The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-27
City Regulator
Makes Suggestions as to
How to Build a Wichita.
To the Editor of the Eagle.


How to Build a Wichita.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Which would you rather do. build
dyke around Griswold Park TO keep the
water off, and by so doing force the
water onto and over the island, drown
OUT the water works company. complete.
ly disabling it, or let the water run across
the park and wash it out a little?
Now that the Orient road proposition is
fixed. l would advise that Wichita take
up the southeast railroad proposition to
Fort Smith The southwestern roads
offer the products of but two industries,
wheat and cattle. with a limited number
of inhabitants and towns. while
southeast road will pass through coun-
try that is unsurpassed in fertility. 1t
will grow anything that grows in
tropical country and many things, in
parts of it, that grow in a semi-tropical
country Coal and timber are mex
haustible. Development is just beginning.
If there is such a thing as an ideal
country, with its climate, its rich val
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posits, granite quarries and timber, this
is one. Wichita ought to have a road
with two or three branches in that coun-
Try. Take the initiatory in its develop
ment sell them supplies. buy their pro-
Cucts. If the business men of this city
would study the geographical position or
this new country. of its immense undevel~
oped wealth and resources, and what II
will be in the next twenty-five years,
they would be up and doing. One-fiftn
of the money put into the construction
company of the Orient road for preiini-
mary survey and organization would
start the ball rolling with sufficient force
and velocity to insure US the road speed
lily.
I would ask the railroad companies to
level up their tracks between the rails
in front Of and in Immediate proximity
to their respective depots. with brick.
even with the top, OF the rails.
Advertising wichita is question that
dsturbs the tranquility of a great many
of her citizens. The best advertisement
possible for Wichita would be TO be able
to announce that she has cheap fuel.
BY the way, man came to Wichita not
long since and offered 10 deposit $4,000
in cash as a guarantee Of good faith THAI
he would. if given the franchise. furnish
25-cent natural gas inside Of year. Why
did that man leave after spending two
days in the city in an attempt to gi's
the city cheap fuel? The agencies give
him a rating of S2.003001.
And still the question Of cheaper fuet
goes on. l read in the Eagle the other
day a report from a geological surveyor
who says coal can be bought at the
mines in the Indian Territory for Sl.t2.
The freight on that coal is $2.e5. making
Si17. How much do you pay for your
coal?
The Chamber of Commerce issued a
booklet advertising Wichita. supposed to
be for distribution through the mails
II that was the intent. l cannot under
stand why one-half or more of the book
was used for printing the bylaws consti
tuition. rules and regulations Of the club.
when there is So much good advertising
material lying around loose that could
have occupied that space.
Whenever you impress people that you
have much money. don't fan to impress
your own mind with the fact that there
IS always someone who has more than
you.
\ clean man Is not 10 be feared vet the
unclean man always avoids him. Why?
After ali. we get nothing on earth that
We do not pay FOR. either in pain. re-
morse. grosns or tears
I suggest that the cab drivers be re-
Quested to stop their racing along the
avenue at least
by al unknown man riding bicycle on
the Sidewalk re was badly bruised and
had an arm broken at the wrist. The
rider did rot stop 70 oHer azy assist
ance and IS unidentified The resson h
was riding on the sidewalk was On &C
count q the muddy. iTupassahie condi-
ton ~ the strs,ss - such simsz they
ar allowed To -id. ~ the sidewalks. bat
must dismouut 7Less rett'ag OF pass
ing people. wtr,a =, ID afier bGt;ias
INFO the man
-Iyhv doa-t The real estate merchants
organize themselves iato az associstioa-
combine thelr forts IN advertising Put
the funds together which they use iHo!-
vidusIiy ard their b-sius together. arc
evolve system % advertising ard Dis
sslniuatirE taelr Hs~reture sid aocrzl-
plish much more and get the leacats'
4 uasr q sguirrsls i.y1 asTpt my hosrs-
and IL the attlc % he herse Tbs RAE /
has learned to -aSe food fFal-z as1T hands
AID VII co-le xhsueyss - hsars n
-sp. The feusls -es aos ~ tame. bai
v"ud cone near sEoss.i - ct fco1
'hrCwn 20 her ] weus tsre Sae sSea-
ir- this week and learned that the e.
m.ls had BEEN killed b. EGGS 50. tea