Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-19
VERNON.
Remarkable Strides of Progress Assured
for the Next Twelve Months.
Favorable Railway Moves-Wilbarger Claims
the Bun for Quality of Wheat in the
Past, Now for Quantity.

Speclal 10 the Gazette.
VERNON, TEX. April 18.-A partiou-
larry hopeful feeling predominates in
this city just now and the opinion is
prevalent that Vernon's progress in the
next twelve months will be even more
remarkable than her gigantic fstrideS
during the last year. This idea is not the
offspring entirely of the speculative
mind but is substantially founded and
is entertained by the city s most conserv-
atlve men.
The magnificent rains which have
fallen recently have insured a large
wheat crop beyond the peradventure of
a doubt, and oats promise also to yield
enormously. In addition to this Is the
fact that the virtues of the city and
county are becoming wide ly known, and
investors and homeseekers are daily COM
ing in to share in the gains to be enjoyed
by those who have the foresight to place
their confidence in Wilbarger wheat
lands.
Nothing has added more to the hope
full spirit than the announcement made
to-day that Vernon had been made q
common point in railway traffic, and
that hereafter merchants at this point
would receive freight as cheap as Wich-
ita Falls, Henrietta and other of our
sister cities heretofore more favored.
For the present this rate only obtains on
goods shipped by way of Panhandle
City, for the parties to it are
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
system, owning the Southern Kansas,
and the Denver. But the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, and other roads
hauling Vernon freight will soon be
forced to meet it, and then we will be on
an even footing with the best of them.
Another favorable move in railroad
circles is the decision of the Denver road
TO build new passenger depot to accom-
modate the large and increasing travel to
Vernon. The new structure will be large
and cOmmadious of creditable design and
ornamental workmanship. It's effect
is already fat, for the announcement
that it wouldabe erected, at the foot of
certain street las created a great furry
in real estate on that thoroughfare, and
for two days lots have been rapidly
changing hands. "a new street, car line
will be one of Consequences of the
new location and tue probabilities are
that it will be a be1fs liIes encircllng a
considerable portion ogtne city.
Private dispatchessfrgn Mr.. German,
who is at the headof theswaterworks and
electric light companY GFp to the effect
that the water mains and boilers have
been aireadF ehipped, andSthat he will
be here wilma large forceasof men to
commenceHork on May l. 1.-TWO years
ago Vernon was a village of 400 inhabi-
tants; 81 six months FROM now
it VIII be city Of $500
to 5000, with two street, car
lines, water and electric >, light
works, three banks, three-storY brick
hotel, and handsome stone and brick
business houses galore.
Match it who cant
Wilbsrger county has stood without q
rival for the quality of wheat produced;
this year her farmers propose TO
thousand acres were sown IN
wheat, which, under the influence
of wind and rain is rushing rapidly on
toward the reaping. To handle the i'm
mense crop now promised there will be
three elevators in the county by the time
they are needed. f. NJ. Cockrell has
just been here, accompanied by expert
elevator architects and builders, and
everything is in readiness for beginning
the construction of a 80 200 bushel ele-
vator here, and a 40, 900 bushel one ct
Harold. Work is already progressing
rapidly on the elevator of the Vernon
mill and elevator company of $50 900
bushels capacity. Two hundred and
forty thousand bushels of grain can thus
be stored III this county at one time.
This will add greatly to the convenience
of the farmers, and enable them to hold
their wheat at small cost until the con-
dition of the markets warrants them in
selling.
Vernon g merchants, too, are imbibed
with the spirit of progress, and the old
frame business houses are rapidly giving
way to handsome brick edifices more
suited to the appearance of prosperous
and progressive city.
In fact, every branch of business is
marching on, keeping step with the mu-
sic of progress; and while all the citizens
pull together with the same zeal and
unanimitY that have characterized their
past efforts, and which characterize their
present, there is nothing which can stop
or stay the tide of Vernon s prosperity.
QUANAH.