Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-03
TEXAS PROGRESS.

| Kerrville has erected about eighty new
residences and business houses since the
first of the current year.
The extension of the street railway at
| Weatherford has been commenced and
the road will be finished to the C. p.
school in few days.
| Corsicaua 3 main street will be paved
| from end to end with bois d arc blocks
| in short time.
Beeville is to have a new $1,000 Masonic
| temple. Work begins in thirty days.
| The same contractor will put up another
| large brick building.
Three or four miles OF street railway
will be laid in Gainesville next month
| The waterworks will be extended to
Boston Heights where the street line
leads. Work of grading and prepara-
| ton is already in progress.
San Antonio has expended during the
last SIX months the sum of SS7 800 in
| street Improvements.
The Denison Herald: ''We are in the
midst of great building boom,' said q
| prominent architect yesterday. at
would be surprising to the people if they
knew the number of new houses in course
of construction in the residence part and
outer suburbs of the city. We all know
of the principal new buildings being
built, as they are seen every day, and in
O measure attract our attention from
those smaller residences, which are of
vast Importance to growing city. l
make it a rule to go over the entire city
once a month, to see what is going on i,
having done so for the past year, and l
can say from personal observation that
more new houses have been built in the
last two months than in any four months
previous.
The engine, wire and other apparatus
for the electric light plant at Wichita
Falls have arrived, and will soon be in
operation.
TERRELL, Oct. 2.-The electric light
plant expects to light up about the 10th
of this monthly the 18th at furthest.
The work of repainting the water
works tower and the schoolhouse build
ing is going on steadily, and these are
improvements attracting much attention.
CHILDREss, Oct. 2.-Childress is still
forging to the front. Her merchants,
business and professional men all seem to
he prosperous and happy. The corner
stone of our new courthouse will be laid
next Saturday, the 4th instant, under
the auspices of the Masonic fraternity.
Hon. James n. Browning of Clarendon,
Judge George a. Brown of Vernon and
other prominent speakers will be present
and address the people on Masonic topics.
A basket dinner on the grounds will be
feature of the occasion.
Another Panhandle county, Ceilings
worth, has organized. Her election for
locating the county seat and the selection
of county officers came off last Tuesday,
the 30th ult. Wellington and Pearl City
were candidates for county seat. Well
Ington was elected by majority of
twenty four. The election for county
officers resulted as follows: County
judge, W. L. Smith; sheriff and tax
collector, Ed W. Bromley; district and
county clerk John W. Anderson; asses
sor, NJ. B. Adsmson; treasurer, Fred
Ewing; surveyor, E. f. McAlister; ami
NAL and hide inspector, Lawrence Angel.
The company owning Wellington being
Childress capitalists, our people are re-
joiciug over their victory.
The railroad company will probably
put in two additional switches at this
place, the increased business here de-
handing il.
COLORADO, Oct. 1.-THE contract for
the erection of the the Colorado club
building Yves let on Tuesday night to
Martin, Byrne Il johnson ct $500. It is
to be brick structure, and the hand
soonest house in the city, in dimensions
40xS0 feet, two stories high and finished
throughout on luxurious scale. The
lower floor is to have plate glass win
dows, massive doors and VIII be a mag
nificent store room. Work on the
building will begin at once and it is ex-
pected TO be ready for occupancy Febru-