Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12


and some Of them have imposing churches.
The upera house cost e55, 900, and Is q
nest, " and well managed place Of
amusement The six national banks have
8 combined capital and surplus Of 81 $780,
600; ara their totsl clesrsuces for jan
usry last were 50 237 67S rs, and their
total balances 1914, 09G2S. The asses
ssd value of properly is s6,7O3, IA, and
the floating and bonded debt of the
city is only 1859, 405. 1t has
numerous manufactures and L fne
drvlng PARK, while large stock
yards costing $500, 600 are now in course
OF constrnc ion. There were 81, S53 cars Of
ire CHIT received spd delivered in the city
in 1887, including 1857 S4s,s2s pounds,
or 763 672 tons II freight.
Thrse facts, while only briefly stated,
are sufficient for the purpose CT this CON-
muuicnIion, to demonstrate what Fort
Worth is today, and to prove the mar
velCus characttr f rs growth.
That SO much progress wirhia a
single decade should be attended
by a corresponding growth Of hNmes and
home life is also to be noted. The resi-
dence portion Of the city is composed
mostly of frame houses and cottages,
all of them nest snd attractive, and
mspy OF them eleeSat, demonstrate g
the wealth, taste and prosperity of their
occupants. MsDy Yards are handsomely
lsio ou', trees line most OF the streets,
the sidewalks are graded and paved,
are even now beginning to
show their coats of green II they do
not display the pretentious luxury which
a ut ho
mansions on Capitol Hill, they are at
least suggestive Of cultur' comfort and
reaaeme ut, and all that The word home
| i'm Jlies.
THE CoAMERCiSL CLUB.
Fort Worth hiss a live Jaid Ut Trade,
aud the money is Already raised for the
erection OF & splendid ak story Board Of
| Trade building, which will cost when COM
pl TED, 5000 600 The power which, to my
J mind at least, exercises tue controlling
| Influence In the commercial and indus
trial e lirs OF the city and begets unity
OF spirit as well IS OF purpose in all pro-
| i4Gts for the Advancement of the city, Is
the Commercial Cluo.
1t was oygspiz d in 1885. The mem
bprships are limited TO 200, and placed al
! $500 each, with annual dues OF SIP. The
| CluO COMPRISE the very best business
md social msteTisl IL ths city. In
| 1886 s lot wss purchased al the corner OF
NJ 4iu and Sixth streets, and handsome
block, costing $40 COZ, err c;ed. The first
| f lOr is occupied by the Mer-
chants National Bank, and the
second by the club. Tae re-
ceptiop, loupgiog, library and billiard
rooms are all appropriately and besutt-
fully furnished-tne main room,
called with pine ard cypress, ysr
nisued, beng one OF the most ele-
CANT apartments to be found in any city.
In these rooms gambling and drink
ing are prohibited under punishment OF
expulsion. Weekly and monthly recep-
tions to the lsdies are given. A library
has bsen started and $4,000 worth q
books will soon be placed on the shelves.
, Here meet the leading capitalists, bust
ness and professional men and citizens OF
Fort Worth; here they receive with cor.
dial hospitality visitors and strangers
and here are suggested, discussed snd
formulated the many commercial an6
IiodusrriSl enterprises which are pushing
Fort Worth to the front rank Of western
and southwestern cities.
Among many influences which have
soiGitisd the energies Cf the city anC
given point and purpose to the plans o.
It's citizens the Commercial Club" is, il
my estimation, entitled TO first place
ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
But what OF Fort Worth real estate,i s O
question certain to be asked by the reader
While values have appreciated, and sppre
cisted very rapidly, too, 1 cannot say ths1
there is any boom here; they are rGthel
getting lcSd, for boom, and big one, 100
Business properly on the best streets is
quoted az $500 front foot, hut CANNOT
probably be bought at that figure. Own
ers prefer TO hold them and such
is the case with both residence
and business property. About the
city numerous tracts have been
purchased, laid out in lots and blocks,
streets graded and graveled, street Car
lines extended to them, bridges built snd
the additions gotten ready to place on the
market when the boom comes. And when
H. does come AS it Is liab.e 10 this summer,
values will take 8 most decided ADVANCE.
have seen no Town more desirable foT
real estate investments than this-Cer.
tsinly none where the appreciation is
more Ger ain, or is backed by more brill
liant aud substantial prospects.
| Fort Worth is fully alive to the lmpor-
tauce OF the completion of the new
road which is henceiorward to unite
its interests and desiinies with
those OF Denver. Her citizens will
hail the advent OF the first through
train with an enthusiasm equal TO that
with which Denver Will greet 1t. The
most saDguine anticlpations Of the
mutual beneh:s TO accrue, and
| IF cordial commercial rels-
ions with Denver sre INDUCED In. To
each city 1t gives new life, new enterprise,
new hopes for the future. Even as write,
far away towards the northwest brAWny
hands are lsyirg down the iron rails
aud strong arms driving home the spikes
which hold them in place, fast closing up
the space which now separates the two
cities. In s few dsys the work will have
been accomplished, and the iron highway
completed, En1 then from It's imperial
position st the mountains base,
Denver, extending It's arm, along the
new line OF travel and traffic. can clasp
the extended hands Of F1rt Worth
"a younger sister, born like herself
OF energy and enterprise; and the two,
bound together by a common interest,
can nursun uuitad nafhzau m rornici