Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-03
TEXAS PROGRESS.

Luling is in dead earnest about that big
hotel Over $lT, 600 has already been sub
sclibed. and il is in the hands of men who
viii carry il to success.
Since the lst of December there have
been thirty frame buildings erected in
Clarendon, representing $4,000 invested in
homes and business houses in the last six
months.
Hale City has formed Il Joint stock town
company with capital of $1,000 at $40
per share.
Seymour Sun: Seymour has the capital
st home to start another bank of 800, 600
capital. Several parties have been in cor
TeSpondence with some of our citizens to
establish another bank here, provided our
citizens would take stock.
There viii be quite 4 number of good
buildings put up in Terrell this season.
Terrell is not on boom, but if is certainly
IN most healthy and prosperous condition.
The Clarendon Traveller says the big
pastures are being sub-divided into 100 and
ta0-acre tracts and bought by industrious
farmers from the East, and many cattle
owners are selling off their stock and be-
coming tillcrS of the sod, or combining
farming and stock raising.
The citizens of Ennis subscribed 5000, 900
for stock in a building and loan association
one day last week
The Federal building at Texarkana is pro-
crossing rapidly, The entire building will
he completed and ready for occupancy on
'he lSt of October
y 5000 hotel will be put up at Velasco.
Senator Farwell is the principal owner.
The Masons Of Jefferson will soon erect
one OF the handsomeSt temples in the state
a q cost OF $4,000.
VICTORIA, April 30.-Mr. c. G. Levi of
he banking firm of \. Levi & Son, and Mr..
! H. Wertheimer, teller in the same in
Stitution, went over 10 GOliad yesterday 10
suprrintcnd and assist in the establish
1ueut Of the bank of Goliad, in which
=. Levi X Co, are largely interested. The
other proprietors are A Maetz Il Bro, and
". A. Pctres. The bank will open under
suspicious circumstances, with an indi-
Nldual responsibility of 100000
EPwoRTH, April 29-About four weeks
ago there was organized at Epworth Joint
stock company, called the Hale county
Town company" The object of the people
forming this company is to build 4 town at
he center OF the county on solid business
basis. which Will secure the success of the
enterprise. The town viii be called Ep-
worth, and will be made on land donated to
he company by II. Graves. Already there
IRE five houses in the new town, one of
which is store carrying general merchan-
disc. Mr.. Graves gives 100 acres of land
~ tht l11Ac county lohH company.
TAYLOR, MAY l.-Yesterday and today
nave lnaugurateu big enterprises. The
Fort Worth packcry tbranch depart rentl |
Is in operation. The street car line opened |
in full blast with good service. John |
Ihreadgill sold three fourth interest in the |
Washington Heights for So. 900 cash 10 c. |
II. WEIGH f. L. Welch and Albert Svnes |
y company was organized here to-day to |
be known as the Taylor loan, trust and i'm |
a CT al-
$4,000 paid up. The incorporatorS are |
John Threadgill A. Symes and others. |
among whom are some Of the strongest |
men financially in Taylor and surrounding |
country. Mr.. y. SymeS will be the presi-
dent and general manager of the company.
This corporation fills long-feit want in
this section. and will prove the strongest
factor for the upbuilding of the city of
Taylor and surrounding counties of any cor
poration yet formed.
AMARILLO, May Never before in the
history of Amarillo haveso many substan-
tial buildings been in course of construc
lion. This town will have a population of
al east two thousand people within the
i-eNt twelve months at the rate ii is now
growing. And yet we have no boom-onlv |
good healthy growth to keep pace with our
increasing trade.
Plans have been adopted for the Board of
Trade building, and the contract will be let
IN few days.
FoRNEr, April 3G.-Our town is on a
boom in the way of sidewalk improvements,
RockpALE, May Under the impetus of
waterworks, ice and electric light plants,
are being made for extensive
and improvements here in the near !
future. Mr. J. F. Cofield has under con-
sheraton with the architect in charge of
OF B. Eeard's brick residence,