Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-28
PUBLIC BUILDING.
Report Of fhe House Committee on Pub.
lie Buildings and Grounds On the
Fors Worth Building.
Che Growth and Business Intsrests of the
City ses Forth at LOngth-A Great
hallway CenEer.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-In their re-
port upon tins bill providing for the cree
ton OF public building at Fort Worth
the committee on public buildings and
grounds give the following interes-
Ting iscts as to the growth and
business interests of that city. The
committee find that the city of Fort
Worth is situated near the junction OF
The north and west forks Of the Trinity
river, and is surrounded by country
noted for the fertility OF It's soil and its
varied products.
village If about 1900 inhabitants.
the lest census, taken in 1886, shows
that 1t then had population Of $4,000
Stree that time there has been a steady
trfu2 CT people, VINO have become citi-
zens.
In 1876 Fort Worth had only one rail-
road; now it is one of the great railroad
centers Of the southwest. By the Texas
and Pacific Railroad 1t is connected on
the east with all the principal towns snd
cities Of the Mississippi River Valley, and
with the great cities east and north; and
on the south and west with the City of
Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali
fornis. By the Missouri PacA &; Railroad
Fort Worth is connected on the north
with Kansas CITY, st. Louis, and all the
cities north and east; on the south Is
connected with all the principal cities of
Southwest Texas, and with the Mexican
cities Of Monterey aud Saltil,o. By the
Cuff. Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad 1t
Is connected on the north with Kansas
City and the great northwest, and
on the south with the Gulf of Mexico
at Galveston. By the Fort Worth and
New Orleans Railroad 1t is also connected
with the gulf and the city OF New Orleans.
By the Fort Worth and Denver City Rail-
road, with all the Panhandle of Texas,
and in short time will have connection
with Denver, in Colorado. By the Fort
Worth and Rio GrHnde Railroad the city
is placed In direct commercial relation
with the rich counties lying west Of the
Brszos river. In g very short time the
st Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad
will have reached the city, thus giving
another direct connection with st. Louis. |
Other roads TO said city are in progress !
Of construction.
Ten years ago the total amount of the |
business done in Fort Worth |
was less than $4,000, 900. The
business for the year 1887 amounted |
to nearly S15,000,000. There was
about $3.50. goo worth OF improvements |
made in the city during the year 1887,
and contracts have been let for over |
$3.50. 600 worth Of buildings since January
l, 1888.
Fort Worth has two OF the largest |
wholesale DRY goods houses to be found |
In the southwest; three large wholesale
grocery houses, two large wholesale |
furniture houses, four large wholesale !
implement and machine J houses, one |
large wholesale drug house, two large |
wholesale liquor and cigar houses, six
wholesale hardware houses, and one large
wholesale carriage house.
Fort Worth has six rational banks.
with fetal paid In capital and surplus of |
81, 10000. Il has more miles of graded
snd graveled streets than sny city in
Texas. It hiss complete and substan-
.ial waterworks and sewerage system. It
las many miles Of street railways and a
arge number of flowing wells of artesisn
Tater. 1t has many fiue church edifces
md public school buildings. 1t has c
ystem Of free public schools for both
Ph.te and black, that furnishes free edu.
;atiou for ten months in the year. Has
NO dsily newspapers.
The daily receipt and dispatch Of mail
natter are great. For the week ending
December 10, 1887, the average daily re.
eipt Of letters, cards, circulars, papers,
nd packages numbered 1908 pieces
Daily dispatch Of second-class matter,
90 pounds; daily receipt of first, third,
nd fourth-clsss pouch mail, 456 pounds;
ally receipt Of Of second class matter,
"a pounds; daily receipt Of mail in tran
it, net worked, 1000 pounds. Money
rider transactions at Fort Worth post
flee for week ending December 10, 1887,
Ias s7,707 l5. The number OF clerks
ecessary to carly on the business is 81