Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-12
A PACKING CENTER.

been adopted and in some cases contracts
let.
PACKING CENTER.
There can be no question that Phil
Armour said there would be great pack
ing center in the Southwest and but for
the fact that Mr.. Armour has never Wis
tied this city he would have added "and
that center will be Fort Worth, Tex. -
What are the conditions surrounding
Fort Worth? Hundreds of thousands of
acres planted in corn, the finest pastur-
age in the country, railroads centering
at Fort Worth which penetrate the hog,
cattle and sheep country. Abundant
water supply at Fort Worth, the only
large and complete stookyards in Texas,
all combine to make this city the place
of all places for packeries aud refriger-
ators. This city has provided for large
pork packing establishment and a re-
frigerator, and it will not be long after
they are IN operation until others Will be
built here. All this means much for
Fort Worth. Let it only become the
packing center of the Southwest, and the
future is all brightness.
Something over 80 600 trees were
planted in and near Fort Worth during
the early spring, and in most cases the
trees are tiourishing.
When the Martin Brown company get
into the new building on Eighth and
Main streets being erected for them the
present building will be turned into an
elegant hotel to be run on the European
plan.
Work is now progressing in Fort Worth
oil
of stone, to cost in the aggregate S2l0,-
900, and another to cost $50, 900 will
soon be under way.
AN ERA OF BUILDING.
1t begins to appear as if Fort Worth
was about to enter into an era of I'M
precedented building activity. THE GA
ZETTE knows of 400 feet front of hand
some buildings to 90 up on Main
and Houston streets in the near
future, aud there is good ground to
believe that work will be under way in
side of ninety days on 225 feet more. As
mentioned few days ago, MIR. Hyde
Jennings will erect a thrse-story build
ing on Main street near Seventh, and
yesterday Mr.. w. A. Huffman, just be-
fore his departure for the East, stated
Iudl udu OSSA.
by him to build 100 feet front
on Main and Twelfth streets.
A gentleman left last night
for Chicago to look at a number of fine
buildings there to select model for
building one hundred feet square, to go
up on Main street, work to begin on this
building during the summer. The other
buildings to go up will be made know
in few days. There is one thing in this
connection that demands the serious at
tentIon of our citizens. With twenty or
twenty-five fine business structures 60
ing up in Fort Worth in addition to
the work already in hand, q
large number of mechanics will be
added 20 the city's population. Where
will they ifiud houses? This demand must
be supplied, and it should not be many
days until at least $50 new dwelling
houses are being built for homes for
these people.
FINE BUILDING STONE.
Texas is indeed a great state, how
great is not fully realized by our own
people. It has only been few months
since Fort Worth, Dallas and other cities
we're bringing red sand stone from
Colorado and Lake Superior to
put in fine buildings, whereas it Is
now known that a much finer red sand
stone is found in Texas $50 miles west of
Fort Worth, on the Texas and Pacific.
Yesterday afternoon two immense blocks
of this stone were uuloaded in the vacant
lot on Main street, between Sixth and
Seventh street, one weighing IL 200
pounds, the other 5000 pounds. A num-
Der of citizens, among them expert
stonemen, looked at the stone and
pronounced it far superior to any
red sandstone they had ever
seen. Messrs- Mozart. Durack and
Rogers own the quarries from which the
stone comes and they say it will be laid
down in Fort Worth at such figures that
it can be largely used. 1t is probable
that St. Andrews Episcopal church will
be built of this stone.
FORT WORTH REAL ESTATE.
No city IN Texas has ever approximatei
the amount of sales of real estate made
in Fort Worth since January l in the
same length of time. Up to date the
sales this year amount to about Sll ,000,-
600. 1t is usual thing for sales to drop
of in June, but such is not the case in
Fort Worth this year; on the contrary,
real estate is active, as the record of
transfers since June l shows. There is
every reason to believe that June, July
and August will show good sales and
that there will be no dull season this
year.
HOTEL PROSPECTS.
There are bright prospects now for
Fort Worth to get a magnificent hotel.
W. A. Huffman has offered the south
half of the block between Main and
Rusk and Eighth and Ninth streets for
$50 900, and agrees to give SIS 200 of
the bonus, while Mrs. Hendricks agrees
to give $40 200; Casey s. Swasey, $500;
T. J. s. George L. Hurley, $4,000; Cas-
well Bros, $4,000; and other amounts
making the total about $50, 900. The
committee having the hotel project in
charge Will push the matter for all it is
worth and if met in a liberal spirit by the
property owners who will be benefited so
greatly hope to have the total $50. 200
secured in short time. 1t may be
necessary TO add a few thousands to this
amount. II the hotel is built on the pro-
posed location it will front south 200 feet
on Ninth street, 100 feet on Nam street
and 100 feet on Rusk street. With no
street car line on Rusk street and with |
none ever permitted to go there, it would, |
give carriages, horses, etc., free |
access to the hotel without
hiudrance, while the two principal car |