Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-14

tlon anects the values OF real estate, anu
If real estate owners would have full
value put on their holdings they will see
that every citizen of Fort Worth is
counted.
FORT WORTH headquarters.
The Massachusetts, Benefit association
OF Boston, Mass, has established
Southwestern headquarters at Fort
Worth with 2. W. Craw-
ford as manager. Willard Marcy
is president of this company which has
paid out SO, $50, 900 IN losses and has 21,-
600 members. In time q fine office will
be fitted up here and a number of clerks
will be employed.
EPISCOPAL MILITARY INSTITUTE.
Bishop Garrett and committee of lay
men of the Episcopal church spent yes
terday in Fort Worth looking into the
proposition made by Fort Worth citizens
to establish near the city q boys
military institute under the au-
spices of the Episcopal church.
Mr.. Imboden and associates propose to
donate tract OF land as a campus and
to erect buildings to cost 500, 900. 1t
was said last night that negotiations up
to the present time were perfectly salts
factory. The land on which it is pro-
posed to build the college is about two
and half miles east of the city on high
ground. 1t Is a fine piece OF land.
THE CITY s WORK.
The city is now doing a large amount
of public work all of which is we'll I'M
der way , and the contractors who have
the work in hand are paying out thou
sands of dollars TO their workmen which
Is spent with our merchants.
The new sewer system is going
in without interruption. The water pipe
Is being received and five and one-half
miles of additional mains will be laid.
Work has begun on the building for the
city's electric light plant. The great
artesian well Is getting deeper
and deeper. The splendid fire
hall for the South Side is
very nearly completed and is an orna-
ment to the city. The splendid high
school to cost $50, 900 is up to the top of
the second story. The excavation for
the thoroughfare under the Texas
and Pacific is about two-thirds
done. The grading and graveling
of Belknap street is completed, and sew
eral other streets are being improved.
The city is spending about $3.50 200 in
permanent improvements, which will
add greatly to the convenience Of
citizens and make Fort Worth
a more desirable residence city than any
in Texas. 1t is probable that the pro-
jeot of giving the city fine city hall
will be taken up by the council some
time this year.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
T. ]. Hurley of the Fort Worth loan
and construction company says his COM
pany would be glad to erect a three,
four or five-story building adjoining the
Martin Brown seven-story building If
anyone will rent such q structure. The
company is willing 20 have the building
completed this year.
Ohio and Fort Worth capitalists have
bought tract of land south of Fort
Worth, and it is said great factory en-
terprise Will be established on it.
Work on the First Presbyterian church
is going ahead as rapidly as possible, and
q part of the church will soon be ready
for the roof. 1t is the hope of the mem
bers to complete the church at
is done it will be the finest church in the
Guy lOT Juo uOuSJs ino EeutEdl puDlAC
estimate the cost of the church at $780,
900.
:, Rev. W. p. Wilson, secretary of the
Fort Worth college, the institution of
to be established on Arlington
Heights DY the Southern Methodist |
has already gone to work, and |
feels confident that work will be under |
way on one large building within sixty |
days.
The Arlington Heights electric car line |
is rapidly nearing completion.
The committee On brewery has ceased |
its labors after raising about $500. Mr.. |
Cannon has been notified of the fact. :
f. Mont Reilly and W. E. Willigns !
have purchased of A. Pachmsn his farm |
200 acres on the rise just seven miles |
south of the city for the sum of S25 per |
acre.
As soon as the chamber of commerce |
appointed to visit the shoe
and leather factory, makes its report it |
is probable that this enterprise will re-
ceivs substantial aid.
Work will be under way on the French
Ryan business house on Houston street |
and on the Jennings and Huffman blocks
On Main street some time this month if |
is received fast enough.
Farmers in sill counties tributary to
Fort Worth should prepare to have q
arge number of hogs to sell to the Fort |
Worth Packing company. The factory
will be completed by November, possibly
The two two-story residences being
built by DR.. Field, on West Belknap
street, are nearly finished.
With the street car lines contemplated
and in course of construction completed,
Fort Worth will have forty-flve miles Of
electric rapid transit line.
Work on St. Patrick . Catholic church |
progresses steadily. This church is to
cost more than any church in the city,
md will have two spires 225 feet high.
The Robbins fats on First street are
about completed. Two of the store
looms are already occupied.
THE COTTON MILL.
Quite number of lots were sold in
he cotton addition yesterday.
Buyers are mostly men who see fine
profit if the big cotton mill is built, and
Ieel that they have nothing TO lose IL it lie
lot built and operated, as the money