The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-15
MARIENFELD.
"A Public Sale of Town Lots
Announced to Take Place in That Young and
Promising City at an Early Date-A
Splendid New Section, Recently
Opened up and Rapidly
Developing,

MARlENFELD, Nov. a. Editor Herald. /
"A pubic sale OF town lots is announced TO
take place at Marienfeld on November 81
FOR the information of those who may desire
to locate in Western Texas, or make invest
ments there, we can state that Marienfeld
offers excellent opportunities for business ven
lures OF almost every kind. A Touring mill
and cotton gin are very much needed. A
newspaper, number of general stores. n
butcher shop, hardware store, dealer in apri-
cultural implements, shoe store and wool
buyer could do good business there. Ma
rlenleld is the county seat of Martin county.
and is located on the Texas & Pacific railroad
200 miles west of Dallas, and is the trading
point for Marienfeld colony, German apri,,
cultural settlement established on the StaSed
Plains three years ago. Farming has proven
profitable in Martin county, and some az
Farms have been opened within six miles Of
the town site. Magnificent crops have been
grown in Martin county, and the successes
achieved have brought about the location of
Germania and Mendoza colonies in Martin
County and the Brookville, Malta and SPRING
field colonies, from Ohio, in Tom Green
county, all OF which are within 10 to IS miles
distance OF Marienfeld, the mother colony.
Some 40 to TO sheep and cattle ranches, all
small, have been located within easy shipping
distance within the past two years and con-
siderable trade has found its way to the CO.
lony. No effort was made on the part of the
former citizens to Martin county to build up
a town and in consequence the county has
grown 10 such extent that good trading point
has become an imperative necessity Marien-
ield station was voted the county seat at the
organization Of the county and since then has
acquired population Of about 2so. Due
effort have been made on part of the few CT
items to secure further immigration, to further
trade in the opening of roads and trails to the
different neighboring colonies and ranches,
and particular effort was made within the past
SIX months to open up the unorganized Pam
handle counties, in the surveying of roads as
far north as the Quaker colony, in Crosby
county, and opening roads south through the
colonies in Tom Green county to San Angelo
Great effort was made TO interest persons of
means in the construction of narrow gauge
railroad from Marienfeld north TO a point in
Andrews county, where new town and
county seat is to be laid out in the near fu-
ture, as well as road south to Springfield,
in Tom Green county. These efforts have
been successful TO the extent that enough
money is said TO have been secured to build
portion Of the road running north. The two
colonization companies in Ohio, to whom
steam transportation is Of the utmost i'm
por,ance, are now making special efforts to
raise the money necessary for the construction
Of their end Of the line. According TO present
prospects the construction OF the road will be-
gin in the near future. As this railroad is to
be home enterprise all persons becoming
hereafter Interested in Marienield or any Of
the neighboring colonies are invited to part
in the same to secure its completion. Hon.
+. Lester, OF Marienield, will be pleased to
furnish further information in regard to the
railroad enterprise.
The first annual agricultural fair of the
S,aked Plains is now being held at Maren-
field, and the products there on exhibition are
equal in quality and quantity TO those raised
in any other part Of the State.
.-Ddiias Herald