The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
CHATTER ALL ABOUT
Rustic and BuStIe and Bust
ness of Building Town.
WlCHlTA'S GREAT STRIDE
Notes of the Great Structures
Now Going Up Here.

Wichita may now be said to be in the
full swing Of her building revival. Streets
are being oostructed with stone and bTlcN
and lumber, the ring of the trowe! and the
song of the hammer and the cry for NOR
tar. and the buzz Of the saw go 10 make
I'D the busiest city west of the Mississippi
river. More men are going TO work daily;
carpenters are busy; masons at work. and
the men with the brushes are throwing
paint everywhere.
On East Douglas avenue, near the Hyde
block, the brick work on Mr.. Stewart
handsome block has been finished several
days, and the workmen have been waiting
for lumber This has arrived in the last
Few DAYS and the building is rapidly push
ing 10 completion.
North of Douglas avenue on Fifth ave
nue. the north wall Of the heavy founda-
ton of the g e Potts Drug company's
mammoth building has just been com
Dleted.
Directly north Of this the excavadng for
the foundations of the Wichita Produce
company's big structure has begun FIFTY
feet north of this is a vacant lot and II
this should be occupied, a solid block OF
brick buildings would result. For Just
above it IS the Pabst Brewing company
buildings and then the Citizens ice plant,
which is busily at work producing great
chunks of frigidity, and large receptacies
of ice cream, which are shipped all over
the southwest
RI Of ting for lett e
Wood buildings = completed south Of the
avenue and the stone for the foundation
is on hand and work viii be commenced
at once. The great excavated square looks
equal to Roman arena. It is probably
the largest single cellar, outside the coun-
" building, in the city.
On the corner Of First street and Law
renee avenue the foundations for the Ply
mouth Congregational church are nearly
completed, Mr.. Rice and large force Of
men making things fly at lively rate.
The church WI be a beauty of brick,
vereered.
On West Douglas the old familiar scene
west has been altered by the majestic
top-knot Of the new mill near the river,
the tower Of which can be seen from Main
and Douglas, and makes a new skyline
in that direction. The new mill is a hand
some structure. Bricklayers are now at
work on the west wall There IS not a
mill in the country where closer view
10 getting architectural finish with the
greatest amount of practical use has been
kept The mill stands high and majestic
and is a thing of beauty. Near by the
immense cellar for the Baker Brothers
implement house is in view, and the foun-
dalton Is going in. little east Of this
the work has begun on Mr. Petrie's new
building.
On East Douglas ground will soon be
cleared for the Bryan building.
Improvement is in the air. Everybody
IS improving and number of fine resi-
dences are going up. The home of Mr..
Hohle, near College Hill. is about com
pleted. Mr. Mcknight moved into his
palatial residence, on Hydraulic avenue.
this week. On North Lawrence avenue
the old livery stable just north Of the
Methodist church has been moved away
and two fine residences are going up, one
nv Mr. u. c. Charles and the other by Dr.
Dorsey.
on the south side the contagion Of i'm
provement IS rampant and yellow pine and
paint are seen everywhere.
The same thing is true Of the West Side
Among the new residences being con-
etructed there rs one by Mr. Taylor and
another by Mr. Smith
Wichita has had her head down and Is
going up the grade with an energy she has
not evinced in ten years. The streets
show it; the suburbs show #: the people
show it; The business transactions show It.
The city is expanding.