The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-14
INDIANA Gas BELT.


- lHG NatfOHdf EIitOF1ai AHS0GldL1OU
were taken on a tour of inspection
| of the gas belt of Indiana. The dis
coyery OF gas at Anderson In 1877
marked the beginning of the growth
of that section Towns Of 1000 and
1000 have became cities OF 5000 to
8 200 and farm lands OF 1877 are
today manufacturing towns of l9,-
1000 TO IL 900. The Indiana Union
Traction Company placed two cars
at the disposal OF our party, This
company operates 900 miles of cleo
trio railway from power house at
Anderson. This power house has
| five 1000 horse power engines and
| its furnaces consume 165 tons of coal
| per day, mined a few miles from the
| city. Anderson was the first pity
reached on our run, though no stop
was made there until our return from
/ Marion at $50 in the afternoon
/ We were escorted to the Elks hall
/ by a committee Of citizens and a ju-
yenile band OF 40 pieces. The Elks
own the second story of half block
and besides their hail have a read
| Ing room, billiard room and restau-
rant The membership is over SOC
and their rooms are handsomely fin
| ished and furnished. The city CON
tains 10000 inhabitants. II was
named after Chief Anderson OF the
Delaware indians. who occupied the
/ site of the city in 1912 The town
was Incorporated in 1853 with 1000
people. and fifteen years later had
tFsFs IL. sH.s A
/ valuation Is sf3. 600, GOO, has twenty
miles OF paved streets, owns it's
sewerage system valued at $780,
1 600, IT'S water works system and fill
/ tering plant. and electric lighting
system. the two latter utilities cost
/ ing $3.50. goo Electric lights are
furnished at : cents per one thous-
and klowatts It's public school
property Is valued AZ 5000 600, and
it, annual teachers payroll reaches
s75.0oo building OF which IL
boasts vs. the home office Of the
/ Traction Company. costing $500,
00o. More than seventy manufaetur-
ing plarts are located here At Ell
wood, few miles away, is the larg~
est tin plate mill In the world It's
manufacturing products 40 TO every
part of the world The people are
| generous and hospitable At no
place vas our party treated with
more courtesy and hearty good fel-
}oNshtp than at Anderson. 1t is the
county seat Of Madison county. and
we we're told that Notwithstanding
las handsome county buildings aud
other public institutions the county
had very little outstanding indebted
ness
From Anderson we we're carried
TO Auncie. 81 miles east This is
a city uf 3te0o people Most Tex.
ans sill recall Muncie as the home
of Charles r Nicely who fiiehed the
/ government 81 great sum Of money
a few years ago in the Cuban postal
frauds He doesn't live there now
nad ne people are glad 81 H. We
reached Nnncie al 30 ia the even
tng Too late TO see the clay, bat
NOT too late TO receive o warm wei
leone from It's bt&-heartea citizenship,
We we're usherad from the cars 10
the rooms Of the Commercial Climb
] where a few minutes later we sat
down TO magnificent luncheon
served in the clubs dining room,
THE tables and walls we're decorated
with real southern smiiaX and a pink
caFnation. fresh and sweet as Tex
as June day. was al each plate. We
WeTe welcomed by the president OF
the cNb. the mayor and the press
and impressed With the magnitude
Of ghe city's industrial enterprises
Here IN located The largest fruit JAZZ
factory In the world. architectural
iron and bridge works. a school desk
factory selling desks In TEXAS.
straw board and pulp paper factory
a garment factory. silverware fac
tory. carriage. wagon and electric
factories Ten thousand people are
said TO be employed in the factories
OF the city.
The court house cost a quarter
million dollars the city has 81
miles of maeadam streets and four
miles OF asphalt streets. az miles Of
concrete sidewalks and sixteen miles
of street railway. Among lis public
buildings are Carnegie library
costing SIS Gee a college building
costing 500 Gee the commercial
leluh costing $50 Gee, and eleven pub
lite school buildings employing l3h
\ teachers Congress has recently
made an appropriation for com
Imodions federal building. Sis steam
railroads enter The ei,y and Auncte
IgIalmH 20 handle more freight than
lany cts in indiana except indiauapo-
Ills
rhe gas. which gave the first i'm
Innas ~ growth 10 all this section.
liz fast giving out IN uauY places
large manufacturing plants which e
tabiiAhpa themselves there HNeAuse
II cheap fuel gas have cto@sa theif
buildings and moved che machinery
"a other points We passed the ruins
81 one. massive bfigk walls torn
.lnen hnxiag sYers appearance II z
great fire la the piage NJ the sAt
lthes are now paTmpinx petroleum
lfhe Grade IL sasa - ~ excellent f0F
tuhFieAtAGN purposes
The agricultural uesfsoa II sNifkW
regulated Corn is the principal
erap bur- hesausa IT the large uftsau
sssagsulatsan the farmer fladx sHaaY
market FOR hmy fruit. wgaa. FssaisFf
batter Eat rastte and sheep - that
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