San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-30
FORGING AHEAD.

What Has Been Done to Develope Texas
During the Past Month.
The LIGHT has cu.led the following
items, showing that, notwithstanding
the hard times, the state is taking rapid
strides on her way to progress. These
are of course, only the big enterprises
during month and take no note OF the
small enterprises and the thousands Of
buildings, residences and stores being
erected; moreover, there are many
things that have escaped notice, but
what follows. is sufficient to show that
Texas is forging ahead.
A company organized at Waco. Texas,
by ). W. Slayden and others TO build
merchants exchange, TO cost about $780,
600.
Messrs. Wolfkill, Graham, Wheat and
Sewell are each erecting saw mills along
the line OF the Marshal, Paris and North
western railroad. Three more are re-
ported TO be erected soon.
Parties from New Orleans will erect
-four mill in Houston.
The Fort Worth and Denver City Rail-
road company will build a depot at Fort
Worth.
A court house is to be built at Nacog-
dOches.
The Weatherford Iron works, Weather.
ford, have started repair machine shop.
coal mine has been opened near
Strawn.
The Texas Coal, Prospecting, Devel-
oping and Mining company, capital
stock $500, 600, has been Incorporated at
Lampasas.
WaterwOrks are to be built at Cuero.
A new brewery and ice factory is or
ganized at San Antonio.
j. w. Parker, Richmond, will receive
his bids until January 10, for the erec-
ton OF courthouse to cost about $685.
600.
Mr.. Coen, representing the Thomp-
sOn-HOuston Electric Light company, is
in Waco prospecting with view Of
erecting a plant.
The charter of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe railroad has been amended,
prvileging the company to build six
branch railroads.
Human & Reynolds, Wills Point, will.
start canning factory.
The Farmers Alliance, of Cooke
county, contemplate erecting flour mill
at Gainesville.
The Corsicana Street railway COM
pany, capital stock $4,000, has been
chartered at Corsicana.
ALVIN G. Owsley, Isaac B. Walker, j.
A. Robinson, Il. w. Aney and others
have chartered the Denton & North
western Railway Co, capital stock $780,
600, to build a l0-mile railroad from
Denton to the Gulf, Colorado q Santa
Fe railroad.
The street railroad is to be built at
Terrell. by stock company. Their cap
ital stock is $500.
The cotton Sc, d oil mill burned at
Terrell, Texas, several years ago, will
be rebuilt next spring. A soap factory
will, it is said, be started at the same
time.
A. j. Barrett, Z. J. Godbold, j. r.
Cox and j. n. Conn have chartered the
Texas Kaolin Manufacturing and Chem
ical company at Austin, to develop a
kaOlin mine in Edwards county. The
capital stock is $4,000.
K. c. Thornton, j. 2. BrOwder, j. C.
Bates and others have formed a company
at Gordon to prospect for coal.
A rope factory will be started at Ber-
tram. The machinery is being nego-
tiated for.
A 75-barrel roller flour mill is to be
erected at Whitewright.
The contract to build the waterworks
at Paris, has been let to NJ. X. Kelly, OF
Georgetown, at $4,000.
coal mine 10 miles from Brady, is
being developed.
The Sherman Electric Light Co. has
been organized at Sherman.
ID. A. Glover. z. F. Green, w. d.
Wood, Il. w. House and others have
chartered the FredericL sburg & San
Marcos Valley Railway Co., capital
stock S25.0O0, TO build a railroad from
San Marcos to the Galveston, Harris
burg & san Antonio railroad.
The Panhandle Construction COM
pany have received the contract to ex-
tend the Fort Worth and Denver rail-
sion have been sent to the committee in
road 200 miles.
Oscar Lynch is organizing company
at Fort Worth, to manufacture iron and
wooden bridges. The capital stock will
be 100000.
Asock company is being formed at
Pilot Point, to erect 76-bsrrel roller
flour mill.
The Burnett Roller Mill company, cap
ital stock S50,0J0, has been organized at
Burnet.
William WeIninger & Co, Galveston,
will erect cracker factory; 100 barrels
Of flour will be used daily.
San Antonio Grand opera house COM
pleted and open.
A wicker work factory has been es-
tablished in San Antonio.
The Atkinson, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad company have contracted to
build their machine shops at CleburDe,
Texas, If 100 acres Of land are donated
to them for the shops.
The Beaumont Iron Works company,
Beaumont, are putting in a large new
engine lathe at a cost Of about $4,000.
Arch Haney, Granbury, has received
the contract for the trestle work of the
Fort Worth and Rio Grande railroad
between Fort Worth and Granbury.