Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
REALTY AND BUILDING
Hon. Barnett Gibbs. Speaks Highly OF
the Coming Convention.
Excellent Prospect for Fort Worth to Secure a
Paper Mill-Anothpr Presbyterian
Church-New Buildings.

| oity owe the success of this underrakinE
He began work on the project several
months ago, and has succeeded IN plac-
! ing the enterprise on a solid basis. lie
laid his project before Maj. VanZanit
! president of the chamber of commerce
and other enterprising citizens, aud has
met with considerable ENCOURAGEMENT
! There is no bonus asked, and there is no
lot scheme connected with the undertaa-
lug. 1t is a strictly business affair, 2
! stock company composed Of men who
realize the advantage of the Institute
| to Fort Worth and themselves. It's
proposed to locate the mil
! on land not far from tie
! Dahlman refrigerator, on the bans
| of the river, where all water necessar7
can be obtained. The subscription pa
| per is headed, ''We the undersigned
agree to take the number of shares of
stock set opposite our names in the For,
Worth paper mill company, the total
capital stock being limited to $40 900 '
The stockholders up to date are H II.
Kerr, Maj. X. NJ. VanZandt, W. a.
Boaz, W. A. Barter, Huffman implement
company, VIM. Bryce, c. II. Snlimau,
r. Vickery. F.. IS. Harold R. II.
Sellers, n. Harding and J. X. Millcau.
Some $50, 600 of the stock is still to hs
taken, but this amount can surely be
placed in Fort Worth if there is any de-
sire at ell 10 bring such enterprises to
our city. Mr.. Kerr says the kind OF
paper the mill can first be worked on
with profit is straw paper, for which
there is almost unlimited demand. 4
market for all the mill can produce, and
more can be found within sixty miles OF
Fort Worth, and no competition from
outside can iniure it. This mill will give
the farmer market for his straw and at
the same time will buy ali the scrap
paper which is now burned as worthless
The mill will employ from fifteen 10
twenty men and can be run all the year
round. The capacity of the mill is lG 200
to 20 900 pounds of paper every day.
The machine makes continuous ribbon
of paper two yards wide of any thickness
desired. Mr.. Kerr gives the following
description of the mill, the plans of
which have been prepared: The
length of the building is 1876 feet;
width, from thirty-fve to sixty
feet. The buildings will be OF
brick with concrete floor, so that nothing
can burn but the roof. At one end
of the building will be three large straw
watts in which the straw will be cooked.
Next comes three rooms in which are
placed the boilers, engines and heating
engines for reducing the cooked straw To
pulp. Then comes large room in which
is placed an immense paper machine run
by an engine of its own 10 prevent jar
ring. After passing from this machine
the paper is cut and packed in bundles
On this machine can be made every
grade of straw wrapping paper that is
used. This mill will be able to compete
with any make of wrapping paper in the
country except MANILA, which cannot be
made profitablY here because the wood
pulp Will have to be imported from the
North. This mill Will consume fifteen
tons of wheat or oat straw, or thirteen
tons of rye straw, for every ten tons OF
finished product. If the stock is placed
this fall the mill can be in full operation
in the spring.
TIE MANUFACTURERS CONVENTION.
Hon. Barnett Gibbs of Dallas was in
of friends and looking after extensive
landed interests here. Governor Gibbs
spoke freely about the great manufact-
urers' and business mems convention to
be held here on September "a, and said it
was the biggest thing ever started for
Texas. II was Just what Texas needed.
If reciprocity with Mexico were adopted
the manufacturers in Texas would have
the edge on every one else in supplying
the people of that republic with manu-
featured goods. The conve tion was
timely move and much good would re-
suit. Delegates are being elected all
over the state.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
The directors of the South Side Build
ing and Loan association have elected
officers for the first year as follows:
President, Jere J. Roche; vice-presi-
dent, l. Carb; treasurer, Max Eser;
secretary, G. NJ. Often; attorney, c. b.
Reynolds.
NJ. T. Bradley has finished work on
the foundation of his S25OO residence or
Burnett and Thirteenth streets and the
frame is now going up. 1t is q two
story structure.
The track of the Park street railway
has been laid on Cherry aud Texas
streets, and track laying will soon be
done on North street.
W. I. Steele has about completed his
two-story residence on Burnett street.
J. Z. johnson is building $500 resi-
1ence on East Weatherford street,
Oscar Seligman has purchased the Pen
ileton property on East Weatherford
street and will build $4,000 residence.
The building formerly used by the
of the First Presbyterian
church has been moved to College avenue
and will hereafter be Known as the Col
sge Avenue Presbyterian church.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
B. B. Paddock to Luther
Stearns, part of block Z,
Jennings west addition. S 3, $50 90
T. A. Joiner to W. II.
Beachamp, eighty acres w.
w. Wallace survey. 2,450 90
Ben NJ. Terrell to W. r. Ed
rington, lots and s block l,
McAnulty & NesUit subdiYis-
ion block 15............. 1900 90
American land and investment
company to Josephine B.
Richmond, lots Is, II, 10,
l6, II, IS. 10 and 20 block
50, Arlington Heights go. 1000 90
William Morrison to NJ. G.
Ellis, six and one-half acros
W. D. Conner survey. 2,15O 90
:. B. Hanson to Mary Porter,
50x90 block 81, Jennings
south addition . ZOO 90
Y. d. McSpadden to W. Fl.
l.. Moore, LIS acres ]. L.
Andrews survey .... 1,l25 90
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