Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-11
From Kansas CITY.
Kansas CITY. Missouri.

ILL., NS' ASAA4SSAos. LII 1CCOlNAt4lC'
with your request we will endeavol
to give you few items from thi,
great western center which MAJ
prove of interest TO those of you,
readers who like ourselves may hav,
heretofore been unaware of the grea
awakening that has come to this
semi-southern city the last few
years.
To begin with its location is
perplexing problem that has, and i,
still, requiring wonderful engineer
ing skill to solve in order to KEEP
pace with the very rapid growth II
population and business.
When the city had spread itsell
out over the river bottom and
reached the immense bluffs border.
ing the low lands ambition did moi
hesitate bit Immediately began the
more difficult task of subduing the
obstacles. that dame nature had
placed in the way and SO completely
has the skill of man triumphe,l thai
now the city down below has only
10000 people while that on the
highlands contains over $4,000 in.
habitants.
During this last year $4,000 have
been added to the population. Re.
member this is only Kansas City,
Missouri, and is entirely indepen-
dent of Kansas City, Kansas, from
which it is separated only by the
artificial state boundary line.
The immense packing houses and
other large manufacturing plants
are mostly located on the lowlands
and several more are now in process
of erection there in spite of the fact
that foods have 30 frequently de-
vastated that district.
Among these plants just opened
is the pie factory of Smith & Zost
with capacity Of 1000 pies day,
made of every kind of material that
the taste of man can conceive of and
the best of material goes into the
construction of this toothsome edi-
BILE.
The stables for the thirty horses
used in the business are located in
the rear with patent feeding shutes
which open at any hour they have
been set for, thus allowing the feed
to drop down before the horses
early in the morning, that they may
be ready for work.
There is dock in convenient
location where eight or ten wagons
can be loaded at time and each
one has u capacity of one thousand
pies.
Another large industry which is
nearly ready for operation is the
Morris Packing House, which to.
gether with all its accessories will
employ twenty-five hundred men
The Standard Oil piping station
and refinery just at the east of the
city employs one thousand men
which with the families, constitute
quite a respectable suburb with
their necessary places of business
churches and schools.
These are but few of the many in
dustries which have sprung into
being during the last year and Kan.
sas City can we'll be proud Of their
rapid advance along Commercial,
lines. Statistics are generally o.
such immense interest to the read
ing public that few more intro.
duced at this point will no doubt be
appreciated. These are taken from
the annual report Just issued. Banl
clearings 81, O9S, 100000, post Office
receipts ST, 100000, building per.
mits granted in 1904 to the amour,
of $S,600.0OO, real estate transfers
$24,97l,5O0, street paving during
1904 100000, grain receipts 60,
600, 900 bushels, live stock receipts
6,265, $50 head. There are nov
1000 factories, l79 churches and Sc
school houses with 2S,6OO schoo
children. There are more higt
school scholars in proportion thar
in any other city of the U. S.
As stated before the large fac
tories are mostly located on tn,
bottom lands. However, the bust
ness of the city, wholesale and re
tail, of every description and al
public buildings and in fact every
thing else, from an amateurish poin
Of view, is upon the bluffs and tn,
picturesqueness of the varied loca
tons never allows the interest t
flag nor the view to become monoto
nous.
In spite of the rugged condition
to be overcome the city is uncom
monty we'll CARED, the variou
street car lines making every par
handily accessible. though the neces
sary grading leaves residence lot
generally elevated above the stree
from q few feet upward to quite
lofty height, and the situations
where they are still improving DO,
ders on the ludicrous. In one plac
where they have just cut down
cross street intersecting two thu
we're already graded they have lei
some houses up twenty five or thirt
feet above with one that was bui
close to the street with the verand
projecting out over the cut at tbs
| dizzy height. Kansas City hs
taken advantage of its picturesqu
conditions to build an endless nun
Der of parks and boulevards and
has now $1S,O0O,OOO in parks an
they a1e now engaged making a
immense park out of a section
bluffs and ravines which will have
large artificial lake and romant
driveways and walks that will NAL