle and over 100000
sheep were packed in Kansas City.
The wholesale houses, the packing
houses and the great railroads
have given Kansas a tremendous
start. Within 10 years the popula-
ton has increased 200 per cent
and its material wealth has proper
tionately advanced. | am aware
that real estate was raised to ficti-
tious values a few years ago and
depression and hard times naturally
followed, but the city has had a
steady growth in wealth and popu-
lation right along and is so situated
geographically that it has great
future before it, Real estate is bv
no means unmarketable today and
large sales are constantly being
made. Several large business blocks
are now being erected and a govern
ment building is started in what a
few years ago was the best residence
section of the city, but is now al
most wholly given up to stores.
Eastern Kansas was looking very
well when | passed through there
the last week in May and the night
left Kansas City that whole sec
ton was visited by showers and
two inches of rain fell before the
storm abated. The prospects for
the crops in the Eastern part OF the
state are good.
Through the courtesy OF Edward
A. Jewett of Chicago, now assist
ant general manager of the Pullman
Company, was taken through the
company's works at Pullman, now
part of the city of Chicago. Ten
thousand people reside in this model
city which is all owned by the cor
poration. Over 1000 men are en-
ployed in the works where are man.
ufactured not only the sleeping cars,
but passenger and freight cars for
different railroads and several kinds
OF street cars. There are over 6OOO
Pullman cars on the various rail.
roads OF this country, all of which
are owned and operated by the Pull.
man Company. The company.
tram at the Worlds Fair is the finest
ever built and valued at $4,000
1t is the first yestibule train eve,
built where the engine was vesti
buled This was done fo, eoE,4v -.