Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
THE NEW SOUTH.
New Industries Underway and the Eniarge
ment of Old Ones During the Past Week
in the Lone Star State.

record OF TINS week contains the 1OEOW-
ing items OF new industries and the ell
Judgements of old ones i'll this state:
TEXAS
DallaS-Eiectric Light Plant-The Dali
las Electric Light, Power and Mauufac-
turing Company viii put in an additional
dynamo with Il capacity of so arc lights
Dallas-Coal Mine-A. c. Garsia and
others contemplate forming q stock COM
pany TO develop coal mine They are
now sinking shaft
Dallas-Armory-Th Dallas Artillery
Company have let the contract for an ar
mory.
Denison-school- city council win
negotiate more bonds 10 build Il school for
colored children.
FL PasO-New TOwn-A new town will
be started on the Kansas City, FL Paso
and Mexican Railroad, ten miles from
FL PaSo, to be called Lanoria.
Elfhart-HOtel-J. NJ. Cromwell, Il.
d. Mavis and others will build the two
story hotel lately mentioned. James
Washington will sink the well mentioned.
Fort Worth - Hotel A three-stOry
brick and stone hotel will probably be
built on Main street.
Fort Worth-Bank-The bank building
previously mentioned as to be erected by
the Farmers & Mechanics National
Bank will be OF stone, four stories, and
viii cost about $50 ,O0O The foundation
is being eXcavated.
Fort Worth-PlOw and Sulky Factory
Oscar Lynch contemplates adding TO his
iron works factory for manufacturing
plows, sulkies, harrows, etc.
Fort Worth-Lighting City-Bids for
lighting city with gas or electric lights
will be received until January by e. B
Daggett. Bids for electric lights will be
for 200, 800 and 400 lights. Bids for gas
TO be for same number of lamps Us are
now in use.
Fort WoTth-Railroad-T Fort Worth
ana Rio Grande Railroad Company have
purchased 10 600 tons of steel rails for
the extension of their road to kerrvilIe,
previously mentioned.
Observation-Disclosures BRIDGE Mar
tin of Chicago, H., representing n
Northern syndicate who contemplate
building railroad from Galveston TO
Laredo, has been negotiating with Gal
weston parties in regard to building tine
railroad and bridge from Galveston Is
land TO the mainland.
Granbury-Gin-A. ?. Gordon has re-
built his cotton gin lately reported as
burned.
Harrisburg-Ol Mill-The Farmers
Alliance will build cottOn-seed Oil mill.
HoustOn-HOtel-An new hotel is being
built by John Lyon.
Jefferson-Saw Mill-Clark s Boice are
improving their saw mill.
Jeffcrson-ITOn Furnace, tc.-The
proposition of the Chicago Gn.) parties
to build an iron furnace, etc. , previously
bn, ~
cepted, and work is reported to be COM
menced within thirty days.
Lampasas-Electric Light Piant-A
company is being formed to erect an
electric light plant for both are and in
candescent lighting. II &. Hedeman
can give information.
Laredo-Street Railroad-The Laredo
Improvement Company has made SURVEYS
for their street railroad, previously men,
toned, and viii commence V orb as soon
as materials are received.
Marshall-Soap FactOry-R. L. God
bold OF Dallas contemplates starting a
soap factory.
Marshail-Gas Works - The Marshall
Gas company viii extend their mains and
improve their works.
Observation-Disclosures contract
price for the waterworks lately mention
ed as to be constructed by +. Sutphin is
SCI 600. He viii first develop the water
supply at Walnut creek, as stated.
Ranger-Coal Mine-John Graves will
open Il coal mine about ten miles from
Ranger at once.
RauGer-Hotel-John Bryant contem-
plates building Il hotel.
t-Hotel-BaTnett Gibbs has
awarded the contract for an addition to
his hotel TO cost $40 900.
Rusk-Rolling Mill. Morgan Cole
man Of Youngstown, Ohio, viii build
rolling mill, and has been donated site
by the Cherokee Land and Iron Com
pany.
san AntOnio-HOtel, SanitaTium, etc.
j NJ. Hamilton of St. Louis, No; b.
r. Yoakum, San Antonio; J. P. Hicl-
man and others are interested in the syn
dictate reported last week as purchasing
the H. Il. McLane property, near San
Antonio, containing about $50 acres
They viii erect large hotel to cost
$500 600, it is said, probably a SANTA
rum, and build an electrical street rail-
road to San Antonio about three miles
long. improvements will be commenced |
at once.
San AntoniO-RaiIroad- San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass Railroad Company
will issue 50 900 200 of first mortgage
bonds and second mortgage bonds at rate
of $4,000 per mile.
Temple-The Manufacturers Union has |
been formed by james N. Smith, f. 7. |
May and others.
Terrell - Factory Efforts are being |
made to have some kind of a factory
started
Texarkana-Soap Factory-The Tex
arkana Soap Manufacturing Company,
reported last week as chartered with
SIS 600 capital stock, Will start factory
at once with a daily capacity of 1000
pounds. j. Deutschman is president.
Victoria-Street RailrOad-The Victo-
ria Street Railroad Company will at once
extend their railroad and make it belt
line.
Weatherford-Flour Mill-W F. Car
ter contemplates changing his -four mill
to the roller system, with daily capacity
Of about thirty-fye barrels.
The industrial activity throughout the
whole South continues very great, as
shown by the reports to the Manufactur-
ers Record, and during the week many
important enterprises have been organ
zed, and still larger number of what
may be termed smaller ones, such as
wood working factories, electric plants,
etc. A western syndicate has purchased
the street railroads of Memphis for nearly