Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-09

says the Sinner Courier. The latest for
the capital city is steam laundry, a
ire company and street railway. The
latter will be put in by u foreign syndi-
cate of capitalists.
The new SIG, 900 block at Comanche Is
nearly completed. The house is to be
built of Comanche made brick, 100x5O
feet and two stories high, and the ware
room at the east end will be 50x50 feet
and one story high.
Galveston has appropriated SIS, 900 to
be expended IN advertising the city.
The plan for the new hotel at FLOYD
City has been decided upon and the
building will be erected as quickly as
men, money and teams can get the ma
terials together.
The New England real estate company
has a paid in capital OF $500 600 with Mr..
c. l.. Dignowity of San Antonio as pres
ideut and Mr.. E. NJ. Frank of Portland =,
Me-, as secretary and treasurer. The
San Antonio Times SAYS: The company
was formed for the purpose of building a
new town on Corpus Christi bay, for
which purpose they own 1880 acres of
land. acquired some SIX mouths ago.
This tract of land is situated on the
northwest shore of Corpus Christi bay +,
about midway between Corpus Christi
and Arkansas City, near the little staff on
of Gregory. and so situated that all rail
communication with either of the above
mentioned towns must pass through the
tract, so that the new town, which is to be
called Portland, will receive ell the BEN
eft that accrues to the other two through
the acquisition of deep water. The
bluffs on which the town Is to be built is
equal to the famous cliffs of Corpus
Christi, the position Of the property
making it most desirable for residence
section. Within the next sixty days the
compsn will put large force of men at
work laying out and developing the prop
erty, with the intention of putting it on
the market as soon as possible. The
company has already let contract for
the erection of fine S25, 900 hotel to pri-
vate parties, who will soon commence
construction with view of being ready
by the next season.
The Denton city council, according to
the Monitor, passed an. ordinance to the
following effect: Mr.. Williams proposes
to erect in Denton q system of water
works Of sufficient capacity to supply the
needs of the city for all purposes. in
GLIDING the extinction of fires. The sup
ply of water lie to como from deep wells.
The waterworks plant 10 to consist of one
steel standpipe, twelve feet in diameter.
100 feet high; an engine and boiler
house, two compound duplex pumping
engines, each having the capacity of
500 900 gallons of water In twenty-four
hours, about four miles Of mans, one
mile of which will be eight inches in
diameter, one mile six inches, and two
miles four inches, OF cast iron water.
pipe, with the necessary fittings and
valves. The electric light apparatus
is to consist OF 500-light
incandescent plant, fully equipped
Mr.. Williams proposes to begin pros
pecting for water in thirty days and will
diligently prosecute the work TO compile
ton, and If, after making test at his
expense, Mr.. Williams should secure
supply of 100 900 gallons OF water in
tweuty-AYs hours, he shall expect tbs
city to enter into contract - per the
foregoing proposition. failing to do