Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-08
WACO MATTERS.
AN OIL MILL AND FEEDING
YARDS SECURED.
A New Railroad Company 70 Be Organized
Dead Man Found in Waco Creek Other
Rews Of m,0f3st.

Waco. Try.. Feb e.. iSroriHll Tho
decd tu the site iu East Waco of the
new cotton seed oi mill, together With
that uf tract uf thlrty-pIght acres adj
joining To boz used a. "a feeding ground
rur cattle. was forwarded lu iporgp r.
Swift of Chicago today. The latter h.
the head ol the big corporation of Swift
40 Go. Mr.. JumcI J. Moore. who ncgD.
liut'd the safe W the property tU SWilts
representative. stated today Co Tue ga.
Znttc correspondent that the purchasers
had not decided whether ur not 10 Cuh'
duct the new business under the name
of the present corporation ur To- organ.
izo under thr laws of Texas. "lt o.
proposed to feed 5tNO cattle and maintain
ana average OF that amount said Mr..
Moore The oil mill plant Will Doe At
very extensive one, and together with
th" feeding NJ such 90 large number Of
cattle VIII provide IN MI employment
for over 300 men. The rcnro-cntutiyet
OF thc Swift company Investigated
number of localities la the state, aud
10 is grutityiu. 90 know that after such
Investigation they determined Waco TO
bo the beet point la SLr state for their
purrprisp.'
d b. learned upou excellent authority
Chat ,u % uuir, way ,Ucl8 are being
ugdp Zoo behalf of the Missouri kuugus
uud Texas and San Antonio aud Aron-
su- Hass railroads tu Secure suitable
GROUNDS m WACO for extensive cattle
feeding yards.
These Yard. win be- IN the uotur, of
uuuu Np,E tycliur grounds. lrWryl-
,JtNc3 uI the former road are said To
ur uugpunuus For thr purchase of %
very desirable site iu Eust Waco Ne.
guuailuus urr pending Ut the present
time for the -ulp of large tract uf Mud
for such tcodiug Yards. and 10 Is stated
taat their construction has been definite.
ly decided uluu.
The intervention OF c. h. Huntington
and iliug of a lill of exceptions uLuust
tuc confirmation OF the sale ui Ihc Waco
and Northwestern railroad, u Ilc Unit.
ed States circuit count ut Galveston Is
not unexpected aud rs held lu mean that
tho purchasers win be- deprived of their
property for as long % Time ns the laws
many delays aud tvclmicultieS win per
nut on uuil th" purchasers are comppll-
ed 90 make satisfactory forms and ar
engagements with the Huntington inter
usts, The legal war which Us not al al
mliEcy viii follow, wilt he watched
with interest,
uno of thc results viii be- she prolonra.
ton of the present iecojvcrlhip of the
Waco and Northwestern railroad. which
may In the event of serious and compli-
Gated litigation, last for a long time
The above are the expressions of rail
road mann of experience made this MORN
ing 10 Tie Gazette representative.
"lhe matter of taking steps 10 call
an election for the purpose of detor.
mining whether or not the people want
to adopi Che board of trustees system. +"
remarked Col, A. Payne. alderman Of
the Filth ward, lis affected hy the nm
which Che state superintendent of public
instruction has procured and pruposr, to
luyc introduced I'm the legislature The
hiO. understand provides for uniform
systcm of governing The schools through
ont the state. This is done ly hoard of
trustees elected by the pe0nlp and M.
though | have not seen the bill | UNDER
stand thut IL Is "a very desirable meas
ure."
Tomorrow afternoon al o'clock n
| meeting will hv held Ut the Firu Nh.
uonul bank Tor the purpose of urgguil-
lag company to huud local ruilrpDI
FROM Waco through Mclpuuan. nails
nnd Milan counties tO % point ON the
SuutU Zee west oi Cameron
Fire last night destroyed a lnrge frame
STRUCTURE ON south Third street.. owned
| hJ h. j. GurleN and several hunJrel
bales II hay owned hy Major n. 4.
lluhs. The total loss was S12Ou. cover
ei by insurance
The doad body Of Ioseuh CahW n
familiar figure IN Waco. was found nm.
der @ trestle over Waco creek IL Ia
supposed CUhill was drunk fell of The
''eSue aud died from exposure.