Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
PUBLIC BUILDING.
Report OF the Beuss Committee on Pub.
lie Buildings and Greurds on the
Fort Worth Building.
The Growth and Business Interests of yhs
CITY Set Forth at Lengtn-A Great
Rsilwa, Center.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

WASHINGTON, Marcn 23.-In their re
port upon the bill providing for the cree
tion OF public building at Fort WORT
the committee on public buildings ant
grounds give the following interes
ting facts as to the growth ant
business interests Of that city: Til,
committee ind that the city of For
Worth Is situated near the junction o.
the north and west forks of the Trinit,
river, and is surrounded by country
noted for the fertility of lis soil and lis
varied products.
In 1876 the city of Fort Worth was 8
villsge If about 1900 inhabitants.
The LAST census, taken in 1886, shows
that 1t thea had q population of 10000
ST. &c Inst time there has been q s,esoy
intiux Of people, VINO have become citi.
zeIs.
10 1876 Fort Worth had only one rail-
sd; now it is one of the crest railro. d
cshiers Of the southwest. By the T xss
and Pacific Ra,Tosd it is connected on
the east with sll the rincipsl towns and
cities OF the Mississippi RIVER Valley ,.nC
With the great cities east and north; AND
on the south and west with the CITY of
Mexico, New Nj Xico, Ar Ips ard Cali
'Ornls. By the Missouri Pac fl; RaiIrCsd
Fort Worth Is connected On the north
with Kansas CITY, st. Louis, and .lI the
cities north and east; on the south l.
connected with Sill the prir cipal cities OF
Southwest Texas, and with the Mexican
cities Of Monterey aud Saitil o. By the
Guf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad l.
Is connected on the north with Kansas
City snd the great northwest, and
on the south with the Gulf Of McKee,
-t Galveston. By the Fort Worth and
N " Orleans Railroad 1t is a. so come cteo
with the guf and the city OF New OtIe ans.
By the Fort Worth and Denver CITY Rail-
road, with sill the Panhandle Of Tex.s,
and IN short time will have lnnec 1on
with Denver. in Colorado. By the Fort
Wor' and RIO Gtande Railroad the CITY
is plsced in direct commercial relation
vii b the rich counties lying west of the
Bftz1s river. "a very snort time the
81 Louis, Arkansas and Texss Railroad
will have reached the city, thus giving
another direct connection with S.. Louis
o her roads 10 SAID city are Ia prosress
of construction,
Ten years ago the total amount OF the
was less than SO GOO 600 The
business for the yesr 1887 amount, c
t. nearly 100000. There vas
about $3.50 goo worth of inn rovemen's
INSIDE in the city during the year 1897,
A. contracts have been let for over
$3.50 600 worth Of buildings siIc &c January
/, 1858
Fort Worth has two Of the largest
wnul sale dry got ds houses to be fund
in the southwest; three lsrge wholesale
grocery houses, two large wholes Sic
furniture houses, four ln;ge wholesale
impit ment and machine y h uses, one
large wholesale drug house, two large
wholesale liquor and cigar houses, six
Wholesale hsrd ware houses, and one larga
whnlesale carriage house.
Fort Worth has six national bsnks. |
0si,h tai paid in capital and SUPP Us OF
81 10000. II has more miles Of graded
and. grsgeied streets than spy city in
Texas. 1t has 8 complete snd substan-
Jial waterwCrks and sewerage system. II
mas many miles OF street railways AID s |
large numoer OF flowing wells Of artf stan |
water. IL has many fac church edlfces |
and public school buildings. 1t has a |
system Of free public schools for both |
@n-te and back, that furnishes fres edu
cation for ten months 10 the year. Has
two daily newspapers.
The daily receipt and dispatch OF msil |
matter are great. For the week ending |
December 10, 1887, the average dsily re.
ceipt Of letter.. cards, circulars, pspers,
nd packages numbered 760S pieces
Daily dispatch OF second-cl.us MISTER.
500 pounds; daily recent OF fl at, third,
aud fourth class pouch mail, 456 pounds;
tAily receipt of Of second c,ass m.tter,
534 pouucs; daily rect ipt OF mail in tran
SIT, not worked. 1000 pounds. Money
order transactions at Fort Worth pos
fic. for wee k ending Decf moer 10, 1887,
was s7,707 10. The number. Of cleIk-
.cessary to carry on the business is 8;
lum yer Of mail carriers Necessary sn0
iow employed 10 deliver mail is z. Riv-
'uue derived from the sale Of postage
''smOs for the ninth ending Decembrr
Il, 1887, w.e S2,7ls.47; for box rent for
ne yesr, ss94.60.
From the accompanying statements
rom The Third Assistant Postmaster
}eDera'. II will be seen that during the
'es, ending September 80, 1887, there
Tere issued money orders and postal
notes in an Junts as follows:
Manap ordoro |