Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-21
THE NEW SOUTH.
New Industries Underway and the Enlarge
ment OF Old Ones During the Past Week
in the Lone Star State.

largements of old ones in this state:
TEXAS.
Dallas-Electric Light Plant-The Dali
las Electric Light, Power and Nanufac-
turing Company viii put in an additional
| dynamo with capacity of 90 arc lights
Dallas-Coal Mine-A. C. Garsia ant
Others contemplate forming a stock COM
pany to develop coal mine. They are
now sinking a shaft.
Dallas-ArmOry-T Dallas Artillery
Company have let the contract for an ar
| mory.
negotiate more bonds to build school foI
| colored children.
| Ell PasO-New Town-A new town vii
be started on the Kansas City, Ell Pasc
and Mexican Railroad, ten miles from
Ell Paso, to be called Lanoria.
| Elkhart-Hotel-J. N. Cromwell, R
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-Th bank building
| previously mentioned as to be erected by
| the Farmers s. Mechanics National
Bank will be Of stone, four stories, and
will cost about $50 600 The foundation
| is being eXcavated.
Fort WOrth-Plow and Sulky Factory
Oscar Lynch contemplates adding to his
| iron works q 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 f. B 8.
| Daggett. Bids for electric lights will be
| for 200, 800 and 400 lights. Bids for gas
| to be for same number of lamps as are
| now in use.
Fort Worth-Railroad- Fort Worth
| and Rio Grande Railroad Company have
purchased 10 900 tons of steel rails for
the extension Of their road to KerrvilIe,
previously mentioned.
Galveston-RailrOad Bridge Mar
tin OF Chicago, H., representing a
Northern syndicate who contemplate
building railroad from Galveston to
Laredo, has been negotiating with Cal
weston parties i'll regard TO building the
railroad and bridge from Galveston Is
land to the mainland.
Granbury-Gin-A.P p. Gordon has re-
built his cotton gin lately reported as
burned.
Harrsburg-O Mill-The Farmers
Alliance viii bald cotton-seed oil mill .
Houston-Hotel-A new hotel is being
built by John Lyon.
Jefferson-Saw Mill-Clark & Boice are
improving their saw mill.
Jaferson-Irou Furnace, etc The
proposition of the Chicago Oh ) parties
to build an iron furnace, etc. previously
mentioned, has, it is stated, been ac-
cd md pr,l- l. Cd +n l,o
menced within thirty days.
Lampasas-Electric Light Plant-A
company is being formed to erect an
electric light plant for both are and in
candescent lighting. H. E. Hedeman
can give information
Laredo-Street Ralroad-The Laredo
Improvement Company has made surveys
for their street railroad, previously men
toned, and will commence work as soon
as materials are received.
Marshall-SOap Factory-R. L. God
bold Of Dallas contemplates starting
soap factory.
Marshall-Gas Works $ The Marshall
Gas company will extend their mains and
improve their works.
Marshall-W aterworks- contract
price for the waterworks lately mention
ed as to be constructed by E Sutphin is
SCI 900. He will first develop the water
supply at Walnut creek, as stated
Ranger-Coal Mfue-John Graves will
open coal mine about ten miles from
Ranger at once.
-Hotel-John Bryant contem-
plates building hotel.
-Hotel-Barnett Gibbs has
awarded the contract for an addition to
his hotel to cost $40 900.
Rusk-ROlling Mill. Morgan Cole
man of Youngstown, Ohio, will build
rolling mill, and has been donated site
by the Cherokee Land and Iron Com
pany.
San Antonio-Hotel, Sanitarium, etc.
j . NJ. Hamilton of St. Louis, No; 3
I. Yoakum, San Antonio; j. P. Hicll-
man and others are interested in the syn
dictate reported last week as purchasing
the Il. II. McLane property, near San
Antonio, containing about $50 acres.
They will erect a large hotel to cost
$500, 600, it is said, probably santa
rum, and build al electrical street rail-
road to san Antonio about three miles
long. Improvements will be commenced
at once.
San Antonio-Railroad- San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass Railroad Company
Will ISSUE ,UUU ,UUt Oh uESI mortgage
bonds and second mortgage bonds at rate
of $4,000 per mile.
Temple-The Manufacturers Union has
been formed by James NJ. Smith, E. T.
May and others.
Terrell Factory Efforts are being
made to have some kind of factory
started.
Texarkana-Soap Factory-The Tex
arkana Soap Manufacturing Company,
reported last week as chartered with
SIS 900 capital stock, will start a factory
at once with daily capacity OF 1000
pounds. J Deutschman is president.
Fictoria-Street Railroad-The Victo-
ria Street Railroad Company will at once
extend their railroad and make it belt
line.
Weatherford-Flour AIill-W. F. Car
ter contemplates changing his flour mill
to the roller system, with a daily capacity
OF about thirty five barrels.
The industrial activity throughout the
whole South continues very great, as
shown by the reports to the Manufacture
ers Record. and during the week many
important enterprises have been organ
lied, and a still larger number of what
may be termed smaller ones, such as
woodworking factories, electric plants /
etc. A western syndicate has purchaseH
the street railroads of Memphis for nearlH
81 900, 900, and will probably run eagS
by the cable system; electric street raiEa
ora at