History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas, past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county . n the hands of H. C. Day, N. McClees, et al., Northenders, deprived Main street of voices, which, for dividendshoped for, would have made them as enemies to Douglas their interest to draw interest. The building of Eagle blockand the location of the postoffiee, the Eagle office, county offices,court house, in it, was sagacity; the removal of the land officeto Douglas avenue was the storming of the heights of El-Caney. Charles Gilbert and James R. M
History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas, past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county . n the hands of H. C. Day, N. McClees, et al., Northenders, deprived Main street of voices, which, for dividendshoped for, would have made them as enemies to Douglas their interest to draw interest. The building of Eagle blockand the location of the postoffiee, the Eagle office, county offices,court house, in it, was sagacity; the removal of the land officeto Douglas avenue was the storming of the heights of El-Caney. Charles Gilbert and James R. Mead, with large interests bothnorth and south, were neutralized. The north end was W. C. Woodman, Lank Moore, Al. Thomasand J. C. Fraker, leading a brigade of neutrals and close studentsin private economy with a Yankee bias. The north end, with Central avenue as the main artery eastand west, with capital in hand could have placed the Santa Fedepot at the corner of Fifth and Central, the big bridge across theriver at Central avenue, and forever shut Douglas avenue outon the first heat. The south end had less cash but more faith and. BOAED OF TRADE OF WICHITA 183 courage. Its friends were a unit, and this unity characterized theBoard of Trade in after years, and a study of men shows thatthe Board of Trade was ever dominated by Douglas avenuemen. Though it was concealed generally, the Board of Tradewas selected on Douglas avenue before the annual meeting. Thiswas not chance but design. Greiffenstein was a statesman; hewas not a politician. He read the future and felt that only in-creasing labor could conquer the natural advantages of the northend. The location of the Oliver-Imboden mill on Douglas avenuewas a fixed fact before Woodman and Lank Moore knew the millwas on foot. Greiffenstein, Sol Kohn, Morris Kohu, M. W. Levy, N. A. Eng-lish, A. W. Oliver, Jim Steele, Billy McClure, Colonel McClure,Jim McCuUough and a host of small fry made the Douglasavenue crowd. In after years Dou
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