Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-01


Fort Worth hxArs the unmistskAble
marx. OF progress snd prosperity.
Judicsous rlanarement by the city
officials and hearty cooperation Of the
citizens can. in few years. make il
the greatest inlABd city west OF -.
Louis
Prior 10 setting out on tour az in
yeSticaticn throlgh Northern Texas |
took 4 railroad map sR1 critically ex-
anlined the scene 81 my rrcposed Jour
neyinEs. / foaud that fUrs Worth
hsd more miles Fl railrCSd leading 10
and from il than anv city i'm noi only
the northern portion but the whole
state. I st once determined 10 make
this place one Of NV first stopping
points Judging frOm the census ~
port u lSss0 / expected TO sc q sirug-
Cling town. covering much territory
aud destitute Of most q: the modern
appliances Of civilization. Imagine
my surprise on stepping from the hotel
on the morning after my arrival. To
tind the compact substantial city
which greeted my sight. I was some
what prepared Tor il however by
conversation with the landlord st
break fast This landlord, by the way.
is decidedly the most original man |
have met in Texas. Among his nu-
merols exploits and accomplishment
that of throwing Gen. L. :. Grant
through a window is not the least |
number this genial landlord
among my impressions OF the Fort.
To one who hiss only seen towns
grow inch by inch, the rapid and won
defui growth Of this city is marvellous
In boyhocd | once saw an eastern ina
giciAn apparently create small tree
Z in flower pct which he held in his
hand. Looking back ten years and
picturing this city slnInb-ring in the
( uncertainties OF the future, / am slnIost
I forced 10 think the magas.ian's wand
has been held over this prosperous,
4 busiling community.
Proceeding through the streets and
/ noticing tile general and pervading sc
( tivity in all branches OF business,
was forcibly struck with the fact that
I there were no drones in the place.
Z Every one seemed TO be numbered
Z among the producers Following
/ oct the theory Of progress and pow
( erty, | suppose the CONSUMERS will
Z follow in good time.
| notice the first question one is
I asked here is. where are YOU frolD?i'
. -AAiAAArA 10 AlAA. NAAt A~A-E= CA4
telling one gentleman | was from Vir-
ginia, he very neatly and eppigram-
matically pictured that state in single
sentence. $50 YOU are from Virginia, y
he said with q thoughtful expression
on his face, and then added. well, sir,
Virginia il mighty good state to
/ come from, but dn bad place to 20
/ to-
+ The work of laying sewers and inn
/ proving streets interested me and
show that the people Of Fort Worth
/ and the pc o ,iie alone can make or I'M
make a city We're fully alive to their
I necessity and We're placing some OF
their wealth where il would DO the
most good. After looking over the
business pOrtIsn of the city / was in.
troduced into the GAZETTE office and
formed the acquaintance of the genia
and social editor, Mr.. Paddock. He
courteously showed me through ths
building, and, as | stopped TO admire
the WORKINGS Of the gas engine which
runs the complicated machinery,
, thought of the power and influence o
: that paper when Texas gets faiTl,
started on the road to her maximum
populauon--a power and intluenc
| which my mind could not compass
Returning 10 my room | fell t
musing over the prospects of For
| Worth in the gradual development o
this great state. Situated directly il
the line OF communication and traffi
{ between the rich and popular East
> and IL ut great undeveloped region IN
. ing 10 the west-a vast world, preg
, nant with cities which need only tn
+ magicians wand of wealth and emigra
3 ton TO cause them to spring int
( populous and healthy eXistences; a
, ready great railroad centre, with tn
! possibility, nay, the probability, tina
: most of the roads of the future II
Northern Texas will find their outle
here; possessing the inestimable ad
vantage of being west of any cit
5 which can be called rival, and popu
e lated by a people who are unit o.
i questions of local government an
: local interests Fort Worth canno
l help lin the writer's opinion) becom
5 ing the greatest inland city west of 81
= Louis.
Looking west see fiourishing town
; all along the line of the Texas X Pac
I iic railroad TO Fort Worth they mu,
: come or pass to secure implements {
!, trade and mechanical appliances Of "a,
:, descriptions. Hundreds of others wi
spring up and turn, in their infancy
( 10 the same fountain for their supple;
y This city can be made, and | beiiev
5 will be, the metropolis OF the South
c west. | am lost in admiration of tn
e ideal city pictured in my mind-ou
e of the brightest points of that "Lon
u STAR given by Sam Houston to a FIRE
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