The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-07-27
new BRICK BUSINESS HOUSES
GOODLAE . SHOWS SPEED" IN
THE BUILDING LINE
Business and Resident Portions Of the
Town the Scene OF Much
Activity.

All that would be necessary to con-
vince a person that GOOdland is
making a more substantial growth
than at any former period in her his
tory, would be to get the subject TO
open his eyes For a long time
conservatives have been saying, cit
can't 90 much farther Things have
got TO quit or the boom viii smash
But the fellows who throw up their
hands are always in the rear OF the
procession, for in GOOdland the watch
ward is to al advance" We are 50
often and respectively compelled to
take notice OF public and private i'm
prOvements in this thriving city, that
the reader OF this paper may have got
ten the impression that we re-hash
the same thing over and over, but
comparison Of one article with anOth-
er will show that we are always
breaking new ground in the matter Of
reporting new buildings and improve
meuts-
However, it gives Us no pain to tell
the truth We feel the same way
western city, as did the converted
railroad engineer, who, when the light
Of the gospel shed itself upon him,
and the wheels turned faster and
faster over the iron joints, said that
the ''clickety-click' simply meant
GLORY TO Cod" were going some.
c. N. Millisack is charging his de-
partment store by an addition 25x110,
with a cellar 25xS6- This brick ex-
tension will be One-stOry with a front
"a feet in height The new store is
north of the old one, both buildings
being combined, which, when finish
ed, will have a spacious recess in
front and a double entrance. The
brick walls Of the extension will be
up this week
Directly across the street, John A
Keeran has begun a twO-stOry brick
25x6O feet He thinks now that he
may put in a high basement under
the whole structure, and, as he is 10
ground slopes naturally away, it
would be an excellent plan and would
make the building equivalent to a
three-stOry structure. With very lit
tie excaYating this could be done.
The HOdgkinsOn double brick is 10
Gated on the corner Of Main and
Tenth It will be 5Ox1OO feet, an i'm
posing twO-stOTy structure. The build
and a cellar 5OX5O. The lower story
will be constructed for two large
stores, 25x1OO feet each. There will
be double stairway entrance to an
opera house overhead The lower
story will be 2 feet in height but the
opera house story Will have a 17-fOOt
ceiling. and double rows OF windows
for lighting and ventilating the main
audience room and the gallery. The
foundations were completed this
week
The Stevenson drug store. a two
story wooden building, is being re-
moved to make room for a twO-stOry
brick 25XSO feet This building will
join the HOdgkinsOn brick on the
south The contract has been let ana
work will begin as soon as the ground
is cleared.
There are negotiations in progress
for the erection Of two bricks on lots
just south Of the Stevenson site and
owned by Earl Derby. At present
there is a hitch in the proceedings as
one building, occupied by the c. L
Calvert law and real estate Office. is
tied down by a lease Negotiations
are in progress for a compromise and
surrender Of the lease If successful,
Derby will remove the wooden StruCt-
ures and build two bricks.
George Bradley will build a sale
barn and stables on the corner OF
Main and Thirteenth street The
building viii be 5OX1OO feet and viii
be constructed Of concrete blocks.
Material is being placed on the ground
and work viii be begun at once. This
building viii have the appearance Of
twO-stOry structure, with a fat roof
and long hay-lOft, a modern, up-tO-
date structure Of its kind.
Miles Of concrete walks have been
laid in our city within a year Soon
a capaciOus concrete walk will ex-
tend from the depot to the pOstOffice
on the east side Of Main street, some
thing over half a mile. Only about
one block needs TO be built to close
the gap.
ments are but the normal growth Of
our progressive and enternrising city.
The electric light plant will start up
the fore part Of August.