The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-24
BEAUMONT FULL
OF BUSINESS
The BIG WATER WORKS CANAL
WAS FINISHED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
IMPROVED STREET CAR SERVICE
Water Plant Ready Nov i-Tremen'
dous investments Are Now Be-
ing Made In All
Lines.

10 convince the most pcShlmlSllc III
diyidual or even the most rabid knock
ct that Beaumont Is chuck fun at
business II Il only necessary Tor inc
aforesaid knockcr or pcsSimist 10
leave the city for three ar four weeks
and then return and nave a look over
It's various sections,
In the north end will he found under
course of construction and almost
,omlctcd the big water plant of the
beaumont Water Company, which VIII
Ice perhaps the best plant in the state
of Texas when il is finished. one "l
the officials of the company informed
an Enterprise reporter yesterday lhhl
The company confidently expects 10
nave il in full operation by Novem'
her list. or within six weeks.
While construction Is going ahead
M "A rapid rate yet they are being de'
lry,d by the non.arrIval of some TWEEN
Iy.four inch pipe that is 10 be one 0i
the leads. The canal was hnally com
plCtcd Yesterday and Is fully up 10
what was expected by its construction.
The water Is turned into II IN Such Il
way that the city supply VIII be as
nearly pure as it. is possible to have
any river water There will be no
imDurc discharge any where above II
and the discharges from the clty pc
low will be nearly ten miles by the
river itself. The filter house Is De'nS
pushcd to completion The company
has plenty of b:iCk on hand to fnish
this and so far as the brick laying Is
concerned the company finishing that
end of It has held its own up well.
The company will have spent about
$500 900 in as many months when the
plant is completed and the dlsburSe'
mentS have been almost entirely at
home. This company started in by
giving Texas the benefit of every dol
lars purchase. The Texas iron INDUS.
try received its Sreaest impetus OF
the year wncn the concern bought III
pipe from the big iron plant OF tho
state. They wanted to show Texas
that Southeast Texas appreciates Tex
as all over and they didn't use mercy
idle words to express that apprecia-
ton but went down in their pockets
for Texas products.
The visitor will also be impressed AT
once upon his arrival with the i'm
mense amount of paving that rs beng
done. The city has steadily and rap
idly improved in that line ever since
January 10th, 1901, the date of the l.u-
cas- gushcr. The contract now under
way will probably reach 100000 be
fore it is finally completed and the
bulk of this money goes into Beaumont
labor. In addition to this there Is a
committee out now from the Guy
council for the purpose of ascertain
ing what additional bonds may be IS
sued for sewerage purposes. Inc
pIcSCnt city sewerage is modern ana
extensive but the aldermen and mayor
want the city to be most progressive
one and are advancing II as rapidly as
conservative business methods VIII
permit.
The Beaumont Traction Company
has been constantly spending large
sums of money in bctterincntS ana
have brought into Beaumont improve
mentS that must have value OF al
most quarter Of a million dollar
their investments in the paving bllls
are large in themselves. They are
at present doing considerable
amount of work On College street ana
lettering their tracks both for the new
pavement and to provide for emcrgcn-
cics i'm the event there will be no
pavement at the end they have raised
and ballastcd the road bed. Thcy nm
iEhcd the College street switch NeSl cf-
day and the Caldcr-Cullcge street line
is now operating upon ten-minute
$, hcdulc with ease. The cars now
pass the postonico ON the nour ana
every ten minutes thereafter.
Captain TyrrCll of the beaumont
Gas company grows more enthusi-
astic every day over that plant. This
gas proposition is with the captain
sort of side line hut he takes keen in
trrcst in il aud has pride about MS
rrcicncy thai is interesting. The
plant is being constantly improved
and its advantages To the city are he
coming more widely known each day.
This concern has spent Il great deal IN
the city i'm the way of labor and home
crown material
The operation Of the McFaddin
Wscss and Kyle Rice MIL which has
inst been completed takes the pace ~
the old Him min and much more too.
because Ire nov concern has already
done 50 much for the farmers that
40, old concern would never nave
done because ut msimilar conditions.
IN the residence line the visitor u
20 once startled and amazed Here
trpr. ar, 20 present under con~iruc-
zion tour residences that viii cost
completed mon" than slnnno and there
o. uo tpllu. how many coy homes
rf 1,-- urpfDHfi.u are under WaY. \
hundred home 81 moor, than $50" val
ur,n ufuu'd hardly boz other ihan
.s.IanryafiN'
There ara two DIG brick business
fHr-a- ruF"- course Df cuu-ir1r' IN
a-H -.t.rr frame store buildings.
The fact f- ffaf hundreds nf thousands
u. dollars ar. hsrr- paid uut monthly
NON. fH- 'aHHr fFaf goes into porrla.
r.rf .rr-..t.. -..rr There De- mure ni
"a -H.r H.a.r .H. nHnr.s h"rr Than can
rH. found r ans fHuu Hr rifr bob fh'
rr#rHH -.Hr.. unless r fe some rcfn'' D.
rHrH. rf.-. mushroom boom hap
rar. tH Dol" nr
Al # rf. faHr- rIarH herr IN
.r.. uHaf IF H-a-ir.r.fill 'l'r' 'nn
..-r.a-- -.r fH. rHr frz assert that
.-r.r fu-uaaz ls most satisfactory.