Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-30
ABOUT FORT WORTH.
What the PluckIest City In Texas Is Doing
and Trying to Denotes
of Progress.

owned by them soutn OF tOrt W. rtn, De-
ing part of what is known as the War
wick tract. An avenue eighty feet wide
will run through the tract north and
south to connect with Hemphill street.
An effort will be made to get an electric
line to run TO the property. The pro-
posed fair grounds are located near this
land and il an electric line is built il
Will run TO the fair grounds tract. Some
of the Denver gentlemen will be here
shortly.
AT THE STOVE FOUNDRY.
A visit to the Moore iron works +,
formerly known as the stove foundry
by party of gentlemen yesterday found
twenty-five men ut work and heavy
machinery being placed IN position. A
number Of cook and heating stoves have
been finished, and piles of doors, fronts,
CRATES, tops, backs and legs are to be
seen waiting to be put together. Iron
fronts; well-drilling machinery aud sash
weights were being cast yesterday.
Manager Moore says fifty men will be at
work US soon as the machinery is all in
place. In December last the lot drawing
took place, and now the buildings have
| been completed, S15, 200 worth of ma
] uds Occu put tcu DOuscS INV o
been built, and lots that cost 500 are
dences are needed badly. In one house
three families are living, waiting until
boore houses are built. A two-story
harding house is no. going up.
THE SASH AND DOOR FACTORY.
At the sash, door aud blind facto ry
| fifteen men are at work, and Mr.. Muir
| ply, one of the firm, says they have had
more work than they can do. He will
| increase his force to forty-tve or fifty
men. Il. w. Tallant is just completing
| six neat cottages near the factory, and
| Mr.. Murphy will have his fine residence
| completed in a few days. Something
over $50 people are new living where six
! months ago not ten resided. Just beyond
the wood works, the Granite roofing
| company has constructed large two
| story brick factory building which will be
ready for occupancy in few weeks.
HOUSES FOR FORT WORTH.
Through the influence of James Ryan.
Mrs. Margaret o. LoughlIn of Boston,
Mass. has purchased twelve lots in the
Union depot addition, and will erect
twelve residences to cos. $1,000 each on
the lots. The contract has been let and
work will begin on the houses at once.
Messrs. Eugene Peudleton, Charles
Morgan and others of Rhode Island are
here to organize a company to build
number of residences and large ware
house to cover a block. Their plans will
be matured in Il few DAYS.
II. b. Sanborn of Houston cOntem-
plates erecting fine residence on
Arlington Heights.
NORTH SIDE IMPovEMENTS.
George b. Hendricks, secretary and
treasurer of the North Side street rail-
way company, by virtue of his office has
assumed the general management of the
roads In the system. New ties
and steel rails have been ordered
for the Belknap street line,
a 500 horse power HaZleton tripod boiler
will be put IN at the power house. 1t
will require 70 600 brick TO wall this
boiler up. II is the largest single boiler
in the Southwest. An improvement In
the street car serve will be the use of
different colored lights for the different
lines at nights so people may know what
car to get on.
Texas and Pacific railway COM
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
The track of the Park street railway is
completed from Seventh street to Mistle-
toe Heights.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
IT. Ryan to j 1. Blake,
part of block 3, Mulkey's
subdivision 49,. IS 1000 90
James Ryan to P. j. Ryan,
part of block Z, Sam Evans
south addition .. 5000 90
E. S. Harpst to L. j Memoir,
G0xl00 feet, corner Peach
and Hampton streets .. 1900 90
stspa. Elder to ]. S. Works, lots
aasiiinY Ederville. ......... 800 90
East Fort Worth town COM
pany to Isaac r. Hit, lot 8,
block so, lot IL, block %,
lot 10, block 80. Sylvania $40 90
L. c. Harrison to c. d. King,
lots in Arlington. ...... 1000 90
]. J. Melton TO James |. Shan
non, part of block G, Fields
addition. Observation-Disclosures 1925 90 |
] L. Tyler TO Mrs. s. Huff
man, strip 1873 feet long run
ming length of blocks IL and
10, Evans South addition. $50 20 |
J. /. Shannon to NJ. d. WAL
lace, two small tracts on the
West Fork. -. 49,. 80. 1850 90 |
E. e. Powell eft al. to Libby
Cowell, lots and 8, block 4,
Paramount addition. ... 500 90 |
A. c. Brown to Grand Prairie
lodge 455, A. f. and A. M,
lots 5, +, Z, 8, in town of
Smithfield 80. .......... 40 90 !
Fort Worth loan and construc-
{ ton company to George L.
Hurley, 10Oxl25 feet off west
end of lot 5 block IA, Jen-
nings' South addition. ...... 10, 900 90
John S. Andrews to E. E.
Fosdick, l66 acres Of the P.
Anderson and J. L. Purvis
surveys, adjoining the Man.
chester cotton and WOODEN
mill track. ........ %, 900 90
Fort Worth wooden mill COM
pany to r. N Hanger, lots
9 and 10, block Z, Wooden
mill addition ............... 100 on
Same to G. L. Hanger, lots II
and Is, block IA, Wooden mill
addition. .....-..-.. 100 90
Fem. Gies to Wilhelmima Giles,
blocks So and 81, n. G. Ellis
addition, also lots /, 2, 8,
%, %, "a, block &c, same
addition ......... ........ 5000 90
o. s. baltimore to w. L. Con-
ner, lot II and part lot Is,
block SO, Tureman' g sub-di-