Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
BEHOLD AND BELIEVE!
All Who Inquire Into the Resources of
Laredo Become Enthusiastic as
to its Future.
Hon Z G. HcCulIOh Enumsrates Some OF the
Advantages Over Those of Other Cities.
He Says It is the Most Remarkable
Place He ever Visited and
Thinks it VIII Soon
Have $4,000 Pop
ulation.

ulation.
A late issue of the Chicago Times con
tanned the following interesting articl
written by its Kankakee, Illinois, CORE
spondent: "The proprietors of the Kan
kakee Wooden Mill company of this cit,
have decided to locate their mills at La
redo, Tex. The contract for their re-
moval has been signed and a large force
Of men will begin the erection of the
buildings necessary for the change by the
LIST of April.
The Hon. T. G. MoCulloh, the presi-
dent and largest stakeholder in the en-
terprise, has lately returned from visit
| to various Southwestern cities that have
been endeavoring to obtain the plant
Mr.. McC9lioh says: 81 have visited the
principal cities of Colorado and Texas and
have selected Laredo, although many of
the other places offered US as liberal in
duoements in the wav of subsidies and
furnishing capital for the DEVELOPMENT
OF the plant; but l have selected Laredo
tor the following reasons: First, for
the healthfulness of the climate,
the weather being all any person could
ask for. The facilities for the manufac-
ture of WOODEN goods are unsurpassed at
any point in the country. The clip known
as the callahan olip' is produced here
and is the finest and heaviest of any of
the Southwestern clips. Cheap labor
was also a great item that induced me.
the Mexicans being considered very good
lAntOrV /,
of them that are unemployed. The
transportation facilities are better
at present than ut other points con-
sidered, and several lines are being
surveyed to build into Laredo. The
cheap coal (the best that is found at any
point In Texas) furnishes cheap power.
The city now has in the neighborhood of
20 200 inhabitants and is growing very
rapidly, and think that in very short
time you Will see the population exceed
81 200. 1t Is the most remarkable CITY [ d
nave ever visited, finely located on tho
banks of the Rio Grande river, and e6f-
nected by railroad so as to controfist the
traaAsof Southwestern Texas and atlarge
portfop of Mexico.
''VYaolen goods can be manufactured |
there atSe much smaller cost faan in the
East, al in the first plaeeg the wool,
being grown there, is slipped to the |
Eastern market before Cleaning, then, |
IN some instances, re-s1zpped 1000 miles
West, aftersbeing oleHnsd, before it Is
brought neafa woogen mill; then, after
being made mo fabric, has again to be |
subjected to theqex pense of transporta-
ton to the conRAfner. All this expense
will be saved time. Our mill will
make speeiaitof securing wool and
'hipping tasth6 Eastern market. The
ofsthe soaring department will
It the starr be about 20c0 pounds daily.
texas wsesskas in the past had a poor
eputatten amongst Eastern manufac-
urers fpZ$fhe reason that heretofore all
he WOO shipped haEbeen in the condi-
ION thet5t was clipIed
"PhH period of month that elapsed
etwssn my first and second visits to
.area& illustrated to me very plainly the
ematHAble growth OF 9he CITY. Vacant
DTS thAt saw at first were ON nv second |
isit, covered by fine business and resi-
ence buildings, oooupiedaby enterpris-
lg citizens. In many respects it is the
lost remarkable city have ever visited.
nd nowhere have met with so many
We, go-ahead people, all working for
ne common good and futureef the gate !
az to the Southwest. The board of !
'ade of Laredo offers splendid induce
tents to any legitimate enterprise tending
ward building up their city. Cotton ,
nd WOODEN mill owners need not look | !
lrther than Laredo for the choicest
cation in the United States. Large =
sposits of fine ore and coal surround | :
lie city and are being developed by >
lrewd capitalists who know q good | 4
ling when they see it and seeing, profit
lereby. The leading spirits of the city
g Northern and Eastern men who are
I'D in their praise OF the future of their
ty. Many Chicago and st. Louis oap1- t
lists are interested in the numerous q
terprises existing there, and are work.
g as hard as mortal can to interest the
ople of the North so that they Will II
me and see the city, well knowing that IL
once they get them there the labor Il
over, as everybody is infatuated with | t.
from the start; and the beauty of 1t is b
infatuation grows with longer ac- %
sintance. All could say about La te
DO could not over-estimate its adj 81
ntages. All that Is being said falls t
ort of correct or adequate descrip- b,
n. In my opinion it is the future me-
polls of Texas.
New Laredo. 10 Mexico, just across
Rio Grande, is the largest port p
entry IN Mexico. Consul Sutton,
'merly OF Michigan, says that
has never lived in so delightful cli- T
Ite and that Ill health is rare, and as is
I. Sutton has been in Mexico for the VI
twelve years, this should be enough -,
convince the most skeptical. Streeass 50
lighted by a fine system of electric
hts, and the street railway are also | Or
'pellsd By electricity. Fine hotels, vi
ID financial institutions sfemsfa SEM i II:
~, first-class educational and clfdfc6 I II,
Tantages, a glorious climate, rapid4
nsit, cheap fuel, and the other modern =,
oroFements all go to make up one of by
finest cities IN the South. - be