Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-24

April p. 1888.
To the Bditor Of the Gazette.
"That Is strictly giit-edged train in
every particular" lately remarked an OBJ
server as the Fort Worth and Denver
passenger rolled out upon its eight hun
dfed mile pull to Denver.
The compliment is surely well merited
and chserfully accorded. The new CATS,
fntshedlin cherry and plush, with every
modern device for light, heat and COM
fort, are worthy the "Pullman" brand
they bear; and have been furnished with
the wise, nrn and liberal hand that marks
the entire equipment and man
agement. President Jones and
his associates evidently see
the early and coming importance Of this
line, as many most largely interested,
have not yet fully done. We have need
to think hard and fast Gas railway men
are compelled to do), to fully comprehend
the marriage Of the mountains and the
sea! How that our cities, our forests,
our herds, and the commerce of the
world, are thousand miles nearer the
"Wealth of the hills" once so far, but
now 80 neighborly, and that at single
blow one-fourth the sum total is stricken
from our bills of freight. Let Denver,
the Queen city Of the hills, light her bea-
con fires and rejoice! The future will
make present glimmerings more apparent.
ALI honor to the Ien who have pushed
this great work to an early completion.
An all-day ride from Fort Worth to
Clarendon, PIT miles, and the end Of the
first passenger and second freight diyis-
ion, Is genuine Joy.
The rich, green fields OF Tarrant county
Cross Timbers of Wise, and thence out
and over the fine pastures Of Clay, and
into the exceedingly rich valley OF the
Wichits, and finally out and up over the
great ranches and once the buffalo ranges
of Wilbarger, Hardemsn, Childress, Hall
and Donley, to the lively town Of Claren-
DOB, with 500 people and many dwellings
ard houses, all gathered without boom or
trumpet since last August.
The round house is about completed
and the repair shops are soon to be; 8
large schooIhouse is building; merchants
are busy; the site is beautiful; the county
treasury has q surplus; taxes are light
and prosperity is apparent. Five minutes
for q relay of men and fresh engine,
and again we speed away on the old trail
ing grounds Of the past.
This Panhandle Route will surely be-
come, for tourists and seekers of health
snd pleasure, one of the most popular on
the list. The campfire of the past is
hardly extinct, the bleaching bones of
countless buffalo still lie where they fell
or are stacked in huge piles for transit.
The comicsI antics and the endless
iabber Of the prairie dog (the pest Of the
psstures); ten thousand cattle scattered
far and near, leisurely grazing, sill uncon-
scious of the millions they have caused
lately to be lost or won; the wild
scamper of the deer and antelope, to-
gether with the endlessly pleasing ex-
change of hill and dale, (all observed
from dining car window, with delicscies
fit for the gods, and elegantly served,)
who can fully enjoy, much less adequately
describe it2 Studies for the artistic,
fancy for the fancIful, nonsense in
abundance, and q boundless fgld for
prophecy.
Among the many towns or cities Of in
terest we note Decatur, finely situated !;
Henrietta, imposing and ambitious; witch
ita Falls, queen OF the valley; Vernon,
with itsS6O, 900 court house and fine farm
ing country; Quanah, with its fine out
look, and fually Clarendon. In each and
all the settler will find every inducement
to remain, and ample scope for his capi-
tai, brains or muscle. Stock farming and
agriculture will soon occupy the great
'r6nehing enterpfises, too large for the
most iuccessf1l hsadling, and the outflow
ofexaprt And ws6lth will splendidly sue
coed Tie preseft inflow OF cash, energy
and eAAefpsfse. L. q. G.