Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-31
TEXAS PROGRESS.

Work upon DR., Tricks new buildings at
Aransas Harbor Is progressing. 1t viii be
the finest stOre-room yet erected in the city,
and will be finished in good STYLE.
The Times says J. F. Beitel is going to
erect four 500 houses Oh the mort side OF
San Luis street.
Pure white sandstone will be used in
building the new Hall county courthouse nj
Memphis. The stone will be hauled about
twelve miles TO Memph
The exhibit car built at the shops in
Palestine will start on its journey north
and east this week. Palestine advocate.
A switch 1000 feet in length and station
building are the latest Improvements for
Cook Springs. Work has already COM
menced.- Denison Herald.
LEwIsvILLE. DENTON COUNTY, July 2S.-
Lewisville is brim full of The progressive
spirit. -Four commOdious brick buildings are
now in course of construction, and the saw
and hammer are necessarily on great
ramp replacing space with nice wood
buildings. This is in every particular
first class country and town and trayersed
by the Dallas and Wichita branch of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, July 2S-The
Taylor County News has moved into lis
large and cOmmOdiOuS brick on South
Front street c. Boatman this week
had all the old frame building on the cor
ner of Chestnut and South Front street
torn away and he foundations are now be-
ing eXuavated for five handsome bricks
which will be erected in their stead. The
new buildings will be very fine and will be
particularly modern. The CONNER
cial block has just been completed; every
building in it is already occupied by thrifty
merchants.
Rocl1dale, Milan county-Rockdale is
passing through the busiest summer in its
history. The advent of the Arkansas Pass
railroad, the organization ana equipment of
a cotton oil company, the erection of many
new buildings, have all created more stir
than ever before known at this season.
Some time ago the city contracted
with one NJ p. Kelley, widely and favora-
bly, known as 4 waterwOrks contractor,
upon his own terms. and prepared to issue
its bonds As provided for in the cuntraC'.
Mr.. Kelley appointed several dates on
which he would arrive to begin work, but
never came. The contract lapsed by Iimita-
tlOn provided. This was 4 severe diSdp-
pointll mt to the town, but the latter rad
no recourse as it had declined the bond ten
dered by Mr.. Kelley. Three other contract
ing firms are now negotiating with the city
a thorities and the work will doubtless be-
gin in u few weeks. This enterprise en-
braces water, ice and electric light, which
should greatly inure to the benefit and pros
perity Of the town. Tie Ignite,
which abounds three miles east of town, is
coming into more general Use than hereto
fore, ami solves the cheap fuel problem. Ii
is delivered here at s.. 80 per ton and be-
ing successfully used in the manufacture Of
very superior brick.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, July Is
The bridges across the Pa.O Duro canyon
are now completed. making the distance TO
Hale, Floyd and Swisher equities much
nearer and it Will only be a short time until
Claude will be the distributing point Tor
those counties south of here.
The Blanket syucicate have arranged
with the Fort Worth and Rio G,ande rail-
way to make Blanket an eating station.
A magnificent two-storS hotel Will be
Immediately constructed on block
next to the depot. The grounds will be
fenced aud converted into a fine park and
flower garden, and will be one Of the neat
est, prettiest and most inviting places of
the kind III the state.