The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-10-16
TEXAS STATE COTTON PALACE.
Waco Board Of Public higgins
Gives Some Ideas for Both.

Gives Some Ideas for Both.
!. The Cotton Palace should be
started on a state broa idea-wlth
a business plan and ta,i-
. Waco should lead out in this
IN vement.
The value to Texas would be
m lions, giving notice to the world
of Is cotton producing ability.
The Cotton Palace would at
tract the cotton buyers and cotton
factories of the word.
5. The Cotton Palace would bring
our lands into market, and add mil
lions to our farming interests.
{. The Cotton Palace would ad
vertise Tex as as elde-a wake, pro
gressive state, thus bringing money
and immigration.
:. Countries and states as well a.
men succeed best IN line of spec
ialtes. The Cotton Palace would
bring us into liue.
Some state or some town, a.
Mr. Slayden well says, will take ny
this scheme, a "a why not Texas
and why not Waco?
8. Locally, as state and as
city, we need something to give u
the prominent place our real merl
deserves. The Cotton Palace will
bring this to US.
10 Waco can secure the Cotton
Palace by beginning upon a plan
which her basiness men can adopt
II. The farmers will at once see
the advantages and be with as.
This being move for their ad.
vantage.
II. The cotton producer will con
tribute plenty of cotton and other
products.
ID. We put up the building.
IA. Inc state ought to put $780,
600 INTO this movement.
Is. Let Us begin NOW.
SUGGESTIONS.
|. It will take work and money.
Let US begin at the bottom, like
other great undertakings, surveying
the route, locating the line, making
the grade, laying the vrosstie-,
building the bridges, then the de-
pot. Don't get impatient.
2. 1t takes nerve to do anything
An Ameri, an divine once said the
three big G's could do all things
"Grace, Grit and GreeL Acks." To
which Scotch divine added: 81
would add one other new word for
you Americans, s11cKABILIrY. "
Waco needs all of this, and with all
of this can get the Cotton Palace.
The Wsco Trading company be-
gan few years ago with little
capital and no ere lit Today We
have both. Work brought them
and we are furnishing more homes
from kitchen to larlor, than any
house in Texas. Cash or ga :,
pay ments. j. w. R1GGINs. Prop.
Waco Needs a Board OF Public Works.
A snorl.slgh,ed, lem poilzlng
p )llcy by men with no experience
about public matter and no observa
ion has been the bankrupting cause
of nearly all the you G cities Can
this be avoided? The policy nov
adopted by cities is board of public
works. Men of known business
ability who are elected and he
serve without pay. Say five OF
seven elected one every year after
first election. Say we had five. lie,
the one receiving lowest vote serve
one year, and so on. In this way
we would always have men on thi,
board with experience from one to
five years. These men could adop
some wise plan for improving the
city. These men would pass upo1
the proprety as we'll as the character
of all public works. If Waco had
elected such board ten years age
we believe we would today hac
our streets all we'll paved and il
debt very little if any more
them now. As it is we lave spent
a great deal of money and have very
poor jobs to show for the money.
Look hack five years, and how
many aldermen has Waco had with
ability to manage their own aft Air.
in small way? Yet they are elect
ed to direct SIS, 100000 worth o
properly. We have had some gooC
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