The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-05
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
What Has Been Accomplished on the
Il. {. and W. 7. The Past Year.
NEW INDUSTRIES ARE PLENTIFUL
Southern Pacific Doing Well with the
California Travel-Mr, Morse Ex-
peeted Back This Morning.

glance backward at Industrial Inn
proyement along the line Of the Houston
East and West Texas railroad the past
year shows a most encourag cling state Of
affairs. New towns have built up, old
towns have put on a new front, new fac
tories aud industries have been added on
every hand and new people have come
In from paris OF Texas and from other
states and located permanently. The mat
ter OF immigration has been something
TO open persons eyes. For one month
elone, December, 1901, $50 families set
ted on tka line Of the road. Among the
most notable Improvements was the cree
ton OF thirty brick houses at Nacogdoches,
and Luflin, Tenaha, Tlmpson and Garri-
son all put on a new dress.
The success of the immigration depart
ment has In fact beer phenomenal. That
department was established a little over
a year ago, and under the lmme.Iate direc-
tion OF William Doherty, asssteht general
passenger agent Of hat liDe.
Inc methods employed by that depart
ment nave been OF very practical
nature. The promoters OF all kinds OF In
dustrial enterprises looking tor location
Tor Investment have been pat in direct
correspondence with the citizens OF the
seEe-Al cities along the. line OF this road,
anu the promoters brought race To face
win local capitalists, resulting in the
establishment OF a number of industrial
pants which have added very grea liz to
the tonnage OF tue road and to the wealth
of the community in which they are
Iocated.
The fruit and vegetable propositions have
not been overlooked. Early after the i'm
migration depar ment was established the
company invited number of distinguished
horticulturistB to go over the line ana IN.
Vestigate its soils, topography and general
adaptability to fruit growing. These horti-
culturisis woe the guests of the company
and were royalty entertained by the ctti-
zens at every point where soils aud gem
eral conditions were investigated. AS
Jesuit OF this, one large commercial nursery
has been established and over 10000 fruit
trees, principally peach, have been plant
ed up and down the line and seYera. or
ehard companies have been chartered. AT.
rgngements are now being made Tor the
plau1n. OF thousands of fruit trees.
In line with this work there has bCcp
established along the line of this road
number of eNorpliSes which heretofore
One OF he direct results Of fruit develop
ment Is the establishment of an immense
box and crate factory u Nacogdo hes,
where all kinds of fruit and vegetable
crates, baskets aud boxes are manufactured
for the shipmen of these crops. Also al
Aacogdoches an up-to-dute pot cry factory
mas been established and Is In full opera
ton, which added to the large cotton seed
oil mill zee plant. cotton compress and
hard wood factory, electric light plant guu
water works arOSdy existing, gives that
town an mir or city ffe that few Texas
towns possess.
The general Impetus to trade and husl-
ness resulting directly from the euCour-
agement given by the company along the
line of the road has largely increased the
product OF the factories throughout the ter
ricorv and brick buildings are now taking
the place of the old-fashloned frame busl.
ness houses. The large yitrihed brick
works at Garrison has more than doubled
shipped from its plant 22Ooo tons of brick
against 14,0CO tons for 1900.
:. AT several points along The line canning
factories have been organized and will he
in operation in the summer. The&cum-
$aa6tg near tht t5%h 81 eSFsGBS 9s { grows
Trees, to supply the. large Increasing de-
mand, of this territory At Keithvi,le,
La, the Louisiana Nursery company has
greatly enlarged its plant aud the large
now in full hearing and shipped during
last year the very finest of fruits North.
highest prices. laid Cor these fruits from
any section of the country. AT Timpson.
in Shelby county. there are under con
struction NJ this time more than 4 dozen
brick buildings, and recently a water com
pany has been organized and Artesian wells
are now being sunk to supply the city
with hre protection and water for domestic
purposes At nearly every point along
the line fruit and vegetable companies have
been organized and experienced operators
employed to conduct same and large acre
age is now. being planted to vegetables
lead.
ness men have raised fund for the 'estaD-
lishment Of an experimental farm where
all vegetables are 10 be tried and the soils
tested. and this, year. at this time the
and Tomatoes a commercial commodity.
This ttslness has been placed under the
Mbe bn Of bee an t9G
and assistance to make the enterprise
success. At other points along the line
notably at Lntki1, Gorrigan. Shepherd
Ing PLANTED to fruits and vegetables At
Tenaha, in Shelby county, the business men
nient. to the East and West line ANA nre
p-snting same TO commercial orchards aud
gardens.
Near the town OF Shepherd in San Jaelnto
county dnring the past y"ear an up-to-date
sugar factory has been established for
the manufacture Of sugar and syrup from
cane cane which is grown in large acreage IN
reFaD this development only a few years
ago, and the results having been so salts
factory, large capitol has been Invested in
the State Of Texas more complete sugar
factory where all grades Of sugar are pl ced
on the market and sold IN compe ition
with the sugar manufactured IN the Oldest
territory Of the country,
II Is claimed TINT there are hundreds
of acres of land which can he secured at
most reasonable prices along the line ~
the road equally as well adapted to the
crowley Of this staple crop aud Investors
are now travereine the territory with the
yiewsfof securing fOothold for the cree
ticn of custom sugar factory.
Tho East ana West Is lending all the
assistance possible 20 parties promoting
this enterprise and expect within the next
few months 10 he able 10 announce the
accomplishment Of IT, purpose
While this good work has been going
on the homcseeker has not been over.
looked and every day marks the arrival Of
from one To on families from States North,
East and West, Decides the hOmeseekers
from. the black land territory OF Texas
The mrthod> employed hv the railroad
cdTdnanies 10 aid the bomcSer Ter IN secur-
ing honl1.s hnve been sstisfactOre and have
resulted In locating hundreds or families
Of the best class
Mr.. sPENCER's FUTURE