Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Fort Werth's Business for the Year 1888
as Obtained from Official Sources.
A Glance Back to 1876-Increase in One Year
in Business Concerns-The Volume OF
Trade-Real Estate Transfers.

It is well for men to review their lives
for a year past on New Years morning
and equally as good for city like Fort
Worth to take its bearings. The follow
ing statistics will probably convince more
people of what Fort Worth really is than
anything else that could he said. The
business for the past year has
not only been large, but 1t has
been satisfactory, far more
profitable than that of the year 1887. The
country northeast, west and southwest
from Fort Worth has made fine crops,
and from present indications will do as
well, if not better, this year. Good
rains have fallen, and the thousands of
Immigrants have put in a large acreage
in wheat. Fort Worth viii gain by this
prosperity.
INCREASE IN BUSINESS.
R. G. Dun & Co. in their commercial
report for 1876 shows Fort Worth to have
had the following concerns here, fifty
nine in all: Andrews & Marshall, bill
lizards and groceries; L. Armstrong, gro
ceries; D G.. Bennett, dry goods; Boaz,
Merkle & Co. bankers; P. J. Bowdry,
books; James H. Bradner, timer; j H.
Brown, groceries; Brown, Walcott s.
BIandin, steam mill; j. Burch s Bro.
saloon; J Carb & Co.. dry goods; F. w.
CaTrico, carpenter; J L. CarricO, furni-
ture; Mrs. Rose Carrico, millinery;
Chambers s. CO., groceries; d. R. CraW-
ford, furniture; L. w. Crawford, photo
grapher; NJ. Cromwell, real estate owner;
Daggett s. Hatcher, groceries; G. Fl.
Day 4 Co., groceries and liquors; j.
Dahlman s. Bro, clothing; Doll &
Woods, drugs; Eagan & ByTne, saloon;
B. c. Evans & Co.. general store; G. K.
Fairfax, hotel; w. Il. Ferguson, drugs
and physician; Field s. HandIey, general
store; j w. Fleming, farmer, ETC.: A.
B. Frazer, groceries; S. r. Haywood,
clearinghouse; D. E. Hanley, books,
etc; S. Hirschfield, planter; George
Jackson, drugs; johnson & Wins, iv-
cry stable; Richard H. King, black
smith; w. S. McKeever s. Co., agents
for pumps; R. C. McPhaiI,
millinery; Maddox s. Co., livery
stable; Manuel s. Co., hardware;
J. K. MillIken s. Co., publishers; q. E.
B Nash, stoves and tin; Newman,
Young Burts, dry goods; B. B Pad
dock, editor; G. NJ. Peak, physician; d.
W. Pendery, wholesale liquors; T. w.
Powell, drugs; William Rose, saloon; w.
H. Rowland, farmer; J F. Shelton,
drugs and groceries; Gus Smith, saloon;
John Snit, saddler; R. F. Tackaberry,
saddlery and harness; TidbaIl, Van
Zandt & Co., bankers; S. P. Tucker,
groceries; G.. Turner, groceries,; J. w.
Turner, dry goods; Frank L. Twombly,
saloon; Isaac l.. Van Zandt, physician;
w. H. Williams s. CO., stoves, tin,
blacksmiths, etc.; William Wills, shoe
maker.
The business man who will turn to
Dun g book of 1887, VIII find AGO business
concerns credited to Fort Worth or an
increase nearly eight fold. Official re-
port received yesterday from Mr.. Z. S.
Gard, Dun rs agent in Fort Worth, show
Fort Worth to have Cpl business concerns
doing business here, an increase over
last year Of l6l or over 33H per cent.
Business failures have been lighter and
fewer in Fort Worth for the year 1888,
than any other city of like size.
REAL ESTATE DEALINGS.
There has been no excitement in real !
estate dealings during the last year and |
no boom. Boston and Chicago capital |
lists have bought property to the extent |
of 81 200 600. A Chicago citizen who |
stopped in the city by chance purchased |
lots for $500. A Denver gentleman |
planted $40 300 in Fort Worth in one |
day in December last. The increase in |
values has been steady but sure, and is |
based on a legitimate basis. County |
Clerk King has compiled a list of the |
transfers and with the sales made since /
his figures were given the total number |
of transfers is 1879, consideration for
property sold So, 1872 ,O70.
MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS.
During the year the county clerk has
issued 435 marriage licenses
As far as could be learned from the
physicians the births for the year are El8,
two-thirds Of the children born being
boys.
Deaths in Fort Worth for the year were
259.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
City Secretary Early gives the follow
ing figures in regard to the waterworks:
Holly system cost 1925, 900. The capac-
lily Is 900 goo gallons per twenty-four
hours. There are twenty miles of street
mains, fifty stop gates set in street mains
and l27 double-nozzled hydrants The
pressure is direct pumping from 40 to
l50 pounds. The water supply comes
from lI5 gang wells and the water is
good for all domestic purposes. The rev.
enue from the waterworks to the city,
which owns them, increased over $1,000 in
the year 1883.
he also reports the amount expended
for public schools to be S34 los 30; for
streets, S43 ,654 II; for public buildings,
SIG ,S2l 10; total bonded indebtedness,
only S27l 900.
City Engineer King reports the pur-
chase by the city of eleven miles of sewer
pipe at 4 cost of SIS 900; contract price
for putting in same, S4S 900; total cost
of new sewers, SIC 900; total length of
sewers, twenty-seveu and one-half
miles; miles streets graded, graveled and
gutteTed, six; total cost of iron viaduct !
over Trinity river, S34 900.
FREIGHT STATISTICS
The railroads centering at Fort Worth
have, during the year ending December |
81, 1855, received and discharged ut Fort
Worth $3.50 $50 900 pounds of freight,
As against ,527 ,343 ,S28 pounds in 1857.
Grand total tons, ISSS-969 ,790.
Grand total tons, ISS7-763 ,672.
Number of carloads handled, l07, 754.