The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-14
TEXAS STATE COTTON PALACE.
,cO Board OF Public Morks."Riggins
Gives Some Ideas for Both.

II
IT, Waco should lead out in this
! vement.
/ 8. The value to Texas would be
Millions, giving notice to the world
I it's cotton producing ability.
L.. The Cotton Palace would at
kact the cotton buyers and cotton
kctores of the world.
5 The Cotton Palace would bring
b lands into market, and add mil.
bns to our farming interests.
| 6. The Cotton Palace would ad.
Artise Texas az wide.a wake, pro.
fessive state, thus bringing money
d immigration.
T. Countries and states as we'll as
EN- succeed best in a line of spec.
tiles. The Cotton Palace would
linz us into li1e.
s Some state or some town, as
r. Slayden we'll says, will take up
il scheme, and why not Texas
"a why not Waco?
Mo. Locally, as state and as a
N, we need something to give us
prominent place our real merit
erves. This Cotton Palace will
be- this to us.
10 Waco can secure the Cotton
ace by beginning upon plan
Itch her business men can adopt.
/. The farmers will at once see
advantages and be with us.
j. being move for their ad.
age.
2. The cotton producer will con-
bute plenty of cotton and other
pducts.
3. We put up the building.
IA. Tne state ought to put $780,
INTO this movement.
Is. Let us begin NOW.
SUGGESTIONS.
1t will take work and money.
US begin at the bottom, like
pr great undertakings, survey ing
route, locating the line, making
grade, laying the tross-ties,
ding the bridges, then the de-
Don't get impatient.
1t takes nerve to do anything.
American divine once said the
E big G's could do all things
s4s ace, Grit and GreeLb ,cks." To
BIB Scotch divine added: 81
I'D add one other new word for
Americans, sTICKABILITY. "
DO needs all of this, and with all
bis can get the Cotton Palace.
he Wsco Trading company be-
a few years ago with little
|ital and no credit. Today we
be both. Work brought them
We are furnishing more homes
pa kitchen to Iarlor, than any
use in Texas. Cash or easy
" yments. j. w. RIGGlNs, Prop.
Waco Needs a Board OF Public Works.
., A short-slgnted, poilzlne
H licy by men with no experience
put public matter and no observa
ID n has been the bankrupting cause
4 nearly all the YOU G cities Car
|, be avoided? The policy now
pied by cities is board of publ,
\. ks. Men of known business
ity who are elected and who
[, |e without pay. Say five Oh
:, Pn elected one every year after
\, election. Say we had five. Lee
Pne receiving lowest vote serv,
year, and so on. In this way
|ould ways have men on thi
q with experience from one t.
;, years, These men could adop
wise plan for improving III,
:, Thee men would pass upol
roprlety as well as the characte
\ public works. II Waco ha(
y, d such board ten years ag'
> believe we would today hat
!, treets all well paved and il
A very little if any NOR
" now. AS it is we have spen
n Ia deal of money and have yer,
J IBIS to show for the money.
ok back five years, and nov
NJ aldermen has Waco had wit
y TO manage their own aft air
"A mall way? Yet they are elect
direct SIS, 100000 worth O
~ Prty. We have had some goo
. but generally in the minority
y many men have we now i
" Altv ooupo;i wan r,nn'J oloat