Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-26
SAN ANGELO.
Representatives Tell of Her Progress and
Outlook.

Representatives Tell of Her Progress and
Outlook.
j. G. Murphy, editor of the San An
gelo Standard, and d. NJ. Dewitt, dele
gates from San Angelo to the manufaot-
urers' convention and to the San Angelo,
Abilene and Henrietta railroad meeting,
are quartered at the Pickwick hotel.
They we're approached last evening by q
GAZETTE man, who Cleaned from them
some very interesting facts about the
ConCho country.
MIR. Murphy being of q very modest
disposition, something rare in the news
paper fraternity, did not present the
advantages of his section before the
manufacturers convention, but in this
connection he informed THE GAZETTE
that San Angelo, like Fort Worth, has
crossed the Rubicon and is on her way TO
Rome, aud stands unrivalled among
the progressive cities in West Texas.
San Angelo, with u population of 1000.
is the county seat of Tom Green, at one
time the largest and one of the most
wealthy counties in the state, and is still
capable of sustaining the population of
an ordinary sized commonwealth. 1t Is
situated at the present terminus of the
Western branch of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe railroad, about 225 miles
on an air line southwest of Fort Worth.
This thriving CITY is located at the con-
fuence OF the beautiful Concho rivers
three in number-and right in the heart
of the far-famed COncho country. One
of the finest exhibits of the natural pro-
ducts of this section ever collected Is
permanently located at tina Union depot
IN Fort Worth and is the center of at
traction for prospectors and home seek
ers.
san Angelo and the territory immedi-
ately adjacent offers one of the richest
fields in the state for manufacturing en-
terprises as well as agricultural indus
tries. The magnificent water power
lying ut the doors of this embryo city is
unsurpassed and only needs development
in order to operate the machinery of a
score of factories which, at no distant
day, are destined to line the banks of the
romantic Conohos. Numerous farms are
beng opened up along the valleys and on
the uplsnds of the surrounding country,
producing crops of every variety that
cannot be eXcelled. 1t is well known
that she territory tributary to San Au-
gelo is uneQualled as Il. stock-ralsing
country.
From recent authentic statistics San
Angelo is proved 10 be the largest wool
market in the state. This is no idle
boast. She has shipped during the year
ending August / q, 1890, 3.26l 900 pounds
of the tieecy staple, leading San Antonio
by 1906 pounds. She is also the largest
mutton shipping point in the United
States, having marketed during the
months of April, May and June, 1890,
the unparalleled number of los, 900
head.
From November to II, next, the
ConchO Valley fair VIII hold its second
annual meeting at San Angeles; So
round trip from any point on the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railway.
The future OF San Angelo, already so
fisttering, will undoubtedly be assured
by the building or the projected line of
railroad extending from there to Hem
rietta via the city OF Abilene, aud will
eventually become the most important
commercial center of West Texas.