The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-06
SOME EVIDENCE OF
WICHITA PROSPERITY
One Business Section of City
Makes Good Showing.
IN TONNAGE AND REVENUE
Few of the Things Revealing
a City's Destiny.

Because the farmers are refusing to
sell their hogs and there was no business
at the stock yards yesterday the conclI-
sion must be drawn that business is lag
ging in that section of the city The
sound Of hammer and saw is heard on
every hand and the great business inter
ests of that business center are making
an astounding growth.
The reports for the business at the
joint railroad station at the stock yards
and the packing houses have been re-
turned to the various railroads for the
month of August but that for July shows
d remarkable increase over the same
month last year The tonnage for this
last July was 21,179, 240 pounds while that
for the same month last year was 9.314.
295, showing an increase in tonnage this
last July over a year ago of IL 64940
pounds This tonnage yielded the rail-
roads revenue last month of $3.50 q
against s12 S96.35 for the same month last
year, showing an increased revenue for
last July of s23 207.93.
that the business at the joint station for
the month of August of this year will
show a greater gain over the same month
last year that was shown in the July
comparison and they expect that the
revenue for entire year will be about a
half million dollars. That is a very re-
markable showing. One might suppose
that the great increase of business this
year in the stock yards and the pack
ing house district was unprecedented and
that nothing like it can be expected next
year. The railroad people, however, ex-
pect a larger increase next year than
is shown this year There is certainly
grounds for this belief when one fully
understands what is going on at the
great business center in the north part
of the city.
Some of the reasons for expecting
still larger increase of business next year
are given: The Dold packing house did
not get down to active business until a
part of this year was past and now they
are making calculations for killing cattle
on larger scale The Cudahy packing
house is being enlarged to nearly double
it's present capacity for handling hogs.
The great Stew Scott elevator is near
ing completion. 1t has risen the past
week above the trees on Chisholm creek
and now the roof being put on the work
ing part of the elevator is more than
ninety feet above the foundation. The
railroad companies are putting in the
switches to it and In less than month
it will be running. The Watson mills
have very recently been increased in ca
pacity to the extent of five hundred bar
rels of -four per day. The neveling ele-
vator people are going to build another
elevator west of the present magnificent
structure and put in it machinery with
capacity to gind and chop 1000 bushels
OF corn a day. These are some of the
reasons for expecting a greater increase
of business next year and they will salts
fy the average business man in this
city that there are good grounds for
the faith of the railroad people.
Fred Chain is the joint railroad agent
with his office on Iwesty-first street. He
has four clerks and they are all busy.
The new Frisco switch engine No. 361S
has been assigned to duty on the joint
switches and five men assigned TO duty
with it are the hardest worked men in
the city. This makes ten men that the
railroads have to do the immense business
in that section of the city and already
the business men up there are calling for
another switch engine so that their live
stock. grain, packing house and mill pro-
ducts can be promptly moved.
The immense business transacted at the
joint railroad station on Twenty-first
street comes from very small portion of
wichita This is not boom talk inflated
with wind but the statement of facts that
any one who has the time and inclination
may verify There are very few Of
the facts that might be stated to show
that Wichita is making mighty strides
toward greater commercial supremacy.
People talk about solving the freight rate
problem for Wichita and amid it all this
city by the loyalty. energy and unceasing
industry of its citizens is marching with
majestic steps to the ideal commercial.
manufacturing and monetary center that
was years ago revealed to the prophetic
vision of the far seeing business men at
the Junction of the two Arkansas rivers.