The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-08-29
EDITOR SEES WAxAHACHIE
A Pleasant Sightseeing Trip to
Oar Beautiful County Capital.



One of the News Herald editors
spent the day IN Waxahachie Fri
day OF last week. In the afternoon
Hill Harbin, one of Waxahachie's
cleverest real estate dealers, in
vited ye scribe to- seat behind his
spirited team and spirited us away
that he might see something outside
of the business portion of our coun-
ty capital Our first stop was at
the beautiful Chautauqua park
which Ia one of the most inviting
retreats to be found anywhere. Ma
ture was certainly lavish in her
gifts when she formed this natural
park in such close proximity to the
city or else Waxahachie was fortu-
nate In selecting a site so near this
denseiy shaded dell where her cit
izena can commune with nature
without even getting outside of the
city limits. 1t is an ideal place for
"A park and the enterprising citizens
OF Waxahachie are gradually add
ing to its charms and In few years
the Chautaaqua grounds at Waxa-
haehie will be the pride Of Ellis
county.
From the Chautauqua grounds we
drove to the Trinity University
buildings which are fast nearing
completion. We were conducted
through the University building by
Prof. Hornbeak, one Of the faculty.
We started at the basement and the
first thing that caught us was bar
rel Of ice water from the university's
artesiau we'll. 1t is pure and clear
and right here we would emphasize
the fact that the water-supply can
not be exeelled in the state. A
stand pipe has been erected and the
water will be piped 10 every part of
the buildings and TO every building
In University Addition, Our trip
through the main building was too
hurried and there are too many
rooms and apartments for detailed
and accurate description. The build
ing IN three stories besides the base
III mt and contains forty-three
rooms. The recitation rooms are
large and airy and adjoining each
is neat office for the teacher. The
ventilation throughout the entire
building ia perfect. The chapel,
which is on the second floor, is
model of architecture, with ros-
trums, raised floor on the opera
house style and gallery. 1t has a
seating capacity of so0 and TO meet
an emergency, the doors cutting 1t
Of from the large main entrance
hall can be folded TO form columns
aud add room for few hundred
more. The wainseoting and all in
side finishings are rich and highly
po lis he'd. The building will be
lighted by electricity and heated by
steam. A complete sewerage sys-
tenn insures the sanitary condition
To be perfect. All the furniture for
the building will be new except the
teachers desks, which for the pres
ent, will he the same used at Te-
huacana The site for the univer~
sity was well chosen and here Wax
ahaehie was again fortunate in hav-
ing such suitable grounds for this
magnificent and useful iestitution.
The ground slopes and drains in
every direction aud is high and dry.
The girls dormitory building is
about finished, but as woSkmen
were busy in every part of the
structure we did not go through it.
The Texas College building viii be
used for the boys dormitory until
q suitable building can be erected.
Everything Is being rushed as fast
As possible, so as to be ready for
the formal opening which is an
nounced for September .. A mum
ber of new residences have been
completed and others are under