Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-12
IN DUsTR|AL SURVEY
COMPLETED BY B. CD. T0bE SENT
TO |NOu|RERs RE GARD|NG AMARILLO

The secretary ~ tile Beard oi
thy Development recently prepar.
ed nm Industrial survey ~ IT,. THY
NJ amarillo. which u u proposed,
will be- printed IN pamphlet form
aud distributed by mail for al,er.
iislne purposes. The survey deals
in brief With all lite natural and
commercial advantages afforded
by thu city for present and pos.
siifle industries; u tells Oi the pub
lie scli0i facilities, Of banl1inr insii.
iiIti0ns. b0tl, in amarillo aud ANA.
rill0's trade territory. NJ the rail.
roads entering amarillo aud TIA.
yrrsing III. Panhandle. of Nmarli.
los public aud commercial build.
ings and institutions. churches,
charitable institutions. hospitals,
public utilities, the system al birh.
ays. both Interstate aud ultra.
state. that run through amarillo,
and Of tile agriculinrI actualiiir>
aud possibilities aud the fertility
~ the soil NJ thu country.
IN the opening paragraph. ANA.
rili0 H. referred ~ ~ the county
seat 81 Potter county and the cap.
iial of the IN counties in the Texas
Panhandle. With u population. ne.
cOrtling 10 the most recent govern.
nieni census. " 1891: aud an ALT
tudr. I =. Geodctic survey. 3.6d3
feet. The average mean icmprra.
turc In winter j. " degrees and "
summer ~ degrees. complete
analysis ~ the Amarillo water t.
given with the supplementary H..
rlaraiion that u compares favor
all, with the hest water found at
ealih resorts.
>iN Ranks Here
Thor, rre siN financial irrt 'utlnn'
dningbusincss IN Amarillo with com
hin,i rup'i"l 80 'f.u"t uud . 'uutr"''
surplus " S9NG.lGli2 III, toln
rmoun, q! money IN deposit In the sis
hanks here II 81 lOi.sii 20 TIE lanl
deposits IN ~ towns In Awnr'llo'i
trade territory. which are listed In th'
miof are sGl .loa.0S'.
IN 1919. this section produced TART,
million iush,ly &C WhcIl worth 'Gh.
toe .00b TIL" frmu ',Wui!"t show O
toln production IN 10, lo'r ""U W
irulturo aud liyOsto'k. 4 u,, ~ tl'
$500 400 Oc0 These products we've ~
~ ~ that the iril',lids ''r" 49,
tu move them, aud cVcryv hCC alnnf
~, ia,lrCld lines could be- seen gr,Hl
pil,s uf gain. awaiting shipment. tn,
plnhaudl. l. proomin"n.ly an aPricul
iural and stock farming region. ~
great wheat belt ~ famous tn" work.
''"' and It's feed Crups nr' enormous
Sufficient To support its i'hm"nSo liz,
stock lIudu' lion. with q great surplus
iur shipment In the Southern portion
IA, cotton fields Weld hundreds an,
thousands nf bales IT this staple Pre-
duct.
~ Per Cent ~ Lard Tillablc
The great rcgiun ui 'vhiCh Amarillo
~ IA. center contains ~ excess IT %.
UrO 0Oo acres VI lard, y percent ~
which IL tillal,lc The percent igc ~
tillihlr land w cult Walton il 9, p'ru"n
The average population ucr aIuar'
iullc IT, 3. and the average price uf Ian,
~ about Sai an acre. crops produce,
I'm the Panhandle IN 1919. wee: Whoa
20. o0O. DOo bushels. oats. lo.Ooo.uni
bushels: knffir and maize - 600 UUi
products. combined wealth to,aliul
Sltn. OOn O0O
The pouulaiiun of IA. Panhandle 7,
comparatively estimated ~ 3u0.n0n
which constitutes ~ present nm aver
axe IT eight to the square mile, Us
county seats rival IN siz, and IN IN,
character uf civic institutions. ihos" nj
any olthcr portion ~ Texas. or adioin
Ihg states Its small towns are numcr
aus and prosperous With respect y
ta.lruah construction and operation. u
presents No natural obstacles uf an,
character whatever. The commercial
interests of the CIV of Amarillo ~,
commensurate with the TERRITORY d
serves. embracing an area ~ h0,00i
square miles The annual wholcsal,
trade ~ the city II reflected IN Ia,
bank clcarings IT $500 Onn Goo las