Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-11
TIMELY WARM
Two Chief Magistrates Of \.
Cities-Thsir Extr,s,.'' NJ
Triumphs.
How These Were Aohieysa-,
the Fortunes Of kspssi'
A Parallelism Between !. =
Fort Worth and Then n 81

"e1 VIC "e'',nies OF Mp ~
does Peter Smith Of F,ne@s
RENE of old had two found s
lus and Remus; but Fort ~ v 3
Memphis only one each.
gave milk to the Roman n
Fort Worth, for like hlstorl. ~ \
called, in ancient DAYS Y {.
and Memphis, where NJ <
Hadden assumed robes MI
king, was the lair OF nv.
demons than wolves Of y ~
Fort Worth. The yellow y q
cholera, and a "black plso,p clal 70
had almost destroyed M. 'ERRs
city. There was q debt 4. c,,v
the people as great as tbs
mated wealth. The inca,. nee'
tude was at last disfrsnSr re- TEL
the state Legislature ana attain
made David Park Hs,h. a.
ceiver." He was autho,s. s.s.,,
legislative enactment, to s{,,s =
of the assets and settle d.isSs , s.
store the credit of the citv s.ss -
plaques, overwhelmed In n. -
and desolated by ruler ~, = ~,
ruinous. The streets wn,y ~ x
and uDsewered and the wrds - Il 4
filth If half a century rhs ~
stank in an atmosphere Am nj
charged with exhalatiou d the
manner of rottenness. Ts2 dOo
prejudices and habits Of M It
lation TO he TRANSFORMED 1ds z !,
moribund and full of yean M ~
was to be revoIutionized i,ls len
of thought and of practice ,Irntic
nestle life. The people v.k at
slitu,e clean water for rth.
whisky, for Temperance ! city
cleanliness. There was nelaSl to
nor credit; and yet Mr.. IA one
most thoughtful, energetic id. 7
who had inherited loci: bond
stainless integrity, was int,t ieSs
come curator of the fortu IRE p
helpless, hopeless city. Th.is are
his power absolute THINK tn
dence reposed in Mr.. Hsts aud
people and by the Q the
ment Of Tennessee am wo
the city's creditors am am
that whatever Mr.. Hadda'nishe'
was honestly and fairly ont.
The people paid taxes becstse TO /
est man received and exp city
wealth and because he msj, anti &
lar worth five to those d that
He compromised with cnemseIS
the less he had 10 pay the ~ lay
revenues. Property beganpe, an
in value and assessment i0renta
greater. He made hard bnrreil Y
those who had specuIsted 2 state
ly in the city's misfortunaieversi
the people by collision winHeT, !
office. mo . f
EXpuRoArIoS or rur srp,ditIon,
The sick and dying CAMPO, pi9
and even while this indekf
Msmnhi. was arsa,asi IDS all
least, Di ;tator Haddsn b setpfis
peri. cted IA system Of vi
simple and cheap AS 1t hn 49,
cent. The complexion OIL a., e &
formerly dimmed and shi.t 49,.
air they breathed, BEGAN, co .ssS q,
rosy tints of mems faces an 49,. !,
ascribed in Memphis to y
vine or of the worm" thai a,,o,,r,
its Last We .nous% lyard ,
Cox beat the whstUa J
1t was most astonishingin -
denis official career that 49,,
city's credit was worst E!hIsc !
greatest he improved Msnice ~ ,
Not only did he cleanse Is6fhis
breath, which repealed ortsv ~
living creatures, like that 81 ana
fellow who talks in your iM,ld ~
he hasn't cleaned his ettinber /
lug aud drinking whisky, Se scho
bage and tobacco, but lrps 81 |
perfected u system Shear
naving when hn Q build
1he taxable value sEx-Go'
on great thorougfare- anda v Tue.
Mr.. Hadden's resources 'e tern
II ID easy to destr y and h!med ID
lfy and upbuild, but DAVID \
has absolutely reprodua
nine years, u beautiful and
city Of fifty thousand pegAclal 70
knaves aud thieves end DENTo
rulers and dissolutions Of NJ ~;
years In destroying. a.
MADDEN ACHIEyESi..'s w w {
He has II t only won to'EeQs q
of the creditors aud boDehofGes
Memphis and re 'uced tns The u
six millions to two mllllcAsop n
while all these Q s3ison y /
ments, but railway bull ietrhe O.
m amer of man he is and. this
man could accomplish, auo.al nsee
would spring into existencAnty
wise and just and honeuAEe, a
rected their lines to Mempproopd
Mr.. Hauden WAS uendingAx-
giles to the develOpmento ~ "a
forces of the city's pTogrE olgl
torgetful of the uses q
He protlered every ioS ~
menI for their coming. PIT
right of way whenever rol
perfect 1t. A conn lrH
railway station eus
interchange of freights ~,
and the area of Memphiiu I
banded In every dlrecllc leg
hour Memphis is the eng pti
the products OF the Soul &c
states are exchang d ~ "a
sas aud Nebraska, and ma
sections of the Imperial Pc
now demanding that " th
river be bridged or tunns ie
phis. 1t has been allfgs . ;
Hadden's presence nerss y
simply To the prev n.
entertainments of the ~ a.
the Memphis wharf, ~
-uaded that his ultencfx ~
fix the rivers channe! ~
may not be diverted ~ .e
course. He would mol ~
like Vicksburg, beco i
town. There IL o low 80
Arkansas across whic1 s's
Mississippi might be in
Tut for itself another PIE
Memphis would be a.
( miles from this A. ! ~ y
r. oo,,nras. will