Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-19
CORSICANA.
Some Of the Evidences that Marx Her
Progress in Material Growth
During the Past Year.
a Gas Plant, Gin Factory, Street Cars,
Ruudipg Associe;ions and Far AeSo-
citation Among the Improv<
C0EsICAYS, TEX, Jan. IS, ISIS

CoRsICAHA, Ten, Jan. IS, ISIS
! To the Editor OF the Gazette.
! While So much has recently been said
| in regard to the growth sid progress th.t
das been made within the past year by
sister cities, it might o. De Gu; OF pIsea
| TO state III s. brief wsy some Of the ey..
| dences that have marked the progress is,
material gro nth tins. CoIsics1a has made
within that period.
The progress and developm n that
Corsicsns hiss made during t6at period
has been Simply worderfal; SURPRISING,
indeed, the developments CT her 'hie
sister," Dallas, 20 .Withsts-Ging the
"puf5" and "blows" of her daily sheets.
| This progress, too, hss be L OF 9 perm7-
nent ard everlasting nature; it hss been
il her material development ard eGuca-
tiorSl growth. l. would be 8 great task
to enumerate al Of the improvements
that have been made in this city daring
that period. Among the Improvements
may be noticed gas plant covering many
miles with It's mains, and Illuminating
thousands OF houses with It's SUPERIOR
briIllancy, (for il is q noticeable fact tbst
the gas works here furnish the
best and strongest light Of
any gas works in the stGte) {;
large gin factory with capacities suhi .
cient 20 supply the demands OF the en-
lire state, aud givirg employment 70
haEds by the score: street car lire coy
ering five or six mile sad running eSch
way az Intervals of . few minutes, con-
Meeting east and west COrsicsns with q
belt Of STEEL the t0rmstion O; TWO build
ing associations, which, together hIve
erected more than 500 residences and
business houses. keeplrg large corps Of
men employed, and expeGdiug more than
$3.50, 900; the organization of an sddi-
tionGl NStional Bank with paid up cap-
itaj CT 100000 the WaterworkS mains
have been extended upwards OF seven
miles; the organization of the Navarro
County Fair Association wish paid I'D
capital OF 500, Goo aHd mere than So
COO have been extended On the race track
alone, making i the best Ia the state,
end pronounced by CID "turfe?s'' the
banner track in the southwest: r1ore
Than 500 houses have been erected within
the corporate limits st cost OF more
than 500, coo; the corporate limits hive
been cgtenued, so as to take in and in
c!ude the State Orphan Asylum and hun
dreis OF tine s1tu :5an residences.
the State Orphan Asylum has been lC-
Gated here, and Will OCCUPY aD elevated
position On eco acres Ct beautiful land
just one and one-hsIf miles west from
The courthouse. This pl&s Of ground
seems TO have been designed by nsture
as the home for this mammoth institution
G! the state. Us altitude is such SIS 10
comm9rd g sight OF localities many miles
away, It's lands ere fertile, and ore view
iDE the horticulture, agriculture, It's green
Tallays and beautiful hills end gentle
slopes, feels IS though he had entered The
Happy Valley with Rssselas.
The commissioners now in charge Of
these grounds are bending every enersy
to make them useful end pleasing TO the
eye OF even the most fastidiOue; Srt and
nature both combined TO develop all TAFT
can be desired.
A city park embracing fifty acres has
been purchased, enclosed, walks AID
drives have been laid out, grand p.vil-
ions erected, all Illuminated By electric
lights, ponds being made, boats bul!,
and the street car lines have been ex-
tended there, and2with the approach CT
spring, this will be one OF the NEST beau
tiful and elegant pleasure resorts in the
many Improvements made within the
past year. Indeed it is hard to enumerate
even an outline in the short space allotted
for this communication.
Il will suffice TO say that the population
has increased more than 5000. The as
sessed values have increased more than
So, 900, 600. And our city government has
not been laggaEd in this march Of material
development.
Amsgnit eel city hall at cost Of S25,-
600 has been erected, (which for beauty
and elegance ii design is not eQusIed by
any in the state. A fire department hss
been equipped and provided with six fine
horses, hook and ladder truck snd two
fine hose carriages. A beautiful and com
Portable school building has been erected
at g cost OF $4,000, making four brick
public school buildings now in the city
which have cost So, 600. There are en-
p'oyed in these schools twenty-five teach
els ard q super intendent; the teachers
are paid each an annual sslary OF $685.,
and tEe superintence nt $500. TIE
streets Will be macadm,zed and paved so
soon as the weather will permit, and sew
ers will be constructed in every direc-
ton. The beautiful electric light tower
erected on the corner Of BestoE and
Collin streets casts its light several miles
away.
A board CT trade was formed il OctC-
Der, consisting CT 100 of the most promi-
nent business men in the city and county.
They have already done some excellent
work for the city IN the matter CT freight
reductions, etc.
The erection Of e central high school
building and department for instructor
In manual labor are now under consider
alton and 1t will b. bat few months
when both OF these Institutions will BE-
erected, and by October l will be provid--
ed with professors and educational sp-
plisnces
Factories are beiDg erected srd the
hum Of machinery is beard on every side.
A large bottle factory hiss been recently
erected st cost OF $4,000 Planiug
and saw mills and factories for msnufsc-
turing sll supplies needed both in Il e
construction aud furnishing OF residences,
both il hard and soft wood, have been
erected. The CorsicsDa and HilIsboro
Railroad has been completed, and VIII
place passenger and freish. cars or il a
few days. Space is lot given 10 which 10
chronicle the great numoer of improve
ments. but We wish 10 make prominent
the fsct that C0rsicans numbers smopp