Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-01
cou,,.,,,,,t0,.. rs Cured.
JAY GOULD IN Teas.
here in Person to Prevent Encro8i eeat b
Other Railroads and TO Improve hisssess
Own Properties.
Fonr wonrn, Tr... April %. $50.

Fort WORTH, TEX, April 20. 1890.
Editor Daily Financial News:
Perhaps it might interest some of your
many readers to know what Mr.. Gould is
doing in Texas, and why he remains here
so long. Well, his sphinx-Iike silence is
too generally known for any Of your
readers to suppose for an instant that he
is giving away generally what his plans
are, and certainly not TO an occasional
correspondent of Wall street journal.
However, there is an old adage that
SAYS, FHe who runs may read, and
being somewhat interested in what he
might do that would benefit this rapidly
growing city, 1 have kept my eyes and
ears open, and have tried to read or hear
what his long visit means. He has now
been in this vicinity about ten days, and
apparently is not yet ready to leave it;
he has spent most of the time in this city
or Dallas. and, feeble es Wall street;
bears may think he is, he has done coH<t
siderable hustlihg. 81.
had the pleasure of an introducti5G
to him and his charming daughter, and
spent pleasant half hour with them,
and had l been possessed of the gift of
cheek, or whatever else 1t might be
termed, OF New York reporter, might
have learned some of his plans, but not
being possessed of that gift, 1 did not
attempt to interview him, but, as said
before, trusted to my eyes and ears, and
this is the result.
MIR. Gould sees the rapid growth of this
country, and the efforts being made by
other railroads to encroach upon q terri
Aor rr-hs t,n hos
all his own, and he ls here in person to
try to prevent it, or at least to improve
the condition and connections of his own
properties, that they might be able to
hold their own against all competitors
The Union Pacific, with its connections,
the Fort Worth and Denver, and the
Houston and Texas Central, is power
full competitor of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas and Inter-
national and Great Northern
for the through business from the far
West to the gulf. The Cotton Belt (the
old st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas) is
rapidly growing rival of the Iron Noun
tain for st. Louis and Eastern trade,
while the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
(the Atcbison) is not sleeping. The
Texas Pacific owns about 200 acres of
land here at the junction of all the prin-
cipal railroads, and Mr. Gould has spent
considerable of his time looking at this
property, and presumably, laying out
his plans for building q grand Union
depot and extensive work shops for his
various roads centering here. At Dallas
he has secured from the city council the
right to lay double track through the
very heart of the city, but the council
went q little beyond their power, or in
other words were a s'little too previ-
GUS, - as it was first necessary
to get the consent of property
owners, and now these people
are raising kick against it; If he sue
ceeds in getting their consent it is
probable that he will build another track
from Dallas to Fort Worth, making the
Texas and Pacific double track road
for that distance. He has in the past
few days arranged fast tram between
this city and st. Louis, reducing the time
to twenty eight hours, from thlrty-sIx,
making closasoqnnections there with east
bound teains, reducing the time 10 New
York to fiftytnlne hours.
If your bear readerNare interested in
the health of Mr.. Gould, they may be
satisfied he has considerable vitality left;
1 saw him ten days ago, and again to-
uayi anu III tnHL tin0 Nc SHOWS nhrkeu
Improvement, Notwithstanding the strain
of continuous Handwriting, and much
mental and physical work; this improve
ment may be due to the beautiful spring
weather we are having, or to the Won
derful improvement in value Of his Texas
properties.s
1 ind there is no abatement in the inc
oreasing value of Texas properties, AMI
if any of your many readers would liEee
to see for themselves what this country
is, and the many golden opportunities it
offers for the investment of capital, let
them pay q visit to Fort Worth next
month, while the Spring Palace is open,
and they will be fully repaid for doing
so. JOHN A. SWEENEY.