Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-19
THE TOWN OF TYLER.
Happy Homes Nestled Among Flowers
and Clinging Vines.
| Leading Men aud Business Enterprises
and Industries.
A Brilliant Social Event --''lIop" OF the
Blue Hens Chickens.

first view OF this little city. Whethe
IL be because OF the thrifty appearance
of the stores, or the comfort OF thu
MANY iiower.embowered homes,..or tn,
clearly appearance of the place, o.
. better still, the hospitality of the PEG
pie; whatever be the cause, you woult
be sure to take fancy to Tyler. By
the courtesy Of one Of Tyler's mos
pleasant ladies, ] was shown over the
resident portion of the city, the lady
! holding the reins right manfuily, and
conveying to this reporter the names
of the owners of the many fine resi-
dences hereabout. II is pity an orig.
inal term, Synonymous 10 lefty OF
magnificent distances" cannot be here
invented, for that expresses 20 clearly
the geographical idea of Tyler. Turn
ing from the business portion, you are
seemingly making fair start for the
country, but find every here and there
on your route IA cluster OF homes; hand
some ones aud humble, but all with
an unmIstakable air of ''home" about
them; and few there are which 90 not
show that tender womanly care makes
itself manifest by the neatly trimmed
cedars, clinging vines and abundance
| of flowers. Scattered about the sub
urbs Of the city are number of elegant
dwellings about completed, and yet so
neatly kept are the majority of the
older houses that they are not put to
shame by the undimmed roofs or the
fresh coats of paint of their newer
neighbors; and these fine. new houses
do not seem to rear their handsome
forms with pharisaical air and dis
dain 10 be compared with their fell
lowe.
Whether there be something i'm the
air OF Tyler which begets greatness in
her citizens may be difficult to dis.
prove, but all Texns knows that Tyler
Is synonymous for prominence as re-
CARDS her citizens. Here Gov. Hub.
bard dwells, devotes himself TO wide
gauge studies on the narrow.gaupe
roads, in the consideration of which he
has great weight. And perhaps no
other man of public life knows better
how not TO commit himself to news
paper men when he is so inclined than
does the ex-governor; all, he's very
like Joey Bagstock, Esq. / asked
those In position TO judge, il Gov.
Hubbard was likely to remain out of
politics, and they seemed to think
strongly that he would. He has seen
So Inch - nnhlin life that It seems
doubtful If his constituents will deem
IL wise to call him forth again. In the
meantime he devotes his energies to
his railway projects, and Only when
special occasion necessitates will roll
forth as at the forthcoming national
convention, going there possibly as a
delegate from Texas.
Tyler possesses very many citizens
of prominence, and to undertake tC
enumerate them all is to be in danger
of neglecting some. What John Peter
Smith has been to Fort Worth, Mai
j. p. Douglass has largely been /,
Tyler. Quiet, unobtrusive and thought
full, he has long been leader in al
that makes for the welfare of his city
and " not himself large capitalist
yet with such prestige from his sue
cessful schemes rs TO readily engay,
the aid of those at home and abroad
who show their confidence I'm him b,
their promptness in joining in hi
plans.
Col. Thomas II. Bonner, one
speaker of the state legislature, is III
other OF Tyler's honored men. II
too, has always been In the front ran
In everything tending toward the al
building Of East Texas and his hmm
: date city. With large interests in III
new Kansas ~ Gulf Short line raj
way, the East Texas Fire lnsuran,
) company, of which he Is secretar,
4 and as a member of the banking fir
I OF Bonner u Bonner, you may ina
3 Inc he Is not only In n position tn do
4 but does WELD considerable influenc
3 and doubtless his connsels in publ
Q and private life are valued.
0 Col. w. $. Herndon, at one tin
a congressman from this district and nc
= a leading member of the Tyler bar al
: president Of the X. & q. s. l.. railwa
Is also one of the local powers; pub
spirited, shrewd and successful.
Horace Chiffon, who made the IA
70 the last canvass against Gov. Hubba
"a for congress-, Is comparatively YOU
W man, but of recognized ability III
b. prominence at the bar; he Is of I
n we'll known firm of Chiffon, Robe
of son & Finley, each member of viii
MI Is well In the front. And so on, q
be- many more respected and capal
men, some of whom may yet he hea
from In public life; indeed, to put IL
common language, 1.-THE woods are
of'em.n
The Industries OF this thriving III
va city are well worth enumeration,
lie is clearly due Tyler that the honor
nm the Texas & st. Louis railroad owes
en- existence to her citizens. Long q
". what was known M the Tyler
N, road was originated here and bull
th far as Big Sandy and graded farti
nis 1t was subsequently consolidated W
ne the Texas Il st. Louis, when the la
got so far AS 10 make the connect
The new Kansas 4 Gulf Short Lin
another road given birth here. ]
|, n now sixty-three miles long, Will
Ihe gap OF three miles to be completed
ide next Saturday. Starting from Ty
or u runs through Jacksonville, Ri
ngs Alto and Lufkin, where 1t conn
ow with the Bremond Narrow Gauge +,
our thus with the Texas ~ st. Louis /
ept at Tyler, making through rarr
Ifth gauge system from st. Louis to II
ton, nearly 1000 miles. 1t Ii claIl
for this road what IL novelt,
these oney-borrowing, bond-issi
On railroad times, aud that Is that n
~. bond has been issued by the comp,
. :, nor debt OF any character or 81
" Incurred, but the six stockholders /
wv themselves built the line only
cash outlay, and have built the a
Az road In Texas. In other words,
az road is from the outset what IL KIN,
technically IN "flrst-class,n being
ise- with steel rails and otherwise subs
yny TALLY and carefully constructed L