The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-18

SSd-eI o-4H-ol tedl Z ltliat AAoSS, - may
CT. honestly. earnestly and faithfully per
formed his duty and that Re deEna udee
system Of bookkeeping 70 re frsugur
ated so that the city could know what u
cwed and when il was due. II HIS beer
said that up to the time when Ross be
came connected with the city adIninsstra-
ton, that the books in the city once
were rot kept in such q way. that tbs
city knew either what its bis payable
or bills receivable were
Ben Mclean's Administration.
There Is now on and ia not yet history
and hence will not be written about. ex'
eept incidentally to say that TIE West
side is being cared for. as II never has
been helped before. Every good citizen
is aware that the West Side has the
mayor. as heretofore it has been neglect
ed Thu West Side surrendered rs rights
as a. independent town and sank into the
Insignificant condition of being a ward
The building of double bridge on tbs
river carrying gas and water pipes and
having good foot walks across. with
double driveway. VIII bring the West
Side close To Douglas avenue and the
present admin stra,ion is recommended
to do two things. before. II closes and
goes into history.
First: Organize an Historical Society.
Second: BuiId a doubie bridge en- Doug
+, las avenue. 50 that the future collector
OF events. when he proceeds 20 gather hts
facts viii embalm IN The history OF
! Wichita. that the Mclean administration
! paved the West Side. buit the doubie
| bridge and organized an Historical So
ciety.
The Boom Administration.
! Zen Aldrich was mayor of the city
| from 1875 II 1887. This might be properly
named the boom administration. DUR
ing this administration. was the awsken-
ing OF the people Of Wichita 90 the fact
( that Wichita was being noticed by people
from the eastern states. ny men With
money: by Simon pure. anadutera.ed.
square sawed oak. bees wax rubbed and
unpol.ticai Spectators; the man who
! hunts place where values are rising
and who keeps tab on every place. where
money can be quickly made and harvest
Cd. The population OF wichita from 1sss
to 1sS7 increasei about 20aOo people. The
Wichita had popuIlticn SUFFICIENT 10
organize q city OF the second-cIass.
At that time William Pitt Campbell. also
known as Tiger b." was tho city at
toraey. The things accomplished under
this administration. which We're pure city
acts. were the building Of the Rock Isl
and railway; the Midland railroad Crow
part of the Frisco systenl: the Wichita
and Colorado railroad 10 Hutchinson; the
extension Of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road from Anthony 10 Kiowa. 10 get this
territory OF a tributary "a Wichita ard
also a road called the Leroy & Western.
which was built from MulvaEe. fhroas h
the southern part OF The eourty. west
TO Clearwater. Norwich and thereafter 20
Coldwater all for the purpose OF bring
Ing this territory into Wichita. az tr.bu-
tary territory
West Wichita was induced 10 become
part Of the city AMI Robert Layrence
vas one of the Prime movers IN this uu-
dertaking. Wichita at this time passe1
from "a second to a arst-e.ass city. This
was purely the work Of William Pat
Campbell as - per cen, cf. the citizens Of
Wf-htta i'd not disre that Wichl a
sh0ui. 90 from a second 10 a first-ciasz
city, because Of the additional burdens
and expenses. which were necessarily In
cident TO such a change. DUring this
time the United states government build
iug was got under way. Incidentally this
cost the men that located the buildings.
$50 Tor the location. The Burton Car
Works were got under wsy During this
time. these we're commenced. bat nothing
was done until after Aliens 'a4mlnistra-
ton had clpsed. also the county court
house was corImeucee
Frofrl lss5 70 1sS7 were recor1-b--akers.
worIa defeafers Millions sefa Ssp~ns in
public ard private and enasi pubic Inn
provemen;s. 1hsusan-is II asses Of Ian !
were added 70 the taxable veites CT the
city The Valley Center motor Inc. tina,
Is now but a legend. ~as bldit and oper-
ated at the cost ~ thogsa nds IN the
buiIdi-s and a loss 81 th0t-ands - the
fiuai end During this time George
Strong built his two Tires q street rail-
way: ore % which ran ~ Fourth ave-
nue. ana is now a r.lyth. the other whieh
went ~ Water street. aotth TO Fifteenth
street AMI east to Paramount College
Ih.s ives an elsct-.c Ire and fhe ISIS
cost over slge.eoes arsa some % ;ie binds
are SIN afosi- Durisg thsz tune J. .. !
Davidson got his nSst electric raIiroae /
called The Rfxersidc Ese, Up aaThet
street. vest On fire street 20 acrcss the I
Little river to RiversIse addition His
t1-ioaIly speaking this waz IN. FIRST os,- I
Grated electric railroac in the United
States
Hen~v schveftsr butt his lire down ]
Emporia. avenue ard eu; q f.snwoed 4
park The West DoaEias avenue ssre@s 4
railway company waz cry nlzea BY FRO /
motors of the wichita ard Colorado ran .
read snd CsDiaia Z. G. sEnyth- who vas !
one q the prirs movers IN what vas
called Junction iowa Company addition. +
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With the gunctson Town Company s5al-
tios trzf as s.su - tHiT ss1tsen xse
riatted. IL wsuid exten8 - iiss fr9rn
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