Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-27
CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES.
WHAT TWO BNTERPRISING COM
i'PANIES ARE DOING FOR
> THEIR DEVELOP
MENT.
A Remunerative Field for Farmers In the
Cultivation of Flowers and Herbs.

Cultivation of Flowers and Herbs.
Fort Worth, from its admirable rail- |
road facilities, offers rare advantages |
for the location and successful opera |
ton of manufacturing industries, and |
the day is not far distant when the |
whirr of machinery will be heard in
every direction. For the many adj |
vantages will not long remain I'M
recognized by capital seeking remun-
erative investment. The growth of
the town Is the growth of the COM
lnunity, and vice versa, and the
state of either will be truthfully
indicated by the pulsations at any VI
tai point of the other. Recently two
drug h uses of this city, recognizing
the field, have begun.the manufacture
of various staple chemicals, fluid ex-
tracts and proprietary III dicines. Yes
terday II GAZETTE man was detailed to
examine into their work. He first Wis
tied the laboratory Of the
EASTWOOD MEDICINE AND CHEMI-
CAL COMPANY
on the corner of First and Houston
streets. This company has just organ
lied, the charter having been received
L
Eastwood, Harper & TO-, who started
the business on q small scale last
spring. The directors chosen are j. II.
j. L. Fleming, j. Z. Alexander, Geo.
Battle, G.. b. Horsfull, John Nichols,
G.. ii. Eastwood and G. G. Clemons.
The other incorporators are ]. p.
Smith, Martin Casey. j. ID. Reede and
a a Il
ing held Wednesday G. III. Eastwood
was elected president, w. f. Lake
vice-president, John Nicho treasurer
| and III. w. Harper secretary.
The laboratory will be in charge of
II. w. Harper, PHI. g., and DR.. c. c.
Clemens. The company will manu-
facture a full line of proprietary med
icines, fine pharmaceuticals chemicals;
perfumes, fruit extracts, elixirs and
| syrups. In the manufacture of these,
| the serpentaria or Virginia snake
root, which is found abudantly in the
Indian Territory, will be
used, especially in the fluid
extracts. The leptandra, or
| culvers root, also grown in the terri
! tory, will be used for the fluid extracts.
This root is used considerably for bill
lious disorders. The bark OF the cot
ton root, obtained abundantly from the
cotton fields Of Texas, the pricl1ly ash
berries, the poke root and berries. the
| burdock root and seed, strammonium
seed and leaves, all of which are found
| abundantly around here will also be
used in making fluid extracts. They
will make full line of eliXirs, which
are palatable preparations of both
chemical and vegetable drugs. All
the oilicinal syrups, i, o., all recognized
in the United States pharmacopeia,
will be made. Tinctures, which
are solutions of medicinal noR
volatile or only partial volatile
substances in liquids other than water
or glycerine, will also be made. On
account of the magnificent field, it has
been determined to make medical
preparations Of beef. Among the man
ufactures will he number of ONT
ments, in which can be utilized pro.
duets of this state; as cotton seed oil,
lard, pepsin used rs digestive agent
and made from the gastric Juice
squeezed from the lining membrane OF
the stomach OF the hog), cerates,
which are preparations similar to oint-
ments, but of harder consistency
will be made. Their base,
rs indicated by the name, is wax.
They are used just as ornaments for
external application. Not much az
tention will be paid at first to the man
ulacture of chemicals, but this branch
will embrace u line of ilavoring others,
and purified medicinal salts These
will include scaly salts OF iron, concen-
trated chemical solutions, and ethers
used for artificial essences.
nprfIlnnG a full limo cf i,;, -
extracts of cologne will be
made from imported pomades and
from the flowers themselves.
some OF which are indigenous
to this state, the rinds of fruit, odorous
) roots and leaves and few animal pro-
duets. 1t Is hoped ere long to create
in this section large industry in the
: production of flowers and odorous
J plants, from which the essential prin-
clpie OF the periumery may be OBJ
tanned by extraction at the laboratory.
2 ana their delicate odor transferred to
: the companY's bottles for the use not
; only OF fair daughters OF the Lone
} star state, but Of every section of the
Union. Attention win be given to
the modification of essential oils.
Toilet waters and other articles of tie
Kind will be made The perfuner's
! process of extraction of the odorous
principle of plants, is very interesting
and when the laboratory gets well To
work, the public will have an opportr-
nifty of witnessing it. Fruit extracts
VIII be made from Southern traits.
and will embrace line of extracts and
preparations obtained from odorous
plants, such rs vanilla, from the va
nilla bean of Mexico. A profitable in
dustry is promised in the cultivation
OF pineapples, Strawberries, rsspberries
&c, for use in obtaining these
extracts. These manufactures will re-
qutre n large force of assistants. Young
men aud ladies will be employed to do
all the finishing work, and for the
packing, shipping, etc, of the goods.
The company Will be organized with a
capital stock of $4,000, and propose to
occupy u large field, extending not
only over the South, but beyond the
/. Union.
FORT WORTH CAEMTCAL WORKS.
The Fort Worth chemical works are
! run by L. n. Brunswig 4 Co. These
| works are situated on the corner of
Fourth and Jones streets. The build
{ ing they occupy is fifty feet front and
, eighty feet deep. It is on q lot of TWO
hundred feet frontage, so that thew
nave plenty of room for additional
bindings rs the business inereases.
Their business is the manufactures OF
medicinal fluid extracts. elixirs.
medicinal s,yTups, lozenges, staple
: cneinicals Tor Pharmaceutical and
technical purposes, proprietary mod
, lclnes, tola chewing gum, etc.
Ihe works are under the Immediate