Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-28

high land west of the city beginning at a point
less than a mile from the city and
extending to q point about five miles west from
the courthouse. Messrs. MCCart and Burbridse
at once went 20 work on the real estate part of
the plan and DR.. Johnson on tie university pro-
jeCt, which was embraced IN the splehdiu plans
of the ChamberlinS. The trade is COnSumated and
realty to the amount of $53, SO 80 has gone into
the possession OF the American land and invest
nlent company, and the Fort Worth university
is an assured fact. DR.. Johnson having returned
from Boston a few days ago after closing up the
last Of his part Of the matter.
The American land and investment company
was organized in Fort Worth about May 20 under
a most favorable charter bought by the COM
pauy, the franchise having still forty eight
wears to run. It's paid mp capital in Texas IS
SlG0 csc. H. 3. Chamberiin of Denver is presi-
dent, A. w Cham0erlin IS vice president:
Fred Chsmbeflfp4 treasurer +. B. Gibson OF
Denver is secretary. u. 3. .Burbridge of Fort
Worth is managing director Zeno @. Ross is
attorney and 9Tg 8tar No. r. 9ouT PnE
Worth are also directors. The headquarters OF
this company are at Fort Worth, and application
in the board of trade building, which
as the building is completed. The Chamberlins
company Of Denver, which has expended mil
lions or dollars in Denver and done
much to make it the, great city
is 81 500, 900. The Chamberlins themselves are
millionaires, and have unbounded confidence of
EAs@EEH AND FOREIGN
large sums for them. II. 3. ChamberIin,
the president OF the company, is at
this time in the money certers OF Europe, nego-
tigting for large sums of money, much Of which
viii go toward developing the Fort Worth
purchase These additions 10 the
city have in part been named and
record University Heights consists of 800 acres,
in the center OF which viii stand the main
university building, picture of which
is here presented. University Heights second
fling will embrace 29g0 acres: Chamberlln
University Heights viii comprise l69 acres.
The rest of the IanG' has not been
plated. All this land is from seventy
five to one hundred feet higher tnan Fort
Worth. and magnificent view OF the city is OBJ
tanned from almost any portion Of it. It also
overlooEs the graudly beautiful valley of the
West Fork, which comes up to the land termina-
ting at the verdure and tree-coyeTed bluff.
There is no more beautiful landscape in Texas
4han that viewed from University Heights. This
addition TO Fort q orth VIII be what Irvington is
to indianapolis, Walnut Hill to Cincinnati and
Capitol Hill to Denver.
The company viii at once develop this land,
the first thing 70 be the erection of fine vadUct
over the Clear Fork 81 their own expense,
over which viii run a TSpid transit
railway six miles IN length. They viii
build waterworks of their own, an electric light
Running from the city viii be two grand b0ule-
wards $50 feet wide. starting from the city and
running on either side ofuuiveTsity place. q
In addition to the large purchase made the
company holds options on 500, $50 worth of
property adjoining, which viii be closed by
purchase in a short time.
Messrs, Chamberlin, Journey and their col
leagues are men whose known ability and Won
derfuI energy and enterprise make them yaiu-
able acquisitions TO any city, and Fort Worth
win profit by their coming.
AIesSrS. NcCart and BuTbridge have been I'M
firing in their efforts to make the trade success
in every particular, and their love for Fort
Worth has made them constant to the object in
view in season and out OF season.