Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-20
REALTY AND BUILDING.
Another Denverite Buys a Large Tract
OF Land Near Fort Worth.
Contract Let for the Riverside Street Car
Line-Another Elegant Building for Main
street-New Projects.

1t is a well known fact that cities grow
and become great through the push and
enterprise of their citizens.
Fort Worth has many such who are
working night and day in the interest OF
their city.
John F. Swayne and c. c. Allen of
this city, seeing that there would be
grand opportunity to advertise Texas
and Fort Worth at Boston during the re-
union of the q A. r. at that place,
had published little pamphlet OF twenty
pages entitled 1.-The Great State U
Texas, and Mr.. John f. Swsyue Is
IN Boston distributing them j This book
is gotten up in very attractive style, ani
gives statistics, water courses, climate,
and developments of the state, price Of
land and how to secure home under
the law, and land movements. It gives
a short history of Fort Worth, her pOpu-
lation, taxation, bonded Indebtedness,
real estate sales, raj lroad lines, clear
ances ,and altogether it Is one Of the most
complete little books ever got up for the
purpose for which it is Intended ard re-
fleets great credit on the gentlemen who
have gone to such an expense TO furnish
them TOT free QlstFlDuIlOu.
RIVERSIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
E. f. Chase of the Riverside syndicate
has returned from flying trip East, and
brings back with him good news for Fort
Worth which will be known in few DAYS.
Yesterday Mr.. Chase and Mr.. Boring let
the contract for building the Riverside
street car line to John Ratioan, and by
the terms of the contract the work is 10
be done in forty-flve days. Three eIe-
giant Pullman vestibuled cars costing
$4,000 each, have been bought for this
line. These cars are the first of the k!ud
made by the Pullman company and are
simply superb. They have cir brakes
and all safety appliances. The Sl2 200
steel bridge is in place oyer the Trinity
river, and inside of sixty days the city Of
Fort Worth will have four miles of eicc-
trio car line added to the list.
HEAVY TRADE.
Yesterday z. A. Huffman, d. Port
wood and ID. j Nelson sold to II. V.
johnson of Denver 23O acres of land out
of the John Thonkill survey, five miles
south OF the city, for $40 200. 1t is the
intention of Mr.. johnson to improve the
land OF once. The first thing done vii
be to extend Hemphill street through TIL
entire tract. Mr.. johnson is one of ths
heaviest real estate operators in Denver,
and finds an investment in this city the
best thing for man to do nj this time.
Mr.. johnson has every faith in Fort
Worth $ future.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
Mrs. W. A. Huffman Is making all
preparations for the erection of three
story 100 feet front brick, IRON and stone
building on the corner of Main and
Twelfth streets. The frame buildings
formerly on the lots have been removed,
and the contract for the elegant struct-
ure to take their places will soon be let.
This building will be great improve
ment to Nam street.
Mr.. Howe, of Howe & Barrows, will
soon erect $4,000 residence.
The detailed drawings and speoihca-
tions for the Fort Worth brewery reached
the city yesterday. The contract for the
buildings will be let next week.
NJ. p. BswleY who lives corner Of
Front and Burnet streets will, in as hort
time, move from his lot the two cot
tages now situated thereon with view
of constructing at $4,000 to $4,000 two
story residence.
Work is now being pushed on the new
First Presbyterian church aud on st.
St. Paul's Methodist church. st. An
drew's congregation will in oil proba-
bIlity begin work on their new church in
q short time.
Work has begun on the third story Of
the ornate Ryan-French building GU
Houston street.
The front of the Hyde Jennings four
story building on Main street will begin
TO 60 in this week. Large blocks of the
Pecos stone to be used in this building
have been received.
Workmsn were busy yesterday putting
up the swinging arms tor the arc lights
to be put IN by the city.
Work on the Park street electric rail-
way will be pushed with vigor.
An important meeting in regard to the
huge cotton mill will be held at the
office of w. j. Boaz to-day.
One architect has plans prepared for
nine handsome residences TO be built
during September.
The splendid stables of r. e. Maddox
are nearing completion. The buildings
will cost S25, 900. These stables will be-
the finest in the South.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
]. "A. Holland to ii b. Sanborn,
100X75 feet, northwest cor
ner Jones and East Belknap
sIEc6lS . V4O OVO W
j H. Henry to j. I. Thomas,
160 acres, Jas. p. Dumas
tract. ........... .......... 1900 90
John Graves and wife to 7. +.
Ridgway, half acre, block
10, Fort Worth. ........... 200 %
VIM. Owsley and wife to I. l..
Ridgway, 70x80 feet, block
119, Fort Worth. ......... 90
Same to same 19Sx110, same
block. .......... 1870. 200 90
Joseph Clark TO 7. L. RIdg-
way, 1OOx5O, lot 4, block 3,
Smith & Hrrscbfed addition. 300 90
BE-. Bennett to James G Roe,
Jr. Al acres, VIM. Edwards
survey ..................... 10 90
John P. Blake to Parker Tim
berlsks, part of lot 2, block
Z, Rosedale addition. . $50 90
John p. Blake to Benjamin
Vinoaut mart of same lot BIO 90