Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-08
TEXAS MILLS AND FACTORIES.

The new cotton compress ut Dublin. is
nearly finished. 1t is large, substah-
tinl structure built of heavy timbers and
Will cover about 10 900 square feet of
ground, not including the large plat
form, which will be 200 feet long and
fifty feet wide.
The Sunset brick and tile company
have just opened their grst kiln OF brick
with very satisfactory results. They
will Immediately commence another kiln
and keep the manufacture going.
Another roller mill with 100 barrel ca
pacity will probably be put in at Sey-
mour. Negotiations are in progress.
The New Birmingham Times says: A
gentleman of large means and ability
came TO this city on Monday last to look
out point for rolling mill. We are in
formed that he has made satisfactory
arrangements and will put up an extern
sive plant between this city and Rusk
about 500 yards from either city.
"Vernon will ship possibly 1000 900
bushels of wheat this season, - says the
Guard, and adds, 'why could it not be
worked up right here? Instead of one
Touring mill in operation and another
under contract, Vernon should have ut
least half a dozen fine patent roller
mills, turning out as fine flour rs could
be seen in the world, and paying out her
hundreds in hard cash monthly 10 honest
toilerS who would add to our population
and have homes among us.
The Higgins manufacturing company
of Beaumont, with II capital of $50 900,
has been chartered and will Immediately
procure machinery and commence the
manufacture of brick.
The machinery of the oil mill at Cald-
well Is being rapidly put in place, and it
will soon be III operation. II is a ten-tou
mill with capacity OF being doubled at
very little expense.
Steam was raised in the Quanah roller
mill last Monday. The mill is fitted with
the latest and most improved machinery 4,
is the all-roller process and has n capaci-
ty of fifty barrels per day and will be
run to its full capacity. The building is
40x50 feet, four stories high and is fitted
up with all the couveniences for hand
ling the flour, shorts, etc.
The Cuero oil mill Is completed and
operations were inaugurnted there last
week with great ceremony which in
cluded professions, red lights, cham
payne and speeches.
The New Birmingham Times: There
has been many strangers In and about
the city for some days past looking for
the future. They have been attracted
here principally by the very extensive
iron deposits, climate, excellent hotel
accommodations. sport. etc. II is now
an assured fact that the Ignite coal car
ries large amount of gas, and cokes
fairly well, fairly settling the question
of the propriety of putting up rolling
mills. There are gentlemen
looking with view of establishing O
large tan yard and a mandatory to use
the leather. Gentlemen are also dis
cussiug the Feasibility OF an agricultural
implement factory, and another wagon
factory. There Is room here for any
kind OF q mandatory, aud market
for the production, but no man can do
business without capital. 1t takes capt.
tai to manufacture. The people are will
ling to aid in the establishment OF facto-
res by the donation of sites upon which
10 erect them. aud there are men here
who will take the stock or bonds of en-
terprises looking to the use of the raw
material.