The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
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the white schools IL about 800, the coll
ored about 100. These schools have able
teachers and are In session about nine
months In the year, three and one-half
OF which are free
The main school building Is a substan-
tial two story brick, very commodious
and well arranged for the purpose for
which 1t was designed Its original cost
was about $1,000. The town has COM
press which cost $4,000 two years ago
and Is now In irst-class condition. The
season of 1894 was Its first, when 1t com
pressed 23000 bales of cotton. This year
1t VIII compress about 1900. 1t is owned
by a joint stock company. most OF the
stockholders being citizens of the town.
There is here an ice factory and bot
Ting works which have been in operation
several years, and are owned by Mr. John
Schumacher and others. 1t was estab-
ished at a cost of $4,000
The place has an oil mill, which was
established about fifteen years ago by
Messrs White and Bradshaw and has
been In operation the greater part of
that time 1t cost about $4,000
There is a candy factory here owned
by Mr. Henry Alexander, which is fur
nished with modern machiney and is turn
ing out In the neighborhood of a ton of
plain and fancy candy per day. which
as regards quality, is as good as that
produced by factories in cities of greater
| pretensions than LaGrangc
LAGRANGE has n broom factory. OF which
MT Alfred Zapp is proprietor. 1t Is stiil
in Is infancy, but it is doing very
fair business, and turns out a very ex-
cellent article Of brooms
The town has two steam gins and mills.
which, as a rule. have all they can do
during the ginning season.
The water and electric light system
is controlled at present by Messrs Taylor
x killough and is doing very good ser
vice The proprletors arc about to put
In additional machinery which will In
crease It's power ana make the system
more effective. The waterworks were
| nut In by the city at a cost Of 81 o0O and
We're leased to the parties who own the
| electric light plant for term of seven
| years AT the end of that time they will
| revert back to the control Of the city.
| Since they were established rates Of fire
| Insurance have decreased very materially
/ LaGrange has two banks. the First Ma
| uonal and a private bank. OF which Mr..
! John Schumacher is owner. Both of these
! institutions are doing fair business
! The bank of Mr.. Schumacher has grown
from small beginning to formidable
institution. Mr.. Schumacher was reared
here and has q host of friends among all
classes, which gives great prestige His
correspondents are numerous and his fa-
clities for doing business are great Few
interior banks possess greater
Three breweries are represented here
.Fflr
Brewing association and the American
Brewing association OF Houston. Mr.
II. W. Speckels represents Lemp. Mr..
George l.. seihrecht the New Orleans,
and Mr.. Fritz Presun the American
he court house is the pride of the
county and is considered by all that have
seen 1t to be one of the best IN the State.
1t cost. complete and furnished. about
sos GOO and everyone says the county
got the worth Of its money Other towns
have had their booms. their ups and
downs while LAGRANGE never knew a
boom, but every year hnds It better and
more substantial than the preceding year.
The men doing business are sound con
servative money makers and after making
it know how to enjoy it. Here you will
find immense stocks Of goods of all de
!
with the business they are doing. Any one
in looking South Texas over would do wei
TO see LaGr1uge before locating.
The First National bank OF LaGrang,
was organized In lSSS with capital stoCl
of $4,000, most OF which was owned by
Eastern capitalists. hut Is now owned b,
hCmc people. This institution is well equip
ped. having reliable and accommodating
officials ~ charge. 1t IS now doing
profitable business. Those desiring to 4,
business with a LAGRANGE bank would d
ven to put their business with the i'irs
Nnuonal
: II. c. lIelliE & Co. general merchants
, do the lat&est business of any house n
La'iranee, Their sales last year var
over 100000. 1ley bought In the neigh
+ borhcod oi COCO bales Of cotton. They en-
rloy sixteen people and have trade iron
all parts of l'aNctte county.
The Eclipse livery stable has the mos
complete livery business in LaGrangc an
: solicits the commereial trade.
II. b. kHulbach Is q large land owne
, and capitalist lite is resident agent for
number OF Insurance companies
I Tho drug store of julius Mevcrber
. would do credit to n place four times tn
SIZE OF LaCrai &c.
/. Il. T. Rehmann, the saloon man, handle
a nothing but the best goods. His place
We'll stocked and the leading saloon of La
Graz re.
$ Maucr & wesing, architects and build
a ers Their reputation Is not confined
I-aGrangc, AS they are constantly engage
in furnishing plans for n radius OF II
!. miles They are also the leading lumbe
a
The LaGrange Compress company Is IL
4 Gated on the tracks OF the Southern Pa
3. ciic and the Missouri. Kansas and Texa
20 railroads They have nirety-inch Mors
~ press, with capacity of 500 bales per dnN
a chn Schumacher Is president; G. u. lie
Zig, vice president; G. j. Won Rosenberi
secretary ana treasurer
a II. +. Day has an elegant stock of dts
- monds watches and jewclry OF all d
l., scriptions.
- senrtenberg Bros; are carrying a lars
,r line OF dry goods, clothing. etc, and dom
4 a nlce business. They also have Il hous
IA IN Columbus.
+, ilarwol u Schucch dchl in lumber
le all kinds visit Will convince any OF
that they aie abreast of the times.
o. Charles l.. Van Nostrand proprietor
+ the l'aycttc County Marble and Grant
10 works is putting out work at prices Tin,
40 would be hard to duplicate IN the Eas;
~ one institution ~ credit to LaCranEc
tho candy mandatory Of Henry Ale
~, HCGcr lie SUPPLIES the trade within
-. radius Of 100 niles and Is constantly 81
~ larging the plant.
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