Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-27

6gufes j nave ndttieu.
,S,rAL FORMATIONS AND MIN
ERALS.
80 b.i 10 opportunity to study
'lly the geology Of Taylor, nor to
~ the mineral deposits to be
IN various sections OF
=, but ! have
,,,ts enough to satisfy me that In
Ssv will develop many interest
M From Col. s p. Cunning
sSitor of the Texas Live Stock
Il who formerly lived in Taylor
Ibaye a statement on these
\. which will prove of interest
NM gentleman in letter to me
subject, and AS to the soils and
amply of the county: 1.-THE
dand geological formations of
county may be justly said to
seived but little investigation
lands Of scientists, and are not
stly known to us to warrant
attended description. Indica-
,of deposits of iron and coal have
discovered, but no effort has
made to determine their extent.
he soil north of The dividing range
Ills, in the valleys, is a reddish al.
hum, and on the table lands is COM
'1ed OF large admixture of calcare-
= mari, rich in all essential elements
(ceieal production. South of the
ide and following the streams trib-
Inv to the Colorado river the soil is
hccolate and mulatto loan, alter
ling with black hog. wallow'prairie,
h Indications of large dep ,siys of
[etable matter. There seems to be
5ensive subterranean lakes or pools,
luently extending in area over
enl thousand acres. This Is evil
hoe that at a uniform depth in
he platesus of only twenty-six feet
Yer is invariably found, while in the
[sy Of Buffalo Gap, omprising
be 5000 acres, water is uniformly
End at eighteen feet"
FACTS AS TO LANDS.
here are no public lands in Taylor
ny. That Is to say, the school
ialn the county have now been all
Ysd of, except a few sections on
krantSin sides which are practi-
hl,nhout value. These, however,
Elsrailroad lands, as well as the
tassurveys can be secured, except
rinstances, at reasonable prices
endividual owners.
Asvalues of lands vary, according
itition, intrinsic merit, etc. River
t.t, |. e. surveys fronting on streams,
fln lasting water, are worth in the
frket from So to s. pei
n, except those in close proximity
The town of Abilene, which COM
tnd much higher prices. Dry lands
e., lands having no living water
worth from 81 TO So per acre, &C
faing TO location and character
metimes lands of this class held C
ned by non-residents sell at from
ou 10 y per acre, but the price
fove rule. lntrinsicslly, all the land
ms section of Texas are well wort
Ky much more than they now sci
IA the market. With cIimat
al mas no superior, with first.c!as
~ tnat VIII grow everything, evel
|.olloh, mat can be grown in othe
cu3hs OF the state, n first-clas
Epuiatlon and railroad com
.nication with the balanc
Inc world, ! can see no good reasoI
~ these lands are not worth fron
e'o ten times what they sell 70
w. indeed / think the time not ia
sant when instead of from So to s
| acre Taylor county lands wi
' i Ws, nands readily at from $40 I
Il. W ,nd year they have increase
'e en iVo per cent. in market value
N All Indications point to a stead
= rapid increase in the future, unit
NJ N reach figures that properly repre-
i. melr intrinsic value. None
|ei.'ore Invested in Taylor count
L W. al present prices, cannot, 1
|nts. P"S wen 40 A@'
II, railroads AND MARKETS.
iexa5 4 Pacific railway
End Southern trunk line froI
francisco and the Pacific ocean
n York and the Atlantic ocean
:, y ~ through Taylor county and a
rs;s worth connects with the Missoul
n S'uc, the Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa +
\, \. ne Denver g. Colorado railroads
! SECURING iirst-class market facil
=, Two daily passenger trains pa.
Inas n Abilene going east and tw
T,s west each day.
i. V merchants OF this county, as
MI purchase their supplies in S
I ~, Chicago and New York out I
\ , 6e and In Fort Worth, Dalls
"A siveston In the state. The loci
'nn my. Is Abilene for the bulk Of III
IN eouNfl DEBT STATEMENT.
n rs following is the statement
!, 10y Judge Porter as to the debt
!. Ioanty, given at my request, viz
Ne ~ answer to your request, woul
M iuat the registered indebtedDe:
~ us county Is as follows Thir
NJ ff,sl6,67 county scrip; fOurt
poss sb,Oo0 bonds. There is a sma
any, OF cash on hand, which wi
H. the total floating Indebtedness
49, county to-say $500, aud til
AM, anu. assessment embraces a levy {
4 ,s-hve cents on the hundred do
dst pay off this floating or geners
~ edness. The S45, 900 is in courl
~, bonds, bearing Z per cent. IL
1 ca, ana payable at the option
pn nty within fifteen years. Their
r,'bpayment yet to be made on tn
~ nouse Of $4,000. which wi
total OF SCI ,OOO."
A. EMULATION STATISTICS.
un, ~ census has been taken In tn
! y since 1880, no accurate rePoi
gwen now as to the populsii oI
4 ,o u was fxed ut 1886, but IL
OIL say that there IL now quite NV
bis II, ~ the county and i think
4 , .nan probable there are lO:oU
n sople are about equally divide
u,hsn settlers from Texas and "
eu states and those from oths