Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-07

| purpose can never be purchased for lesi
money than at present. II the LAND
were bought now all the months between
this time and next May could be spent in
improving and identifying park.
PARK STREET RAILWAY.
The Park street railway company hR:
let the contract for the construction of
It's road, and IL will only lie few day:
until work begins. The rails have been
ordered. This road Will run
from the board of trade building
to Brooklyn Heights and thence
under the trucks of the Texas and Pacific
at least as far as Mistleioe Heights. Al
some point on the line there will be d
park. This line will give street car
facilities TO portion of the city which
has hitherto been without 1t. The ears
will be run by electric motors. The
company is composed of number of our
prominent aud wealthy citizens.
TUE HENDRICKS BLOCK.
The plans for the magnificent building
to be known as the Hendricks block, TO
go up on Main and Seventh streets. are
completed and show grand structure.
AS stated before, this building will front
100 feet on Main aud 100 feet on Sew
enth and will be six stories high.
A considerable portion OF the first
story will be of Pecos red stone, the
balance of the building of pressed brick.
All who have seen the plans
say the building, if erected as
shown in the drawings, will be the most
imposing structure in Fort Worth. It
will cover more ground than any large
building in the city with the single ex-
cepton of the Joseph H. Brown store
building. The cost of the structure will
be over 500 900. Work is to begin this
month and the building is to be COM
pleted early in 1891.
CHAUTAUQUA PARK.
The promoters of the Chautauqua park
have reason to congratulate themselves
already on their enterprise. The MEM
bers are becoming more and more de-
lighted with the grounds. and are find
ing the place during this long Lot sum-
mer a source of real pleasure.
Some families are spending few
weeks in tents at the park, having gone
out last Monday. Two of the GENTLE
men were in the city yesterday and re-
port most favorably. The total absence
of dust, flies aud mosquitoes, together
with the cool shade of the grand old
trees, and the cold, flowing artesian
water, renders the place very pleasant.
Small picnic parties are of almost daily
occurrence, so that the wisdom and en-
terprise of the founders of the park is
fully vindicated. With rapid transit TO
the park it will be grand success.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
The Granite roofing company's new
buildings at Manchester are going up
rapidly.
The packery buildings are going up
now as if by magic. One of the build
ings has reached the fourth story.
The front of the Ryan French building
on Houston street is one of the hand
soonest in the city. The building will be
an ornament to the street.
In another week the plans and specifi-
cations for the Hendricks block on Main
street will be finished, and work will be
under way before September l.
The Fort Worth light and power COM
pauy is spending tens of thousands of
dollars in putting in Its immense storage
tank and other improvements.
A siX-story stone building Is on the
tapis for upper Main street.
John Tierney is having plans prepared
for building to go up on Houston and
Seventh streets.
to cost not less than half
million dollars will be brought to the
attention of the commissioners court
this fall.
Before the goth of this month work
will be under way on the brewery.
1t is now almost certainty that the
Hurley office building will be ready for
by December.
ia said that the tOmnaOy which will
execute the contract with the English
syndicate to furnish dressed beef, will
have the Dahlman refrigerator in oper-
alton some time this fall.
An artesian well is being bored near
the pork packery, and q system Of
waterworks is being put in at Marine
creek, not far from the packery build
Iugs.
The bridge over the Trinity to River
side will be in place in d few weeks.
The great iron viaduct over the Trinity
is now so fur repaired as to permit the
passage of street cars and vehicles of all
in safety. A train of street
ears made a number of trips yesterday
between the stockyards and the city.
Fac bridge and approaches will be fully
repaired in n few days.
The charter of the Armstrong shoe and
Gather company, with capital stock of |
$40 900, has been filed at Austin. The |
main offices AID factory will be Mt Fort |
Worth.
Gentlemen who are members of the |
Fort Worth brewing company say that |
everything will be in readiness to COM |
hence building operations inside of if |
cen days.