Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-15
MINE0LA.
Situated in Wood County, on the Texas
and Pacific Railroad.
The Terminus Of tn, MineoIa Tranch OF ,ae NJ.
K. and T. nnd The Tyler rranch Of the
l. and g. n. Railroads.

In attempting TO place before the read.
ers Of THE GAZETTE the enterprislng and
pros porous city of Mineola aud its sur
rounding country, of clear running
streams and diversity of fertile soils. II
is intended TO be an impartial presenta-
ton OF deserving, well-grounded facts
just as "ithers" see them.
To those who are looking for homes. a
business location, or for safe and pro,,t-
able Investments in real estate, 1t is the
! part of wisdom at least to seek those
| places that have not the wild booms that
snatch from many their hard earned
/ fortunes, but seek tn Sc that are m ost
susceptible of the greatest lasting devel-
| opment. that have the most promising
outlook and varied resources W ich Is the
| only true, unswerving foundation for a
steady, substantial growth of town
into fourIshing city.
Mineoa, the commercial center of
Wood and other surrounding counties
aud the immediate vicinity, lie such a
locality, and those who are seeking
homes or business locations should in
vesiigate well before settling elsew here.
Mineola, with her $500 population and
her surrounding country offer more in
ducements TO homeseekers than any
other CITY twice her size in the state
Her railroad facilities are unsurpas sed
In East Texas, having access to the three
hest railroad systems in the state-the
Texas and Pacific. Missouri, Kansas and
Texas aud International and Great
Northern-from which Mineola gets as
low freight "a es as the first cities OF
Texas. Many of the larger points In
East Texas pay local rates to Miueola to
get through freight rates.
!, There being great variety of farm
rHoducts, Mineols ships an enormous
q&ntIty of country produce every sea-
som,
Avariety of soil-red, gray-sandy and
chocolate loam-enables the farmer to
raise almost anything grown in either |
North or South except the tropical fruits. 4
Fruit CROWN is reCei. ing q great deal !
OF attention, 1t being crop that seldouSi
fails In ihis section, several fruit farIbs |
containing from fifty TO 100 acres; sne |
contain a. 400 acres yields fruits Of the
richest flavor, such as apples, peats3ies,
pears. p!ams, ounces. grapes. A4fuw-
berries, faspberries and blackBrrries.
Pecans ar4 being grown. A vineyard of
nearly 100 acres, as we'll as nLRffy other
smaller otAs, are beginningssto bear
nicely. Th{s being good shsapng point
and having GlarGe and comufedious cam
ming factory Yruit growing - very profit
able, and in q few years WI be the prin-
clpal industria3 pursuit % this section,
and as this portion of ths state grows US
richly favored fruit us. fny of the noted
fruit-grOwing &tates.T (the "GolIeu
state' not exec NeilS why not eneour-
age 1t and put Efst3Sxas 10 the front rs
one OF the finest Afyit coun ries in the
world. III
Corn, cotton AE small grains and rib
bon cnne yield aDuHuuntly good crops of
all this sensons2 LaSt season there were
over 70 900 gs.llons .Spver 1900 barrels of
'ihbon caneEyrup shipped from this . int
gone. About IL ,000H1ules of the heecy
Sap'e Is shipped frork this point every
eason, aud several Carloads of grain.
The splendid forestS of the various
Kinds of'oak. hickory ufd other useful
md valuable timbrrs arst iupxhaustible,
rom Which several hundfed carloads or
GODDARD shipped cut TO points South and
Nests Large quantities o& tan bark is
urhfred and shipped from ttis point.
MiHe0la Is coming 10 the froAt III maui
acturing as well as iu many oaher enter
rises both private and publioa Miueoia
us IL canning Glory which cats an I'M
lense quantity of the line fruits grown
4 the surrounding country, aud supplies
he retail trade i'll many parts OF the 4
late and territories :,
Mineoln has n large chair factory, o.
upying one block on Broad street. II
sad TO be the largest and best equipped L
ictory IN the slate, manufacturing
hairs exclusively. This factory has u
lpacity of from 1000 to 250J chair per
eek, which have the reputation of
aing well made, of good material, very q
ylish and havs the appearance of goods >,
ade by people who thoroughly UNDER
aud the business. These chairs are u
ling shipped to the retail trade over el
IL state and all the territories. Rail- d!
ads having made MlneoIa low rates on
her vnried products her factories eau u
ccesstully meet EASTERN competition. ie
lis institution Is Gn enterprise of which az
= people nre justly proud, and its Oh
pd growth only shows what the et
will' aud money cau do in the ''fur pr
est. ut
Mineola has large tanuery and W
liher factory doing u good business. gt
Mineols has three wholesale business
that have an extensive
ide-much more than her population
'uld Indicate. They supply ali the re- co
Il trade OF the city aud enjoy liberal IN
tronage from other points. IN
MIneola, like many other of the " ide- nj,
axe towns OF Texas, has begun to sink m,
artesian well on Main street. 1t is No
nix already over 500 feet. In,
Nineola college is two-story brick,
tipped with the latest improved furui- M
cost over $1,000. This az,
lege shares quite q liberal patronage ats
IN distance. The home patronage of
lege aud high school Is over 600 pu-
8. Mineola has three hotels OF ample
Iacity 10 accommodate the travelling NJ,
blic. Many of the principal religious a..
are represented in church '"'
and have handsome church Me
ldings that cost from $500 to $4,000 del
H.. mi
iiueola has sixty or seventy-hve BUSH VIII
houses. a bank-capital Sl00, 900, COZ
she wants another one, too. len
iineola has au opera house, of seating
acity 500 people, which would be a. -
dit to city OF greater pretensions u Ga
enerully well pu,ronizsd by our PED
icing incorporated, ana having reg r,
corps OF efficient officers the best OF trs,