Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-19
REALTY AND BUILDING.
The Bank Clearings Show an lnereast
of Nearly so Per Cent.
The Meeting Monday In Regard tn a For. Worth
Fair-Editors and Capitnllsts-Ths Duty
OF Fort Worth People.
BANK CLEARINGS.

BANK CLEARISGs-
Fort Worth continues 10 do business ut
the old stand, but is constantly doing
greater amount OF business, us the bank
cIearings show. The following figures
are official, being furnished by Capt. L.
b. Harold, manager of the clearing
house:
Clpa rings week ending October IS,
| 81, go ,024.S
Same week 1889, 81, l7S, $50. so.
+ Per cent. increase. 1913.
IMPORTANT MATTERS.
There are several Important matters to
be considered by the people of Fort
Worth this week. The first is the proper
support of the fifteen gentlemen who
guaranteed the amount necessary TO
bring the spectacle of the Last Days of
Ponpeii TO this city. 1t Is now known
that the.spectacle is a grand affair-that 1t
Is worth coming hundreds of miles to see.
This being the case every patriotic citizen
should do all in his power TO make the
committee of fifteen whole. You should
not only buy your tickets from them but
should invite your friends and customers
i'll the state to attend aud get their
tickets from the guarantors. Never let
it be said that the people OF Fort Worth
permitted public spirited citizens to suf-
fer 10y standing up for the city.
3 Another very important matter Is the
meeting to be held at the chamber OF
commerce at 8 CLOCK Monday afternoon
to take necessary steps to give Fort Worth
a grand fair and driving park. A liberal
offer bus been made 10 give Il fair ascot
alton 100 acres of valuable laud
south of the city for the pur-
poses mentioned. Every property
owner, every merchant knows the bene-
fit to accrue to Fort Worth by an institu-
ton of the kind spoken Of. Let the
chamber or commerce be filed on Mon
day, let work begin at once and in the
spring everything will be ready for oper-
ations. Give few minutes TO Fort
Worth Monday afternoon.
On Friday a party of seventy-five of
the wealthiest AMI most enterprising
citizens of Kansas City will be here to
see Fort Worth. They should he royalty
entertained.
On Saturday the Washington corre-
spondents, representing the leading
newspapers of the country, will be i'll
Fort Worth. Nothing should be
left undone to show them
every attention and courtesy,
as we'll Us the city. Fort Worth wants
these men to write about her, to talk
about her and 10 carry away pleasant
memories of the city. Fort Worth has q
busy week before her.
OUR SCHOOLS CROWDED.
Nothing shows the rapid increase of
population in Fort Worth so clearly as
the number of children in attendance at
our public schools. The buildings are
crowded, and still applications for ad-
mission come in. Mr.. A. J. Cham
bers of the school board says
if the people will be patient
but little while all children will be
cared tor. The high school will soon be
completed. and 500 pupils can be cared
for there. The Boaz school will soon be
finished, and u fine schoolhouse in the
Sixth ward will soon be built. The num-
Der OF children of scholastic age in Fort
Worth is growing daily, coming with
their parents from all over the country.
CHURN AND BUCKET FACTORY.
Not much has heen said about it, but
for several days Mr.. Rogers, of Batch
elor s. Rogers, large manufacturers of
churns, buckets, tubs and other wood
enware, has been in Fort Worth
looking for site on which to
erect factory buildings. Yesterday he
was located in North Fort Worth by Mr..
Wallace Hendricks, president of the
Fort Worth city company. The site Is
an excellent one. Work on the build
ings will begin at once.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
large force or men will be at work
all day to-day on the Fort Worth
brewery. 1t being work of necessity
10 get the building done in time Mayor
Smith has granted the Fort Worth loan
and construction company the privilege
to work on Sunday. Fort Worth is busy
these days. The OK is In the pit and SO
work must go on Sunday.
The six-story Martiu-B Brown building
will be completed this week.
Five houses gre being built in st.
Helena addition south of Fort Worth.
The Riverside street car line will be
completen this week rs far as tracklay-
ing Is concerned.
The roof of the First Presbyterian
church will be on late this week.
two-story residence is going up at
the Moore IRON works.
Five pretty cottages have been built in
the Dixie wagon addition.
Forty Prospect Heights lots sold last
week.
RECORDED TRANSFERS..
Charles E. Maynard 10 q. w.
Nye, 50xl00 feet, corner OF
Jennings and Pennsylvania
avenues. -....-.-.S Duo W
Barthenia Jenkins to B. J.
Houston and J. G. Brown
ing, 103 acres and 1861
acres, Shelby county school
land survey. 1881 so
Daniel Birdwell TO A B. ,Jeu-
kins. so acres on Village
creek. ...................... 100 90