Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-18
TEXAS PROGRESS.

DENTON, Dec. S.-Mr. Diamond of
Aurora, Ill. commenced operations to-
day on the urtesiau well for the city
wuterworks and electric lights. The
site Is selected for the wells, an, mn-
chinery is on u lot on North Locust
street between Locust street aud Oak
luud avenue. BE expects to obtain
abundant water With sixty days for the
purposs of supplying the city.
WHIrEsBoRo. Dec. 9.-Work has be-
gun in earnest on the artesIun we'll, and
the cross ties are being distributed for
the street railway.
The dirt /, flying now, AMI there will
BIZ more brick buildings erected In Ar
lington during the next twelve mon; his
thun in any town of its siZs in North
Texas. so says the Post.
c. Villeneuve has opened a private
bank ut Abilene for discount only, no
deposits being received. This makes
tour hanks 1T Abilene with au aggregate
capital OF 81 900. 900.
The shares require. to be taken to or
gHuiZs II building aud loan Association at
seymour, have all been subscribed and
that organization will soon be- peri 'rte |.
Fifty more residences for Srynou. in
lion, eXcluims The sun.
1t ia reported, says the Texarknna
News, that the Bowie commissioners
have determined to build a courthouse at
the place Indicated as the geogra rhicnl
center and have already let the contract.
The new hotel cOinpnuy mentioned
some time since, says the Cleburne En-
terprise. has been organized. The
nf Pol "a
Chambers streets has been purchased,
running through to Henderson street,
and the work will commence in the
spring. Estimated cost SIS 200.
A fine stone building is soon to be
erected at Gordon, Pulo Pinto county,
for hotel purposes.
Sherman Democrat: The commissions
ers have contracted with the Chicago
bridge and iron company for an iron
bridge over Post Oak, on the Sherman
and Whitesboro roud two miles from The
CItv.
The Memphis road in Hall county to
Collingsworth has been put IN good con-
dItion for travel.
Work on the new S35 900 court house
is progressing nicely, saws the Clarendon
Traveller, and The second-siory windows
are all set. The St. Louis pressed brick,
OF which the outside walls are being con-
s,ructed, contrast Handsomely with the
gray sandstone trim minrs, and when
completed, the house will be- one OF the
most handsome nud substantial siruc-
lures of the kind in Texas.
IN speaking of the new well at Beau
mont the contractor said: The water is
undoubtedly rs good. pure and sweet Us
any / have yet discovered in my whole
course of well boring. went down $50
feet and struck n very rich yield of the
beat water the good people of Beaumont
ever saw or tusted. When the flow hal
become perfect this well of which speak
was visited by hundreds of persons and
MI. Fletcher WIS congratulated very
tlrverly on having secured the source OF
$50 900 gallons per day-more than he
and all his friends could possibly use.
MINERAL WELLS, Dee. l4.-Many new
residences are i'll process of construction
and many others are talked of as soon a.
the luin bernen eau get their lumber over
the r"ad for the purpose. A SIS ZOO
hotel Is talked of. aud the gentlemen
having the matter in charge say they
will have i: completed aud ready for the
RECEPTION of visitors by the lst of June,
1891. Parties are here from California