Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-16
REALTY AND BUILDING.
Sales Yesterday Aggregate Something
Over $4,000 Dollars.
Several New Buildings to be Erected-AN New Ice
Factory-The Bridge-New Street
Car Line.

AObW ItIStduulLS the Tdiu geslcIudg !,
there was considerable activity in real
estate, and to the credit of owners, be it
said, they did not lose their heads and
ask exorbitaDt prices for their property :.
While there is some speculation in real
estate, the most of the purchases made
are for permanent investment. Yester-
day IS dealings took in country property
and lots on Main, Houston, Rusk and
Throckmorton streets, with several pur-
chases of residence property There is a
desire on the part of many buyers to pay
all cash, and IN many cases this has been
done, fixing thereby the actual cash
value of city property.
Among the sales consummated yester-
day are the following:
J NJ. Vincent to r. A McAnulty, two
lots on Main street adjoining Farmers
and Mechanics national bank, S11 800.
Vincent bought these lots fifteen days
ago for $40 900.
A. Barten to J r Hoxie, 25 feet front
on Main, near Twelfth, for $500 cash.
R. A. McAnulty bought 20 feet front
on Houston, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth, for $4,000.
R. A. McAnulty buys % feet, corner
Houston and Fourteenth streets, for
$4,000.
J. B. Litsey to Wallace Hendricks $50
acres southeast of the city for SIG 900.
Mrs. Deck Davis, lot Throckmorton
and Sixth, to DR.. J r. Pollock, $500.
DR.. Pollock will build good Office build
ing on this lot.
Ross and Terrell buy from Burton
fIaH Enr-f
acres for $4,000 Burton bought this land
for SIC an acre not many years ago.
r. A. McAnulty bought lot on Throck-
morton between Twelfth and Thirteenth
for $1,000.
Max Elser bought from Casey s. Swa-
sey half block on Summit avenue oppo-
site Capt. Frank Balls residence, pay
ing $4,000 for it. Mr.. Elser will erect a
handsome residence on the property in
short time.
Two lots on Rusk street sold for $1,000.
Three trades, names not given, $500.
Total reported, ST. 900.
Plans are being prepared for large
ice factory building Which will probably
be built near the bridge.
Ross, Herd & Ross have about decided
on the plans for a three-story stone
structure to be erected corner Rusk and
Fourth
Martin Casey viii shortly build hand
some residence on Summit avenue to cost
$40 900. In style of architecture it will
resemble a baronial castle.
Max EIser will build an elegant resi-
dence on Summit avenue.
A large force is engaged grading for
the North Side street railway and when
rails and ties arrive the force will be
doubled.
East Fort Worth city company is ma
turing plans for an electric or dummy
line to Sylvania.
Superintendent McManus is pushing
work on the S45 900 iron viaduct over the
Trinity river, and says with good weather
the work Will be done i'll three weeks
The building for the iute bagging
works, 50x200 feet, is nearly up to the
top of the first story.
Sixty men will be at work on the Board
of Trade building as soon as the heavy
stone work in completed.
w. w. Porter of Porter, Raymond s.
Co., Denver, has gone to the latter city
to complete arrangements for the erection
of ten elegant residences on his tract
south of the city.
The two-story residence of Judge Hol-
Iahu ol EdSG DUNLAP sIIetL, Is uedIlHS
completion.
More than fifty men are at work on the
Farmers and Mechanics national bank
building and before the building is
work will commence on the
stone front building adjoin-
ing the bank.
The party from Cleveland and Denver
were shown over Fort Worth yesterday
and were simply delighted. Mr. Law
renee of Denver says the condition of
Fort Worth to-day is better than that of
Denver ten years ago, when Denver was
larger than Fort Worth is to-day
A party of New York capitalists will be
in Fort Worth to-day to make invest
ments.