Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-20
The Marvellous Child Of North Texas
Development Fort Worth's
Wonderful Record.
A Solid and United City-A Southwest.
ern Railroad Center Law and Or
der-Schoois and Churches.
The Special Correspondent Of the st. I.oui'
Post-Dispatch Comes, Secs, and
Is Captivated.

wonder and has been the admiration Of
the civilized world. What was few
years ago the very borders Of civilization +,
has become to-day populous district,
flled up by cosmopolitan people, whose
diversified Industries make its broad and +
fertile plains to "blossom as the rosen l
Nowhere can q finer climate be found
than here; a search throughout the globe
would fail to show better grade Of land
than can be found In all parts Of Texas,
and more generous and open-hearted
people do not exist than those who 60 TO
make up the population Of this glorious
state. II the reader will turn to his
geography and look at the northern half
OF Texas be Will there see county called
"Tarrant," and near the center Of that
county lies a city named
FORT WORTH,
situated at the junction OF the West and
Clear forks of the Trinity river The
city has population of $4,000. 1t is es-
pecially noted as being centrally located
in Northwest Texas, for its numerous ar
teslan wells (over 200), six trunk lines of
railways, climate free from all MAS
matte influences, numerous lines OF street
railways, broad macadamized streets, a |
perfect sewer system that bids defiance !
70 epidemics, one Of the best public |
schools in the Southwest, q college that |
stands pre-eminent over all others
in the state (Texas Wesleyan, churches
. of all denominations, good hotels,
: sound banking institutions, a complete
system of water-works, electric lights,
first-class gas company,land to crown the
T fabric, as live and energetic set OF citi-
zens as ever gave to a city an air ofpush
aud business vim. Fort Worth has got
: them, and lots OF them, and this Is Just
2 why she has grown In eleven years from
: q village of 900 souls to be in 1856 city
OF 25,000 inhabitants, who each and every
: one work in harmony, and with an eye
u single TO the future prosperity OF their
/ thriving town.
G It needs but short space Of time for
p the stranger TO assure himself that Fort
2 Worth has u future that viii be a grand
e one, for there are
< NO cLAsHING INTERESTS
: to retard the onward march TO greatness,
n but on the contrary each citizen seems
'e ready TO do his share to make this the
81 metropolis Of the Southwest, and spares
re no effort to accomplish that end. Per-
T. haps no city ever had more TO contend
Up with, in making name for itself, than
w has this, one. Dallas in the east has
II ever bad Il watchful eye on the Fort,
IS and has sought and taken every advant
ct age possible (in a fair way however,
ID that She could, thus making the work OF
10 this city'S citizens 20 build 1t up ell the
r. harder, but opposition has but more
IL firmly cemented the union Of interests
t, and strong and steady pull hal
Il. been made that has put the in
70 FAINT of ten years ago on IL
feet, and made IL sturdy and vigor
ne Gus, so vigorous that 1t has surmounte'
n-I ID .,Nf 40 II fo
~ and henceforward its march TO full am
al Glorious prime will be comparatiyel
easy. This may sound highfown, but If tn
&c reader could stand on the streets OF tht
or city and see the "git-up-and-git" spir
or that prevails he, would say Gle ha
III drawn very mild picture of the reality.
lu- There is no "boom" here, but the growt
Ter is the steady and vigorous one Of giant
nS who receives his power from his SUI
as roundings, grows by what he feeds OF
a and who plants tower Of strength tina
on cannot be shaken by any adverse wind G
zen storm. Fort Worth has railroads sun
no Client to entitle her to be Gale
as RAILWAY CENTER.
gle The Texas & Pacific gives a trunk lin
ar. east and west, the Missouri Pacific q liz
ted line north and south, the Gulf, Colorad
es. & Santa Fe a second line south, the Fo
ers Worth & Rio Grande, the Fort Worth
to Denver City, and the Atchison, Topeka
did Santa Fe, which is now under contraC
NC to come in here by way Of the Indie
by Territory, all combine to make this
md yerilable railroad town. Fort Worth
IN very fortunate in having secured u
OPP through line of the Santa Fee from u
md Gulf OF Mexico to the North and Mort
to west. 1t gives the city double line
the Pacific coast, and assures rcasonab
20 a rates of freight north, east, west ~
try south. In fact, failure TO have secure
de- this line would have been severe bio
,ery TO the commercial interests OF the plac
8 TO while now the assurance OF a spec
'ays coming gives new life TO every branch
the industry and promises TO make IN I
nue. next decade OF years city of 10000.
+ to Readers, perhaps the occurrences
lthY the past few weeks of the great railro
r as strike, apd the part taken therein
Ibor some Of the knights Of Labor at u
thy, place, may have led you 70 believe tb
light this Is hard town, and one filled
INTO with a trough-and-ready" class OF Poop
feet Never were YOU more mistaken IL this
Mrs. your idea. Could you have stood WI
! TO us on Main street on the morning
April 3, when the news was brought u
1t is riot was 10 progress between the swo
rod officers of justice and band OF strike
BOD in the lower part Oh Tue Nllyt YOU WV
lme, have seen the clerk leaving his desk, t
for merchant his counting-room, the lawJ
airs deserving his legal documents, aud
ated Fastening, with one accord
light arms, not for street row Of 1t could
eek, avoided but to assert by their preser
far that the majesty Of the law should DO p
ives served at all hazards. Northern politi
less Journals of the "bloody shirt' type no
and and rant about lawlessness and OUTLAY
nee, and 20 into frequent commissions o'
,ung the terrors to be met and overcome by
ears who venture into the state, should u
ands happen to settle among people OF an
says posite political faith from Intensely
rail Such Journalists do but show forth tn
Nv as close relation TO their long-eared and c
oung tainly more honored relative, the iacka
for for all such stabs are but touching
,e an honor OF both the Northern and South'
an. people who have come into Teyas 10 mi
What Tor themselves az abiding place and
oing give to the native grand and gloriS
Is. Representation as a state second 70 nc
In tha IInton Texas, II Isl true, has