Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-31
REALTY AND BUILDING.
An Expert Talks About the Rolling
Mill Enterprise.
The Necessity Of a Fine City Hall Conceded
by Ali-Tha Chnutarqua Fers-On
Dollar for Eoliar Easis.

r. II. Sellers, who has taken special
note of real estate trading, remarked
yesterday: Fort Worth Is to-day OH u
frner foundation than ever before in its
history. 1t Is on n dollar for dollar
basis. While real estate sales are
heavy for this time of the year, the pur-
chases are chiefly made by people no
will improve the property bought. This
Is the healthiest possible trading Mr..
Sellers has bought the j II. Brown
homestead for SPA 900, and will occupy
| the residence. He will he Joined BY his
brother from Galveston, aud his mother
aud sister from Lexington, Va, all of
| whom will make Fort Worth their per-
| muueut residence.
THE CITY HALL.
| The universal des re expressed By the
! people Of Fort Worth is that the city
council take immediate steps to erect
fine cIty hall ani library building. The
broad gagged rounc.lmen certainly feel
that Fort Worth has passed the stays
when the council meets over an engine
house in Il police courtroom which
will not seat sevtuty-hve people,
and cramps the aldermen. The
| tuS-puytrs saY the city council
owes Il duty to the people TO proviie anu
ple accom- mOdntious for the city's busi-
ness officers. There are able tinaucierS
| in Fort Worth who say that money paid
out by municipality In rents is not I'D
| ding 10 the weulth or dignity of the city.
! rhs city of Fort Worth must take the
! first steps to provide public
library for our people, or
one will never be had. Give the young
men aud women good books TO read and
the 'barrtls of bl,ol' ana 'gallons of
gore' style of Literature will he shrlved.
! The taxpayers want city hail and Ii
brary. they ask for CITY hal aud Ii
Drary. Next Tuesday night will lie the
earliest opportunity the council Will have
to uct on ths inn ortant question.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
Several thousand dollars has been
raised for the Elk : hall.
The Masous. the Odd Fellows AMI the
knights of Pythias are all discussing the
erection of tine temples in Fort Worth.
| The Fort Worth cement works will
soon bs actively Rt work.
When the Last Days of Pompeii enter
tainment is over the Fort " orth pro-
gressIve association will be formed. -
THE ROLLING MILL
Edwin Brazier, for years connected
| with the rolling mills, being in the CITY
reporter cnilei on him.
1.-THE GAZETTE learns that you are
! here in the Interest OF manufacturing
enterprise and would like to interview
you Oh the subject if you have no OBJ
| jections said tue reporter.
None whatever sir. Am at your
disposal
"What is the character of the enter
prise?''
1.-the manufacture of iron, etc.
''What are your views i'll regard TO
the desiraDiIitv Of Fort Worth as loca-
| ton for the manufacture of iron.
| ''Fort Worth possesses every desirable
facility required, AMI, in fact, IL this
respect excels those of any other locality
| that has come under my observation, and
in this speak advisedly. having been in
| almost every state in the onion AMI in
| the iron business all my adult days, and
| for the past eighteen years have had
| general charge of our iron and steel
works, and repeat have never seen as
favorable opportunities anywhere as are
| offered here.
| '.Is the completion and operation of
the rolling mil here su assured fact and
will it tend to bring other Industries
HEREOF
"For an answer to the first part of
! your question | must refer you TO those
| OF your citizens interested in the enter
! prise, and there is no doubt but that the
enterprise now contemplated is but an
entering wedge compared with what it
must inevitably become. For instance,
wire, nails and ton ties could be ad-
ded 10 the product OF the mill at trifing
nd oil RIO f.ha nal nd
| T-irous may be added TO the product
and will in a short time become u ne
cessity, the manufacture of which will
| require the erection of nail and bridge
factories and must tend to the develop
| ment OF your mineral resources that are
| of such quality and quantity, as will
| enable Texas TO come to the trout in the
! manufacture of irou. -
INLAY say that you have arranged to
cast your lot with Us and become o citi-
zen of Fort Worth?'
| :No, sir. l came here at the request
of Mr.. g. f.. Beach to look over the
| ground with view to coming here later
on.
"wll you kindly name some Of the
| favorable features OF the rolling mill
enterprise here?''
Financially, l presume you mean,
| and Will say: The abundance aud cheap
ness of the required raw material. /. e..
wrought aud cast scrap and pig iron, the
| comparative low price and quality of
| coal, the low price of common labor, the
| distance from competitors. the near and
increasing demand at home for the pro-
! duct of the mill are q few though suffi-
Gent, reasons TO justify the assertion that
| the enterprise Will prove a profitable one
| and will bring into your midst one hum
dred TO Eve hundred additional fani-
| lies
] CHAUTAUQUA PARK.
| The directors of the Chautauqua park
association had very important meet
lug last night. N. g. Ellis, j. p.
| Smith, r. N. Hatcher. P. NJ. White,
| w. J. Boaz, j. j. Massie aud w. P.
| Wilson were present. Extensive i'm
! provsment to the grounds and enlarged
facilities for the comfort and enjoy ment
of the membership are to be made just
as fast as the money can be had for fur
thering these things. About thirty of
the leading families of the city are inter-
ested, and have generously put their
money into this delightful adjunct TO
Fort Worth's Htfrlytlyeutes. und IL il to