Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-05
yELASCO'S FUTURE.
What j. h. Marmion Thinks of the New
Texas Seaport


Texas Seaport.
J. r. Marmion came in from Velasco yes
terday. Being seated in the corridors of
the Fickwick last evening entertaining 4
group Of friends on Velasco as it is and its
future, GAZETTE reporter joined the
crowd and listened, occasionally getting his
au"ur in with the balance. Mr.. MarmiOn
is Young man well known in this city,
being for a number Of years connected with
the wholesale house of Joseph II. Brown,
and aside from large experience in mercan-
tile affairs is way-up on real estate and
can see a good thing about as far rs any
man, and his enthusiasm over the pros
poets OF Velasco is uubounded.
In answer to the first shot, when did
you 90 to Velasco,'' he replied:
Went there in April Of the present
year: was the first real estate man on the
ground, and sold the first lot on the 10th Of
July last
How many real estate men are there
now
oh, between forty and fifty"
How has building progressed" ~
'.Up toErhursday night tasse were
ninety-threA residence and 5asihess houses
ton, and NUMEROUS plaESfeady. And, sir,
these build nA are shp-shod affairs,
either-good btAdixN."
What have yN.here in the way of man
ufactories, real Acoutemplated?''
We'll, to sta8Ah, we have two brick
making concerts, WY capacity of 10000
a day, and and her bun ding that viii, when
brick daily. his latter to have all the
latest improfb I'd bric!s-inaNing machinery.
These concer will dispose q all the brick
they can ma 4ufacture readilyes There are
other manuf Eturing enterprises4 planning
that viii be put through"
Tell US something of the town and its
business at present
.'Oh, the town is growing rapidly. Men
with money are fioclling there, and all in
vesting, too. One thing that shows
the confidence Texans have in the place,
nine-tcuths of the people who are there and
are coming Just now are Texas people. Mr..
Hodges, formerly of the Ellis hotel IN this
city, is established there in the hotel bust
ness and has got it grabbed. This hotel IS
four stories in the center, and the wing is
three stories. 1t contains los rooms,
lighted by electricity, steam heaters, and
has all the latest Improvements for Il first
class hotel"
What about Railroads.&c.
''Well, the Nelasco terminal. now grad
ing. will be ready for rails and ties in about
three weeks. There are on the ground at
NelaSco fifteen miles of ties, and ct
Chenan2o SIX or eight miles more. The
Arkansas Pass engineering corps arrived at
Wharton Friday last, en- route TO Selasco.
The Gulf. West Texas and Pacific, you re-
member while ago issued bonds 10 the
amount of $4,000, coo. At the time il was
the purpose TO build from Beeviile to La
redo, but now Il IS asserted that the road
will he built from either Eagle Lake or
Beevllle to Velasco instead"
"Generauy speaking, are the people who
come there favorably impressed, or do they
after seeing Nelasco 60 away disappointed
and diSsatlstiedEn
Dissatisfied, ! should say not. Not one
man, to my certain knowledge,
d firm conviction Of its future greatness
and words of praise, and willing to advise
his friends to plant their money there-ex-
cept, perhaps, some few who fail to carry n
point in some scheme of self-interest only.
Why, sir, the town company was forced to
sell number Of its lots two months before
it WAS ready. TO people who came there and
saw what was in store for them"
Tell US something Of the sale of lots up
10 date
Real estate has changed hands up to last
week to the amount OF 500. 900 and when
the public sale comes off $500, 900 more Will
go-no doubt of it
How about society?n
Glad you thought OF that One would
think that in town springing up
hat NS-eSCN, SOCiSef NOuiu ne Sluc-
tracked. Not so, however. The best
class of people are gathering there. The
town company has donated to the various
religious denominations lots on which to
erect houses Of worship, and churches will
20 up on every one of them Already the
Presbyterians have raised sufficient money
to erect a handsome building, and construc-
ton will be commenced immediately Two
weeks ago a Sunday-schcol was organized,
and is now held regularly every Sunday
when do you conte plate returning tc
Velasco9n
The latter part of the present week. I
Just ran up here to tell my Fort Worth
friends about this booming young city at
The mouth of the Brazos, and l will run
over TO Dallas and put bug in their
ears, and land in Velasco, perhaps.
next Sunday. pNy real estate business
there will not admit of my staying away
long as l have invested heavily for mysa
ana other parties, and intend to make fur
Their investments.
With this the reporter accepted anothe
bid the group good night an
leaving Mr.. Marmion talkin.
Velasco to his friends