The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-14
TEXAS MILLS AND FACTORIES.

| The Beaumont furniture and art wood
manufacturing company have ordered q lex
20 W'icks engine and a full set OF Fay's wood
| working machinery.
| The buildings for the Tyler trunk and
coffin factory have been started, and the
work will De pushed to completion.
The Texarkana foundry and machinery
company will rebuild at once.
Bryan & Johnson OF Kosse have received
two large new gins with all the latest i'm
proved attachments.
As soon as the adjustment of the Honey
Grove compress firm is had with the insur-
ance companies, the company will go TO
work to rebuild the compress.
Rumor has it that Seymour is 70 have a
good Touring mill ana that it will be COM
pieted at an early enough date to be used
for this years crop.
At meeting of the directors of the Bolton
oil mill, the business of the past season was
found TO have been very satisfactory.
\ number OF gentlemen of Waxahachie
have determined TO build an oil mill. The
institution will be known as the Ellis
county seed oil mill company. The capital
stock was placed at $4,000.
There is danger OF the Greer county peo-
pie giving up the cultivation OF the cereals
and searching after the gold and silver
that is said to abound in the hills sur
rounding that county, says the Vernon
TeXian. The gold excitement IS increasing
instead of abating in interest and many
farmers have staked OFT mineral claims
which they will develop as soon as harvest
IS over
The Shelby county manufacturing com
pany has been organized at Center, and in
very short time work will be begun on the
building.
The monthly output of the De Kalb mills
is 1000. OO0 feet of lumber They carry on
hand 4 stock Of about 5000, 600 feet.
Bartlett is to have large and complete
gin.
The Alliance mill and gin at Cisco were
sold under deed OF tru ST at Eastland. The
gin WAS bid in by w. y. Porter for $500.
The mill by the same party at 5000 The
amount due on the gin was 5000. The
amount due on the mill was $7013
Work on the Mexia ice factory IS pro-
crossing. The building is almost com
pleted ana the machinery Is being put in
place.
Nine teams left Vernon Friday morning
loaded with lumber TO be used IN the cree
ton Of Touring mill for Greer county.
The machinery, or greater portion OF it, IS
now on the ground.
NINEOLA, May 9-Mr. John VI. Law
renee, one Of the foremost mill men in the
state, is erecting extensive sawmills in the
eastern portion Of our county, where the
pine IS ineyhaustible.
HENRIETTA, May s-Our city is being
canvassed with view of raising bonus TO
secure a cotton seed oil mill. Ground and a
good sized subsidy has been promised, and
il Will be located here beyond any doubt.
QUANAH, May S.-Letters have been re-
ceived from Judge Prescott! of Salina. Kan,
by our committee appointed 10 complete ar-
rangemeuts with him for the location Of
cement works in Quanah, references of
which have been published in The GAZETTE
before. The letters state that the company
Will De in readiness in a few days
TO commence operations-that machinery
and other things needful have been pur-
chased. The letter further states that
other capitalists are negotiating through
him in reference to putting in an electric
light plant and waterworks. We may ex-
pect some good developments in a few days.
SHERMAN, May s.-Many cars of stone
are arriving daily from Gainesville for the
foundation of the bagging factory in South
Sherman.