Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-12
OCEANS OF GRAIN.
Fort worth. the Leading Grnin h"rNe'
and the Railroad mud C"mnefoi''
center OF the southwest.

TrE GAzgrrG IS pleased 70 10y before
itu readers this morning the details OF
another BID enterprise, which y destined I
io No OF material Influence IN the develop (
mont Of Fort Worth Not the people o. I
this city alone, but the farmers oi all .
that magnificent territory tributary 70 y, /
viii be qratincd at the information that a I
number of local capitalists have pericct-
cd plaus for the erection OF a niammoth I
grain elevator with capacity OF 2DV,VoV
bushels
In many ways VIII such M Institution
bc useful 10 Fort Worth ana
tbe farmers. The lack OF II
las worked serious injury TO
the trade OF the city in the past. \ care
fui estimate places the wheat production
OF the territory tributary TO Fort worm
NJ between 100000 and y,OOO,00p hnsh'
els. so inadequate have been the iaclll-
Ties In Fort Worth for handling this IN.
mensc crop heretofore that oftentlnes "
has either been driven elsewhere or the
nroducrr was forced 10 sell at prices
which were unsatisfactory All this IS 10
he remcdicd. with ample storage facili-
tles such A. will he afforded by the new
elevator the farmer who Is dissatisfied
with The ruling price 10 the market VIII
simply store away his wheat and hold AT
n nominal cost until he chooses 10 sell.
Nor this the ma advantage. lie gc's
an elevator receipt Tor his grain,
and. presenting 1t at the bank,
can easily borrow twu-thlrds
Of its value ON long time Collateral OF
this character is regarded Ia financial CIR,
Gle. rs more preferable than individual
security. IN this way the ncW enterprise
win largely facilitate commerce aud be
double advantage both 10 the town ana
the producer
III It's relation to Fort Worth as a grain
market the proposed elevator VIII he OF
inenfculablp benefit 1t VIII retain large
amount OF grain always on hand, ana thus
furnish IA constant source of supply TO our
Honriug mills. Corn, onts and other &C.
reals viii he stored away and kept for
safe IN any quantities that
might bc desired. only day
or tWo ago q gentleman came here from
the West 10 buy several carloads OF
corn. lie was unable TO purchase a SIM
ttlu carload on account OF the lack oil
storage facilities, aud the result was that
he went on To Dallas. This Is but an eN-
ample of daily occurrences under The
present order OF things. Hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars would not cover the
yearly loss OF trade TO Fort Worth on
this account
idopnale facilities will make Fort
Worth The greatest grain market In Texas
Ia position far more enyiGbI
nnd rcmuneratiye than to lead in
cotton. This Is the center OF
the grain belt, which produces three.
luurths OF the corn, wheat and oat-
raised ln Texas. In the West there are
possibilities In this connection never
dreamed OF even 10y the enthusiast OI
two years ago, aud within three year.
the territory west of Fort Worth an,
north OF the Texas Pacific viii be mar
ketnn 5000 bushels of wheat an
nually Already Shackellortl, Enstland
TAYLOR and their sister counties nre push
inc tu Tie lead Ia the matter of grain
productions Fort Worth must and vii
br prepared 10 share the benefits OF TIL
Development
II ls omincntly proper in this conncc
ton TO rccnpltulatc The big enterprise
which Fort Worth has at present ON tn
string
The building OF the Fort Worth * NcS
Orlcaus to connection with the Texas
st. Louis and the Houston s Texas Cen
trial
The extension ot The santa nc 10 a con
ncclion with the 81. Louis & San Fran
cisco aud the AchsOn, Topeka SAINT
Bc.
The erection OF large refrigerated
works to tlll II big meat contract with n
English syndicate.
The erection Of a large three-story bal
ng powder and candy factory !
connection with the most q
tcusivc wholesale grocery cstablishmel
south Of St Louis.
The erection OF an elevator with . c
pacity of two hundred thousand bnshcl
which nsures the uncontcsted supreme,
OF Il, ri Worth as a grain market.
While every other place in Texas
quietly resting on It's oars, waiting I
something TO turn up, Fort Worth, wi
its usual vim, Is moving ahead toward
gonl Of It's ambition the biggest and b,
city In the Southwest