Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-31
TEXAS MILLS AND FACTORIES.

| The contract for the oil mill at Waxa-
hachie has been let and work will proceed
at once.
DR.. Brooks informs US that ne has ad-
vices that the oil mill men will be in Rock
dale to-day, and the erection of an extensive
! plant at this place is a thing of the near
| future Rockdale Messenger.
| The Bolton ice factory has started up in
| full swing.
| Work on the large new gin is being
pushed right ahead When this important
enterprise is placed In motion Bartlett can
boast of three Of the finest gins in the
| county.
| The Decatur canning factory opened last
week and has been canning peas. Berries
| and fruit will soon be ready, and then steady
work will commence.
The compress company of Honey Grove
| is shipping the heavy machinery back to
| the foundry to have it repaired from the
| damage by fire. They are going right
ahead with rebuilding the compress, which
| will be all o. X. for the next season.
The contract for the buildings for the
wooden mill has been let and work COM
| menced i'll Southeast Greenville.
Messrs. J. n. Hughes, J. B. Dale and
Hugh Halsell, the cotton seed oil mill men,
are in Greenville ready to push work on
| their buildings to be erected in Northwest
Grecnville, on the old compress site.
The Jim Hartman gin at Rockwell is
nearing completion, and when finished will
be one of the finest gins in Rockwell
county.
The Bolton oil mill company will increase
the capacity of the mill from forty-fve to
sixty tons during the summer.
Work on the new bag factory is progress
ing magniticently, and soon Sherman will
II t,,,ct .,1acS fn, -,
ton.
Mr.. W. H. Deesler of Pawnee, Kan, a
practical creamery man, is in Greenville
with view to making some sort of a deal
to take charge of and operate the Greenville
creamery.
Greenville-The lumber, brick and other
material for the wooden mill buildings are
being placed on the ground. Work on the
foundation is progressing rapidly.
Work on the oil mills will begin at once.
Whitewright-A number of our progress
i've citizens met in the opera house to-day to
perfect arrangements to build cotton seed
oil mill. o. Y. Rathbun was called to the
chair and j. G.. RuebeQ chosen secretary 1t
was decided to build a forty-ton mill at
once. Fifteen thousand dollars of the stock
was subscribed and a committee selected,
with DR.. May as chairman, to solicit the
balance of the $4,000 stock. The commit
sary amount by Monday next.
Duncanville-The large Munger gin at
this place will be completed by July l.
Henderson-A scheme is now on foot to
organize a stock company with capital of
$50, 900 to build a huge tram from this city
down into the heart of the long-leaf pine
timber tracts about fifteen miles distant
Already the idea is meeting with encour-
agement One large milling company has
offered to establish $40 900 plant here i'm
mediately.
Pilot Point-The Pilot Point canning fac
fory is getting in readiness TO put up an
immense crop Of corn and tomatoes. 1t will
also can or evaporate u quantity of peaches
and apples.
SHERMAN, May 29.-The Chickasaw
compress company was organized in this
city to-day, with permanent headquarters
in Sherman. They will apply for charter
with 5000 paid in capital. The following
were elected officers: F. j. Phillips, Green
vile, president; \. A. Birge, Sherman,
vice-president; c. c. Rountree, Sherman,
secretary and treasurer; H. 81. Pennington,
ArdmOre, general manager. The Brennan
press will be rebuilt and moved to Ardmore
at once.
JEFFERSON, May 3O.-John A Kruse,
president of the Lone Star iron company,
P. j. Howard and J. H. Ralston. arrived
to-day from Boston, Chicago and other
Northern points where they had been
to see the stockholders in regard to building
q 81 900, 900 steel plant at this place The
furnace will start up again the first of next
week, the necessary supply Of coal having
been received.