The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-01-05
q NEW TOWN.
sale Of Lois at Mount Iaim---
EtS Location.

We left Waco on the Is d. m. tram, and
after a pleasant run of an hour and "A
! half through q region strikingly alter
mated with timber and fertile prairie
| lands, reached the site for the new town
| Of Mount Calm. The location is a very
pretty one, and the adjacent section APP
pears to be growing rapidly III popula-
ton and wealth, In approaching the
place from either direction the scenery,
forever changing and yet always beautl-
ful, Is such rs the eye never grows
weary in looking upon. Immediately
south and east upon commanding
eminence is situated the present village
of Mount Calm. constituting the lead
ing feature of a landscape of surprising
lOyeincSs. The new town can certainly
boast Of very rare physical advantages
us place of residence, and
we think, too, that with the
numerous well -stOcked and well-improv-
ed farms IL plain yiew-fOrming Il broad
and deep substratum of substantial
wealth and prospcrity--tha it can boast
of population in its vicinity, eminent
" worthy of the advantages surround
ing it. and we may reasonably expect
this embryo town-CXisting at present
hv the grace of the map-maker-tO
speedily become as spruce and preten-
tious as a country belle in her Sunday
attire And the time may come in the
near future. when its citizens will be as
proud of il as the Arabs are of Damas-
Gus. 70 one who has lived long in the
sow-muviug cities and towns of the !
older southern states the rapidity with |
which these railroad towns are built Is a |
source of constant aStOniShmcmt.
With the accCssions from Cor |
sic;ua, Hubbard and Hills
boro. the crowd attending !
the sale numbered something near one
hundred. and at 10 O'clOck Ex-Governor
Hubbard came to the front, and III a
few sparkling and wcll-timcd remarks
explained the terms of the sale,
at the same time inspiring those
Interested with buoyant hopcfulncss as
to the future of the prospective new
town. lie assured them that there was
NO danger of the Gould system absorb
iu- this road and, while tins company {
did not enter the field to make war upon
others, il would necessarily bring about
such competition us would insure rCa-
sonahe tariff rates Mr., H. -. Ilalscy,
IF Tyler. the auctI0nCcr, then took the
stand aud the bidding at once !
became spirited, the first choice ;
# the building lots bringing c
800 and subsequent sales ranging |
III the way down to so At $50 the j
rain from Waco arrived and Governor Y
hubbard and Mcssrs Frost and Barry, i
he companyS attorneys, closed the D
jlcs aud returned to Gorsicana, leaving T
cry many desirable lots mso!d. The =
ggrcgate of the sales amounted to f
,3OlO and, taking into consideration Il
he small attendance, was very CRAFTY t
NJ to all concerned. An agreeable c
eatWc OF the occasion, to us, WAS the e
pleasure OF forming the acquaintance of
ir. H. Z. Hamilton, of the Tyler Demo
lat and Reporter, who, as trained
journalist aud able editor caters to the \
ublic with exceptional ability and
ptness. \ good state of feel
NJ prevailed throughout the day and
re are sure all spent a delightful time, y
Dr nothing that was necessary to con q
-ibute to the pleasure of the company d
,as left undone by the citizens and e
abroad officials. The following list ex- /
ibits the purchases ard prices for each "