The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-21
New IoWnSiteS Assuming
Appearances Of Town.
LUMBER is NECESSITY
Everybody Is Figuring on
Their New Frame House.

plenty OF nice places TO sleep; meal
will cost you from l5 cents to . cents.
but no more, for there are no higher
priced restaurants as yet. and the de-
mand for them has not appeared The
eastern monied men who rushed across
the country and eagerly seized upon
steerage passage for Alaska, there he
ing no other for several days. and they
could not wait. learn cd to do without
things with a vengeance, but this is not
Alaska.
Lawton is pecpled by men from al over
the United States and a few from other
countries, but only a few, and can be
enumerated to some extent. One Ealian.
seven or eight Mexicans. no Chiuamen
and no Germans, French or English that
can not speak the American language.
Lawton is spreading. ANY one coming
In now and having been here during the
first few days would say that another
boom had busted. but the fact is that
the contested conditions that existed
then DO not exist now. for the business
lots that have been purchased on the
toWpsite are now being occupied. Large
frame buildings are being erected on them
ana stock IS being put into them. 10
many cases thu buildings are only tenn
porary which gives the town o. fimsy
appearance, bu- in nearly every. case the
owners intend removing these buildings
ard put In brick as socn as the brick can
be obtained One man wanted to pre-
pare and burn a kiln or the Woods
claim but Woods refused to allow it.
Negotiations have been attempted with
hTr- -, --r-
Iawton on The northwest. but he hcsi-
tates until he looks into the matter and
becomes satisfied that by allowing it he
VIII not 5eopardize his right TO mis- claim.
The town needs brick. and needs them
badly but It would he O. loosing move
to attempt to ship brick in as yet for sew
eral reasons.
The Rock Island has simply been
smothered with freight, but has managed
h dispose Of the most Important freight
matters Chcllasha was packed fun Of
loaded freight cars billed for various
destinations I'm the territory. but an
extra crew were rushed in and q couple
Of days and nights soon mended matters,
and now the yards are filled with empty
cars instead of Ioaded ones. which are
standing at their destination, If they have
not been unloaded already.
Tho road has used rare judgment in
managing their fhcight as wen as pas
senger. tr01ic Lumber. farm imple-
ments bugsfes and otEcr freight has
been laid aside until potatoes. -four. ice
Rnd feed has taken precedence and it
was wise discernment that they did. for
bread and other food articles for both
men and horses are a necessity above
other things ald to have made any Diff
forent arrangements would have induced
fabulous prices and even great suffering,
which would have done an injury to the
country that years could not have Grad
icated OF course there is some kicking
from men who have not received their
freight, but the Rock Island people say
openly that thew would rather stand q
number Of damage suits than dc what
they would deem unwise IN considering
the necessities Of the people.
1n the Passenger traffic it is scarcely
possible that the service could he Inn
proved upon I'm any way. There has
never been q time before during the his
tory of openings and boom rushes whom
such "A large number OF people have zone
into a small town In so short a space of
time. When from twenty TO twenty-five
thousand people have gone into q town
of Eve thousand inhabitants every day FOR
two or there weeks. with q new crowd
every day. set of an the rush. crowded
trains. even freight cars taken possession
IT by the crowd whose wishes worc~ COM
piled wi.h, vet net one killed or even
injured This remarkable situation re-
mains unprecedented and Is @ matter of
no small discussion and the lrfenrzt am