Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-16
WEATHERFORD.
Town and County-COmmercial Union
Club Entertainment
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WEATHERFORD TEX, Dec. l5.-The
Weatherford water, light and ice Plant
will in very few days be completed in
every particular. The electric light
plant has been in operation for several
days. The company closed a contract
with the city council Thursday night for
lighting the streets by electric lights, and
last night was the first night for the
streets OF the city to be lit up with the
new lights. This is one of the best moves
the city council has ever made, and Will
contribute more benefits to the peopla of
Weatherford and to the advancement of
the interests of the city than any other
move that could be made The ice
factory of this plant turned ont its first
product to-day. Several blocks of ice
were on exhibition at prominent
places in the city to-day:
with beautiful boquets frozen in
the ice which presented something nice
to behold. Pumping water in the new
reservoir has been in progress for several
days, and rs soon as some fixtures which
have been lost in shipping can be traced
the water supply will be turned on. With.
the necessary public Improvements ana
benefciaries furnished by the combined
plant Of the Weatherford water, lght
and ice plant and other public impIfve-
ments now being considered, with the
establishment of manufacturing interests
which are almost a certainty, with the
consideration that this city is the
largest most prosperous, fiourishing and
enterprising city west of Fort Worth,
situated in the banner county of Texas,
as was demonstrated at the late state
fair, when Parker county took the sweep
stake premiums, it is easily seen that the
future of Weatherford will astound the
most sanguine of her citizens in growth
and prosperity, now furnished with all
the modern public convenences of met
repolitan city. What this city and county
need is more capital, more manufacture
ing interests, and more substantial farm
ers, and those seeking investments or
homes had better see the banner county
of Texas before they locate.
Mr.. n. S. Storrs of Missouri is in the
city with view to establishing canning
factory and evaporating establishment.
If this city can secure this plant it will be
worth great deal to the city and county,
as there is no better growing counze
try anywhere outside of California.
Fruit was shipped in abundance from this
city this year to Denver, Col =, and into
all West Texas and New Mexico and
Arizona territories. There are several
very fine vineyards near Weatherford and
should canning factory be started here
it would encourage 4 product that will
eventually prove potent factor in the
products of this country, as it would fur
hish market for the immense fruit crop
One of the most brilliant and successful
entertainments ever given in this city
was given Thursday night by the Com
mercial Union Club, at'their rooms. The
entertainment was the first foETnal recep-
ton given by the club since organisation
The principal features of the etening
were both vocal and instrumental
music by the best talent in the
city, reading, recitations, speeches,
and games of all kinds. All present ex-
pressed themselves as having spent the
most pleasant evening they had spent for
ages. The rooms are handsomely fur
nished and fitted up for comfort .aps5s
amusement. The membership is Ff'5ni-
posed of the leading and most enterpris-
ing business men and citizens of the city,
and the establishment of their club rooms