Kansas City (Missouri TY city Jackson co)

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a city of Missouri TY, & city Jackson co., at the junction of the t the junct souri and Kansas rivers. It is on Ensas rivere boundary between Missouri and ween Miss sas, and is directly opposite Kansas ectly oppos Kan. Kansas City is one of the City in of important railroad centers of the road center States, and is on the Chicago and on the Chi the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Topeka anos Chicago Great Western Vestern, the t Western Rock Island and Pacific, the and Pacinc Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Union St. Paul cific, and other railroads. One of er railroad largest Union stations in the stations States is used by several of these by severa roads. Four enormous bridges span enormous b Missouri River. In addition to . In addi facilities, there is transportation on e is transp Missouri River from Kansas City from Kan Louis. The street railway system of reet railwa city includes nearly 300 miles of nearly 300 Kansas City has greatly increased as greatly cent years, as an interurban an inter center. The city is situated on hills. The manufacturing and anufacturin sale districts are for the most part are for the the first, and are separated from the re separate tral, business or retail district, which on the second hill, by high igh bluffs. hill, by hi residential sections of the city are tions of ti the third and highest elevation. highest el is an excellent street system, consisting street sys of about 500 miles of paved miles of The notable public buildings include ablic buildin Union Station, city hall, court city hall Board of Trade building, Live Stock e building, change, Y. M. C. A. building, a C. A. bulld Hospital, and a number of handsome a number high schools. The educational The educa tions within a short distance include short dists University of Missouri, the University Missouri, th Kansas, William Jewell College, am Jewell College, and Baker University. There aker Univer comprehensive system of sive syste a schools, supplemented by special mented by Kansas City is notable for its park notable fo boulevard system. 50 miles of vard connect 2,600 acres of public 600 acres within the city limits. Kansas City limits. the distributing point for a vast g point for cultural region of the west and of the and it has large wholesale interests. e wholesale immense business is done in grain, ess is done stock, and meat packing. Kansas at packing. is the largest winter wheat market winter wh the world, and the second market in the second receipts of general grain in the seral grain States. Its grain elevators have a ain elevato pacity of over 18,000,000 bushels. 18,000,000 Inalso one of the most important hay cen- Important ha City ters. The total value of live stock se of live College marketed is over $200,000,000 annually. 000,000 an Bethany It also ranks first in the sale of yellow the sale of Pop. pine lumber, and third as a general lumgener ber center. In greater Kansas City are Kansas C nearly 1,500 factories. The products in The prod- , in 1914 amounted to $319,000,000. In that 0,000. Misyear the city ranked tenth in the value nth in the the of the manufactured output. In the city In t Kanis located the Federal Reserve Bank of Reserve B City, District No. 10, which includes the States ncludes the most of Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colo- Wyoming, United rado, one-half of New Mexico, one-half of New Mexico, one- Alton, Oklahoma, and one-fourth of Missouri. one-fourth of Mi , the There were in 1919 15 National banks. 919 15 National Chicago, The bank clearings in that year rings in that Chicago, amounted to $11,036,406,000. The total 036,406,000. The Paassessed valuation in 1920 was $288,774,n in 1920 was $28 the 416. The budget for that year was et for that yea United $4,153,500. rail- The first permanent settlement of Kannent settlement o the sas City was in 1820, by a company of 1820, by a compa railroad French fur traders. The town was laid The town wa the out in 1838 and was incorporated in was incorpora to St. 1850 under the name of Town of Kaname of Town of the sas. The name was changed to Kanwas changed to track. sas City in 1853. Pop. (1900) 163,752; Pop. (1900) 16 in re- (1910) 248,181; (1920) 324,410. (1920) 324,410. railroad