Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-03
REALTY AND BUILDING.
The Denver Shops Secured to the Great
Advantage OF Fort Worth.
The shoe and Leather Company Orgunfzad.
Considerable ACTIVITY IN Real Estate The
Brewery Contract to Be Let To-day.

transfers. The sales outside of those
placed on record amount to something
over $50, 900. Among the sales made
was that of j. NJ. Hartsfsld, who dis
posed of his residence on East Pelknap
Street with 1OOxIO0 feet of ground for
Sic 900. He will build residence on
the lot adjoining al once.
SHOE AND LEATHER COMPANY.
The Fort Worth shoe aud leather com
pany has organized. The charter was
Obtained recently for q company with
capital stock of $40, 900. J. f. Hearn
was elected president; John Armstrong,
| vice. president and general manager; :.
D. Rainey, secretary and treasurer. and
| these gentlemen with A. a. Messer and
a. J. Armstrong are the board of di-
! rectorS. Active operations will begin il
few days.
| THE DENVER SHOPS.
Nothing that has happened for many
months will 30 Fort Worth as much good
in every way rs securing the great shops
| of the Fort Worth and Denver railroad
/ company. The deeds were signed yes
/ terday and in short time active opera
| tious will begin. The company has
! bought njnety-fOur acres of land adj
| joining tue city on the north, not far
| from the Stockyards, and here Will he
| built shops aud round houses in which
| eventually fully 1000 men viii be en-
| plOved. The terms of the contract are
| that within 100 days from August the
| company Is 20 begin work but
| it is probable that work will,
as stated, begin Immediately
! A large boarding house. hotel aud 800
residences are to be built adjoining the
shOOS and aida nf
shops alone will add 5000 people TO our
population, who will buy from our mer-
chants aud help build up our retail trade.
Five hundred families at least Will want
| homes, and this will give additional
value to Fort Worth real estate. The
shops are to be modern and first -cass II
every particular. An electric street car
line is to be built from the city to tho
Union Pacific addition and will be i'll op-
GRAFTON i'll few months.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
T. Is. Burbridge has returned from
the East and reports that Fort Worth
will be visited by IL number of Eastern
capitalists and investors during the fail
and winter.
The Cleburns road, which has been
graveled for several miles south of the
city, is nearly completed. Ii ia q grand
highway.
The chamber of commerce Will hold an
important meeting on Thursday.
Secretary Biden is casting about for q
lot of advertising matter which the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas desires TO dis
tribute.
The lesven is working and Fort Worth
stands reasonable chance to get a suit
able city hall.
The bids for construction Of the brew
cry have been opened, and the contract
will be closed to-day.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
G. w. Alexander to N. A.
Blakey, lot No. 10, block l,
Smith ones-Daggett sddl-
tion ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9. 600 90
c. c. johnson ct al. TO John
Bacon, trustee, part of block
No. 8, DRggett's second ad-
dition ..................... 800 60
d. Portwood, p. A. Huffman
and d. J. Nelson TO II. V.
Johnson, 23G acres out of
Thornhill survey .......... 40, 900 90
r. Vickery to l.. b. Slaughter
part of James Sanderson sur
vey, one and one-haIf miles
east of courthouse ........ $3.50 90
Ophelia Merick to Thomas
Kelly, east one-half of J.
A. Meriek 800 acre survey. 42j 90
T. f. Kelley to A. NJ. Per-
RIMS, ISL acres on village
creek ..........''.. ........ 400 %
Pat Carol 10 Mrs. l.. ID. jack
son, lot /, BLOCK ", near
Union depot. ...'---.-..-.-- 800 %
Iexas ana racine company to
Pat Carol, 5oxloo feet Texas
ana Paclnc railway company
adultlon .-............, GOD %
I. h. Heao ana l.. A. ASA
brook TO ii. '. Rowe, part
OF ). n. Ellis survey l,IIS W
Z. h. head anu l.. Il. ASA
brook TO H. V. Rowe, one
acre out Oh j. y. Ellis sur
Vey.... ..-.'...-..... $50 %
James h. Maalsoh 10 A j.
Black lot 2 BLOCK IT,. 1925 90
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, % onros an Bic Raor o wa' ooo m
]. G, Pelant to s. n. Hutch
Inson. l acre, John Heath