Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-25
THE FORT IS FIXED.
Col, Twombly Bays 80, and Gives Good
Reasons for His Belief,
Real Estate Investments that Are Realis-
ing from 10 to 20 Per Gent.


The growth and general pros
perity Of Fort Worth are mat
tors not fully appreciated even
here ~ home, and while the
impression has gone abroad that ours
fs the liyellest aud most progressive
city in the state, still, strangers have
no conception Of the mammoth strides
toward greatness which the Fort 10
making. Even Ia this, the dullcst
season that the town has expert.
encod for years, the work
Of building great city
goes steadily on and every day wit
nesses the acquisition Of some new and
potent factor In the race for the com
meIclal supremacy Of North Texas.
McditatiDR In this strain, reporter
CHANGED 10 stroll into the coy Office Of
COZ. ROYAL n TWOIBLY,
and, IA the colonel Is recog.
niIed authority on matters
connected with the material develop
ment Of Fort Worth, applied the
repOrtOrial apgur relative TO their
present outlook.
"The real estate situation here Ia en-
tirely satisfactory" remarked Col
Twombly In reply to the inquiries Of
the reporter. "'rhere IL u steady de.
mand for good properties, and shrewd
business men are pnaking investments
every day."
"Tben there has been no appreciable
decline In property values2p
Judge for yourself ! closed u
trade yesterday for piece of property
for 900 clean cash, sold q year ago
| for $40 900. To-day gentleman re-
| fused 100000 for a stOrehouse that a
few months ago he purchased from me
| for y2U,0O0, and / could men
! ton dozens OF similar instances.
The owners Of these properties hold
| them IA Investments, and finding
| them profitable do not care 10 sell at
any price. The holders Of choice real
estate In this Cityare realizing from
rs TO 20 PR CENT.
on their capital. There are iudividu-
ais who bought up inaccessible lots ut
fancy prices, and erected cheap, un-
| comfortable tenement houses upon
them, and, Of cOuree, they are anxious
10 sell. Good judgment and COM
mon sense arc m necessary TO
secure profitable Investments in
real estate rs In any other business
Convenient lots are now hard to find,
M the man who starts out In search OF
one Will discover, and they command
excellent figures. Good residences
are also much sought after and find a
ready purchaser"
What do you think OF the pros
poets Of Fort Worth as compared with
other Texas cities ?''
There is no questioning the fact
that we have the
BEsT TOWN IN THE STATE.
Our location, high and healthy, be.
yond all possibility OF being flooded
and with no low and marshy lands
around us, IL simply unrivaled. We
have what IN considered rarity In
Texas, good water and plenty OF It.
from ~ artesian wells aa we'll IA other
sources, and above all the fertility Of
the country about us all combine u
make this the metropolis Of North
Texas
The colonel descanted eloquently.ant
at length on the advantages of the For
and regretted that they wer,
not more widely advertised. He II
. full OF hope for the future OF the Fort
: and N facts, figures and experience ar'
worth anything II il not without rca
sonable foundation. The reporter tool
his departure from the pleasant apart
ment Of the colonel, feeling more fully
conscious OF the fact that Fort Worth
Is indeed the "Queen cityp OF North
/, ern Texas,
In this connection II may not b.
! amlss to note that Col. Twombl,
0 leaves next week ON trip through
q the North aud East, which will In
! clude st. Louis, Chicago, Detroit
New York, Boston, Philadelphia ant
. other large citles Of those sections
! and which Ia connected with certaIl
large real estate deals on the tapis II
9 this city.