The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-06-15
NEW II.UsNGs.


AT Present Go.
ing ON In the City.
1t is now nearly two years ago since the
present building boom began In Waco
and In contradiction to the croakings
which predicted ut the beginning that il
would not last long and Mt inicryals subse-
qucntly thSt Il would soon De over. buili-
ing has gone on steadily tor two years
without prCterlnit OF interim. sion. Those
who have not been In The city since l79
or 1880. and who return now express
The utmost aston lament Al the changes
and improvements which have taken
place in the short lime Intervening. The
business portion OF the city has almost
doubled it,elt, While the residence pur.
tion OF the city has spreaI out In many
places over the corporate limits On Aus
tin street. from Fifth street 10 seventh
street, Oh which two year aRu stood old
stables and shanty stores are nov some Of
the finest brick store buildings ami the
trade of that street mas extended tu
Eghth street. Fourth street as 3 business
street has sprung up in that time and r.
now main part OF thccitV and covered
With fine business holdings from Wash
ing'on to Franklin STR et. Two year, 20
the residence portion OF Austin. ttlum-
bus and Washington streets extended luiy
to Twelfth street or even below Since
then those stl Gets have extended TO the
corporate Limits and Btnatd's Hill l.
covered with elegant residences, while
scores OF buildings have been put
northwest OF Austin street and over Me
Grogors hill In the meantime, scores and
scores OF Other residences, churchc, and
public buildings in various portions OF
the city until, Ms before s1id. the Waco OF
two yeats ago, ard OF to-day, would not
be recognized In contrast One peculiar
charming feature Of thi, building
boom, which now has lasted two years
Ia that II has been steady md uniform
II has not been lever huta steady pul
satiOn and natural growth oi a henIthy
body. There has been q splrii II sprcul o
tion, there has been no gfeAt sprslrodi,
reiiux OF strangers, but i has been tic
growth OF u town, expanding by the ne
ccssitirs OF Increased trade aud bushes
and The demands Ola steadily increasing
| resident population, Dr.iriOu- OF sug-
| costing to our readers who have not time
to gain -uCh information, some idea OF
the improvements going on at PIE.
sent in the city, we yesterday took some
pains To get from builders and others ~
notion OF the building now going on or
contracted tor. The list with the agreg,kc,
u
building boom which has now conlinued
steadily for the pHst two ycnrs, IL
ginning rather than losing strength. As
many OF the building, are not let by con-
tract, and the cost only CStimAtcd and A.
the object oi this article Is to give only II
birds eye view, the figures are only NJ
proximate, lest they should TALL below.
than exceed the real figures. The
buildings now. being contracted, begun
and constructed iOr, ARE ~ follows.
Daniel A. Kelley, residence
1880 Jno. Penny, residence 1890
Capt. Blair add ton, $500, Willis building.
| Fourth street, $4O,O1O; Cameron building.
Fourth street, $4,000; Chas BE = resi-
| dsncc, 1880; Mayor Sturgls' two-story
! buildings 10 be erected, l24 feet on r uith
street and rs feet On Franklin street. Si2..
700; Mayor StuTgis residence, so 900:
hcClelhnd building, Fourth street. Sl2..
lpE addition to Academy Oi Sacred licar I
$40 900, ut pres Mt finished, $1,000. the
new buildings Of -, > WOod. Jack klgiu
and MIS-. WnlkCr, Oh Fourth str, ct above
the market house, sl2,UOE Nj H. church.
Washington street - 900 Rollers new
Ice house. 5000; Soclcy'- elevator. Sl5.-
Coz; the Niebush & llillrn buildings. Aus
tin street, fl2OOu, comp elton 81 Baptist
church, a. 90, Narrow Gauge lepot
$1,000; residences aud smAl buld.ngs
prices unaltpinable, estimated $1,000:
total, tlGO,OOO. This does not include the
new cotton compress, the fuuudut, ons OF
which have been partly lad, which will
probably cost s2O,OJO making Il total IT
tlSOO1J. without asserting the accuracy
OF some OF the above figures they are
near enough accurate to Justify the -tutc-
mcut that there IL now contracted tor
OF in the course OF construction ia Waco
Mt present, nearly twO hundred thousand
dollars worth VI new buildings. This is
a antteling sign OF inciea.c and prosper
! i,y, ard shows u q. the city is developing
steadily nj great rate While the city Is
| thus rap dll building up improvements in
the surrounding country Htc going ON
very last. NeN farms ARE being opened
every where; the range has ncarIy Wholly
disappeared wi hin nit, en- mills 1t The
city, and the iEfi,Quenl visitor to tho
county is puzzled to lind his way on nr
count OF roads across prairi,s being
fenced up. McLennan county is booming
as well rs the city.