The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
department Notes.

Department Notes.
The Waxabachie Tap railroad company
filed in the Office of secretary of state,
yesterday, an amendment to their char
ter. IL rhan;.r> the Hsrn.. Z" the Central
Texas and N"r;l :, e--rrh.r It also ex-
tends ~, 'r I'r p. 800. iii Of roaii tnr' u=I
the eouniirs ol t;lli>. .jn:nson. TarrauI.
Hood. Parker. WISE. PAID Pinto. Jack.
Montague, Young. Clay. archer. Baylor.
Wichita, Willbarger, uardeman and
Cottle, To point at a junction with the
| Texas Central railway in Childerrs
| county, a distance of about two hundred
and eighty miles.
Articles of incorporation OF the Trim
ity and Sabine Railroad Company" were
| also filed.
The proposed line extends from tue
town of Trinity, upon the line of the In.
| ternational and Great Northern rail-
way, in Trinity county, through the
counties of Trinity, Polk and
Tyler, in an easterly direction, a dis
lance of about seventy-five miles, to 4
point on the Neches river, at or near the
Junction of the Angelina river.
The capital stock is placed at one mil
lion one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars. divided into eleven thou
sand two hundred and fifty shares of one
hundred dollars each. The following are
lne IucorpOralOrs IA. .. nays, H. M.
HoXie, ID. s. ii. Smith, of st. Louis Ira
III. Evans. n. w. Hunter, John w. Arm
| strong, G. j, Gooch. Allen Mccoy, Geo.
NJ. Dilley and A. K. Howard, of Pales-
tine, Texas.
Hon. o. n. hollingsworth is mailing to
county judges for distribution among
school committees the statutes relating to
ter from Hon. j l.. NJ. Curry, agent of the
public free schools He has received let
PQahnAu ft1nA at afinO haf ha 10 xyin to
help several schools in Texas that comply
with the conditions. and supplement
| state revenues by local tax atiOn. He de-
sires to help Houston, Galveston, Aus
| tin, Palestine, Bryan, NavasOta and Co.
manche. And states he cannot do over
| much for Texas, as other states have
equal claims and are more needy. The
trustees Ofthe Peabody fund will meet in
October.
The department of Insurance, Statis-
tics and History has sent out the follow
| ing questions to proper county officers
| and to private individuals?
| What is the area, and what are the main
Typographical features of your county?
| What portion is arabic and what pas
| toral, and what is the character of soil of
| the arabic land?
What Is the probable quantity of land
| covered with timber, and the kinds of
| timber?
What is the character of the timber?
What are the principal water courses,
and their size and character?
What is the supply of water for dOmes-
tic purposes, and how obtained?
What amount of land in the county is
| under cultivation, and what is the aver
age acreage of farms?
Are the native grasses abundant and
| nutrieious? Give the comparative album
dance and nutritiVe value of each kind.
| What tho n country
! and their population, and the aggregate
trade OF each?
What is the population of your county,
| and what is the proportion of blacks and
| whites?
What railroads pass through or touch
your county, and the number of railroad
stations therein?
What is the cost of transportation to the
seaboard? To what city in this state or
of other states does the trade OF the county
flow?
What are the school facilities?
What is the number and character of
free schools, and what number of chill
dren in attendance? Are thee pri-
Vate schools, and of what character and
grade?
What are the religious denominations
and church eonveniences, and what the
! moral tone of the people?
What are the principal Industries OF
the county?
What minerals abound in the county.
and their quality ami probable quantity?
If any mining has been done. state to
what extent and with what success.
Is there any water power in the county,
If any, state the amount and facility for
utilizing it, and the length of the streams
upon which water pOweris found.
What is the average rainfall and its
distribution during the year? IL irriga-
ton is required, what are the means and
probable cost?
What characters of manufacture would
pay best in your county? If any have
been started, state the kind and prospects
of success.
What is the demand for labor, and in
what brancht of industry?
What is the price of wild land, and
what is its character? and the facilities
for reducing it to cultivation?
What Is the price of cultivated land
with necessary buildings thereon for
family of medium sizeY
On what terms is land usually sold, and
at what price per acre rented to ten
antsI
Are there any university, asylum, or
school lands, and what quantity and
quality?
What is the rate of county tax i'm yOnr
county? What the rate OF city tax!
Is the county in debt? If in debt, is it
floating or bonded debt?
What per cent. of real estate in the
county under mortgage?
Health of the county and prevailing
sickness? Epidemics, if any, and their
character2 What is the summer and
winter temperature?
What is the number of cattle, horses.
mules, sheep, goats and hogs in your
county, and the:average price per head?
What is the average cost of raising
IL. L.
Do cattle and horses used for stock pur-
poses require winter feed, and to what
extent?
What is the average weight of three
year-old steer, and its market price, sold
on the farm or range? What of a five
year-old steerp
What is the annual natural increase of
What is the cost of feeding sheep
through the winter?
What is the annual natural increase of
sheep?
Are they generally healthy in your
county? To what disease are they sub
ject, II any?
What 10 the average weight for fleece
per year.
Market price of wool at nearest market
Are goats raised in your county, and to
what xtent and with what success, and
of what kinds?
Wnat is the average cost per neau OF
horses. mules, oxen?
State marketp price Object, mutton, pork,
bacon, corn and flour?
What domestic fowls are raised to adj
vantage?
Is wild game abundant, and OF what
kinds?
Are there fish, and of what varieties?
What is the average yield per acre in
the years 1Ss0'S1, of cotton, corn, wheat,
oats, rye, barley, sugar, molasses, sOr-
ghum, Irish and sweet potatoes, hay, to-
bacco, peas, peanuts, onions, melons, |
turnips and millet?
Does your soil produce garden vegeta-
bles, and what kinds, abundantly?
Are improved farming implements used |
to advantage. and to what extent?
What is the cost per acre OF preparing !
tfmbered land for the plow?
What is the cost, per acre, of breaking |
prairie landI