The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-23
MIDLAND.
THE LIVE NEW TOWN OUT WEST
Cattle Interests Being Concentrated There
as Feasible shipping Point
Abundance of Good Water
Secured-Immigration

MIDLAND, Aug 2l.-ICorrespondence.l
The most noticeable thing here the
past week has been the arrival of more
stockmen, who continue to come every
week and sometimes several parties
each week from the East and West. Both
and all say that we have better grass
around Midland than is found elsewhere
in Western Texas. AS this class of men
are always the pioneers of farmers and
smaller land owners, and as we are glad
to have them about us, we cordially well
come them and hope, as heretofore
noted, they will occupy and possess
all of this rich pasture land now
open. A leading cow man told
the writer a few days ago that he knew
of not less than 5000 head of cattle that
would be shipped here within the next
sixty days if proper pens and shipping
facilities were furnished. In addition
to this, several thousand head of sheep
were coming, and not a few beeves and
muttons would be shipped away. The
subject has been presented to the rail
road company, which now has it under
consideration, and will undoubtedly
provide all the facilities their business
may require.
one Of the parties which went south
ward, has had wonderful success in their
search for water.
one well was dug ten feet deep, and
the water came in so rapidly that four
men with powerful pump could scarce
ly keep the water down so as to allow
three men in the well to dig deeper. A
well-digger who has been there told
your correspondent it was doubtful
whether the well could be made much
deeper. He also said that they had
found excellent stock water.
a party of shoGpmen are now out
hunting a sheep ranch, and carload OF
horses arrived yesterday; and still
others are daily expected. This leads
me to say that it is astonishing
that some enterprising man
does not come here with large
stock Of general merchandise now while
there is so good an "opening" for that
| kind of business. All Of these ranchmen
and many others who have been here
for years, need supplies, and would buy
them if they were to be had at reason
able prices, to say nothing Of the town
trade. One day this week 1000 pounds
of merchandise came by express tol
home use, and large quantities are fire.
quently, almost daily, brought here in
the same manner. 1t is only a question
of time, short at that, when this wan
will be supplied, and those who have
the subject under consideration had bet
ter act or they may find they have
waited too long.
The Llano hotel is progressing rapid
ly, and Mr.. Logan, the foreman
4 says ii will be done by the Both inst. W.
are somewhat anxious to know who viii
be the landlord, and hope he will arriv,
by the LIST proX., as a good hotel is need
ed here and will surely pay.
Mr.. Edwards has prepared a Temporal
ry shelter for his family, which is ex
pected here this week. As soon rs h.
gets his deed from the present owne
mot the town company he will build
solid, substantial dwelling of stone, tina
will be Il credit to the town.
Mr.. Hunter has built an addition t.
his hotel. MIR. Wadley, Of Allen Bros.
Co., has doubled the capacity of his lum
Der sheds and Will erect Il small build
ing for the use of his family, which arr
we'd last Saturday.
, The well dug by the Town compan
holds out nicely, although barrel afte
barrel of iris hauled away, and man
head of stock, as well as the whole tow
is supplied from it. The blessing {
pure water like this. and it most cel
tainly is pure water, as good as can /
found in Texas, is fully appreciated b
, our citizens and scores OF others VIII
: taste, in fact, drink heartily of it, Il
gree on this point.
: The weather is now quite pleasan
neither too hot nor too cool, the exec
4 sive heat of the summer has passe
away and the fall rains begun, we hay
, ing had showers on the 18th ana l9t
inst.
DIR. Ennis writes that round trip tickle
to Midland have been put on sale an
that tho indications are that we sha
) have n large number of visitors with Il
September excursion. Mr.. Warwick,
!. Cincinnati, and Scruggs, of Iowa, al
/. express the same opinion. We shall !
. very glad to see them.