13 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
1
A plainspoken salon touts neat dress as a path to affection. The ad promotes ready to wear garments for girls and tailored suits with prices from ten to thirty dollars, highlighting ready made options and large purchases.
Secretary Staton announces contingent agreement for a brick and pottery plant to be built soon by a practical head of the business. With the Graham East and West Coal Railway active, fuel coal may cost $2.50 per ton, with hopes of reductions. The site offers abundant clays and shales, promising pressed bricks, oil faced brick, blue shale brick, vitrified paving brick, glazed and unglazed pottery, and soil pipe. Land purchases completed, erection anticipated by January 1st.
The College Heights Addition opens amid optimism about growth and rising property values. Belief prevails that the Graham East and West Coal Railway will boost Graham real estate, with prices expected to advance soon.
The railroad addition east and south of College Heights will host the Graham East and West Coal Railway depot. Cheap coal fuels manufacturing, boosts property values, and attracts workers, with College Heights benefiting as the addition encircles it. The Coal Railway is deemed the key to Graham’s future growth and regional prominence.
A northern and local investor group forming the Young County Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company has leased land in the Murray, Fish Creek and Crystal Falls regions. They plan work soon, contingent on landowners consenting to leases. Local landholders have shown a warm reception and cooperation, indicating development should proceed, though coordination among many parties will require time.
Simultaneously with opening coal fields and a new brick plant, tile and pottery works, the American Machine and Foundry Works are finishing two modern buildings for machine shops and foundry work. They boast fireproof, well lighted, ventilated facilities with concrete floors and aim to match Dallas and Fort Worth in capability. The Commercial Club secretary is praised as a planner of the city’s “Builder of Builders.”
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