Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-19
IRE TO GET THERE.
other Towns Are Dreaming Of
1Pulure GreatnessvFort
Worth
- 20 win in Her Uusual WAY,
and win Build tho Road
TO Brownwood,

s,e Is no surer way of nrrestlng a
,var,h mans attention than TO say
hing about a railroad. II the rail-
hssauy connection, direct or indirect,
0d,ste or prospective, with his own
u will redouble his interest. For
hs past the construction Of the Fort
u and Rio Grande railroad has been
nroiect with the people of this city.
"a chafacteristic Of them that when
~ nj this sort is entertained, never
n.ndou Ii. There has been no let
~ They have hammered away in
pluoky, persistent, pugullstic
until they have knocked all
"a opposlng forces from the ring,
wav thai has drawn upon them and
town the attention of the whole
nv az A splendid example OF the
4, N Of modern progress. Eight out
"a over highways of iron have been the
M Men have marveled at a display
Enterprise pronounced phenomenal,
"a wandered II It would be maintained.
~ snswer is Yes, with big Y, in clear
III emphatic tones. There is to be no
3 loaression, no going back on
TaF PAST PROUD PRESTIGE
hrayely won. In regard to the Brown
"a road, there Is but one opinion
~ ara going to have it.n II Is known
i. ali the city has now to do is to raise
+, reasonable bonus of $4,000. Capt.
M paddock, as has been before told,
"A the written guarantee of Eastern cap.
&|ists that whenever this amount has
Il subscribed here the work on the line
II stralghtway commence.
"a 10 o'clock yesterday morning a mum.
a If the leading business men of the
n met Capt. Paddock to hear a formal
i,ement Of his proposition. Among the
s,nber were Messrs. W. A. Huffman,
Lep1 II. Brown, j. p. Smith, c. B. Dag
N. w. +. Lake, j. Il. Tatum, Robert
Heart. This was made to the satisfac-
IN Of all present, and there was not
|4seutpg voice as to the advisability OF
betting the terms laid down. The gem
4men whose names are given above
re appointed a general committee to
Aerest citizens In making donations, and
Happoint such sub-committees as they
Ira proper to carry out the work OF
8nyassug. This work, 1t is needless to
81 viii be pushed with promptitude.
ere Is hardly doubt but that the
|bney will be raised, and raised quickly.
hester subsidies have been raised
the past, and 1t is thought
h those who ought to know that this one
5ll be raised within week. Why
1ouldn'tit1
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
IYears ago the people of Fort Worth
brted out 90 railroad building with the
en rather vague hope that possibly the
bee might one day become a rail-
I'D center. As road after road has
len acquired the dim hope developed |
70 something more definite; the dream |
in reality. Whether 1t was
manifest destiny or whether the |
climate sequence of hard work and
terprise viii not be inquired into
'w--probably both were factors.
And now as 10 the Brownwood. There
hardly any need of urging citizens to
me down literally with their donations.
very property owner in the city
lows how great will be the I
eneht from the building Of
Ms road. 1t will not only enhance
be value Of real estate, but it will
foduce an era of prosperous times, the
ke OF which probably never
TeVailed before. 1t will bring people
IRE from every section. 1t will demon
rate to the doubters how badly mistak-
they were when they questioned Fort
oTlhs future greatness. 1t will hasten
time when the people of Fort Worth,
u the same spirit that caused Alexan-
the Great to weep for more worlds to
nquer, will lament the fact that there
no more railroads to build. 1t will
9 US chance to crow long and Justify.