Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-04
il IS THE BEST Of ALL.
CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS AND
woRKsrEs All PRAISE IT,


Just west OF the Rock Island rounu-
house - situated the Fort worth foei7
less cemont Works. OF when 'an'.s
sicbier Is proprietor. Ths Industry u
ono OF the many growing onss OF TINS
city, and the product now enters INTO
the erection OF noarly all the buildings
being put up in this section.
Mr.. sickler was the first man n me
world 10 discover and make what ~
now known as the Peerless cement
This he did ut Carleton. KAN 'ns
works aftorward being moved TO oyp-
sum City in that state. From there he
came to Fort Worth and established
the present plant.
lie found a, Lvnns' switch, aoout lsV
miles up the Denver road. vast helds
Of decomposed gypsum. from Which
the cement ls manufactured. seeins
that Fort Worth was the market Oh
r,e state md with its superior rail-
road facilities II di1 not take him long
10 determine On losatiug his plant here.
and his success has proved he made
40 mistake.
The demand fr tho cement viii exist
ms long no houses continue 10 DO Dullt.
Tne beds OF iiaompoHed gypsum from
which he draws his supplies are IrHc-
.lcuily incxhauntiblc, being found In
fhe Panhandle country at a depth OF
.nly about one font below the surface.
and In ono place Il has been taken out
10 a depth OF for.y-thrre feet. with no
indication VI thi bottom having been
rolchcd.
Ny. sickler has for years uiads a
careful study OF the process by which
he produces his cement and has no
mastered It thai today the Peerless
GtandH at the head OF all the various
brands manufactured. ItB quality rs
ursurpassed. II has been used m mary
buildlnsa In Fort Worth Every nrchl-
iptt Va tue city recommends ~. IL 70
nelng used throughout tho now brick
bloek Just being completed at the cor
ncr OF seventh and Houston street
architect Mes'rr Is plnsterlng his now
mouse at Arlington Heights with IT,
hhd II ~ being used TO lay tho stone
IN bulldlnHa on the East Side.
Ine establishment OF tho works here
~ tho right iden, and the onterprise
hnohld be foHtcrod aud encouraged for
" gives employment even In its in.
c'plehoy' TO twelve mon, with a nroa-
negi Of this number being Increased
riHhl along, and hrlngs money 10 the
CITY from outside sblrs
Hut when Mr.. sirkler bego, uo
here he sud he was gomt IN '',, J., ' ~,
What he regarded na roapornbic ,,rt,., |
ana which would pay him fair proiit
~ hauV mo price IS per ton, but, IN |
he soon learned that there |
are trusts and trusts In thia country |
Going to all the dealers, no asked them |
20 handle his product Thoy told MIN |
other manufacturers hnd always treat |
ed them well ana thuy could make no /
cnanBe. Cement then ahlpped In here. |
OF an Inferior quality. brought $40 ana |
sll per ton. When Mr. Slclslor made n
price OF rs the dealera In and manufnc.
tuiera 81 other cement combined. aud
~ thelr attempt 70 run MIR Seeker ON
~ inc market cut the price 20 &c. hut
the superior quality OF the Peerles, co.
inent, coupled with the desire OF arobl.
tecta nnd builders TO encourage horno
enterprise, le Is atill in the buginnuS
win an Increasing trade and d pros.
puot OF tho Fort Worth peorlesa rsinrot
nndlng such a market here nud Ia
neighborlnE cities as win mako "a for.
iune Tor lts proprietor and plont,- m
employment Tor Fort Worth laborerq
NJ 9lckler wants II understood that
~ " IN the cement business TO itnv |
'n9 prqpouea To glvo his customers nm
s 't,v,' lhAl can not be beat ana he lg
y 'nE ,o 10 ~ HIS moderate price 81
y per ton IL low enough for ND ,rr,d,
~ goods, and builders viii and ~
teeil, 81 manufactured right h,r, ~,
lur city, superior article "a mn nnnu
NStuted' The fact that he n ~
IlElnai 'nVontnr ana nanniachtrar w
'"hent gives him mu,h the adyant,,e
,vor other dealers. ana It viii be snsr
w, on that sicllcr's Peerless cement
""' De IN tho lead. as It Is now.