Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-01
TEXAS MILLS AND FACTORIES.

The first blast OF the Wolfe City stove
foundry was made last week and every
thing worked like charm. The work will
be continued.
The Colorado Clipper has the following
on the salt works located there: This great
plant uses steam power extensively for
raising the brine and running all machinery
connected with the solar and steam evap-
Grating appliances. The solar watts cover
about five acres of ground, and the pumps,
steam watts, storage buildings, etc, cover
about one acre. This plant is fitted up with
line, powerful machinery, and the yield per
week of pure salt is about 200 tons. Quite
an addition in the way of steam
drying machinery has been added to
this plant recently, and the output
will be much greater in the future in con-
quantity Of salt in the grades, steam re-
fined dairy, steam refined table, steam re-
lined packing house, besides q stock salt,
which is very popular from It's purity, etc.
This company has not been able to ill all
their orders, for two years, the demand be-
ing SO much greater than the supply, and it
IS the compdny'S intention 10 make large
additions 10 the plant during the coming
summer and fail.
There is promise that the Sherwood
canning factory viii yet become feature
of this place.says the San Angelo Standard,
as MessrS. Dan Parker and w. II. Rushing
having purchased the franchise and ma
terial of the old company and promise to
have the plant in readiness for the season 5
crop of tomatoes, beans and corn.
y new gin will be put in at Mineral City,
Bee county. The machinery is en- route.
An ice factory will soon be in operation
at Wichita. The plant will cost S25, 900 and
will have capacity OF twelve and half
tons per day.
The Beaumont Journal has the following
on the lumber market: Some large orders
for both yard stocks and construction ma
terial have been placed here this week and
there is generally a better feeling regarding
trade conditions prevailing among manu-
facuurerS than for some time past. The
spring trade is rather ate in opening up.
but information from the interior encour-
ages the expectation of large business dur
ing the coming months.
The D. r. Wingate lumber company's
new mill at Orange has been completed,
says the Post. and is now in full operation,
making an average daily cut of $1,000 feet
OF yellow pine lumber. 1t is claimed by the
proprietors to be the only fire-proof mill in
the state Every piece of timber used in the
construction of the mill is covered with
iron. Judge d. r. Wingate. the president
of the company,is perhaps the Oldest active
zimmerman IN inc state, ne having owned
and operated five separate and distinct
mills ut Orange, of which all have been de-
stroyed by fire, save the one just COM
pleted.
4 furniture factory company with capt.
tai of 100000 has been organized at Beau
mont. The mandatory will be erected
Immediately. The stockholders elected the
following directors: John n. Gilbert, w
c. Averill S. NJ. Land, S. A Van Buskirk.
Thomas H. Langham, H. W. Potter and
George OBJ Willard These met and
elected officers as follows: John n Gilbert,
president; S. A. Van Busljrk, vice-presi-
dent and general manager; w. c. Averill,
secretary and treasurer