Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-13
REALTY AND BUILDING.
The Shoe and Leather Factory Pleascs
q Chamber of Commerce Committee.
The Great Paekery Being Pushed Under FuI,
Head Of Steam A Suggestion to
the City Council.
SHOE AND LEATHER FACTORY

hne shoe aud leather factory yesterday
afternoon and were shown through thu
building by John Armstrong, the pro.
prietor. This committee was appointed
by the chamber of commercs to inspect
the plant and report on the same to the
board of directors In order that proper
steps might be taken to further the en-
| terprlse. After being shown through
the members of the committee expressed
themselves as delightfully."- surprised at
what they found. The shoe factory is
30x60 feet, two stories, the tannery is
4OX1O, two stories, with q two-story I
| 5Ox4O feet. In the lower story
| OF the tannery twenty-four watts have
| been built and tanning machinery made
and In process of making was found here.
The huge boiler was found in plnee and
steam was made yesterday for the first
time. The cap stone was Just being put
in for large new Atlas engine, which
Is in the building ready to be put up.
The committee found Mr.. Armstrong to
be an energetic and thoroughly practical
tanner and shoe manufacturer, and will
MAKE unanimous favorable report on
doing all that is possible to aid the pro-
1ect. 1t Is desired to bring full shoe
making outfit from Spencer, Mass
at once, and the funds necessary
to do this are in part TO come from the
sale OF twentY-seven lots at 500, these
lots lying near the factory. Mr.. Arm
strong says number of cheap cottages
should be built on the lots at once to give
the operatives homes. Mr.. Ellis will
build house on lot he purchased at
once. 1t should not require over a day
or two to place all the lots required, for
at 500 they are good investment.
THE PAcKERY.
1t will do, the average Fort Worth
mans heart good to drive out to where
Mr.. Thomas, the superintendent and his
force of 100 men are at work on the
Fort Worth packery.
The buildings, all of stone and five in
begin to loom up and impress
the casual observer even with the
fact that the paokery is here |
to stay for all time To |
come. MIR. Thomas is an expert IN
the business and is building a model |
packery. There will be six smokehouses
5OxlOO feet. four stores high. The
building in which the curing will be done |
is 851114 feet and will be six stories
high. The slaughter house is slxSI feet,
Tour stories high. The boiler and engine |
room Is 56KlO4 feet, one high story. The
factory is 50x50 feet, five sto-
-ies high. Granbury stone is beng used
throughout. Mr.. Thomas says that by
November l at latest the packery will
Dc IN operation. It's capacity will
De 1000 hogs per day in winter and 500
hogs per day In summer. In addition to
his 100 head of cattle and 100 head of
heep can be killed and cared for every
lay in the year. The ice factory will
ave capacity of twenty-five tons per
lay. In addition to the above
here will be rendering works
or dead animals. The company
as capital of 5000, 900, and owns be-
ldes the buildings twenty-five and ONE
ourth acres of land surrounding the :
aokery. All the railroads will have ac-
ess 10 the packery. This Will be the
iggest institution Fort Worth will have, q.
nd will employ scores of hands. NJ. G.
Ills is president of the company.
THE IRON ROLLING MILL, :
Work on this mammoth factory is we'll ,
nder way and it is a credit to the city.
ne principal building has an arched
'uss roof, doing away with all pillars or
artItions in the building. Four car
~
Tree more are now here and three ears
re in transit. The machinery weighs
1915 tons, which will serve to convey an
ga of the size of the works. Mr.. G
. Beach, who is kept busy superinteud G
g the work, says everything is moving
noothly and as rapidly as could be ex- -
'cted, and 1t will not be great while =,
It'll iron is being rolled. N
DTYIr wIcO.- y .rro1x-
The large addition to the wagon fac p,
~ is nearly completed and in a few "
seks will be ready for the machinery. vi
lis factory presents an imposing ar
pearance aud will add considerably OF
the Importance of Fort Worth as a II,
center. The tracks of Ar
Q Fort Worth aud Denver and Cotton ar
vt pass right by the factory. A union Il,
pot, which win accommodate the al
nds at this factory, at the Denver II,
ops aud at the shoe and leather fac NJ
y, will be built near this factory in a at
orr time. o.
THE COTTON MILL. y
Several subscribed for lots yesterday nj
the cotton mill addition. The lots are J iS
z1OO feet to aten foot alles, and cost "
IY 500 to th0sA who suBscribe now.
g tract is bean{Isul onss Overlooking wo
} CITY, and oloset eto, ffe Union depot be,
IN any other factof% addition. Three to
ndred people will Dc Employed in this cal
Il, the company HArafteeing that 100 w
i be employee every &day the first Ma
IT. 1t is onl twenty minutes drive sta
m the 6ostofice to this n n,a
iition. ESery business man Il IT,
'uld help becure this factory out
taking as my lots as he can. Pay
nts are easy, and no money goes to
Cotton Mill company until they put
their buildings.
NOTES OF PROGRESS. AD'
he transfers Yesterday amounted to
r SIPS, 600.
IL cottage residences have been built
North Fort Worth recently. nv
he irst-class fire ball built by the She
on the South Side will soon be ready ,ss :,
occupancy. nj
ids were opened yesterday for a fine Cor
dence to be built at once. The con- san
't will be let in few days. n
ids for the Hyde Jennings three- San
y stone front business house to go M SAN
Main street will be opened to-mor- N