The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-02

The fruit al up into canned goods. NleSSrS.
Allen have bought half interest in the
cannery on Mr.. Shamburger's farm. and
the firm will operate nnder their firm name
of the Smith county canning company.
The consolidation will give the company
25 600 trees, i, 0O0 of which are peach trees
all bearing. Sixty acres Of tomatoes and
sweet corn are now being planted and Will
be canned. In addition to this they have
about forty acres of Strawberries and ten
acres Of blackberries.
Some Of the Texas newspapers are print
ing as a very good joke, says the Waco
Day, that a manufacturing establishment
for turning out cotton picking machines
will commence operations in Waco about
April /. The date seems to excite the riSi-
bic suspicious of the brethren. There is no
joke about it, gentlemen. The factory is
here and nearly ready to commence work.
And what is more to the point, it will man
ufacture a machine that will pick cotton
pick it clean, thoroughly, expedttiously and
cheap. Come up this way next fall when
the cotton fields around Waco are white
with open cotton, and have your doubts re-
moved.
A new gin will be built by Trautwin &
Wolter st Sinner capable OF ginning 100
bales Of cotton day. A cotton seed oil
mill will also be added thereto.
The Rusk Standard-Enterprise has the
following list Of enterprises for the twin
cities, Rusk and New Birmingham: The
arrangements are now made for the build
ing OF rolling mill, cotton mill, stove
foundry, a sewerage pipe factory, another
twenty-five ton furnace, and the street cars
between the two cities are to be pulled by a
dummy engine.
The Ballinger milling company is pushing
the work on the roller mill. The company
has closed the contract for the machinery
and it will be there in few weeks.
The Houston Post has the following
items from Beaumont: The Beaumont
furniture and art wood manufacturing COM
pany, capital stock Sl0O,U0J, is now IN as
sured certainty, having the necessary
amount of stock subscribed, and all prellm-
mary arrangements agreed upon. AppH-
cation will be made at once for charter
and construction of the plant pushed TO
completion as rapidly as possible. The
company has secured the patent right and
machinery for enclosing wood and doing
art work on wood by means of engraved
rollers passing over it under heat and
pressure, which fills the pores of the wood,
leaving 9 perfect impression OF any design
required, will add greatly to the variety
and styles of its productions. The en-
bossed wood and art work on wood will be
a specially with the company. This work
will soon come into general favor for all
kinds Of finishing. Especially win it be
useful in the construction of passenger
cars and palace coaches, refrigerator and
decorative furniture.
Mr. A II. Stinson Of Muskeegan, Mich,
is now doing Beaumont with an idea Of
movins his large mill plant from Nlushee-
gan to Beaumont. He has met with 4
hearty welcome by the mill men and citi-
2ens Of Beaumont, and is cordially invited
and encouraged to come to Beaumont, the
future numbering and manufacturing city
OF Texas and join his interest with US.
There IS room for him and many more, we
have good thing and wish to divide it,
An ice factory will probably be put in at
Mexia in readiness for the hot weather.
It Is announced that the brick and tile
company of Gonzales has just finished
burning 250,000 kiln of brick at Gonzales
loss in the way Of spoilt brick is only about
Is per cent OF the number moulded.
An industry, says the Eastland Chron-
icle, the importance of which is hardly ap-
preciated or understood by our people, is
now in full operation. We allude to the
charcoal kilns owned and operated by j.
". Taylor, two miles east of Ranger on the
Texas and Pacific railroad. Mr.. Taylor
burns and ships charcoal TO the Ell Paso
smelling works at FL Paso, Tex. The pro-
portions of this industry may be arrived at
closely by taking the monthly pay roll as 4
basis. Once every month Mr.. Taylor pays
out to laborers in this county sum be-
tween $1,000 and $500.
Brownwood Banner: A canning factory
is on the tapis for Brownwood. Now don't
ask where the fruits and vegetables are
coming from for canning purposes. The
like question was asked relative to wheat
when the mills were built; but we have the
wheat, and you may rest assured we will
have the vegetables TOO, just as soon as we
get the market for them.
BELCHERvILLE, March ga cotton seed
oil mill will be in operation here as soon as
the necessary buildings can be put up and
the machinery shipped.
PILOT POINT, March 26-The PHO. Point
canning company have closed contract
with Mr. e. o. Flood to run the factory.
Over hundred acres of corn and tomatoes
are contracted for, with more in prospect.
ABILENE, March 2S.-The erection of an
other grain elevator is being agitated, and
it Is expected that it will take some definite
shape in the near future. Our new cigar
factory commenced operations this week,
and tho cigars turned out are pronounced
by experts to be the best on the market