The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT.
WESTPoRT. NO., ONCE a METRoP0s
LIS, LOSr IN KANSAS CITT.

Town or Wealth mad Cuiiuro Controlled
the Trade or SANTA 70 ana CALIFORNIA;.
A man In a downtown hotel addressed an
enveiops to his wife, "wcstport. Mo- Then
he said "Shhcks." tore Nm tho cnyolope. ana
addressed another to Creator Kansaa CITY
Ho looked Mt this supcrscription and grinnoA.
Then he took II TO n clerk and showed IL to him.
The clerk said the letter box was Mt the end az
the counter.
al know that" snid the man with tho latte,
and the grin. "what l want you 10 do IA to
road tho writing oil this enyelope. Tho mama
OF tho town particularly.'
The clork accommodates the guest and askoA.
"why Grcatcr7r
The grin of the guest turned like n trampleA
worm. "whyT' he Missed. "Godelmiohty.
man, and YOU a clerk in n New York hotel. Ana
don't know that there il n Creator Kan..a
City, Why don't Won rend tho ncwspppersi'
DO Won wish mo to mai, ,hc ,c,tcri, oskcn
the clerk. who saw tho boss canning
"No. sir; no. sir. I mail mi. letter mvs,,P.
Thanks to YOU, And don't run anv risks. n
-. :. -, ~,
doht go IN no mail box anywhere. I'll AXE
this to the Post oaicc nnd mail it myself. and
you heard of mr.
ton and Just got back"
"oh, well, tha, ,ccor,,. ,or II and 7 oro,,.
eizc. You know that last Thursday, December
second. tbc nnmc NJ ono NJ tho o,dout towps in
~, W., ... -, -. - ~. ~
inc M'st was wiped right on the map. Just IKE
an old sum on a blackboard. With one hand.
Tonsna rn., '"s. ~ y. h,,n, aIS
N" "'," wy JUST tooh IL NJ sane rs onh" nsn
Kansas CItvNbir g How docs !, sound chr.
you have bcen nnncxing n suburb 7 SEQ"
NO. snid the guest, severely. NO.; that's
easy. You don't catch II. Wes,port was the
olu tONI IL. IL WIZ Ill tNlSltHtt iOnP DtlOTt I0eT0
was any Kansas City. 1t was the metropolis
Of that nook of Missouri. I, came nigh being
inc count! seat III was inc nome OF the +. #.
VS., the F. F. KS, aud the salt OF the earth
from other sections. WHY Kansas CIV ia now.
,ss -. tS ~, 70 A.. ~. 49, a. ~
ana yet 'he ola town that had the first show
records, IFS postmsrk, and the county printing
an5 hao.a 80 go, ~ Cnu p .,"s
you New York people have had so much of this
Greater business in yours that you'd like ia
forget it,"
81 think I should like to hear more of your
guest took to be sincere. " " ""'A '"'
We'll, You may not know it. but westport
that 19" Mo Snl In make nLe' y wnreH eyes %xer Water a GfG IL Mas
I I reckon nao v ni'e doD oros Sn ,oSn bu n s IlssoV wears riH sgc
penul" who started towns in in The West were
atr%ia G on th hly riyer w See" theqs Was o @o epideG sRn.
and the people were afraid of epidemics and
built dTb ,hf TOWNS no~ W Saek from c tine pit te be- five mile.
from the Missouri. And do YOU know. Inc
t staa, yb an,hs mos ca ~ aS t3 Mes .ne I4hd 1anSt nor t me
years. Tho landing was what is now Kansas
City-I mean Greater Kansas city. It was
was onrhencc Kansas Civ. although it is in
Missouri.
call THE outfttinK Mace for New Mexico and
all that country in Inc Southwest which had to
q Grc a,anneiH IN x vc ok n senh, at on n tim Suen each a 5nD yeIIin@
at @FG a ten %, or TSsIrpols ss one OF oxen slme and SiG awye siriins
for goods. or coming back. and they always
ff!! Tep seen IN ,bo e sireofs o 10 t 1mrt p toS snd ce ses araf f1r
weeks seI With indian sdSiieo'1t tribes II IA Ina, to came ef scross t h
c Count "h hmndT ret Of I miles .', With ia their rf trinbe ehe
which h n they traded for sn n red sdza that ; the
the biggest in ST. Louis..that got their start BY
"" Then Ii was the unS santa ant Fa Stage line. ID
run a daily line between Wcstport and Santa
T TS; t stsrs saas from a'd We, Fo 1q ' nSd f'T iSq; n s3o s1Tssi
those dovs vas some eun IKE The Arrival d a a
folks dom care il every ship on tho ocean was to
come a%h in: RSsn the S STAGED ari nsRo T@ " S s her What h.
was going to be when he grew up he always said
s. stage driver: The fare from WsstpSrt to SAINTS
That's right: and /" Ind To- be Gold u" ev PrSo cent
Of it. You could stuff twelve people inside. and
stages we're crowded Just that way, and you can
figure out what the company made"
Must have retired wealthy" said tho clerk.
No, not for a while. They were Just the
same rs n man who Rms n hotel Instead Of re.
firing, they started another line between West.
port and Stockton, Gal. ! think the fare on
that line was about $3.50 in gold. and the com.
many didn't have enough stages I hear people
talk about gold mining and about the good Old
days when a man didn't care what he hadi
Why. man there never was n time in this com.
try when your grandfather and mine wasn't
out for the almighty dollar. OF course, there
were more chances then than now, but there
were not SO many peopIe'" '"'' "' '' ''i'
How long did II take to make the trim be-
tween Kansas CITY and Santa FER"
.'Westnorf Won mean There wasn't anv
Kansas tIty' then II tell You WHY about thir.
feen DAYS" 1891
and het ween Westport md StocktonI"
"Nobody ever knew. Depended on The driveR
and the Indians. II the driver was i'm cahoota
with the Indians the stage never rot in. But.
saw. in those DAYS when West mort WAS ths
METROPOLIS I've seen as many AS n dozen steam.
boats Tied mn nj the landing OF what il now
Kansas CITY unloading for Westport and the