Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-07
REALTY AND BUILDING.
An Era of Building About to
Set In.
Eastern Capitalists Looking Over Fort Worth
A Fine Building stone-WOrk on the
Packery-Notes of Progress.


amounted TO something over S2l5,OOO,
and real estate agents report severa1
good sized transactions in hand which
will be closed within a week or ten days.
The month of June promises to be active
as far as real estate is concerned, and
sales will exceed those of March,
which was considered a heavy
month. This fact coupled with
the record made in May when the aggre-
gate sales reached over 81 $50 900 shows
that Fort Worth dirt is growing in de-
mand. The recorded transfers published
from day to day show that hundreds OF
lots III the various additions are being
sold 10 people who propose to build resi-
denees from the neat cottage to the
grand mansion.
GREATLY PLEASED.
Among the recent arrivals in the city is
party Of gentlemen from New York
and Cincinnati, who are looking into the
real estate interests of Fort Worth. They
are respectively Col. H. W. knight,
manager of the book department Of the
Methodist book concern of New York
city; Hon Samuel Bailey, Jr., United
States sub-treasurer at Cincinnati;
James A. Cassidy a leading manufact-
urer of Cincinnati. and Capt. George
Mathews, manager of the large publish
ing house of the Jones Bros. publishing
company of Cincinnati.
These gentlemen are interested in the
Windsor addition to University Heights
and are incidently looking into some
other properties. They are highly i'm
pressed with the push aud enterprise of
our city and thoroughly believe that it
has q great future before it and propose
to share in it If conditions for investment
prove as attractive as they seem to be at
present.
AN ERA OF BUILDING.
1t begins 20 appear as if Fort Worth
was about to enter into an era of IN
preoedented building activity. THE GA
zETTE knows of 400 feet front of hand
some buildings to go up on Main
and Houston streets in the near
future, and 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, Mr.. Hyde
Jennings will erect three-story build
ing on Main street near Seventh, and
yesterday Mr.. W. A. Huffman, just be-
fore his departure for the East, stated
that arrangements had been made
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 known
in q few days. There is one thing in this
connection that demands the serious at
tentlon of our citizens. With twenty or
twenty-five fine business structures go
ing up in Fort Worth in addition to
the work already in hand, q
large number Of mechanics will be
added to the city's population. Where
will they find houses2 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 q great state, how
great is not fully realized by our own
people. 1t has only been few months
since Fort Worth, Dallas and other cities
were bringing red sand stone from
Colorado and Lake Superior to
put in fine buildings, whereas it Is
now known that 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 unloRded in the vacant
lot on Main street, between Sixth and
Seventh street, one weighing IL 900
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.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
So. Memory leaves to-day for Chi
eago to select the latest novelties for the
interior finish of the Hurley office build
ing.
The elegant residence of Senator Jar
Wis on the North Side is nearing compile
ton. 1t cost $4,000.
Capt G. B. Paxton, secretary of the
Union stockyards company has finished
beautiful residence IN Ellis addition. 1t
cost $4,000.
The magnificent residence of John
Tierney, on the South Side is being push
ed rapidly.
NJ. G. Ellis has just completed one cot
tage residence in Ellis addition and will
at once build three others. Theses houses
are built for employees of the Union
stookyards.
J. g. Mccarthy, president OF the City
national bank has gone to New York on
important business for Fort Worth.
Plans are on foot to build fifty houses
in Ellis addition to North Fort Worth.
A force of 100 men are at work on the
great packery near the Union stockyards.
Four residences will soon be built in
the Union depot addition.
Subscriptions to the brewery bonus are
coming in, but not rapidly.
Several lots in the cotton mill addition
we're sold yesterday.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
t. R. saudidge to Frances IN
fried, part OF block 5, Afford
s. Veal's addition. .........S l 800 90
Fort Worth Wooden Mil COM
pany to Mrs. Florence Saw