Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-19
TEXAS MILLS AND FACTORIES.

There is n prospect of an iron foundry
! being put III at Weatherford soon.
The car wheels made by the Marshall
car wheels ard foundry company, SAYS
the Star, nave been styled by NJ. w.
, Elliot, superintendent Of motive power
ana machinery of the Texas and Pacific
! railway company, as 1.-the best wheel
made. - Mr.. Masters has achieved I'M
! precedented success in the manufacture
! of wheels, not Il single wheel made by
| him since he has been in Murshall-Over
| two yenrs-Envlrg broken on any road
The company may have 10 en-
| large their force seen. Besides their
wheels. the Marshall car and foundry
company make logging ears, for which
they have orders for all they car make
by February /.
Another enterprise is now pointing to
Wolfe City i'll the shape of IA glucose fac
tory. prominent capitalist of Kansas
City was in town the fore part of this
week, says the Chronicle, who will, ii
the citizens give him proper encourage
ment, move from St. Joseph, Mo-, to
this point. There are only five of these
factories in the whole country, and in
his opinion lie thinks that Wolfe City is
one of the best locations in The Cuited
States for one. The factory in question
has capacity of 200O bushels of corn
per day, and will employ large number
of men.
A proposition is before the benson
board of trade in regard to putting in a
linen factory there after the De La
Roche pEocess.
In speaking of Houston's great car
wheel builder, Col. Dick son, the New
Birmingham Times has the following:
He ia now melting 46, COO pounds of mig
per day and turning ont sevsnfy-rvo
wheels. In May he will turn out 40 per
day, weighing 600 pounds each. He
uses Cherokee county iron. and says
under the new patent, that the wheel
will be even superior to those ne is now
making, which he guarantees to run
100 600 miles.
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman has
the following: Railway improvements to
be begun early III the coming year in ter
ritorY tributary to the South east Texas
milling district, and for which material
Is now beng sought. it Is estimated will
require about 900, 900 ties besides other
lumber. The improvements here re-
ferred to haveioeen decided upon and are
within easy reach of Beaumont and Or
HnHe, 80 lHal lue GTtdttT portion OF the
material will naturally be taken from
those cities. Mill orders are larger than
ever before, the local manufacturers
having yet to deliver between 600 900
and 700 600 ties, besides large quantities
of bridge timbers. The Texas tram and
lumber company, Beaumont, Tex. are
tearing out their old boilers in the mill
preparatory to putting in n new rest,
also are putting in q new edge and hog
so as TO utilize the slab for fuel, which
has for so long been wasted in the slab
pits. Still the Improvement goes on.
The agitation at Seymour for roller
mill and elevator continues, and the
matter is being brought TO focus.
Half u million brick are contracted for
at Timpson and work on them will be
commenced as soon as the holidays are
over.
Arrangements are nearly completed
for the establishment of a furniture
factory ct Marshall, about $4,000 having
been subscribed for the purpose already.
In Skidmore correspondence the Bee
vile Bee says: Oar gin man is here and
will soon commence the erection of his
gin, which will nave i'll connection cot
tor-seed oil mill, thereby afforiiug the
farmer a home market for all his surplus
seed.