Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-11
GAIN FOR THIS CITY OF 12,248.
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN ALL
LINE OF BUSINESS.
Complete Resume of the interests of
kansns City Contained I'm the Dr.
rectOry IntrOduction-COm-
parisOn Invited With
Any Other City in
the West.

There are -, AS names in the directory
this year, of which 5.Sl4 are churches.
schools. firms, hotels. corporations remov-
ais. etc. leaving an actual bona fde list Of
6I.CS4 names. which. multiplied by two and
a half, makes the population of Kansas
City. No. lG9. 20. an increase Of 12.2iS over
1886, and 22.o7S over 1895.
There are 1881 names in the Kansas
City, Kas. division of the directory. Of
these 5S1 represent firms. companies. etc,
leaving 1885 individual names. Multiplying
this number by two and a half. the popula-
ton OF Kansas City, Kas., is found to be
1915.
The combined population of the two
Kansas Citys is 2l2.6s5.
Last year there were 6..5T names in
the directory for Kansas City. No, or 5.S21
less than this year. OF these 1872 were of
firms. etc. OF 1.O22 less than this year. leav-
ing 62,75 actual residence list. or 4.sg9 less
than this year. The population of the city
last year. as ascertained by multiplying the
individual names by two and a half, was
l5G,962. or 12,24S less than this year. There
is a corresponding gain in population in
Kansas City, Kas.
The directory introduction is a complete.
comprehensive and accurate review of the
various business interests of the city, and
is given below entire:
Comparison Invited.
Looking over the year ending July l. 1897,
the summary of commercial transactions in
all lines of trade affecting the interest OF
$780, Is.- l. 49,. III
in population has been steady and mas been
made up to a very marked degree of those
who have liberal resources and have decid-
I'd to invest in local realty and trade. While
for almost q decade We have preached that
Kansas City was the natural port for the
barter OF the staples of the West. il was
not until the trying times of the past five
or six years that she proved to the world
she was able to advance. while her sister
cities west OF the Mississippi river wore ret
regarding The census of 1880 showed
Kansas City, Mo-. to have about 3 5000.
Since then Notwithstanding seven years Of
unparalleled inactivity has been expert
enced BY the country in generaD she has
added z very handsome increase to this
showing. Let the dOubter take the census
statistics of other Western cities and COM
pare to the above and he will see that il
increase in population is a criterion of
OSperity and growth, Kansas City is far
IN the lead of them all. There are not many
OF these cities but what viii show that
they have not been able 10 do much more
than hold their own as to population while
almost all of them have fallen of in value
of commercial operations. There is but one
explanation for this: Thu better class OF
business men-those who look for natural
resources as the foundation for the building
up OF q large city-have become convinced
that this city is the only natural gateway
to and from the boundless agricultural.
mineral and manufacturing interests west
of the Mississippi, and they have shown
this confidence in the most assuring man
ner-by investing their holdings at and
bringing their families to Kansas City.
The Clearings of all the banks during
twelve months aggregate SOS. $50 .296. In or
der 10 fully understand what these figures
mean. it is interesting TO note that Cieve-
than this city, had but $275. 100000 clearings
for the corresponding time. Such cities as
Bufalo, Minneapolis. Detroit, Milwaukee
and Louisville, claiming a much larger pop
ulation than Kansas City. did not nearly
approach the clearinss here, some of them
not reaChing one-half the amount given.
The city of Omaha. which claims nearly as
large a population as this city, had scarcely
one-thiTd of the ciearings given at the
haws mouth; Ihe local banks have fol-
lowed the policy of strengthening their re-
serves all through the year. and this they
have done in some cases at a cost to their
profits. preferTing to be on an ideal safe
financial basis rather than to pay large div
idends with limited reserves in the vaults.
There Is no bank of the city but holds cash
greatly In excess of those required
by law. and never In local history were the
financial institutions in better condition.
The Missouri National bank closed its doors
last year, but IL is promised tina the depos-
itOrs will be paid dollar for dollar.
Receipts of live stock at Kansas City for
the past twelve months have been as fol-
lows: Cattle. l,S07, 66S; calves. 100. IG5; hogs,
2.Sa0. 80; horses and mules. 57.Si7 head.
Each of the above classes Of live stock,
with the exception of horses and mules,
shows an immense increase over the prev
year, n Melted to the shippers in
the neighborhocd Of $115. SOC. OOO-almost $12.-
5W,oW IN excess OF the previous year. How
ever; as a record breaker. the first five and
une-halt months OF 1897 come to the front, I
there having been received IS. 1855 cattle. L. |
$50 calves. 266.5Sl hog and 103. 542 sheen
more than during the same time the
have been larger than ever noted here and
the increase for five months has been larg-
er than the combined increase at Omaha, I
chicago. 81. Louis. Milwaukee. Cincinnati /
and Sioux City. The great bulk of this in
comes from territory while here
tofore was claimed by st. Louis, but
which. owing to the lower scale of values
which have been ruling in the latter city,
turned to Kansas City.
Packing House Figures.
The packing houses have broken records
turing the year. the total number OF cat
lie. hogs and sheep being slaughtered be-
lg IN excess OF any other city in the coun-
ny with the exception Of Chicago. and
more than double the slaughter at either
Louis or Omaha. There were 972 f5s
attic 256%,4s2 hogs and TeS.926 sheep killed
NN 49, "a NNN HE Lh+ Q
ear 1897, from January /. 1.321. Ito head Of
'attiie. 1.E9SSS head Of hogs and $50. ISL head
Sheep were placed on the market In the
shape OF meats for immediate consump-
The capacity OF the different pack
uE houses has beea materially Increased.
This Is particularly the case as regards
hose departments devoted TO the manu-
.acture Of lard. butterine and the sIaugh-
.er OF hOgS. The cold storage capacity OF
.hree of the larger packing houses has
llSo been greatly augmented. The demand
rom the United Kingdom for Kansas CITY
meats has increased more during the year
nan for any year seven years back. and
he different dressed meat houses run reg
iiar trains of refrigerator cars between
lere and New York. which make passen-
yer time. The system OF handling meats
las been greatly improved within a short
inc. so that at present meats are trans
,Orted from the cooler NJ Kansas CITY 10
he ocean steamer without once being ex-
'osed to the warm. outside air.
There were $4,000 bushels of wheat 70
%. 900 of corn and 5.02i 900 bushels OF oafs
eccived at local elevators during the wear
total elevator capacity has been IN
reuSed to the extent Of LOO. 600 bushels nv
he addition Of the Chicago Great Western
which has just been finished over
n Kansas city, kaS.. making the total
apaCity Of Kansas City warehouses for
rain $3.50. 900 bushels. 1t IS thought tbsTe
1il be a great impetus given the grain
USlness at this point just as soon as tbs
Kansas City Pittsburg & Gulf shall have !
zen finished TO the Gulf, where direct g. :
may he made TO foreign conn I
and water transit be had to the East I,
m seaboard. A great deal of grain has I
cen going direct TO the Gulf via Galveston {
ON interior points in Kansas and other