Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-28

sugar crop, 81 400, 900; not to mention
the rye, barley, millet, potatoes, sor-
ghum, fruits and vegetables. Certainly
this does not look as though Texas was
solely cattle ranch.
The fact that Fort Worth is on the edge
of the cotton belt of Texas uaturall Y
makes it the great halfway house, SO
to speak. between the Southwest and the
North for that staple article. The city
Is also on the edge of the now famous
Panhandle district, which, as a wheat
producing region, has no equal IN the
West. 1t is estimated that 90 900 people
have settled in this district in the past
twelve months. which means a great
deal to Fort Worth, as most, if not all
of their farm products are brought into
the city. The best corn producing lands
are around Fort Worth, and the city is
also in the center of the fruit district of
Texas.
Within eighty miles of the city to the
west are undeveloped coal mines, TO
which the Fort Worth and Albuquerque
railroad is now building line The
mines will probably be operated by Fort
Worth capitalists and is is expected that
the coal will be brought into that city at
the low price of 81. so per ton.
To the southwest of the city, in Llauo
county, are large deposits of iron suit
able for steel making, and in Cherokee
county are large bodies of bog iron ore.
Some of the finest build ne and monu-
mental stone to be found in the country
can be got in quarries a short distance
out; red, yellow, gray and brown sand
stone, Texas granite and gray limestone,
are all found in abundance. AS all the
quarries are on some line of railroad,
there is no trouble about transportation.
RAILROADS AND STREET CARS.
Fort Worth is the largest railroad CEN
ter of Its age in the world. In 1872 tho
city was without single line, while now
it has eleven, six OF them being trunk
lines.
1t is very evident that the various rail-
road companies realize the fact that Fort
Worth has many natural advantages and
that 1t is decidedly to their interest to get
foothold within ths city. The Fort
Worth and Denver City railroad are
erecting large machine shops and @
rOundhouse which will cost in the neigh
borhood of SI75, 900. The city has always
pursued liberal policy with the differ
ent lines. and its people do not deny that
they subsidiZe in many cases. They are
perfectly willing to pay bonuses COM
mensurate with the benefits received,
and they have given to the railroad sys-
lens 81 500 200 in money, and real estate
within the city limits to the same
amount.
A visitor to the depot Cfor all the lines
come into the city at one point would
lead one to believe that he was in one of
our large Eastern cities, so large is the
business carried on. 1t is estimated that
100 freight and passenger trains pass in
and out of the city every day.
Nowhere in the South are there better
street car accommodations than here. 1t
was the first city in the state to project
and carry out an electric street railway,
and to-day it can boast of thirty-fiye
miles of such road. The Arlington
Heights street railway company is con-
an eight mile line, which will
be ready next Month, and a New York
company is building another line, to run
six miles out into the eastern suburbs.
Then there are the regular horse car
lines, which run to and from all parts of
the city every few minutes.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
One of the noteworthy enterprises of
q permanent cyolorama. The picture
exhibited is that of the battle of Mission
airy Ridge, and was purchased by Fort
Worth stock company from Kansas
City firm for $40, 200. During the time
the Spring Palace was open no less than
20 600 visited the painting, and the re-
ceipts were in the neighborhood of $1,000.
Seyenty-five miles of well-graded and
graveled streets prove that the city has
looked after this very import
ant subject. There are also forty-fve
miles of sewerage, and more Is now be-
ng put through the new districts, at an
additional cost of Sl20 900.
The city owns its own waterworks, of
which there are forty-five miles of main,
The water being supplied from a system
IF driven wells, which number over 200.
The fire department is as efficient as Ill
any city in the South.
A $50, 900 electric plant, together with |
arge gas works, supply the city with |
plenty of light. Another source OF light |
and they play an important part in the |
'ity's welfare) is the newspapers, of |
which there are two dailies, the Fort |
Worth GAZETTE, q morning paper, and |
he Evening Mail. There are several |
and one journal entirely de- |
-oted to trade, the Fort Worth Trade
Review.
The Young Mems Christian association |
las recently established a branch here |
which promises well for the future. and |
he Commercial club, somewhat older, |
Exercises healthy influence in the city. |
The Chamber of Commerce Is composed
ntirely of business men.
The climate of this section is something
delightful; in the summer the thermom-
ter seldom rises above 80 deg. and in
he latter part of the afternoon a cool |
reeze springs up which continues the
ntire night. During the winter of 'S9
nd go the weather was so mild that
overs bloomed in the gardens and no
rOsts whatever were experienced. As
inter health resort Fort Worth is grow
~ in popularity year by year.
The hotels are all under good manage
lent and theltables are supplied with the
est tbs market affords: tine only trouble !
18th them is that they are inadequate
Or the great number of people who daily
ome into the city. A strong effort is
eing made by the board of trade for
800, 600 fire proof hotel 70 be built by
indicate of Chicago capitalists.
REAL ESTATE VALUES.
As would naturally be expected, the
alnes of both city and suburban prop
rty are continually on the increase pro-
to the great influx of people
nd capital. Unlike many of the So
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