The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-07-31
BUILD UNIQUE TOWN.
Interurban Company Purchased Land
Near SeuGa Springs.

The Interurban Railway company has
purchased the mineral springs in Sum
ner county. about three miles from Geuda
Spl rings. and of the same family of cura-
tive waters Mr.. Charles l.. Davidson
of this city has finished the dea. doing
it quietly. Mr. Boyle. manager Of the
interurban company. will leave for the
new springs this morning for the pur-
pose of having samples Of the water
taken preparatory to having their anal
ysis.
Mr. owen Martin of this city will. it
is said, have charge Of the bottlinS of
the new water and it win be placed upon
the market at popular prices.
Near the new springs is one of the
finest groves in Sumner county, something
essential to a popular summer resort.
With the new springs has been pur-
chased q quarter section Of land, on
which town of unique design will be
laid out, something entirely new and diff
ferent from any other townsite in Amer
lea.
a valuable prize will probably be given
to the person who will give the new
springs the most suggestive name. They
are lne springs Indl IuTnlSn water "
the present lake at Geuda Springs
The interurban company is now assured
of securing aid from every township
along its proposed line of road. Some
slight changes have been made in their
route. changes that VIII save them dis
tance as well as expense. to say Moth
ing of the advantages of few town
sites. one farmer mas offered them a
piece of land for a townsite on shares.
and. besides. will start business on it
by putting up an elevator to furnish the
interurban with the wheat hauling of
that locality.
4 slight deviation has been made with
a view to getting into a section of Sum
ner county which is especially adapted to
fruit raising. 1t is said that there is a
certain district in the county that has in
it some of the best producing orchards
in the state and the interurban corl-
pany can see in it an opportunity to do
considerable freight business.
The line as slightly changed will avoid
certain hiIly places in the county and
thus save considerable expense to the
company in the matter of construction.
Another discovery the company has
made will cause a deviation in the orig
inal route. They will tap the marble
quarries of Sumner county and expect
to do a thriving trade in building ma
terjal. The rock in these quarries is
called marble. bu< in reality it is a spe-
cies of gypsum that is susceptible to
a fine polish and becomes extremely hard
after being taken our of the ground and
exposed to the air. The Smith building
a Wellington. called the Marble block. "
is built from rock taken from this quarry
and IS one Of the prettiest buildings
in the southwest The front of the old
Press block at Wellington was also made
from this rock. The tapping of this
quarry by the interurban company will
be "a big thing for Wichita builders.
Mr.. J. 4. Bishop of this city has re-
turned from the east an interurban
boomer, although when he left here a
few weeks ago he was against it. He
has seen the interurban roads of the east
work and he has realized their value to
the country through which they run.
The interurban company is up and at it
i'm earnest and they are making good
rorOpreSs