KANSAS 



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KANSAS CITY 



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KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational 

 institution supported by appropriations from 

 the state, income from land endowments, 

 student fees and private gifts. It was founded 

 by the legislature of Kansas at Lawrence in 

 1864, and began work in 1866. Since the year 

 1894 the student enrolment has increased from 

 875 to 2,959 in 1915-1916. The university con- 

 sists of the graduate school, college of liberal 

 arts and sciences, school of engineering, school 

 of fine arts, school of law, school of pharmacy, 

 summer session, school of medicine, school of 

 education, division of university extension and 

 division of state work. In connection with the 

 latter it carries on a large amount of public 

 service work for the state, giving to the public 

 utilities commission and the state board of 

 health the time and service of several instruc- 

 tors and investigators. The university has an 

 annual income for general maintenance of 

 $687,000, and for permanent repairs and im- 

 provements of $25,000. The libraries contain 

 106,262 volumes and about 44,000 pamphlets. 

 The faculty numbered 220 in 1916. 



KANSAS CITY, KAN., the largest city in 

 the state in population, one of the largest 

 live-stock markets in the United States and 

 the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is 

 situated on the Kansas (or Kaw) River at 

 the point where it meets the waters of the 

 Missouri River. Chicago is 483 miles north- 

 east, and Saint Louis, Mo., is 283 miles south- 

 east, by rail. Transportation is provided by 

 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Chicago, 

 Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago Great West- 

 ern, the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific. 

 Both freight and passenger service is afforded 

 by two interurban lines. The population in- 

 creased from 82,331 in 1910 to 99,437 (Federal 

 estimate) in 1916. The area of the city exceeds 

 fifteen square miles. The city occupies both 

 banks of the Kansas River, and on the east 

 adjoins Kansas City, Mo., the dividing line 

 being the state boundary line. Across the river 

 at this point are fourteen bridges. Indus- 

 trially and commercially they are as one city, 

 having the same freight and passenger termi- 

 nals, telephone system and street-car service; 

 the municipal government of each, however, is 

 independent. 



Kansas City is on the 39th parallel of lati- 

 tude; Lake of the Woods, which is on the 

 boundary between the United States and Can- 

 ada, is just ten degrees north, on the 49th paral- 

 lel; and Galveston, on the Gulf of Mexico, is 

 about ten degrees south. The city is thus very 

 nearly in the center of the country, reckoning 

 from north to south. The exact geographic 

 center of the United States, however, falls a 

 little to the west and north. (See map of Kan- 

 sas, in full-page illustration, page 3207.) 



Boulevards and Institutions. The city is 

 showing rapid development in its public im- 

 provements, boulevards, etc. The park reser- 

 vation covers 250 acres, including City Park, 

 a beautiful natural reserve of 100 acres, and 

 nineteen smaller parks and playgrounds. Ad- 

 joining the Wyandotte Indian Cemetery, in the 

 heart of the city, is Huron Park, in the center 

 of which is the Carnegie Library. For ad- 

 vanced education there exists Kansas City 

 University (Methodist Episcopal), Western 

 University, for colored students, and a college 

 of medicine and surgery. There are two hos- 

 pitals, Bethany and Saint Margaret's, and the 

 city contains the state institution for the blind. 

 The city is one of the largest in the Union 

 having no saloons, for statewide prohibition is 

 operative in Kansas. 



Industry. After Chicago, Kansas City and 

 its companion city constitute the most impor- 

 tant live-stock market in the United States. 

 The immense slaughter houses, stock yards and 

 meat-packing plants, for which the city is noted, 

 are located close to the boundary which nomi- 

 nally separates the twin-cities. It has also 

 large grain interests, the elevators on the Kan- 

 sas side having a capacity of nearly 9,000,000 

 bushels. Industry is further represented by 

 railroad and machine shops, flour mills, iron 

 and steel works, smelters, soap, fertilizer, box 

 and barrel factories, and wholesale grocery 

 houses. 



History. The settlement was known as 

 Wyandotte when it was settled by Indians of 

 that name in 1843. White people followed, 

 and in 1858 it was incorporated as a town; in 

 1859 it became a city. Here in July, 1859, the 

 Kansas constitution was drawn up, and the 

 city was the scene of considerable agitation 

 at the time (see KANSAS, subhead History). 

 The present charter was granted in 1886, when 

 Armourdale, Armstrong and Wyandotte were 

 consolidated under the name of Kansas City. 

 The commission form of government was 

 adopted in 1909. 



