Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
REALTY AND BUILDING.
The Bank Clearings Show a Gain OF
1892 Per Cent. for the Past Week.
The Contract for the Jennings Building Let.
The Byars Building Working Plans
Ready-New Residences.
THE PAST WEEK.

activity in Fort Worth, for week in
June, in business circles, in building, in
sales of real estate and in banking. The
increase in business done Is shown by the
per cent. of gain in bank clecrings as set
forth by the report of the clearing house
manager, Capt. E. B. Harold. The in
crease is 1922 per cent. Several good
sized sales of real estate have
been made, and large number of lots
on which residences will be built have
been sold. Several f1ue residences, two
large storehouses and number of small
residences were started during the week
Negotiations looking to the acquisition
of large factory have begun between
Colorado and Fort Worth parties. Alto
gether, last week was a very brlght'one
for this city.
THE COTTON MILL.
Several more lots were sold in the cot
ton mill addition yesterday. FosdiGs &
Furman, solicitors for the factory. put
in solid days work and feskencour-
aged in securing the great plpdE
The lors are 50xl00 fesxaHd are sold
for 500. Che final payuI6pt Of half that
amount viii not be paysfle until the big
brick and Sd Inc buildsas are asppleted
AMI equipped 9Th most modern new
rapid trde line will be completed
by the time o. rtory is ready TO start,
four timesde fpount asked for them
now. - u
If yous I've any &ubt about this try to
buy lotsin the coSpn mill addition at
Dallas8# Mr.. Aiken ;who has grown up
with $alias and whdsis not connected
with any such enterprise, is at the Pick
wick to-day and says that lots near the
cotton mill at Dallas sell for $500 to $500
per lot. The location is not SO elevated
or healthy as the beautiful tract selected
for our cotton mill. Don't be afraid to
take few lots, for before they are paid
for they will be worth double the amount
now asked for them.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Yesterday at the Office of Armstrong s.
Messer the contract was signed for the
construction of the Hyde-Jennings three
story fifty foot front office building,
the contract price being S22 ,250
with S. Tomlinson the successful
bidder. Work began yesterday.
sible expedition the contract requiring
that the building be completed by De-
cember l, 1890. The front Will be one
of the handsomest in Fort Worth and
the building one of the best. The front
will be of Pecos red stone trimmed with
Gordon white sandstone. The first
floor 50x95 feet will be one splendid store
room with one plato glass bay show
window, the plate being So feet across.
A. The second and third floors will be
arranged for offices. FiFeplaees, mautels
and lavatories will be in every room.
The building will be 60 feet high. The
cornice will be of rubbed stone. Mr..
Jennings Will give Fort Worth an orna-
ment ID the way of a building.
Messrs. Armstrong Sc Messer yesterday
completed the working plans for the
A. T. Byars seven-story building to be
erected on Main and Seventh streets at
cost of SIS, 600. This building win be
one of the most imposing and beautiful
structures in the city. The bids viii all
be in within two weeks, when the con-
tract will be awarded. This building
win be of stone, 5Ox95 feet.
Casey s Swasey will build eight resi-
dences on the Terry block, each house TO
cost $1,000 to $500. The plans have been
prepared and work viii begin IN short
time.
W. P. Conner has adopted plans for an
$4,000 residence, to be built in the Man
chester addition.
A. B. Smith is building an addition to
his residence, at q cost of $4,000.
Bids have been received for an elegant
$4,000 residence, to go up on the South
Side for 7. P. Lenoir.
W. W. Dexter is having plans pre-
pared for $4,000 residence to be erected
on Arlington Heights.
J. o. Wright has adopted plans and
will at once build $40, 00e residence on
the South Side.
W. B. Caief is having plans prepared
for a fine residence.
Hon. John d. Templeton will build an
elegant mansion on Summit avenue.
Work has begun on the $40, 000 resi-
dence of Mrs. Florence Peak on Florence
and Fifth. This building was designed
hy the A. N. Dawson architectural COM
pany, and is of the colaionial style of
architecture. 1t will be two stories and
viii be a beautiful dwelling house.
The same company designed the superb
tesseIated floor just laid in the First ma
tionai bank building.
Plans have also been prepared for the