Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-11
DALLAS.
Discussing The Question Of The Location
for the state Fair 10 be tiiven
In the Pail.
To separate Dallas and Tafrant conn-
ties. Lnis Trains PersoDai
Mention

/ special 10 tho Gazette.
DALLAS, Tx, March i0.---Thc state
fair boom continues TO boom. Every.
thing IN preliminary way is being done
that viii make The enterprise n success =
1 The prospect for exhibitions from, not
7 only Dallas and Dallas county, but else
where, are very lnttoring. The promises
are a worthy exhibition. Every one con.
corncd Is taking hold Of II with vim and
determination. The gentlemen at the
I head Of II are enough To Insure success
/ fney have for some time had under con-
sldcralion the location, and have noted
wisely ~ being deliberate IN this respect,
az upon The location vii depend very
much The success Of the enterprise l'acy
have been considering the tracts Of land
which have been Offered for that pur.
pose, one OF which wrs tho
ol1 fair grounds ia East Dallas.
which Capt. J. n. Simpson proposed
letting The association have for one year.
Another Offer was that Of Mcssis Bowscr
& LCiDmun, q sixty five acre track on
Turtle creek, near Oak Lawn, 70 be paid
for IN stock. These gentlemen, further
more, proposed TO build Two tunpikcs
from tbs grounds to The city, aud made
the guarantee that transportation would
not b. more than 10 cents for each per.
son. Another oiftr was from j II Cole,
Ota siXty.0crc tract northeast Of the city
three miles, for $4,000, one-hnlf
Of which was 10 he taken IN stock and
right-ot way guaranteed for street car
track. After this proposition from Mr..
Cole he renewed II aud proposed 10 add
thirty acres 10 che first proposed tract
making ninety acres in all, for S600O to
be- paid In annual payments OF $1,000,
each bearing per cent. interest The
association met yesterday evening 20
consider those propositions, but none
were definitely sct,lod upon. The one Of
Mr.. Simpson was rejected on the grounds
that the association desired 10 secure
permanent location. Tho association
met again this evening TO again consider
n location.
The committee Of arrangements for
san JaciutO day celebration met In the
cty-hall tonight They elected w. l..
Crawford as orator Of the day for Dallas
aud Col. j. G. Mccoy chief marshal, and
the secretary win be Instructed 10 extend
Invitations 10 all schools and societies of
The city 10 participate 10 the celebration
Dallas Ia putting forth every effort 20
make the cvcut grand succcss
y. Denneway, who lately arrived IN the
city from East Tennessee, was robbed
last night of u watch Opd chain and some
cash, by q confidence man, who got him
drank and then pluuderod him Of his
shckes.
County Surveyor Stranger, assisted by
the county surveyor Of Tarrant county.
have hcoVjnstructcG by the county com.
misslpuer4 10 tx the limo between their
respective counties on the 9th inst.
The charity bah ut the opcra-houso last
nlaht was success, socially aid nuan.
cially.
The cast-bouud Texas & Pacific was
i've houls late this moralng, which ne
counts for the late delivery Of TnE Ga.
Er11E here TO day.
The express companies are dong an
immense business since the strike was
laugurUtcd and freight not transported
hy the railroad companies.
Dr. 6 n Veal has been appointed
surgeon for thc Texas Trunk railway.
MIR walker OF the Terrell Star, Is Ia
the city