Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-22
DUBLIN, ERATH COUNTY.
SHE LAYS HER CLAIMS BEFORE
THE BUSY WORLD.
Town and County superior to Many, and
the Town Alone on an Equality With
Any of Its Size in Existence.
Travelling Co-respon0ecce.

Travelling Correspondence
| DUBLIN, ERATH COUNTY. Tex, Aug. II
| Along the Fort Worth and Rio GranGe rail-
way the country is Just rich. That is the best
word l can think of. There are so many
! rich, juicy plumS here, so few greedy Jack
| is almost afraid To tell of them, lest
| ii cause rush Of the latter
| that Will disturb the quiet, restful
| deliciously comfortable feeling one has
| here of being in I community where times
| are good, business men prosperous and
| cheerful and where the farmers and ne
| chanicS are all at peace and have no cause
TO cry hard times when pay day comes
round, because crops are good, corn and
grain have turned out well and cotton is
ready for the piclers. There IS so much 10
tell, so much TO be seen Vet for We have
only reached Dublin now and have
other places TO stop that I can only
tell in general way what IS
to be seen. l shall write you more az
length, after have seen il all and conned
more facts.
The scholarship contest is at present the
absorbing subject by every one.
The farmers are prosperous here. That
evidence is clearly demonstrated by the
sight of growing crops OF cotton, ripening
fields of corn and grair-bE the looks of the
Jolly farmers themselves. as they board the
train i'll groups of twoS and threeS, with
their glowing cheeks, hearty voices and
general air OF cheerfulness that can never
be assumed.
One thing we notice on the streets of all
those busy little towns. specially Dublin,
tho widest-awake of them all. WAS that
every farmer was taking out large roll Of
white cotton cloth for making cotton sacks.
The busy season IS on here. and the general
good feeling between farmers, merchants
and bankers carries one back in memory to
no : inns VIII Ny,ll-l a
tons.
Dublin has lively appearance clean and
rOOmy-a general thrifty look like healthy
baby boy, who has come to stay, and in
tends to have his own way to the adj
miration of his friends ard the torment of
his enemies
Erath county. in which Dublin is situ-
ated. has long been known as one of the
richest agricultural counties in the state.
and this year is no exception TO the general
run of good crops and prosperous people.
The business men. like \. 4. Chapman
and others, united with the courteous, rus
Ting railway officers here, are increasing in
their efforts to make good town, and like
Fort Worth. bid fair to receive in the fu-
ture good reward for all present struggles.
Beyond doubling her business volume
every year and raising her bank clearance,
it has remained for her people TO invent Il
new industry. or TO revolutiOnize an old
one. 1t is that of tanning leather. This is
done by new process with the common
broom or fax weed of Texas, from which
the same results may be obtained in from
four TO twenty-five days that formerly took
months TO accomplish. This is attracting
attention from capitalists of New York
and Boston. and it is even
whispered that the king of
Rothschilds, the greatest of all rich men,
the jay Gould or Vanderbilt of London,
Eng. Robert Cranshay, Esq. OF London,
Eng, is now in America with view to
buying a corner on the process. What
weight will he lift from the weary house
wife if it is so, and never a one of those
tiresome weeds shall grow here again.
Dublin claims a population OF $500. We
are indebted to Mr.. a. a. Chapman for this
information. He is 4 genial, prosperous
merchant and banker who has more friends
and better ones, perhaps, all along this
road than any one else we met-every one
knows him.
Thirty business houses, twelve more I'M
der construction, one bank with capital
stock $4,000 and surplus $4,000, five facto-
ries. one school-house, which is very large.
and two-story addition is now being built
TO it. and last year the school accommo-
dated over 200 pupils; six churches, aver
age of $500 each; real estate, $l,0OOOOO;
sales in 1891, S25 900; railroads, two. The
one doing most business at present is the
Fort Worth and Rio Grande railway, by
winch EOfG W Ofln Is supplying all INC
wholesale trade on its route Dublin has
an ice and broom factory, and no mechanics
unemployed
There is good quality of coal and iron
near. Farm lands, unimprOved, are valued
at from s.. 80 to SO per acre, and one pay
ment insures good deal. Wheat yields
twenty-five bushels corn forty, cotton 1000
pounds to the acre, oats seventy bushels per
acre, while the greatest of plenty of rich,
ripe fruit is growing everywhere.
Dublin has one cotton compress and three
gins, with eleven gin stands; shipped 1850
bales OF cotton in 1880 and 10000 IN 1889.
An abundance of good water, one artesian
well. four hotels, besides boarderS all over
town; she has, besides a city hall, an ele-
CANT opera house that is the pride of
the West Risienis' opera house has
seating capacity of 400. 1t is seated with
chairs, good scenery, stage and dressing
rooms, and is III good show town. The
mauagor, a. W. Risien, also books for Ste
phenville, Hico and Comanche opera
houses.
Dublin invites capital, and has no hesita-
tion in laying her claims before the world,
claims superior to many other places and
on an equality with any place of her size in
the world.
Headed by enterprising business Juen and
favored by railway officers that are credit
to any company, Dubiin's future is secure.
IRENE.