Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-26
FIRST EDITION.
ouR pAyEMENrs.
Mites of Smooth side Wnits-A Nctropoii-
tan Promenade mud n boulevard

Mites Of smnotl, side Wnits--A Nctropoii
tan Promenade aud boulevard,
The progress of paving the city il
going on quite rapidly and the city
Will soon present metropolitan ap.
pearance ns regards her streets II not
in the magniiicence and grandeur OF
her houses. Every stranger who visits
the city IL at once attracted by the eN-
cellent grading Of Main street, which
now extends from the court house on
the square nearly To flith street,
aud between Third and Firth streets
on Houston. Besides these, all the
cross streets from First down to Fifth
are puttercd and gruveled, and present
a fine appearance. The entire length
ON which it Is intended TO put gravel
on the cross streets has not been com
pleted. but the work is progressing
very rapidly and Will soon be finished,
Not only these, but numerous other
streets will also be graded and
travelled. us the city council has
authorized citizens living on ether
streets TO iuve the work done
under the city engineers direction,
and many will soon have the thor
oughfares In front Of their residences
put in as good condition as any OF the
cross streets. When the work on
Main street Is completed TO the rail-
road, the city viii without doubt have
the finest drive III Texas, the beach at
Galveston excepted. II viii far excel
the famous Congress avenue at AUS,
| tin, being about twice as long ana
rs smooth as n ilQor. III
will be boulevard on which flying
teams will move In the afternoons and
| present spectacle which VIII IN
splre enthusiasm and pride IN every
Que who seesit. Houston street VIII also
present the same scenes OF splendol
4 aud granduer, and then Fort Worth
viii assume the prominence she de
serves ms city oE pleasure rs well SO
of business.
THE SIDEWALKS.
The Beauty aud excellence Of th,
streets canno. too greatly admired, bG
the payonents or sidewalks now belns
put down also form prominent fea
ture OF the Improvements now goinl
ON. The old wooden sidewalks OF III,
\ pioneer days are being rapidly turned
J into fire wood and The trend OF tn,
! promenader + changed from SCUM,
! resembling n Settle drum 20 that 81
4 the festive clog dancer on the marble
! lhiAtnANAs tiHNN"'As - 49, ~
ETY. raclSn of by-gone days
IL Is now the "click, click
or an age Ia which stone and cemen;
triumph. Miles OF The new paving
are being put down rapidly, aud ths
promenades Will soon be as popular rs
the drives. They will lend annima.
! tion 10 the scenes which only good
streets and sidewalks can present, and
/ will attract hundreds of people nom
/ their heated rooms TO the outside
to get breath OF the gulI
breezes which drive away the heat
| and watt the mosquito oil like n cy'
Clone, The process Of laying this pc
culiar pavement IL watched daily by
hundreds OF people with deep interest,
as IL Is to many OF them new process
but IN the West IL has buea tested and
/ proven successful and dafable. These
| improvements, however, are only IN
| Keeping with the spirit which per
vadcs the city and her progressive
people, and they will be followed IA,
/ Others until--well, we VIII walt and
( SEQ what we shalt see.