Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-01

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at once %stlt to work on the real estate part of
the pla1fahd DR.. Johnson on the university pro-
'iec4sST.hich was embraced in the splendid plans
0ffbe Chamberlins The trade is colsumated and
realty to the amount Of $3.50 80 has gone into
the possession of the American land and invest
ment 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 IL Fort Worth about May 20 under
q most favorable charter bought by the COM
panv, the franchise having still forty-eight
500 coo. H. B. Chamberlin Of Denver is presi-
dent, A. W. Chamberlin IS vice-pres ident.
Denver is secretary. 7. B. BurbrIdge OF Fort
Worth is managing director. Zeno 9. Ross IS
attorney and 5 dirT Stbrt cc5 Fl d R0u FDE
Worth are also directors. The headquarters of
this company are at Fort Worth, and application
has been made for suite OF offices
will be occupied Just as soon
as the building is completed. The n -mberlins
company of Denver, which has expended mil
much to make it the, great city
is 81, coo, coo. The Chamberlins themselves are
millionaires, and have unbounded confidence of
EASTERN AND FOREIGN
large sums for them. II. B. Chamberlain,
the president OF the company, IS at
this time in the money centcrs OF Europe, nego-
tiating Tor large sums OF money, much OF which
will 20 toward developing the Fort Worth
purchase. These additions to the
city have in part been named and
when all are plated the maps viii be placed on
record. University Heights consists of 900 acres,
in the center of which Will stand the main
university building, picture of which
is here presented. University Heights second
filing viii embrace 2JUJ acres. ChamberlIn
University Heights viii comprise loo acres.
The rest of the land has not been
plated. All this land Is from seventy
five to one hundred feet higher tnan Fort
Worth and q magnificent view Of the CITY is OBJ
tanned from almost any portion OF 1t. 1t also
overlooks the gTandly beautiful valley of the
West Fork, which comes up to the land termlna-
ting at the verduGe and tree-cOyered bluff.
There IS no more beautiful landscape in Texas
lhan that viewed from University Heights. This
addition to Fort Worth viii be what Irvington IS
to Indianapolis, Walnut Hill to Cincinnati and
Capitol Hill TO Denver.
The company will at once develop this land,
the first thing to be the erection Of fine viaduCt
over the Clear Fork ct their own expense,
railway. six miles in length. They viii
build waterworks OF their own an electric light
plant and put in a complete sewer system.
Running from the city Will De two grand DOule-
wards $50 feet wide, starting from the city and
running on either side ofuliversity place.
In addition to the large purchase made the
company holds options. on S5g1;41O worth OF
property adjoining, which VII be closed by
purchase IN q short time
Messrs ChamberliH, DourneF and their col
leagues are men whose knowo-2bllty and Won
derful energy and enterprise. make them valu-
able acquisitions 20 any city, and Fort Worth
viii profit by their coming
Messrs. Mozart and Burbridge have been
tiringin 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.