Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-30
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
The Half Million Dollar Hotel is a
Go, Sure.
Only Fifteen Thousand Dollars More Needed
to Secure the Ground-Resuit of the
Meeting Last Night.

It's all right.
Fort worth's half million dollar hotel
is cinched.
Only SIS, 900 remains to be raised to
fill the amount necessary TO buy the
land, and when that is raised the build
ing is assured.
The meeting at the board of trade
building was attended by the city build
ers.
Hon. T. J. Hurley was in the chair,
and Secretary Bideu was on hand to re-
cord subscriptions.
Mr.. Hurley gave short report of the
result accomplished by the soliciting
committee. One hundred and eight peo-
pie had responded to the call for help.
and sol .225 was the sum realized. OF
this. $50, 125 was already signed for, and
$500 more Pledged. 1t was necessary
TO raise SIS, us more.
What are you going to do about it,
gentlelnen?" inquired Col. Hurley.
f. Chase announced that he was
authorized to put Elliott & Roe down
for $3.50.
Mr.. Hurley made strong speech.
He said Fort Worth had done nobly by
this subscription. He didn't think an
other CITY in the country of the size of
Fort Worth could raise as much as our
people put up, during the ex-
isting condition OF the money
market. He said it was due to
the younger and more vigorous
element in the city. 1t was the old time
spirit at work. Mr.. Hurley spoke of the
great good fine hotel would do the city,
outside of the expenditure of SIS 200 in
building and furniture.
Jake johnson said he would go an ad-
ditional $500.
Mayor Peter Smith said it was wrong
that los people should have to bear all
the glory of this big enterprise. but that
seemed to be the condition of affairs.
He would go another $500.
Robert Mozart would put down $1,000
more.
Jake johnson dropped in another $500.
Elliott Il Roe's subscription was in
creased to $500.
Peter Smith would make it $500 more.
Frank Mccarthy was in it for 500.
T. J. Anderson wanted $3.50 of it
Peter Smith spoke briefly, stating this
was the best-paying enterprise the city
had ever undertaken.
zen. cameron maQe rOuslng IalR IN
which he dwelt upon the necessity for the
city 10 have faith in itself.
Mir. Hurley announced that the sub
scription now reached S94 ATS.
A stranger in the city suggested that
good plan would be for those who had
already subscribed to shoulder the re-
mainder upon others and undertake TO
make them pay their pro rata.
MIR. Hurley explained that the scheme
had already been used to some extent.
w. j. Bailey offered to be one of ten
to increase his subscription $3.50.
A gentleman from the country yolun-
teered to be one of ten to chip in $500
each.
Robert Mozart moved an adjournment
until next Tuesday night. He said the
people had already done well, that they
would meet the remainder all right and
it was not politio 10 press the matter too
hard.
Adjourned, with S95, 1875 raised.
The remainder will come all right.
Gentlemen Of the soliciting committee
are confident that there is S15, 200 that
they can get at.
Property owners in Fort Worth who
do not assist in raising this fund, will in
after years regret that their names were
not among those who went down in their
pockets to give Fort Worth the best pay
ing enterprise she ever assumed.