The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
PROSPEROUS SECTION.
The Town. OF Manor and Its Immediate
SURROUNDINGS.

The Town OF Manor end It's Immediate
SURROUNDINGS.
Manor, Texas, March 5.--This busy
ltIe city, named after one Of the
pioneers Of Texas, Jas. II. Manor,
IS situated fifteen miles cast OF Austin on
the Houston and Texas Central railroad.
IL has about l5o0 inhabitants The busi-
ness done by TINS town IS OF no small I'M
portance, as Is avinced by the amount OF
cotton shipped ana freight received. Two
I hundred and forty-tnree carloads OF geuer-
{ a, merchandise, lumber etc, from January
/ 10 January have been received by our
{ merchants during the past year; LOO 10
11ypJu pa,eS OF cotton is our usual ship
laents from mere curing an ordinary sea-
SON - cars OF cotton seed We're snipped
from mere 10 the mills last season. 1t
takes eight large warehouses to mold ana
store the seed preparatory to shipment
Ne have two large cotton platforms, to-
gether with one pryate Platform. and two
lbrge cotton yarus Tor the handing ana
storage OK seasons crop. The amount OF
cotton seed shPped from here last sea-
son was greatly IN excess OF that Shipped
by our SISTER city, AUSTIN.
Inc town can BOAST OF thirty-five busi-
ness houses. seven churches, large two
story sen0ol puldns, music hail ire
mans hall, knights OF Pytnas haA, ana
s.N very substantial brick store rooms
AmoHs the business houses neie We nave
some tnat are exclusive dry goods ana
millinery others groceries only, three goo1
hOLeis, TWO livery stables Two resfau-
rants. ami one Of the latest improved
gins IN the country with a capacity OF
400 bales per day. We nave an excellent |
rolment OF rs graded students, besides !
one or two private schools, which an /
speaks wei for town of our age ana I
s.zt. after having local option for fifteen /
Within radius Of eight miles OF Ma
i i.f We nave IVe or SIX small towns OF /
' MAJ es-aR OF more or less Importance
ana doinS business with and through Ma
nor. First in size and commercial Inn
pOrtance rs the town OF WehberYile, sit
ueted on the banks of the Colorado river
about eight miles south OF us. 1t is much
oder ihan either Austin or Manor but
long since relegated 10 the past, il hay- Z
.hs 20 rdliroad connection ana depending
On manor ana other towns for its supplies,
etc Il has about 800 Inhabitants three
81 four general stores, drug stores schools
,hl cnNches and two fine gins ana mills.
y any river ianl IN the Lone Scar State.
iAe farms are al owned by white land
oLqs and worked by colored labor They
l3ke sooh crops. colorado grass or river
Jay Is a big Yield in their yearly har-
Next comes LItug, about six miles to !
he east Of US in the edge OF the county, {
eur the Bastrop line. A large per cent
p the lnhab.tants OF this town and vi I
my are Industrious colored people. /
Any oL tuep are successful farmers and '
Wn me land they work The town has
We genera! stores, TWO churches, q large
" and mAi-aN owned ana operated on
1.oFcd people This town and surround
5 Gv.HlIy depend 4edfse.y on Manor
lur miles lies the quiet little town Of {
CIV Sweden inhabited as It's name i'm J
Hes, by SWedes. 1t has TWO general e
ores one drug store, a gin, church and ,
3hool house. they are a. happy and
rosperous people They come 10 4nor a
sen their cotton and buy their sup c