The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-26
He Revisits the Peerless Princess and Finds
She IL All Right.

DR.. Clayton Keith of Louisiana, Mo,
Of whom mention was made in the
Eagle few days ago, has diagnosed
Wichita and he says the action of her
heart is regular, her skin rosy and her
appetite good.
DR.. Keith had not been in Wichita for
eight years. He came here as the rep
resentative of ST. Louis and Louisiana
and Kansas City parties who. with him
self own property here. He told them
he would take the town by both wrists
and diagnose her case.
This is the result of the examination
as told TO a reporter for the Eagle last
evening:
THE chief difference between the
Wichita Of today and the Wichita of
eight years ago, the date of my last
visit, is, broadly speaking, the acquire
nent Of the characteristics of a city, n
displacement of those Of a town
Men are now TO be met on the road
who represent numerous wholesale es-
Establishments in nearly every line of
merchandise, implements and supplies
as compared with the former one whole
sale grocery house
Pubic buildbngs-city, county ma
fi0nal and decentralization, sub
stanIt.al and costing hundreds of thous-
a.nds of dollars. now adorn the city.
Miles of the finest streets paved with
asphalt and vitdied brick, and broad
and smooth sidewalks of the most ap-
proved up to date character are TO
be seen and enjoyed here.
Instead of the narrow gauge mule
cars Of 1887. 1 now find the electric sys-
tenn of street. cars extending north to
the stock yards. northeast to Fair
mount college. southeast to Wichita
university. south to the fair grounds
and west TO Garfield university, a total
of twenty or more miles.
New passenger and freight depobs
ait almost all of the multiplied Tailwa -
are open to the returning traveller.
New wholesale buildings and cold stor-
age facilities have been erected IN var
4ous parts of the city. The extensive
and complete system of sewerage, a
most important factor IN the growth of
a city has been constructed. This has
reduced the mortality of the city so
that 1T Is now eight to one hundred per
annIlm.
Electricity is now used in all the
most practical forms as Light, power
and heat Power in running the small
er mills. Hotels that would do credit
Ito any city have been completed where
the traveller is treat ted to the fat of this
land-far'e fit for a king.
''All these Industries, advantages and
improvements constitute the character
iStics of a city. They are to be found
in Wichita today and We're not here
eight years ago.
The unhealthy excitement of the
boom period in Sc and 81 has with the
floating population passed away. "A re-
sidegft population of $4,000 are TO be
found here today.
True many of the plans Of those
days have not been materiahzed and
others have not yet been perfected,
but these failures do not shakes ones
confidence in The ultimate destiny Of
your city.
Since the opening of the Usage res
ervation m southern Kansas 10 white
preemptors, about twenty-five years
ago, what more of development and
progress could be expected than is eN-
amplified by the city Of Wichita Of to-
day? If that progress has been Won
der-fui even more so is the progress Of
Wichita as presented 10 MY eyes, in
the past eight years. or since my last
visit
''AH this, too. has been made under
adverse conditions OF boom reaction,
financial depression.
ITO my mind it Is a miracle"