Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-14

audience and the spirit Of enthusiasm
was evidently awakening, Loud calls
were made for Mayor Smith, and he as
cendcd to the speakers stand amid much
applause. There was nothing, he said,
that ever presented itself to the people Of
Fort Worth that should elicit so prompt
and liberal response as the on.
terprlse under consideration, II
was undoubtedly a matter Of
the utmost magnitude, Involving
the temporal interests Of the people to an
extent they could hardly appreciate.
The securing Of the other roads, the Tex.
as 4 Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the
Santa Fe and the others, had done great
good. No man had ever lost a cent by
contributing TO bring them here;
but this led them all. 1t fixed
for all time the position Of Fort Worth
as the great center of railroads
in North Texas. Ten years ago nearly all
the wealth and people Of Texas were east
OF the Central railroad. Since then, as
the reports Of the state comptroller will
show, the preponderance OF wealth has
shifted west Of the Central, and with
1t three-fourths OF our population.
We are in the center OF a
most productive region, blessed with a
fertile soil aud healthful climate,
and the addition OF this great highway
of commerce will see us enter on new
career Of prosperity and mark the begin.
ming OF new epoch Of wonderful mate.
rial growth
MIR, T. 7. d. ANDREWS
was the next TO respond to numerous
calls. He was at loss TO know what he
could say in addition to those who had
preceded him. But he must say that IL
spoke volumes for Fort Worth, that after
having Just raised subsidy OF over
$4,000 for the waxahacme road,
she could still rally to the
call for more contributions. Nowhere in
the state was there people more willing
to go down into their pocket-books and
aid in the accomplishment Of great I'M
dertakings. This spirit had made the
maize OF Fort Worth synonym for cour,
age, libcrality and progress. The sum of
$4,000 was bagatelle, and it would be
raised before they left the hall
The speeches up to this time we're all
pointed, and some Of them not devoid OF
eloquence, but 1t remained for non
resident,
MIR. WILLIAM CAMERON,
the wealthy lumher-denler OF Waco. TO
Hre the audience, as It were, with the
same enthusiasm that seemed 10 ami
mate him. He said that tbir-
teen years ago when he 1rst
came to the state, he visited Sherman
and Denison, and they told him 10 90 to
Fort Worth, the culture great" OF Texas.
He came and found an insignificant little
village OF 400 people What was she TO.
day? He would TO God that he were a
citizen of the place. II was without a
peer Look at Dallas here came a
significant pause, which the assem-
blage seemed to catch on TO, and
burst Of derisive cheers followed I
II had oil the points OF advantage over
her young rival, but the superior pluck
and enterprise Of the latter had caused 10
to forge ahead Dallas had sweated aud
tugged TO get the Santa Fe extension,
having only to raise the pitiful sum Of
500, 900, and he doubted II that had been
done yet. Laughter and cheers In
Waco Fort Worth was always held
up as a model, and the city must sustain
its record, by securing the greatest line
Of railway ever yet offered.
PROF. ALEX HoGG
was the next to speak. lie began by re-
counting the growth of the public schools
and branching of euloglzed the value OF
the railroad as an educatoran developer.
He made some first-rato points, but his
interest in education seemedto dominate
(as is but natural 10 all teachers) and
he talked somewhat more Of schools than
railways He was the only speaker,
however, VINO suggested thnt there was
plenty Of room in Texas for both Fort
Worth and Dallas, and Che sentiment was
heartily applauded
When Prof IIogg finished Mr. Cameron
again rose and stated that he had a
schcme to present. He would be one
OF twenty men TO give 500 each
to make up $1,000 Of the amount SIN
lacking Before taking his seat he made
one Of the witticst talks Of the evening,
in which he alluded TO Waco's trials IN
raising $4,000 for the Baptist uniycr.
aty. Mr.. Mozart said that whenever
Waco wanted anything Fort Worth
would try TO help her, and "
Mr.. Cameron should want to be governor
or congressman he could rely on Fort
Worth. Laughter. The 500 PROPOSE.
tion took splendldly, and It was nor long
before the $1,000 was raised a full list
Of all the names Is crowded out, but viii
appear in our next issue. When il was
announced that this sum had been