Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-19
HE wEEKLY GAZETTE FORT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY


Co.. two-story stone business house, 5000;
W. G. Montgomery, stone business house.
5000; T. B. Coster, two-story stone business
house, $1,000; Randolph & Franklin, and Pro
fessor Wiley, two story business house, J0xiOe,
SIC, 600; stone courthouse, SIS, goo; j. T. Spears,
stone business house. $1,000. In ADDITION 10 TINS
number there are many new dwellings IN course
OF construction, many OF which are very nand-
some. Besides these there are probably one
hundred dwellings under contract here Quansn
is the future city of this great wheat oelt ana
it isn't long OF until this preolcoon VIII come
true.
here are all busy We have no boom except the
growth of the town as the times demand, and
that has been considerable for the past Two
years If we had railroad 1t would De calieu
boom. John TAYLOR has finished the stone work
on his business house. E. K Williams & Bro.
have finished the addition to their drug store.
HASKELL, TEX, June u.-Haskell is stin on
the boom. Several new houses are IN course OF
erection. The first national bank OF Haskell IS
fully organized with cash capital oil SOW wv
and will open for business by the 10th.
There is also move on foot TO organic sec
ond bank to be known as the Haskell national
bank, composed principally OF home cltl zens,
and we hope that each bank may do good bust
ness and prosper.
BALLISeER, Tex, June PA rousing and
very enthusiastic mass meeting was held az the
courthouse last night TO perfect the organization
of what is known as the Balhnger progressive
committee. thirty-fve of the most active busl-
ness men of the town and county were chosen
members of the committee ana Its or
ganiZation perfected by the election OF u. r.
Gay, president, and J. n. Winters and W. A
Davis, secretaries. Twelve hundred and fifty
dollars in cash was contributed TO the commit
tee last night. As much more Will De raised oy
voluntary contributions to-day.
GONZALES, TEX, June 13.-Last night our city
council had meeting for the purpose OF grant
our town in order to get to the Gqadaloupe river
for the purpose of Transporting Drlck ana other
produc Is that may be manufactured there. AFTER
some considerable difficulty they finally agreed
TO grant the right of way asked for by our two
railroads to run their lines through the streets
to the brickyard already in operation, and to
the one in contemplation. We have company
already formed for the purpose OF constructing a
dam across the river at this point with q view OF
erecting an electric light plant here.
the near future When work is commenced
on the dam it will start up 81 oh boom as viii
bring our town and county into notice, and VIII
be the means of inducing many homeseekers TO
find their way to on town, and to locate IN our
midst. We think il people looking Tor homes
can only our fine lands, and cheap lands.
and fine climate, good health, good water. GOOD
society, together with our many natural ad-
vantages over many other Secnops, they Will
be inclinedto cast their lot amongst US. we
need more good ia rmerS, mec hanlcS, artisans,
etc., with capital to develop and build up the
town and country. We need live. energetic.
industrious men to take the place of some OF our
old mossbacks who like money, yet are TOO ldIe
to ever make any by their individual efforts,
but are anxious to have others to build up the
waste places To- them.
CoMANcHE, TEX, June l2.-The Comanche
loan and Improvement company have received
plans and specifications for nine new stone resi-
dences, and will begin work IN a few days.
They expect to have them ready for occupancy
by the LIST of October. NJ. V. Flemm ,ng is ex-
cavating the foundation on the South side Tor
the erection of two-story building, 25xIO. feet.
The Comanche board of trade Is thoroughly
organized and ready for the transaction OF such
f,fr-i cl1anr On 10 he
offers one of the best openings in the state for
tirst-class hotel; also an opera rouse
IS sn badly s,a e1 anv In kind OF Business i5
Among the new corners and capitalists who have
decided to cast their lots with the Comanches
recently are five gentlemen from Brownwood.
six from Dublin and FIVE from Gatesville. There
is not town in Texas which has labored under
greater difficulties than has Comanche-b
surrounded by railroads on all sides as she has
but every dog has his day, and this is
Comanche's opportunity, and the time is near
at hand when she will be the best town west Of
Fort Worth. With her good society, hand
some churches, educational advantages, healthy
location, and the push and pluck of her business
men, together with the natural resources of the
country surrounding, she is bound to build up.
We expect to have city in five years with TO-
00O population, with electric lights, street rail-
way, waterworks, etc. This is no idle dream or
sps culation. The fact that she has sustained
herself under so many adverse circumstances
gives US confidence that she will prove herself
equal to any emergency,
Mr.. j. It. Camp, a contractor and builder, was
in this city last night and was brim full OF his
work. He has just submitted plans TO the coun-
ty commissioners Of Throckmorton county for a
fine courthouse and school building. 1t was
understood previously that the majority opposed
the erection of the buildings at this time, but
however that was, the plans submitted were ac-
ceptsd four to one. The contract Will be adver-
tiEed in The GAZETTE and in the Galveston pa
Ders until July T. when the bids will be closed,
The successful contractor will then Immediately
commence work. The courthouse is TO be
stone two-story with towers and to cost about
$50, 900. The schoolhouse will also be OF stone,
Two stories in height and costing not more
than $4,000. Under the impulse of this
coming improvement property in Throckmorton
took a jump of 100 per cent. and seems to be
there for good.
Mr.. Camp is a genuine lover Of his country
and the prospects in Shackeltord and Throck-
morton county Justify his enthusiasm. He says
that the CROPS in those two counties are better
and there are more Of them than there has been
for eight years. Some ofthe wheat was dam
aged and the yield will not be heavy, but the
majority will pan out thirty bushels to the acre.
That gentleman also stated that business was
improving greatly in Albany, and that more
wool would be handled there this year than
claim that Albany is the best wool mar
ket in the state is proved by the distance that
sellers come some bringing wool from q dis
lance of 300 mics. The amount handled at the
end of the season will exceed S500, 900 worth.
The country in that section OF the state is FILL
ing up very rapidly, and the camps of the immi-
grants dot the praires for miles. Haskell and
Jones counties filling faster than Throck
ther to the west. The reason of this is the large
fenced holdings of the stockmen in the latter
counties that keep the settler out. This con-
tinues, although the land in the more westerly
counties is held at higher figure and at the
same time is inferior in quality.