Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-02


of men who were paid of in this city |
yesterday evening for work done on the |
MANY buildings and factories now being |
erected in and near the city. Tens OF
thousands of dollars were paid yesterday |
and the work to be maugurated this |
week on a number of buildings will add |
to the number of men at work. Fort |
Worth is busy now, but will be much |
buster this fall. If property owners \are
wise, twenty store buildings will go up |
on Main and Houston streets before !
spring.
A BIG DEAL.
Yesterday Mrs. w. A. Huffman pur-
chased the interest OF Col. Peter Smith
in the North Side addition. This pur-
chase included interest in the lands and
street railroads, the price running up
away into the scores of thousands.
IT WILL COME.
The chamber of commerce committee
after hard work has found fifteen public
spirited citizens who guarantee the
SIS 900 necessary to secure for Fort
Worth the exhibit of the Last Days OF
Pompeii. Fort Worth during October
and November will be crowded with
people to see this marvellous production.
There is now duty TO be erformeu Dy
Fort Worth people. The $50 boxes must
be taken by our people. The notes,
restaurants, retail merchants, street
cars and all kindred industries will be
greatly benefited and they should
promptly come to the assistance of the
committee of public spirited citizens who
are working for Fort Worth. The first
presentation will De on October Is aud
the attraction will continue until about
November 10. The order to have the
work shipped has been given, and as
soon as possible work will begin on the
bull lings, the lake and the immense
grand stand, which will seat 10 900 peo-
pie. Some night during the!nttraction
| realistic picture in fire works of the
| destruction of the Spring Palace Will be
| given. Mr.. o. E. Sklff will remain in
Fort Worth rs general manager OF the
affair. AS stated, the chamber OF COM
merce recognizing the necessity OF
| great fall attraction for Fort Worth, mas
! done its part, now the citizens should do
theirs and subscribe for the boxes which
must pay the SIS. 900 guaranteed.
THE COTTON MILL.
The contract and the bond for the erec-
| ton of the $3.50 900 cotton mill have been
signed, sealed and delivered. The money
il in bank and Yesterday work began on
the deep artesan well to supply
the mill with water. The cotton
mill company IS one of the
strongest corporations in Texas, with s.
d. Blake, now of Dallas, US president or
the company. To secure this mill bonus
of So, 900 was given by ente rIrlsinS
citizens, who deserve credit for all they
have done. Messrs. Fosdick Fur
man, Arch Hall. W. D. Hall, and
the Messrs. Tandy are deserving
of special commentator for bringing
this enterprise here. Work on the build
ings, which will be of brick, will be
under way in a few weeks. Work or
forty houses for the mill operatives will
begin in short time.
Fort Worth g electric car lines are do
ing more to develop suburban real estate
than all other agencies combined. INT
fine home sites all around the city were
pnheard of until car lines were run tt
the suburbs. The north, west, soutt
and east sides will all soon be supplied
with rapid transit, in fact oil the line
are built but that to the east. Notwith'
standing the fact that Fort Worth ha'
more miles of electric line than any cit
in the state, Col. r. E. Maddox and as
sociates now propose to build an elevated
electric line, connecting the main part o
the city with the country south OF tn
Union depot. AS Fort Worth has beef
first in everything else, she will now sc
the mace for Texas in elevated electro
car lines.
ABUILDING SYNDICATE.
It is suggested that syndicate o
owners of real estate and capitalists b.
formed to build houses and sell them L
those who want homes. A plan mappe'
out is for men who have additions o
tracts of land in the city to unite wit
men who have ready money, the on
party to place fair figures on the prop
erty to the pauy and the other part.
to place low rate OF interest on IN
money. Then build houses on the lot
and sell house and lot to the home seeke
on monthly payments with or pc
f cent. interest. Several gentlemen VIII
| have thought it out, say there is profit /
, such q plan as we'll US benefit to the city
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
The Masonic orders in Fort Worth ar
discussing the erection of the finest Ma
= sonic temple in the South. The Mason
own a fine piece of property on Mai
street and the organization is the wealth
lest in Fort Worth. Ihere Is every rea
0 son to believe o seventy-hve feet from
3 five story building will replace tn
! building recently burned.
With $50 feet front of new brick on
stone buildings In course of constru cite
s Fort Worth is doing very well this beau
= tiful September weather.
Work lie now being pushed on the Fir'
PRESBYTERIAN church. The frame wor
s for the roof is now going up.
9 The aggregate value of buildings
g course of construction in Fort Worth
y, over 81 200 900.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
y L. 7. beats TO c. NJ. Brown,
f lot 8, block Il. Afford &Veal
Y addition $50. ...-..-......S l,luo
. D, ]. Cannon to NJ. c. WILL
Jams, one-seventh interest in
= property on the West Fork
of the Trinity ......-....... $40
W, A. Coffee to s. K. Banks,
.ssgsavforty acres Wash Davis sur
yey.. ..-''. '-'-''' @'o
- Charles E. Head and l.. A.
Alsabrook to John A. Toma-