Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-14
The Engineering Corps Now It's Way to Begin Survey Of
the Line to GanesvieThe Work Of Construction
to Commence Immediately
Fort WORTH the Central Point Texas of Three Great Trunk
Lines--lSe6 to Mark the Advent Of Three New Roads
The Railroad Metropolis of the State.

The most important railroad enterprise
conceived for Texas within the last
ten years is secured to Fort Worth. A
connection with one of the greatest rail-
road systems in the United States, entire
ly independent OF all other llnes--a new
and competing outlet to the North
commercial supremacy in the South.
west foreyer-these are ours, because
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
is ours. In their characteristic wey the
plucky citizens of Fort Worth took hold
Of the matter and settled beyond all
further contest the destiny OF the city as
the railroad metropolis of North Toxas--
the Queen City OF the Southwest.
AT about $3.50 O'Clock last night the
opera-house being tolerably wen lille
Mr.. James w. Swayne appeared on the
stage and introduced to the audience the
popular and talented young attorney,
MIR. 4. j. POWELL,
who would explain TO them the object OF
the assemblage and what they had come
to do. Mr.. Powell said that it gave him
pleasure to speak on such a subject.
There was only lacking few thousands
about $4500-to secure for Fort Worth
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road,
and it could and must be made
up. In 1876 there were but 1900
people in Fort Worth, and about half
of them were inclined to emigrate
to Weatherford. In 1886 there We're
$4,000 people, an increase in one decade
almost without a parallel, and soon
$4,000 more would be on their way to
make Fort Worth their home Walter
A. Huffman and Joseph II. Brown had
put down their names for $4,000 each for
the accomplishment Of this grand enter
prise, and he was proud to live in n city
where such men as they were, but
he did not believe that IL was wholly
philanthropy or generosity that caused
them to come down with such liberal
donations. They were shrewd men of
business and knew that It was good
investment, and that in less than two
years they would get back $4,000 for the
$1,000 they had given. But there were
men in the city that should be here to-
who own valuable real
estate, and who would be most largely
benefited by the enhanced worth of their
property They had as much to gain as
the others, and vet their names were con-
spicuously absent from the lists. After
dwelling on this feature, he said cat
Fort Worth may be said TO be In
the hands Of Jay Gould, but by securing
this new route TO the North we gain
competing line that shall make
us a commercial center and
bring permanent prosperity to our
doors We viii be enabled thereby
to strike the coal fields Of the Indian Ter
ritory and cheaper the price Of that I'M
portant product from 81 to 81 per ton.
always come where they
can get the cheapest transportation and
the cheapest fuel, and that would bring
them here. Some held stiliiy back ana
said the road would be built anyhow.
That was dangerous delusion TO
cherish. Dallas was looking on in-
tently, with eager eyes, ready to
grasp an object she had long coveted, did
we let it slip. If Dallas won, Fort Worth
was doomed. We cannot afford to take
such chances as that Again, the build
ing OF the Brentwood road was in abey-
snce, only waiting the report Of success
In securing this line. Build it, and the
one to Brentwood will surely follow,
opening up rich empire 10 the Southwest,
ready to pour its floods Of golden tribute
INTO our laps as soon rs steel rails can
bind us together. Look at 1t merely in
/ business way. There were in round
numbers sS,OO0,oOO Of values in Fort
Worth, that the building Of the Atchlson,
Topeka & Santa Fe would increase at
east 20 per cent, or add 100000. II