Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27

ABOUT FORT WORTH.
What the PIucslest City in Texas is Doing
and Trying to Denotes

procession these days. She is killing an'
packing hogs, making blankets. turnin:
out 100 stoves day ct the stove foundry
making iron fronts for all Texas at tn
Fort Worth iron works, four cor
nice factories are busy, tn
novelty works are making 5000 safe
and hundred other Industries are in
operation. IN short time the brewery
ill he making beer and the cotton mi
domestic and calico. The rolling mil
will be making iron, the shoe factory
shoes and the wagon factory buggies and
wagons. Fort Worth Is all right. Hel
| people will take care of her.
THE DRIVING PARK A GO.
At last the Fort Worth driving park
and fair are assured. Dirt will fir in ten
DAYS and everything will be in shape 10
hold spring meeting in 1891. The
total capital stock of $50. 900 was taken
yesterday. A club is TO be organized i'll
| connection with the park and
far association and club house 10 cost
! $50, 900 will be erected. Everything will
be IN readiness TO hold the first meeting
| In May. just as soon as possible au
electric car line will be built to the fair
the finest highways leading out of the
city, will be extended to the
park. The grounds couta'n 100 acres of
high, smooth slightly land. donated to
the association by Peter Lesser, Mrs. B.
C. Evans, J. Martin. L. Patterson, w.
Porter, c. II. K. Smith aud others. aud
are on ths line of the Missouri :,
Kansas and Texas railroad four miles
from the center of the city. Chiefly to
the efforts of L. C. Wall, Thomas Wit
ten, q. II. X. Smith, Eugene Roche,
w. II. Hirshtield and Roland johnson is
due the success of this enterprise, and
these gentlemen are to be congratulated
on what they have accomplished.
u. Il. Powers of Parsons, Kan. :,
and j. Il. Hatcher of Springfield. Mo. I,
two of the best-knowu horsemen and
breeders of the Southwest came here,
looked over the ground, ard were SO
well pleased with what they saw of Fort
Worth and the opening for driving
park and fair association that they
took SIS, 600 of the capital stock
and are now making arrangements to
move their families to Fort Worth.
These gentlemen own one of the largest
stables of horses in the West The
spring meeting will attract to Fort Worth
at least %, 900 people aud the ultimate
benefit to accrue to our city ID iucalcui-
able.
THE COTTON MILL.
General Roadmaster Summers of the
Texas and Pacific railway spent yester-
dav in Fort Worth and ct the cotton
mill addition. and gave orders for the
side-tracks for the mill. He says ma
terial has been wired for and will be on
the ground the coming week and will b
Completsd in fifteen days. The big ar
tesian well was completed aud fully
cased up yesterday. George, Taylor,
who is going to build the mill, was with
MIR. Summers, and assures Us that brick
and building material will begin to ar
rive as soon as the side tracks are COM
pleted.
THE CITY HALL.
The meeting of citizens at the chamber
of commerce hail last night was q repre-
sentative one, aud the hall question WAS
discussed at length. The result was that
a resolution was adopted by an over
whelming majority favoring the erection
of the building at once.
THE SHOE FACTORY.
The stock holders of the shoe and
leather company met Yesterday and
elected full board of directors. The
directors met later and elected Col.
Peter Smith president, Col. John r.
Hoxie vice-presdent, S. D. Rainey sec
rotary and treasurer, and John Arm
strong manager. Work will begin just
as soon as possible.
THE ROLLING MILL.
This splendid enterprise which will
help Fort Worth in many ways. is now
business. At the Fort Worth
city companies office yesterday
the stock holders met and elected
Col. j. p. Smith, A. J Roe, George B.
Hendricks, Oscar Lynch, William Caps,
Messrs. Capps. Hendricks and Beach
were appointed committee to draft the
charter and by-laws. The machinery is
being placed in position aud the buildings
will be completed at once.
THE COTTON MILL.
The Texas aud Pacific yesterday To-
Gated the sidetracks for the cotton mill
and this morning the work of grading
will begin and in few days the track will
be down. The material for the buildings
is being prepared and in a short time the
walls will be going UP. The machinery
for the mills has already been ordered.
Mr.. Taylor of Manchester, Ed gland who |
Is ct the head Of the enterprise, is BUSH
ness all over and will push the project to
promptly.
DRIVING PARK AND FAIR.
The stock no ders of the Fort Worth |
driving park and fair association will |
meet this week to elect board of direc- |
tors and transact other business looking |
to the immediate inauguration of |
work on the grounds. 1t is proposed to |
have fine and fat stock fair in May at |
the time the grandest spring race meet
ing ever held in Texas takes place. Fort |
w orth is moving.
THE GREAT PACEERY.
Fort Worth scarcely begins TO realize
what great thing the packery is for the
city. Yesterday Superintendent Bar
mum was as busy as bse until 4:30, up
to which time he superinte nded the |
killing of 602 hogs. Farmers from Tar
rant, Parker, Denton, Wise, Jack. Hood
and Erath came in yesterday with hogs
by the wagon load, $50 wagon-loads be-
ing received. the total number brought
in by wagon being 7s6. A car load of
hogs came In from Pauls Valley and
forty cars more are on the way.
To-day Mr.. Baruum thinks he will Kill
abou: 500 hogs and will begin
beeves, killing twenty-five