Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-02
HENRIETTA.
TIL LIVE, PUSHING CAPITAL OF
CLAY COUNTY.
Whaishc Has, What She Is Now Ceiling and
What She viii Haye-she VIII
Work for More.

Henrietta, In Clay county. has five
hotels, one three-story brick costing
s25,cOu, with. tfty-four rooms
Henrietta has two bakeries, two rail-
| Soads and expects soon TO get branch
of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
and II will be extended southwest to
| Archer City, Albany, Abilene, San An
gelo, on TO Eagle Pass. Tex. into Mexico.
| Our board of trade is now in CORES
pondchce with the railroad officials.
Henrietta has six saloons, eight
churches, four drug stores. three news
papers, three feed stores, over $500 peo-
| pie, three livery stables. one transfer
hne using two omnibuses and Que hack
Henrietta has two jcwelry stores, two
barber shops. three meat markets, one
broom factory, 100000 courthouse.
one public school building with 600
pupils in attendance, one normal school
for teachers with forty students In at
tendance, one national bank aud one
private bank, two merchant tpilors.
Henrietta has a htteen-ton day ice
plant in course of construction with a
cold storage capacity of twenty tons, the
plant to cost $4,000
Henrietta has six dry goods stores, q
splendid opera house, one job printing
Office, three boot and shoe shops, nine
retail grocery stores, 1--WE blacksmith
shops.
Henrietta has benevolent and other
societies, Il fire company with a two
horse chemical engine. four hardware
stores, two large furniture houses, roller
mill with 4 two-hundred-bar ca
pacity, has good society. liberal pro-
gressive aud intelligent people, two large
lumber yards.
Henrietta has the brightest future of
any city in North Texas.
Henrietta has 100000 acres of land
tributary IN her hn1.tlara l..
bought ut low figures and on long time.
Henrietta has one large cotton gin,
one cigar factory working six men.
Henrietta has in course Of construc-
ton system of waterworks that will
cost $4,000. and will be completed in
the next four months.
Henrietta has an electric plant, I'M
equalled by any town Of It's size in Texas
The finest commercial building in North
Texas and has a membership OF sixty
members, the building costing $50, Oee.
Henrietta will have in tho next six
months 4 boot and shou factory that
will work one hundred operatives.
Henrietta will have a cotton seed oil
mill within the next four months with a
capacity of fifteen tons day and to
cost $4,000.
Henrietta has three large implement
houses, a silver cornet band with eigh-
teen pieces, fair grounds and driving
park.
Henrietta has the finest agricultural
and stock-raising country surrounding II
in North Texas and is splendid mar
ket for farm produce.
Henrietta will have fine elevator
within the next ninety days with a ca
pacity of 100000 bushels of grain.
Henrietta will soon have pressed brick
and cement sidewalks on all her princi-
pal streets, and street sprinkler.
Henrietta ships more beef to market
than any town in North Texas.
Henrietta has finer blocks of stone and
brick buildings than any city of It's
size in North Texas.
Henrietta Is erecting more residences
than any city on the Fort Worth and
Denver railroad,
Henrietta is common point for freight
and freight can be got here as cheap as
to Dallas or Fort Worth
Henrietta has two building and loan
associations and money can be obtained
at q per cent per annum for building
purposes.
Henrietta is working hard to secure
manufacturing enterprises to locate with |
in her borders and large subsidies will |
be given by her business men.
Henrietta wants the Fort Sill Indian |
country opened up to settlement. us II |
will make more business and bring trade |
to our town.