Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-07
GROWTH OF TEXAS.
Contamination OF 8 Largo Numbsr OF
Enterprises in Railway aad Indus
Ir,Gl Cire.ss In she Ssu!h.
New Intug'r:es ard the Enlsrgsmsnt of CID
O1ea IN 9rxss-RaiWsy Bundirg
Net q. a Stand SAIL.


show that the past week has witnessed
the consumption OF large numoer OF
g'est enterprises In railroad and indus
trial circles throughout the south. The
faith of northern capitalists In southern
railroad securities is shown IN the placing
OF $40, Coe COO Of bonds OF the Georgia
Central Railroad through DTexal, Morgan
& Co., and the negotiations now reported
as closed, for the purchsse4xt 50 coo, goo
OF the K ucky Mi land Road. Ere
Plant Investment Co has subscribed fIr
s portion of the bonds Of the Alabama
Midland Road, which probably insures
the earlY building OF that line from
Bsinbridge, Ga, to Montgomery.
number of large contracts have been let
during the week for important extensions
of old roads and the building Of new
onee, indicating great activity in railroad
construction throughout the south. The
| Pioneer Manufacturing Company Of Biz
mipghsm, owned by. the Thomas Iron
Company people Of PeHpsylvanis, Will
build duplicate furlAc3 CT the one
la.ely completed, and also s $50 ton roll
ing mill, 81 cost Of probably over S500,
600; & $500 0G0 coal mining company h s
been organ zsd at Cordovs, Ala; Chi
csgo Capitalists will build 81 100000
central sugar ref9erg in Louisiana,
with short railroads to adjacent
plantations; st Louis capitalists have
purchased coal lAnds in Texas for about
$500, 900 which tnev Will develop; In
4 I'm nd Q 81, 10000 cotton seed oil
mill company mas baeu chartered; S 10,
| O09.spindle cotton N Ii Will be built IL
Georgia; Philadelphia Iron Bird Wo;ks
have secured G location for plGnt IN
Roanoke, Va; $4,000 worth OF rnS-
chinery has seen ordered for comp etc
bolt ond nut works in Decatur, Ala; 3
contract has been made with Texas
qusrry for $1,000 carloads Of erEn-
| tie. These are but q few Of
tie Leading items reported in this
weeks Manufacturers Record. There
are many smaller enterprises, Including
electric light and waterworks, ice fac
tories, four and saw mills, etc, sho wing
that even the yellow fever scare has had
but little eject in checking the souta's
crest industrial development, and now
that the danger Of the fsver spreading has
about died out, Sill greater actiyity may
| be looked for.
In Its weekly "Construction Depart.
ment," giving list Of all new ente :ortses
in .ue south, the Manufacturers Record
OF this week contains the tollowi G items
OF new industries and the engagements
0; old ones in this state:
TExAs.
Abilene-Gln H. B. Smith and VIM.
c. woodward are erecting q gin.
Atlenta-Coal Mining.-Cosl has been
discovered and company has been
formed to mine 1t. ..
/ oret
snce contemplate building cotto i-seGd
oil mill a. Bryan, Me1is and Cor5 c.t &,
| Burne.-L thogrsphic Stone.-A corh-
pany has been form d to develo litbo-
graph stone quarry.
Burpe-Granite Quarry reported
tskssIthe Capitol Granite Company has re
ceived contract for $4,000 car -losds of
granite.
| Colorsdo-Sslt Works.-A comosn has
been formed To sink we'll to :he sals
vein witt TieT - establishing woEks
for manufacturing salt. They hsye pur
chased 1870 scres OF land.
Dslles-PG olishrg. - The Evening
Journal Publishing Company, capital
STOCK Sl5 coo. has been Chartered by 81
r of il, J P. yonss and Gs)rg9 7.
Byrre.
| D.llss-Building Gram & Chil!o"
Will erect four-s.ory store building.
Dlllas-Cottoa Mili.-The DIS las Cot
Ton snd Woclen Mills h+ve voted tc issue
1925 900 OF bonds, previous reported, to
complsse their mill.
Ell Paso-Found-y end Machine Shop
| z. N. Ilar Snd 4. ". Duttoa have started
afJuGc-y sud machine shop md are pur
| Chasing more mHcairerg. Taay will be
known as the E. PAso FouRcEy hnd M
criue Company.
e Paso-Britge.-Tha Santa Fe Street
| Railway G. 'mpsEv, previously reported
as to build bridge acrossthe Bio Gysu6e
river, invite plsns snd specifications far 8
passenger end street railroad brlcge until
| O;t0ser l.
Fort Worth-RsilVoad.-B B. Paddock,
president For Worth and RIO Grdnde
Railroad Company, reports taEt suryegs
are being made for an extension 100
miles beyond Ggaubury; slso reports
Contracts Ie: foy building For! Worth and
Western RailEoad. -.
Fort wor&h-Cosl mining Louis
capitalist, have purchased the SsraTn
coal minss in Palo Pinto county, reported
for S50o;000, and Wiu organize as the
Texas aud Pacific Coal Mining Company
| (w,yh flee ct Fort WORTHY 10 develop
LINE property.
T Standardization mill..-Llm9erssou
& Rsgea of San S,bs, Tx, contemplate
nuiidirg the a)ur NIL and gin lately men
toned.
G,lvestor-Jssiy The contract for
the complexion OF the government jattV
has beenAwaided to a. n, Shannon &
! Co. Of Galveston at S403 450.
! Georgetown - Chair, FsctorY-J. Il.
JAYorek, lsseiy msntioGed es 70 build a
tSsEr, facsorg, bas commenced work. Main
Fulfilling viii 40xS50 feet, other buildings
4oxSs iseG sau 3or50 feet, sn one story.
He will invest 900 and will be known
as the fltss Texas F1-nieure Company.
Runtsvlile-Gnutch. - The Christian
7 Church will erect ne" church bulldog.
Ltanc-k.llrosd.-T San Antonio AID
Arkansas PAss Rilroad Company ,fdSe,,
San An.onio) are making suereys TO as:
certain the most pracsi able route for the
extension of their rosd 70 Llsno, pre-
viouslv reported.
McKiuney-Coston-s seed Oil Milne
! go.istreas are pending for establishing
cotton-sesG oifmHi..
! Sabine Psss-Rsilrosds-The KANSAS
| City and Sabine P.sa Railroad, previ>.
| ously reported IS to build from Kansas
f-Cisy to Shine Pass, has let contract for
17S miles to R P MCCORMACK & Co of
/ E,ns,a niSz f,hn V Nior nj KsusAa