Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-28
DALLAS.
Company Organizing to Start Another
:. Cotton Mill with $4,000 Spindles.
ehe Weeks Real Estate Transfers S1.261 500.
The New Directory win Show Population
of Not Less than Sixty Thousand.
DALLAS RUsTLTNe.

DALLAS RUsTLrNe.
Special to the Gazette
DALLAS, TEX, July PA company is being
organized by home capitalists TO start another
cotton mill with SO, 600 spindles Stock is being
subscribed AMI the projectors are confident the
mill will be IN operation by the LIST OF next Janu-
airy. They propose starting on $50 400 capital
in addition to their landed interests, comprising
the mill site.
Another mammoth mill is nearly assured
which will eclipse anything in that line estab-
hshed in Texas. A well-known local manufac-
turer is pulling the strings on this enterprise.
and he is interesting Eastern capital solely. It
+ Is given out that all this company viii ask will
be lands for a site. The company propose 10 eS-
tablish in connection with their cotton manUfac-
turing enterprise paper mill. They confidently
expect to break ground for the enterprise this
year.
Still a third is a cotton mill enterprise being
organized by Atlanta capitalists and WeR
known manufacturer OF that city who visited
Dallas and looked over the ground last spIakiEss
This it is thought, viii be located at Oak CiIt6s
on site Of about fifty acres of land as boA5&.
In another manufacturing branch is talhefA
foundry and machine shops, which Isashffag
backed by parties who have recently invested IN
Dallas real estate
OF these enterprises that are formulating it is
said that at least two Will be in operation at the
close of the present year and the others will be
in course of erection.
DoINGs IN DALLAS DIRT.
The transfers for the week aggregate 81, ISL
599. The daily transactions were as follows:
Monday, 1863, 800; Tuesday, $36, 10; Wednesday,
S15, 427 Thursday, 1851 ,94O Friday ST., 400; Sat
urday $3.50, $751;
Three-fourths of the aggregate transactions
comprised North Dallas suburban property.
Among the number of deals made men
toned the following, which go to show what in
vestments in Dallas real estate doing:
Last Wednesday Thomas Bros. and A. G.
Wills sold to the Fidelity real estate and trust
company, Philadelphia firm; 2a4 acres of
ground for SIS 600. Only the October preceding,
being ten months before selling, they bought it
for S35, 600, clearing $50, GOO in ten months, or
5000 month on their investment.
To-day Bowser & Lennon sold to the Dallas
guarantee and investment company, which Is
organized for the purpose of establishing and
promoting manufacturing interests in Dallas,
1920 acres of suburban land out of the Miles Bur-
nett and Crawford Grisby surveys for $3.50. 900.
Two years ago these gentlemen bought this
L. Craddock sold to the Dallas guarantee and
Investment company sixty-two acres about three
miles north of the city for SIS, 600. Two years
ago he paid for the land $IOO per acre His in
crease in this transaction is shown by the
figures, 81 800.
DALLAS POPULATION.
Messrs Morris n & Fourmy, the well-known
directory publishers, are engaged in gathering
the necessary material for their forthcoming di-
rectory of the city of Dallas for the years 1SS99O.
The work is progressing satisfactorily, and the
data will be gathered in due time. a corps of
of six men are engaged in collecting the material
and enumeratfng the population. Mr..
Morrison stated this morning that
the census of population, which would
include the two cities and Oak Cliff, would be
completed in about four weeks and the book be
issued in October. As yet the enumeration has
not reached that point that would justify
estimate of the population based on facts, but
Mr.. Morrison states that the increase compared
with last year will re very large. He is very
confident that the figures viii not be under
sixty thousand. Mr.. Morrison has been over
the ground and knows whereof he speaks.
There has been some fear expressed lest the
absentees should not be enumerated in the gen
eral census. Mr.. Morrison says that there need
be no fear on this score, as the names of people
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abroad on business are obtained from their rela-
tives and others.
FAIR NOTES.
The cattle roping contest this year will be
attractive feature. The most expert cowboys in
the state will contest for the prizes and much in
terest in this almost lost art' will be aWak-
ened.
The race programme is now out and is hand
some piece of work. The races will last eleven
days and will be the greatest turf meeting ever
held in the South.
Louis JesseIl of Victoria, Tex, writes that he
possess a secret by which anybody may control
the breeding of all kinds OF stock SO rs to pro-
duce at will at any time either male or female
breeds, hermaphroditis, high quartered or lo%1
Quartered ANIMALS. He has experimental ter q
years on his own animals, and says ne has pgyet
met with single failure. His process consists !
of neither medical treatment nor operation, andF
is easy to understand and practice. sSa
A. G. Michaelis, general freight and passea-
ger agent of the Mexican Central. writes from
the City of Mexico that his line viii give special
rates to agents working for the fair in Mexico.
Rustler Oliver writes that Greenville and Hunt
the county exhibit premiums.
Hopkins county viii be along with other North
Texas counties in having an exhibit at the fair.
Col. Oliver has been to Sulphur Springs and he
met with great encouragement.
Mr.. John Caro- Russell, president of the First
National bank, writes that Kaufman county Is
moving right along for the first premium in
the county exhibit department. The progressive
citizens of town and county are taking hold of
the matter and the papers without exception are
doing excellent work.
The Dallas school of art is preparing an at
tractive exhibit.
Wise county is preparing an exhibit.
Gen. Caben wires to Secretary Cour from
Brentwood that Runnels county organized
Thursday, and viii make magnificent exhibit
Brown county is getting up fine county fair and
will transfer the exhibits to Dallas. San ANGELO
was 20 have organized to-day.
sen. R. A. Cameron of the Fort Worth and
s9ehver says that he viii try to get the Pan
fbGZttlc'' counties to make q strong and united
5eZhibit The Fort Worth and Denver viii give
every encouragement to the efforts Of the Pan
handle people.
B. K. Brant of Pecos writes that great effort
is being made to collect representative exhibit
from the PecoS country.
General Freight and Passenger Agent J. L. A.
Thomas writes that the great Panhandle route
will extend every encouragement TO the fair
Mr.. w. T. Gill, editor of the Paris News
writes that the committee is progressing finely
in getting up Lamar county's exhibit. which
viii be complete exposition Of the splendid re-
sources of that county. Il would be well if all
News.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
The Rapid transit railway company to-day |
filed proce edlngS against the Houston and Texas |
Central railway company for injunction re-
straining the defendants from fencing the right |
OF way at the intersection of the two roads, the
Rapid transit having intersected it for 4 street.
DR.. William Thomas, q local dentist of promi- |
nence, was to-day adiudged insane His cen |
versatiOn in court was rambling and of nature /
to leave no mistake of an unbalanced mind.