Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-25
REALTY AND BUILDING.
Working Hard to Raise the Money for
the Big Hotel.
About the City Hall-Tha Rolling Company Or
ganiZ 'd-Tha Cotton N,Il-Ihe Pack
ery-The Fair.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE =.

terprises OF magnitude of large
benefit TO sll. II is the
nucleus around which the active and en-
terprising spirits of this city can cheer
fully gather. Its membership should bp
increased. Fort Worth is on the upward
march now as she has never been before.
Give this movement momentum by join
ing the chamber of commerce. II would
be a great thin for Fort Worth it the
full number provided by the charter were
enrolled.
THE ROLLING MILL.
This spIen lid enterprise which will
help Fort Worth in many ways, is now
on its feet, and will SION be ready for
business. At the Fort Worth
city company's Office yesterday
the stock holders met and elected
Col. j 2. smith. A j Roe, George B.
Hendricks, Oscar Lynch, William Caps.
j. l.. Taft and q. f Beach. directors
Messrs. Capps, Hendricks and Beach
were appointed a committee to draft the
charter and bylaws. The machinery is
being placed in position and the buildings
will be completed at once. ~
THE COTTON MILL. -
The Texas aud Pacific yesteeSNy To-
Gated the sidelrarks for the ,eSi'on mill
anu iDlS Tue "OEhx<pD STAuiiG
will begip aud in few daktNhe truck will
is being prShared ande4a short time the
walls will ~ kpinga6S. The marhinpry
for the mills feady been ordered
MIR. Taylor OF hGhester. Epzlaud WHO
Is at the head6f th>snterprise, is bust
ness all o1(Fand wilNeush the project TO
complexion promptly. Y
THE CITY h.L.
Alderman N,cks of TN second ward
in conversation vesterinySsaii that he
considered it perfectly feasible 20 save
the entire COS: of central fire
hall put down rs S37 100 and put
ting that amount in the city hall.
A portion of the basement could be use
for such fire apparatus rs would be
needed ut the Central station. The rest
of the first floor or basement story, he
suggests. could have the offices of the
waterworks and assessor and collector
in it. The second fnOr be q
grand auditorium, the third floor the
council chamber and the city Off
cials generally, and the fourth
floor the library. Mr.. Nicks SAWS
the fire apparatus could make its exit
on the street north of the building. The
other entrances cuuld be on the east.
There seems to be but little opposition to
a city hall.
DRIVING PARK AND FAIR.
The stock no .ders of the Fort Worth
driving park q ID fair association will
meet this week 10 elect a board OF dlrec-
tors and transact other business looking
to the immediate inauguration of
work on the grounds. 1t is proposed to
have fine and fat stock fair in Nav at
the time the graudest spring race meet
ing ever held in Texas takes place. Fort
Worth is moving.
THE GRAND HOTEL.
Messrs. A. w. Caswel, Robert Mo
Cart, T. J hurley, William Capps and
Col. Peter Smith began work on solicit
ing subscriptions to the hotel site fund
yesterday afternoon at . O'Clock.
They first occurred the names of
those who had subscribed Saturday
night to written contract and put in u
short time in getting new subscriptions.
When the work stopped for the day,
about S74 200 had been subscribed. The
total cost OF the property, eight lots on
Main and Houston streets 'front.'
lug North on Ninth, will be
Sll0 900, which is the amount that must
be raised. The gentlemen who propose
to build this hotel are Burnham 4 Root,
the famous architects and builders of
Chicago. These gentlemen are the
architects for the Worlds fnr
buildings, for which they receive
a salary of S25. ZOO year. They uilt
the D y. Mills building in New York,
the Rookery in Chicago, the Midland
hotel in Kansas City, the finest buildings
in San Francisco, and are now building
the Coates house In Kansas City,
" ioh vii tn G.o
Their total expenditure in Fort Worth
will amount to not far from $3.50. 600,
which is handsome SUN to
bring in from outside. Secure this
hotel and every foot of property
in Fort Worth would either be enhanced
in value or the value would be more
firmly fixeL. The committee will go to
work again at 9 O'Clock this morning.
THE GREAT PACKERY.
Fort Worth scarcely begins TO realize
what great thing the packery is for the
city. Yesterday Superintendent Bar
mum was as busy as bse until 4:30, up
to which time he superinte nded the
killing of CO., hogs. Farmers from Tar
rant, Parker, Denton, Wise, Jack. Hooi
and Erath came in yesterday with hogs
bv the wagon load, ls0 wagon-loads be-
ing received, the total number brought
in by wagon being 1856. A car load of
hogs came in from Pauls Valley and
forty cars more are on the way.
To-day Mr.. Baruum thinks he will Kill
about 800 hogs and will begin
slaughteriug beeves, killing twenty-five
to-day. Col. Hoxis. NJ. G. Ellis, 8. ID.
Raiuey and r Fl. Sellers went on: TO
the packing house Yesterday aud left be-
tween $4,000 ana $4,000 in hard money to
meet the weekly pay roll. Nj. Barum
has seventy-three men on the roll
now aud bv Saturday night will
have 40. After Thursday the packery
will kill 1000 hogs a day President Ellis
got the first dollar taken in at the pack
cry yesterday as a souvenir. The cash
receipts for spare ribs and back bones
amounted to over $500. Tine livestock
center of the southwest is Fort Worth.
RECORDED TRANSFERS..
r. Vickerv to N. A. Westcott,
lots 10 to IS, block 2, Glen
wood addition. .......S l 300 90
Il. G. Walker to J L. Thomp-
son l0f1a acres, P. R. Spans !
survey. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 500 90
Union Land company to Co.
zette building and loan asso-