The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-26

COMING BACK TOSTAY
Dr. McBurnie of Louisville
Will Remove to Wichita.
WAS OLD SETTLER HERE
Mayor Ross Prosperity Letter
Landed the Doctor.

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he will return to this city TO make his
home. The doctor owns considerable
property here, and his letter to Mayor
Ross is an answer to one written to him
telling about Wichita's rapid growth, its
fine streets, its parks, the great business
prospect. Some time ago an ordinance
was passed ordering cinder walk put
down in front OF one Of the doctors lots
Believing that the town was in the old
rut, DR.. McBurnie complained TO Mayor
Ross, protesting against the action Of
the council. In answer Mayor Ross wrote
nice letter, stating that the city was
enjoying a. boom, was the most prosper
Gus city in the west, holding up for
Wichita in the truest sense of the word
and that If he (the DOCTOR was only here
to feel the prosperity he would not COM
plain OF cinder walk, but would put in
a cement walk. The following are ex-
tracts from DR.. McBurnie's letter, which
has rare comical vein in it,:
Yours OF the 9Th reached me on the
18th, and can assure you, my dear boy,
that 1 was like yourself, agreeably sur
prised at receiving such a good letter
from one whom I always liked from my
first acquaintance in June, 1884. Now, do
not consider this as '.taffy," for L mean
all 1 say, and hope you will so consider
tiff for your good letter came, 1 may
say as a very. yes very, great surprise;
more so, because 1 was informed by
some one from Wichita who was over
n 1-irz fT,af = ont ,-ol
years ago that you, N. A. English. Cap.
Carey and c. B. Miller had cashed in
your checks and migrated to another but
more beautiful city beyond the skies,
where there are no cinder or board walks
or sewers required to harrass or mar or
disturb the quiHbrium of an overloaded
and busted taxpayer. Now, Finley, come,
be square and honest about it. Do not
override extenuation of boom days by
giving me such taffy; for it reads like
Aladdin and his lamp, or after q Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep of thirteen long, yes,
very long, years, to one up a tree like
me. Now, my dear boy, I know of no one
who would be more pleased to see and
help push it along to the pictorial point
to which your good letter would have
in His infinite goodness and wisdom,
cause to materialize all your letter pre-
diets. AS for myself I have not. nor
never have, lost faith in the outcome Of
Wichita, for all 1 have Outside of Flor
ida and this city, L have in Wichita.
which are nine lots, four at Sixteenth
and Fairview avenue, and five in South
University, which 1 hope and trust and
had and do have, bright hopes that they
viii pay me handsomely some Of these
bright days.
1T has been, and is, my intention to re-
turn to Wichita, for I like you people
and want to be with you. Louisville Is
too large and selfish. She is SOC. 600 and
still increasing rapidly every year. The
people are not the same, not like they
were when 1 was appointed health Of
hcer and physician in charge of City hos
ptal. Finlay, all things have a change.
and L want to get away. have a one
fourth interest in a very valuable estate
left by my father, and then I will have
one-fourth interest in my mothers sep
arate estate, one portion Of which has
come into the most fashionable and de-
sirable portion of Louisville for fine resi-
dences. 1t is out southeast of Cave Hill,
which, If you are acquainted with the
history of Louisville you must know
that Cherray-Kee Park and Cave Hill
cemetery with thar 1900 acres, has the
reputation Of being the largest and finest
and most natural cemetery and park in
the world. So say all experts from
abroad, both Of this country and of Eu
rope. My father bought for nv mother
in 1853 for summer home this place
known as Locust Grove, just southeast
OF Cave HILL He gave 5000 per acre for
1t then. Today it is much sought after
for suburban residences. Ground out
there has sold for from $50 to $50 Der
front foot. l am renting it out for a
small truck farm from year to year and
from the way things are now moving II
won't De long before I will have 70 d.
vide up and sell out in town lots. They
are now putting down asphalt paving for
streets and an electric railway runs
three miles beyond our place. 50 you can
see force of circumstances will compel US
10 sell perhaps sooner than would Ike
Although 1 am free to admit that for
the difference Of age and population be-
tween Wichita and Louisville you are n
thousand miles ahead of Us at your age.
and II you will keep up the pace you say
you are now going you Will no doubt far
outstrip US all. I say God speed YOU
Keep 1t up. fear I am getting far away
from what I wanted to say. and neg
pardon II 1 take Up too much OF your
valuable time for I, ike yourself could
write columns But I won't. No one
ever heard me say q word except In
Nlchita's favor. for I want and expect
70 make 1t my home when I get through
mere 1t may be sooner or later. but
sooner, hope. Finlay. I took the liberty
OF showing your letter to several pror1fn-
ent business and real estate men who
were discussing wichita and fha ves-
and IN proof OF NY argument produced
your lettfr. After il was read they ask
ed ne who was the author. I told them
Il was from Finlay Ross. MAYER ~ yyicb-
ita and an ex-wholesale furniture dealer
Wei. one Of them said. and they al 50
expressed themselves. no furniture man
wrote such an able letter. nor had ~
ever sold seoond-handed folding b45s <,
now. Finlay, look out. for II Won have
deceived me when CINE hack 7 VII ak
you twhen your police ara no. aro,,r,s,
down 10 the new bridge you smoke about
a. Central avenue and give you good
ducSing in Lt1e river Remember. nov
can do It, for weigh 10 pounds.
Il see You are 20 have a carnival.
tell you, its good. Encourage 4 by al
means. FOR * VIII help your merchants
more than you have any sdsa. We Rad