Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-25
VELASCO.
CONTRACTS LET FOR FIVE
BUSINESS HOUSES.
The House Famine Still On-Gne Hundred
Residences to BE Built at Once.
Railroad Building.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.

| Correspondence OF the Gazette.
VELAsCo, BRAzoRIA COUNTY, TEX, Nov.
22-The warm, cloudy weather of the past
few days was succeeded to-day by bracing
norther and clear skies.
Contracts We're let yesterday for five
brick two-story buildings, combined front
age lbs feet.
The Hotel Velasco is being incompassed
by neat sidewalk, which will be placed
around the entire block of the hotel and
grounds.
The Y of the Velasco terminal railway is
being rapidly completed. 1t is located just
below the wharves on the river, three blocks
from the passenger depot.
The new telegraph line was completed
Saturday noon, and the outside world is
now connected with Velasco by wire, and
in few days will be by rail, then the great
commercial industry Of the seaport of the
Southwest will commence to puIsate
Other railroad lines are cycling the field
closely, and feeling a way in with their
survey corps. The quiet visit Of all the
Katy officials recently, their careful
scrutiny of the river, bar and ietties, and
their expressions of surprise at the depth
on the bar, mean that their road will not
be the last one to place an arm in the deep
seaport, and it is whispered by those in
position TO know, that there is now quietly
working a plan, by private capitalists,
whereby Texas will have another trunk
road, starting at Velasco and penetrating
the best agricultural counties in the state,
and terminating in the Rocky mountains.
Schooner Henry P. Mason of New York,
laden with rap-rap rock for the jetties, and
drawing sixteen and one-half feet of water,
will come in tomorrow. The Mason is in
charge of Capt. s. NJ. Percy, who chartered
and brought in the first vessel to Nelasco.
This is the captains second trip to this
port. In conversation with your reporter
to-day he stated that he had rather ship to
NelaSco with seventeen feet of water than
to Galveston with fourteen; that it was
easier, quicker aud several hundred dollars
more profitable. He says Velasco will be
the Red Star seaport of the Gulf coast, and
is confident as deep water as may be
wanted will be had over the bar. The cap
tain is successful sea captain, and has
been in the service all of his life.
The Velasco cottage company was organ
and directors: B. McWhorter, Sherman,
Tex, president; J. S. Cloud, Quenemo,
Kan, vice president; E. R. Manning, AL
bany, Tex, secretary and treasurer: T. c.
Shoemaker, Decatur, Tex; ]. J. Berry,
Dallas, Tex: L. n. Richards, Melissa,
Tex. R. B. Simmons, Sherman, Tex. The
object of the company is to purchase lots
and erect residences to sell or reut, and to
buy and build for private parties to order
The company has already purchased forty
five lots on which to erect as fast Us posi-
BILE cottages costing from $3.50 to $1,000, six
of which will be commenced in the morning
and are promised to be completed in ten
days. Their contract for lumber in the
first bill is $4,000. The company promised
to build 100 cottages, which will be bene-
fit to the town, as there is an increasing
house famine.
There have been ten shiploads of New
York stone, amounting to 10000 tons, re-
ceived here to date. The stone is from the
excavations of the streets of the great me-
tropolis and is used principally in the Jet
ties, some in foundations and masonry of
buildings. New York and the new deep
water port of the Southwest have estab-
lished commercial relations; note the writ
ing on the wall
The L. C. Wall excursion, numbering
forty, arrived Friday evening. Among
them were eleven Fort WORTHLESS. The
parties all remained over Sunday, and ex-
pressions of surprise and pleasure flowed
from them all. There are about 100 Fort
Worth people now living here