The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19

of Bucllin has been steady and rapid.
and the prospects for the future growth
are very hattering.
The Rock Island railroad has spent
several hundred thousand dollars here
within the past few months. A new
10-stall round-house. repair shop and
other terminal facilities testify to the
work that has been done
Ia connection with the round-house
is a 70-foot turntable set in a cement
base and coping. In the repair shop IS
the regulation lathe and drill ana
planer. Ten men are employed about
the round-house and repair shop. The
shops are fitted out with all the latest
improvements for taking care Of the
work that will come here. A new lZ7
horsepower boiler and engine furnishes
the power for the mechanical work.
A new 12-pocket coal chute has just
been completed, and is now in actual
use
A new Office, store room and sand
house are to be built as soon as pos
sible. A new ice house 30XS0 feet has
been finished and filled with . carloads
of ice
A new well 127 feet deep has just been
completed, and a new Pinch Cook
pump is bringing to the surface an UNI
limited supply of good wateI-in fact,
the best TO be found along the line.
About twenty-five train crews are
now working out Of BuckIin.
.
from Topeka, on the main line of the
Rock Island to FL PasO and Los An
geles. phe nearest division point east
of Bucklin is at Harrington. 1877 miles
distant. and the nearest division point
west of Bucklin is at Dalhart, 1870 miles
distant
Several miles of sidetracks have al
ready been built at Bucklin, and more
are in the course Of construction
Everything is being done that is neces-
sary 10 make it fully equipped divi
sion point
Bueklin is a thriving village, and it's
growth is assured. Bucklin is y miles
from the nearest county seat, Greens
burg, on the east in KioWa county.
The other county seats in close prox-
unity are Dodge City, Meade Ashland
and Coldwater, all a distance of from
p TO go miles away. The Rock Island
branch from Bucklin TO Dodge City
connects that line with another trans
continental line, and that viii probably
ald materially in making Bucklin a
business center.
The country embraced in the territory
lifDutary 10 Bucklln and from which it
draws its trade consists of one of the
best farming and stock raising cOun-
tries 70 be found in the United States
Wheat oats. rye. barley corn mfIlet
and vegetables of all kinds do well in
TINS territory Wheat Yields from 25 to
40 bushels an acre. owing to the season.
the same as the boosted crop-growiner
eastern and middle states
Stock raising and farming are com
blned. lnasmuch as in that manner sue
cess is insured Both the industries
worked together are more successful
than either alone
me soil here has been proven to be
as AeTllle and prolific as that of any
upland country. In fact it is genera llv
DeheNed the soil is fertile to a greater
depth taking the country over. than
any other country. Al present the fer
Unity Of the soil is not even questioned
by lhose VINO have been engaged in ag-
rieuiture here for the past Is or 20
years. RMS has proba bly, been the
of4esl year since the settlement of the
country. ana yet the wheat growers
are shipping carload after carload of
TINS cereal 10 eastern markets. and they
are making arrangements TO Increase
me acreage sown this year.
Every farmer and stock raiser who
can IS buying all the land adjoining
MN that is possible and as a conse-
quence the value has about doubled in
the past year. Settlers are also COM
ing IN and buying every day
mere are many advantages here not
round IN many places. Among them
are good water the best the world pro
duees, good schools. good churches of
an denominations, good society. an en-
efgeuc class Of people honest upright
ana all getting ahead in the possession
Of this worlds goods
Many hundred men are brought 10 This
section every year to assist in harvest
ING me mammoth wheat. cat, rye and
barley crops.
An excellent opening is presented at
An ice plant
A good lawyer
q steam laundry