Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-26

| slOle eXpedltiOn the contract requiring
that the building be completed by De-
cember /, 1890. The front will be one
of the handsomest in Fort Worth and
the building one of the best. The front
will bs of Pecos red stone trimmed with
Gordon white sandstone. The first
floor 50x95 feet will be one splendid store
room with one plats glass bay show
window, the plate beng 35 feet across.
The second and third floors will be
arranged for offices. Fireplaces, mantels
and lsvatories will be in every room
The building will be 60 feet high. The
cornice will be of rubbed stone. Mr..
Jennings will give Fort Worth an orna-
ment IN the way of building.
Messrs. Armstrong & Messer yesterday
completed the working plans for the
A. T. Byars seven-story building to be
erected on Main and Seventh streets at
a cost of SIS. 900. This building will be
one of the most imposing and beautiful
structures in the city. The bids will all
be in within two weeks, when the con-
| tract will be awarded. This building
| will be of stone, 50x95 feet.
| Casey s Swasey will build eight resi-
denees on the Terry block, each house to
| cost $1,000 to $500. The plans have been
| pre- pared aud work will begin in q short
| time.
w. P. Conner has adopted plans for an
| $4,000 residence, to be built in the Man.
| chester addition.
| A. B. Smith is building an addition to
his residence, at a cost of $4,000.
| Bids have been received for an elegant
$4,000 residence, to go up on the South
| Side for 7. P. Lenoir
w. W. Dexter is having plans pre-
| pared for $4,000 residence to be erected
on Arlington Heights.
J. o. Wright has adopted plans and
will at once build $40, 900 residence on
| the South Side.
w. b. Calsf is having plans prepared
! for a fine residence.
Hon. John d. Templeton will build an
elegant mansion on Summit avenue.
Work has begun on the $40, 200 resi-
dence of Mrs. Florence Peak on Florence
| and Fifth. This building was designed
| by the A. N. Dawson architectural COM
pany, and is of the colalonial style of
| architecture. II will be two stories and
will be beautiful dwelling house.
The same company designed the superb
tesselated floor just laid in the First ma
tional bank building.
Plans have also been prepared for the
wing of which will be built at once.
THE PAST WEEK.
The past week has been one of unusual
activity in Fort Worth, for a week in
June, in business circles, in building, in
sales of real estate and in banking. The
increase in business done Is shown by the
per cent. OF gain in bank elesrings as set
forth by the report of the clearing house
manager, Capt. E. B. Harold. The in
crease is 1922 per cent. Several good
sized sales of real estate have
been made, and large number of lots
on which residences will be built have
been sold. Several fine residences, two
large storehouses and a number of small
residences were started during the week.
Negotiations looking to the acquisition
of large factory have begun between
Colorado and Fort Worth parties. Alto
gether, last week was very bright one
for this city.
THE COTTON MILL.
Several more lots were sold in the cot
ton mill addition yesterday. Fosdicl s.
Furmau, solicitors for the factory, put
in solid days work and feel encour-
aged in securing the great plant.
The lots are 50xl00 feet and are sold
for 500. The final payment of half that
amount will not be payable until the big
brick and stone buildings are completed
and equipped with the most modern new
machinery.
A rapid transit line viii be completed
by the time the factory is ready TO start,
when these lots will be worth three or
four times the amount asked for them
now.
If you have any doubt about this try to
buy lots in the cotton mill addition at
Dallas. Mr.. Aiken, who has grown up
with Dallas and who is not connected
with any such enterprise, is at the Pick
wick to-day and says that lots near the
cotton mill ct Dallas sell for $500 to $500
per lot. The location is not so elevated
or healthy as the beautiful tract selected
for our cotton mill. Don't be afraid to
take few lots, for before they are paid
for they will be worth double the amount
now asked for them.
THE CENSUS.
From careful compilations made by the
committee on census from unofficial
sources, the city enumerators' count
being part of the basis, the population of
Fort Worth, with two districts still in
complete, foots up 0,240. Mr..
James w. Swayne, chairman of the
committee, says il the unenrolled are
entered in time the census will
show Fort Worth to have a population of
80 500 TO SO. 900. He received a tele-
gram yesterday from Supervisor Nevins
saying that those persons who made
Fort Worth home, but were reckoued as
transients should be counted, and he
would SO instruct. The estimate of Sec
rotary Biden of the chamber OF commerce
is that 1900 persons have been omitted
from the Fort Worth census.
FORT WORTH AT MILWAUKEE.
Cause Division Uniformed Rank,
Knights of Pythias, is making all prepar-
atoms to attend the annual eonelave at
Milwaukee, and will make a fine show if
they go. At Dallas and Waco the
boards of trade have provided fund to
defray the expenses of their divis-
ions TO represent the city and
do missionary work for Texas.
1t will take about $1,000 to $1,000 to do
this properly, and the division of Fort
Worth, If backed up by the chamber of
commerce, would do Fort Worth much
good.
1t is proposed to have an exhibit of
Texas products at Boston during the as
semblage of the Grand Army of the
Republic, who will gather 100, 900 strong
there. II. w. Nye and T. ]. Hurley
will lay the matter before the chamber
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