The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-21


vary coafl Ii i perhaps ~ bet
built city IL ifs sszs n fise state ~
presents j mew. clean and nsaf appea 8
anees for which II II unsnFpassed 81
any city.
ii stands to-day commercially y
enc Of the foremost titles n the state
ard with business In all Ines Whicn 4
VIXEN compared % the population of
the city, makes 4 magnificent showing.
The advantages and achievements ~
Waxahachie will be increased ~ the
near future While the effect q
aroused interest and enlarged activity
In Waxahaehie as place Of freshness
and investment. cannot be gainsHid,
there is nothing unhealthy about the
development that is going on. The
era of practical developments along
safe and conservative lines has come.
The investments that are now being
made are sound and convincing. such
as the conservative investor is willing
To take AS a basis for parting With
his money. with assurance that he will
profit by doing so Waxahachie Is
blessed with enterprising public sp8r-
tied citizens who take pride in their
city and who are always alert 10 I'M
prove IL any way. Its situation Is
properly regarded as Of vast import
ance from n commercial standpoint,
being within easy reach Of ali East
ern. Western. Northern and Southern
states II must naturally experience
greatest development within the next
decade 1t is nnrestrained by nafura
obstacles to the enlargement Of It's
areas as are many other cities. there
being abundant room for manufacfnr-
ing establishments, stores and resi-
dences. The transportation facilities
are excellent, being located on the
main trunk line OF the Missouri, Kan
sas aud Texas railway. and on me
Houston and Texas Central railway,
which gives ample shipping eonnec-
ton in all directions. II takes front
rank among the cotton centers OF this
country N holds the worlds record
for the largest amount Of cotton re-
ceived direct by wagons from the far.
mers In one season, being $4,000 bales.
waxahachie Is well equipped for
taking care OF the large amount OF
cotton which comes here II has I'VE
large cotton gins one OF the largest
congresses in the country and several
large storage yards The largest cot
| ton firms in the world maintain aGcfl.
eies here Besides its enormous cot
| ;on interests ii is equally AZ we'll
| equipped in other lines Of business.
| has two large grist mills. two large
planning mills three large lumber
| wards. over three miles of street car
| line. waterworks and sewerage system
| owned and operated by the city. an
efficient fire company equipped with
sill necessary modern appliance fer
| protection of nronerty against IRE. an
| elegant $4,000 city hall. handsome
| SITS. 900 court house, In center OF rub
| Tic square. $4,000 Ice and cold stor-
age plant large Touring Mill. tw0
large cotton-seed OIL mills, well
equipped electric light plant, two we'll
arranged telephone systems, sl2aWW
cotton mill plant. two large wholesale
grocery houses. several large nachin-
cry plants. free mail delivery a splen-
aid nuhlfc school and a number of pr'-
Ivate schools. the Summer Chautauqna
OF the Cumberland Presbyterian de-
nomination. and a number Of elegant
churches. all OF which work together
in harmony for the highest Interests
Of the citizenship OF Waxghachie.
Waxahachie has three national
hanks each with a capital stock OF
100000. an aggregate surplus OF
Iab0ut $50 600. two loan and trust
companies. with an aggregate capital
and surplus Of about $4,000. one real
estate mortgage company. with cap
ltaI and surplus Of $4,000. The az
gFagaie deposits of these institutions
runs along from 100000 to sl,75o,'
nAn This Is a splendid showing when
II In understood that there are seven
other hanks distributed over the coun.
tv which of course holds the custom
surrounding each,
4 waxahachfe entered the manufaetu--
sn- fpid nniv few wears ago bnf- &C
in everything else IL has undertaken.
has made wonderful progress. The
manufacturing plants represent home
capital entirely and are managed ny
home talent The latest acquisition but
first in Importance, Is the cotton mill.
This mill was completed about eight
|, teen months ago, and has been in oper-
alton about one year. 1t has capital
. stock OF $i25 900. 90 and a capacity OF
1900 yards of sheeting per day. Ii ia
equipped with the latest machinery for
manufacturing, consisting of 5000 spin
dies and $50 looms, it gives employ
, ment to one hundred and twenty-five
operatives The Waxahachie Cotton
, OH Co and the Planters Oil Co. man
. ufactnre cotton seed products. These
mills buy all the cotton seed tributary
. | to Waxahachie and take a great dea
from abroad They are among the
largest cotton seed manufacturing con
Germs In the state. The Modern Mil
Ing company is Touring plant max,
ing a high grade of -four from Ell,s
county grown wheat. While 1t can onl,
use n fraction OF the immense wheai
yield of this country. yet 1t buys al
its stock from Ellis county farms, anf
turns out about 200 barrels of -four pei
day. The Waxahaehie Ice works Ii
another manufacturing enterprise O
1.-THE city worthy of mention, This plan
has q capacity of 35 tons of ice daily
land in connection has cold storage