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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1900
Page
5
The city carried out ongoing street crossing fixes, park maintenance, jail repairs, and other small projects. Work completed aims for permanent improvements and steady progress.
The Santa Fe railroad completes new switch tracks in Lawrence to serve brick yard and yard operations. A block of track near Hauber wire house aids yard expansion while a turntable is replaced by a Y track for car and engine work. A first class upgrade to the Southern Kansas line boosts service southward. Plans for a new freight depot near the business district are announced for the coming year, promising a modern facility aligned with Leary Street and the passenger depot.
The old McFarlane brick yard has become a bustling modern brick plant in Lawrence. A group led by A Monros and M S Stevens organized a company to build the facility, replacing old machinery with up-to-date equipment as plans moved from testing clay to full production.
The text describes buildings added to a plant including a machinery building with power house and office, a four tunnel steam dryer, and four downdraft kilns. It notes initial dryers were a light tunnel and three kilns, deemed inadequate, with additions made six weeks after operation began.
The large machinery building houses the clay processing line from bank to brick. Clay moves through dry pan to pug soil, then brick machine, automatic cutter, and onto cars for kilns. The plant runs 24 hours with 120 horsepower engines and 160 horsepower boilers powering 500 brick per car and 150 000 brick per kiln. daily output supports orders from Kansas City, Missouri and Topeka.
The Presbyterian congregation completes a modern church on Vermont and Warren streets. Built for about $25,000, the facility seats 1,000 in the main room with ample Sunday school space and a mother’s room, featuring a pipe organ from A Henley and a heated, wired interior with stained glass windows and memorials to members and loved ones.
The article outlines the Lawrence Y M C A progress toward a new headquarters on New Hampshire Street including a 46 by 65 foot gym with 20 foot ceilings, a 17 by 46 foot pool, baths, showers, a running gallery, and spaces for parlor, reading rooms, and classes. It notes funding efforts, prior debts paid, and community support from Governor Stanley and local donors. The project links to the Current Topic club and Star course, aiming to serve city and university youth with educational and recreational facilities.
Lawrence sees a record year for business structures with Eriksen’s Massachusetts block project the largest. Thad Stevens builds a two story brick fronting Massachusetts street while the Santa Fe switch area expands with Hauber dro s warehouses and the Pendleton warehouse rebuilt after a fire. Dozens of homes and shops—from N S Stevens corner Pinckney and Louisiana to J Gustafson’s near his residence—are modernized or newly erected, investing in brick veneer, hardwood floors, and modern utilities as the city’s commercial districts and residential blocks fill out.
A new brick plant in Lawrence with a shale bank 16 feet deep promises century‑long raw material, dynamite blasting and a powder house nearby for safety. The project, tied to Santa Fe track access, employs local labor and boosts employment while linking the town to outside markets.
Lawrence experienced a considerable house building year with many new residences noted for superior construction and modern conveniences. Builders Shaw Son Carter Nadelhofer Sullivan Schesider and Sanderson supplied data and kept busy throughout summer with carpentry and other odd jobs, contributing to local economic activity.
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