Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-03
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Notes of Trip From Denver to Fort
Worth, Textile New Texas
Metropolis.
Scenery, ClImS.-, Productions, Eic.-Tha
'sPanhsn "-Whas the Denver ana
E0Fs Worth 10 Doing.
NILS. in Illinois State Journal.

orado heights 10 Texas plains, feel as II
had almost rsined down from the noun
ain clouds, since my landing was ACCOM-
pliehed IN perfect deluge which had
accompanied our train from the time /
sRoke on the morning Of my arrival At
this
BUsTLING AND THRIVING CITY.
Before night the weather became fair and
I was enabled to drive with friends snd
rsks ny frs view OF Fort Worth.
While 1 can add nothing new about 1t, l
can corffm much Of the good that hsa
heretofore met the eye Of Journal reed-
ers on the suhject. This cannot be
called city CT the plains, since 1t lies
upon high, rolling ground, and from al
most any direction one looks upon
charmingly diversified landscape, includ
lag brosd sweep Of up ands, winding
.ivers, cultivated valleys and dense
groves OF native growth. Grasses and
flowers cover almost every inch Of ground
snd furnish delightful foreground to
the picture. The city spreads over .
bread space and Is divided by rnllroSd
property into two almost distinct towns,
North and South Fort Worth. There are
also East and West Fort Worth, though
these are rather new additions, not as yet
N ckly settled. Ii both Of these, the latter
especially, Springfield people are largely
represented
EAST soRI Worth,
! or the addition "SPivani'." is owned al.
most entirely by Springfield citizens or
th1se 1ho have been, until recently, and
IS very pretliI7 situated in natural oak
grove. 4 street csr line is pr jacted TO
tnis suburb AID will be built before long
when the location will, doubtless, become
very popular foF residences. vas sur
prised 10 ace the growth with which the
city hss attained u twelve years. Within
shat time i! hag chsn sed from an ins gni
f:ans village TO busy enterprlsing City
of probably s., 900 Inhabitants. Tne large
| whc!esale trade carried on by It's bus ness
houses, the numerous railroads cente ring
mere, and the constantly Increasing immi-
grafton, seem iuliy to justify the hopes
and expectations Of its citiz.ns, that Fort
Worth Is destined 10 be one Of the great
cities o. Texas. NV preconceived Ideas OF
PUBLIC MORALS AND ORDER
il this pars Of the World had 0een decid-
sdly ulfsvoIsble, but, however correc
hey may be il regard to other towns,
| they are mistaken so far as this city is
concerned. l have bean assured BY thoss
| who know that II Is even rems ksb!y
quiet and orderly. While there is nc
dearth of ealoons, one very rarely sees
8 drunken person on the street. Tue
law against carrying concealed weapons
Is rigidly enforced, and card .plsyipg-noi
70 say gamblir g-is prohibited in ali pub
lie places. A LADY from the east, who has
sved here for several years, told me thai
she was never IL 8 place before where
people attended church in such
numbers and 80 regukrly-a fac
which certainly speaks well for its clti-
LEES. Two very fne new churches are
now being built OF stone, which is sbun
dant in this part Of TtIss. One Of these
Is TO be sitter the plsp. 1 believe. Of the
Second Methodist church In Springfield.
Besides many excellent public buildings,
there are good many very attractive
private houses, surrounded by handsome,
we'll pit lawns and flower gardens, The
grass used for lawns is the Bermuds, CT
the mesquite gr.ss-both OF which make
fioer and closer sod thsn blue grees, and
require less care. Flowering shrubs,
yiues, roses aud 6 number CT Ornamental
trees new 10 me adorn the private
grounds, and blossom and thrive most
!uxurianuy.
TIE CLIMATE
is especially favorable, owing to the com-
psratively high altitude. Oar Sprinefsld
immigrants declare they co not suffer as
much with heat during the summer as in
| Illinois, vale the winters ate much
milder. All this part Of Texas is Ike q
garden FOR fertility Of soil aud luxuris1:
y g tstion. As came to the city from
C dorado via the Denver, Texas a5d
Fort Worth Rad, nj ruu lsg through
4 region Of Ysss 10 sioilt,e5 and
one which probably now offers
greater in6ucenen,s to tie settler than
eav 6 he- in, the Uaised S sizes, For
forty cy fly mills ABOVE Flri Wor.dr the
country is settled ard well cultivated
We pa sed f3ld after faid Of cotton Ia
oloom-Wncn, psvgr hsvirg seen before,
| at 4 ret almost thought immense f=lda
# rogas-grest peach orchards; fields OF
grin, ACES OF beauiifC! gr 9g land and
every variety Of vegetation seemed
s1undsntly to confirm tins answers 50
oitan made ne. When l asked about
lae productions CT tie soil, would ei-
ways be to do! We can tsise every,
thing here. As tee raiiway extends to
wsrd the ,h@est, it enters what Is
EnoNn as
THE PANHANDLE,
and opens for the ffst time this rich part
of Te1se, making it accessible and avail
sbls to the sestler. Pl9lic lands al over
the western state, are being so rapidly
taken 10 that comparatively little now
remsins unoccupied. Here, however, IL
large tract, aI OF il svsilso!e fer sgri
culture or STOCK raising, which can now
BE- obtsined ct very low prices. end PEG
ele are fast fndi3g tais u. Oae OF the
conductors told ma thes not trsil
passed through which diy not bring mum:
0ers here TO look the land over ana make
| investments. l was oilen reminded in
riding thr ugh tina. vast * eat CT
rolling country OF sur Illinois prai
,ies, and could essNy see inst te9
Years CT cultivation Vculd make these
plsias all thai, sud more evan than cur
:eiries hsys become ss f1Od producing
c. tiers OF the world. The rainfall is
sufficient 10 iasuEe crops without irTigs-
ton, which ia so Indispensable in Colo
r4do, and the mildness and equsbility o.
the climate renders the cultivation Il
fruits successful, msnyf which are, ST
b st, very uncertain crops in Illinois.
The opening of the
DENVER AND FORT WORTH RAILROAD