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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1901
Page
5
Thousands invest in town improvements and new industries promise growth. Local officials announce expanded facilities, infrastructure fixes, and job creation aimed at boosting the economy and attracting residents.
City launches street improvement program amid usual criticism and public concern. Project aims to upgrade roads and sidewalks, with work spread across districts as crews begin assessments and temporary disruptions noted. Local officials emphasize long term safety and convenience for residents and commuters.
In Lawrence the past year brought both regrets and growth. A major fire destroyed the Vierson mill, while new paving projects costing about $60,000 progressed, including Massachusetts street and Louisiana street works with brick surfaces and concrete foundations. The year also saw extensive sidewalk upgrades, curb extensions, and locally made brick used in construction, boosting employment and local industry. Future plans include more street paving, university museum and chemistry buildings, Haskell Institute improvements, and a new store building on the Kahnweiler lot as the city anticipates continued prosperity in 1900.
The year at Haskell was busy with Gly-five employees and Goo children at work. Stone masons, steam fitters, carpenters and laborers built a new $10,000 steam plant and a $5,000 stone laundry, with a dryer to speed clothes. A $25,000 three story stone school rises behind the present building, connected by a corridor. An athletic field funded by Lawrence citizens was completed this fall east of the auditorium, with space for baseball, football and a quarter mile track.
A comprehensive rebuilding and reorganization expands facilities including a disci plimarian's office reading room and basement porches, a guard house turned estore room, and a college bank in the commercial area. A new Domestic Art department and a detailed school-wide program emphasize manual, industrial, and literary training for Indian boys and girls.
Plans laid for a new school to replace the old Central building, the city’s oldest. The 1900 project completed within the year despite weather delays. A spacious, well lit, modern facility with new or freshly painted furniture and improved heating. Old building torn down and the slate blackboards preserved and painted.
The Kaw Valley Canning company, located on a Santa Fe railroad switch on the town's east edge, nears its first building. The Poehler-led venture plans a 200 by 66 foot brick and stone plant with an annual 100,000 case capacity, aiming to start operations this spring. Directors include Theo Poehler and George Kirchoff, with capital stock of 15000. The project promises local labor and farm produce business, influencing Lawrence area workers and farmers.
A local industrial initiative aims to expand farming output and create a larger factory complex in the vicinity of Lawrence. Contracts already cover 100 acres of land with Gou acreage nearby, and more deals are expected from nearby Monon. The plant will process products from Lawrence area fields, boosting the town’s industrial presence beyond the old facility.
Lawrence firms report a year of active growth with the Pacific mills adding a two story stock wing and new rolls increasing capacity to 409 barrels daily of flour and meal. Douglas County mills upgraded with new machinery and markets broadened from Texas to Missouri Iowa Ohio New York and foreign ports.
The first big shipment of horses arrived on May 3 after Capt WS Tough bought Bismarck Grove in spring. The site has been repurposed into a major horse market with a government barn for 300 horses, an inspection barn for serviceable mounts, new stables, a speed ring with 150 stalls, three hospital spaces, and offices handling vast business, while Tough operates a large fleet of horses and vehicles.
The Bismarck horse yard has grown into a major regional supplier for the British army and United States, shipping carloads to New Orleans for ocean transport. Horses are selected for four branches of service, branded, shod, and housed in Lawrence before dispatch, with weekly spending around four thousand five hundred dollars for feed and labor as Capt Tough and his sons expand the enterprise.
Fire at Barteldes & Co seed house in Kansas spurred a remodel worth about 6000 dollars. The three story brick building now features modern plate glass and pressed brick, expanded floor space, and improved offices and storage for seeds. Business continued from an adjoining building during repairs and construction.
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