Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-18
TEXAS PROGRESS.

The contract has been let for an artesial vel
at Abilene at cost of sls, 20j, and work will
be commenced Immediately.
The city hall at Magnum, Greer county, is as
suming visible proportions.
The Corpus Christi mineral well is to be re-
opened. Work will commence Immediately.
| Snyder, scurry county, is enjoying a quiet
| building boom. Many residences have been
! completed or in process of construction.
! TERRELL, Tex, June l7.-Parties interested in
an electric light plant are doing the city to-day
| SHERMAN, Tex. June 1.-THE city council at
| last nights session appointed a committee to
| confer with architects in regard to The building
! Of a city hall to cost not less than So, OJU
AIvoRD, Tex, June 1.-THE Goodenough
| stone block of buildings is nearing completion;
| will be ready for occupancy in short time
| There is talk of fine hotel being built here
| soon. There il not better opening IN North
| Texas for good hotel than at this place, Capt,
| G. P. Simmons having closed the weli-known
| Simmons house, on account of the death OF
| his wife, which occurred some time ago.
PERRY, TEX, June l7.-Rev. schluemboch
has sold thirty-fye lots at Roddy, price running
from $50 to $50 each. Ten of the lots was bought
| by Galveston firm who expect to erect bust
ness houses on part of them. Others that pur-
tWeen this and TALL The reiPosd psopie
going to put in a side track Immediately. From
present outlook we may expect to see Roddy
make thriving little German town; it has a
very large scope of very thickly settled country
around it. Success to Rev. Schluembooh, who
is at the head Of the enterprise.
MExIA, TEX, June 1G.-Quite a number of
new bricks are going up. The cannery at this
place is not in operation this year. principally
because the freight rates are too high.
CLAUDE, TEX, June l4.-Work commenced on
the new courthouse to-day and it will be rushed
to completion as the material is all on hand.
lac Large SSdss of b
full of purchasers ara large amounts OF IL has
been sold; nearly all who are buying ars going
to improve it at once.
SwEErwATER, Tx, June I6.-The newly or
ganized National bank will at once erect brick
block here.
TYLER, TEX, June l6.-Work is progressing
on the street railway down West Erwin street,
and in a few days cars will be moving
GATEsvILLE, TEX, June IA Jumbo well
company has been organized with a capital of
$50, 600. They wish to dig an immense well with
a flow equal to the famous Waco wells. The
new elegant bank will soon be completed. Two
other iron front buildings under contract,
handsome Episcopal church and an elegant
front to the Baptist church, all speak of the
steady and solid improvement of Gatesville.
MIDLAND, TEX, June I6-The First national
bank of Midland was organized to-day with
paid up capital OF SCI, 900 The directors are W.
E. Cornell, 4. W. billiard, John L. Hoxie of
Fort Worth, w. H. Cowden, R. W. Johnston,
Hiram Garrett of MsrienfeId, W. P. Mudgett Of
Odessa, c.. w. Elliott and John Scharbauer.
Z. Council, cashier, and W. II. Cowden, first
vice-president. The bank opens about July /.
Real estate is advancing. NJ. N. Pittman bought
q lot to-day on a bilene street for S4O0. Z. A.
Taylor will erect new drug store upon the
same at once.
STEPHENvuLE, TEX, June I7.-This is the
county seat, and the largest town in Erath
county No town is building faster, or has
brighter prospects for the home seeker. On
Tuesday, the 10th inst, contracts were let for
four new buildings. and awarded to Heck &
Baker, OF Fort Worth. Tex, who are to give q
gilt edge bond. The Erath county national bank
building will be of stone. in the latest modern
style of architecture, and will be an ornament to
the city, costing $40, 7Ss. The Sol Frank build
ing, and the E. N. Curtis building will be of
stone. with iron columns and plate glass fronts
handsome galvanized iron cornices and re-
cessed show windows. They viii be beauties.
There are many new dwellings in course of con-
structiOn, and the carpenters hammer is heard
in every direction from early morning until late
evening. There are three new, latest patent
wire bridges being built on the Bosque river, in
the city, at a cost of $40, 600.