The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-07-28

west We nave ulu IlAeliNAAt nv
rain since last September Wheat
crop Is almost a failure this year.
Oats and corn are not much. Corn
viii Be a failure II rain Doesn't
eonie In a few days. Potatoes and
all gardens are total failure. On
y where city water was used to
irrigate and this has been the
hottest summer that I have ey-
err seen in all my life Tie Their
mometer has registered from IS
degrees to lis degrees for the
passed 5 weeks. and We have had
some awful hot winds from the
south that simply cooked the leaves
on the young trees and all garden
truck. and the yonng trees have
begun shedding their leaves like
the fail OF the year.
This certainly does look disrour-
aging to US all. and more especial
" to the poor IaboFing class Of
people. for groceries are 80 high Al
present that a mac hns 70 have
good wages 10 make il go. New
potatoes are $40 bushel: old pota-
toes 2.40; bOlan meat 20 cents 70
IS cents pound bell from lave
pound: eggs. lie dozen. But lay
ing this ali aside the farmers all
say that are satisfied with ufAil-
ure and that it win throw hem
back a year. They can all stand
1t. as the farmers are all well
I fixed in this country.
Well. / win give yeu a few IL
ems in regard TO the improvements
in Gus. city. First. Is the fine n
o. P. r R.. shops that cover about
ten acres OF Kansas soil and cost -
OF a million dollars. The big ma
chine shop employs from 80 TO 100
machinists al all times. and the big
blacksmith shop Sih its fourteen
dig forge fires and about 60 to Is
men in there. and the big round
house with no less than Use men.
and the big poxer house that has
a large number OF men. Besides
there Is The big coal shute that
stands 50 feet In the air. This
q the improved elevator coal
shute. IL Is all operated By Oas
man and the loag cylinder be col
Ored people and there are all the
offices pertaining to this work that
employ about 40 To 50 men The r.
r. Co. say that they haze tn
largest and the bea rAilrad yards
hers that are on the n o. P. sys-
tenn The yards alone will cover
about 30 TO 40 acres- The 4 r
Co. Is stlI making Improvements
here rhs next TO IN Is fine
large depot and in eonnectiOa 20
that The vAnAy News Go. is gazing
n. build a SO. 900 hots1-
NoS- l Ill ssS a few words IN
behalf az the city improvements
First there vas an additiOa laid
oat Soath a the new shops OF 30
aenas. With ohiy one dwelling On
Same Toby there stands AbOat
so dwelling houses. two hotels. OnA
maa1 market and one store. ThA
Is caIleA South H0lsington- There
Is anothar addition called Sehyna
Heights. where there arr 10 Or
Is nav buiIdins- The main city
haA built over 100 houses In the
Iaat eight or ten mon,hA besidea
business buildings Of which there
have been four big brick buildine'
ana another to start soon Of the
same kind The church people
have been doing some big building
The n Z. Church built an eight
thousand building a short time AGO
and since thar time the Christian
Church put up = sixtssa thousand
dollar brick church and - the
present. time the Catholic Church
has started : new church building
that Is 70 cost eighteen thousand
dollars above the foundAtian. and
Ne have another neu school bald
ing that win cost $4,000 thai
VIII Be eomplsted about October
Or. I. @. Burton 4 president Of
this building from start 70 finish.
Besides re have sac. O0a addition
70 the city water works and again
there Il 10 Be a sewerage ayStsm
put in this fall that will cost b
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Ths
contract i to Be let about Angus
Is. So yOu see this puts Hoisins
l ton On the boom right
Men. women and children an
coming here every day and sever
n going away on the account Of no
enough houses and rooms and hotel
TO care for them II some EasterI
man would come here and put "
a good big hotel. he certainly eoals
not make a mistake as We only hav
two in the city at present
Well. I viii bring my letter q
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