Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-30
REAII4TT I AND BUILDING.
1t Looks as il Fort Worth Would Get
a Fair and Driving Park
The Refrtgpratpr Go This Tfme-BuiIdingl
With Frontage OF 800 Feet TO be
Erectad-The Brewery.
DRIVING PARK AND FAIR

DRIVING PARK AND FAIR.
! There was q large and enthusiastic
meeting of well known citizens last night
! at the Office OF NJ. g. Ellis TO take action
| In regard to the formation of gentle
men s driving park aud fair association.
Among those present were: Mayor J.
P. Smith, Martin Casey, n. NJ. Washer,
f. E. Chase, L. G. Polk, W. H. Hirsh-
field, Thomas Witten, r. E. Maddox.
W. A. Darter, NJ. G. Ellis, J. F. Ellis,
Zeno c. Ross, George L. Hurley, George
B. Hendricks, W. L. Fuller, W. A.
Duringer, NJ. D., Ellis. Col. E. W.
Taylor, Eugene Roche, 6. B. Paxton,
A. B. Smith, L. c. Wall, DR.. Hopkins,
V. s., l.. D. Hall, I.
Wilkes aud I. B. Daniels.
Mayor Smith presided aud L. G. Wall
WAS made secretary. The park and Iair
was discussed in all Its bearings by those
present and the result was the appoint
ment of the following gentlemen as Il
committee to ascertain the cost and de-
termine upon the beat location for the
grounds: The committee is r. E. Mad
dox, Eugene Roche, NJ. G. Ellis,
Thomas Wittrn and Martin Casey. This
committee will meet this morniag at 10
CLOCK. The establishment of a driving
park and fine and fat stock
show will do Fort Worth
much good. II will bring thousan
of people to this city twice a year and Will
add to the permanent population of the
city. The men who have the project in
hand mean business and by carrying out
their plans Will do much for Fort Worth.
Grass will not grow under the feet of
the committee, and it is safe TO sag that
with proper encouragement on the part
OF our people the plans of the gentlemen
who met lost night will soon he carried
out.
WHAT IT WILL DO.
Editor Gazette.
The recent articles in your paper on
the subject or organizing and maintain
ing driving park aud blooded stock as
soriation prompt Inc to address n few
lines to the promoters of same through
your columns, trusting my views will
have the effect of srousing more en-
thuslasm on this Important subject. For
the past six years, almost continuously,
/ have been connected with similar or
CARNATIONS in Texas, and have organ
ICED and managed in various official
capacities several of the most successful.
When properly managed and adver-
tised there is nothing In the shape of
public amusements that will attract and
hold as lHrge crowd as a bloodsd stock
show and race meeting. II has the ad-
vantage over expositions, spring palaces
and the like in so much that it offers an
entirely new and different programme
each day. thereby inducing the same
people to remain over in The city during
its entire duration.
IN addition TO this it forms a huge mart
for the purchase and sale of blooced
stock. thus adding a mercantile feature
TO it the value of which to the city where
it is held can hardly be estimated.
Taking the state fair as q parallel
whereby TO make calculations, another
big financial feature is the amount of
money spent in city for the support of
the vast army of stock their owners and
attendants.
Surprising as an example there are 500 |
head of racing stock OH the grounds. |
The feed bills alone for month would
amount to upwards OF $4,000. The board !
of owners and attendants could not be less
than $4,000, and more, probably double |
that, and assuming that in all there are |
400 attendants, owners, etc. each indf- |
vidual will spend for items other than |
board sums varying from 81 TO S., or say |
on an average, 20 be perfectly safe, OF |
81 per day, amounting IN q month to the |
handsome sum of S24 900.
There are three items then alone which |
amount TO S32 600 in a months time.
These figures are made from past ex- |
periencs, and II anything are too low !
rather than too high. There ia no trou- |
BILE whatever in getting q large number |
of the best quality of race horses to at
tend the meeting il the mouey hung up |
is large enough to justify the expense of |
shipment. The horsemen, however, are
not the ones who pay purses, 1t is the |
general public who pay 1t in gate fees,
and TO secure large crowds in the grand |
stand requires large amount of judi
cicus advertising. AS is well known,
this branch of the business is an art in it
self, hence the value OF q man who can
fill the position successfully cannot be |
even estimated. However, there will be
time enough to talk about details after
so let US organize first and
formulate plan OF action afterward.
Yours, etc., THOROUGHBRED.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
President Cannon OF the brewery COM
pany says the contract for the buildings
TO 20 up on Jones street ana Ninth Will
be let 10y Monday noon. The company
will sell the oil mill property originally
bought for the brewery site.
After November l Fort Worth will buy
spare ribs and pork sausage at home.
The packery will be in operation.
Inside of thirty days work will begin
on the cotton mill and the company ex-
poets to have the mill in running order
early in 1891.
Mr.. Baling, representing a Kansas
City house. is in the city looking for E
location for hide house. Mr.. Ballng Is
well pleased with Fort Worth
Mr.. w. T. Steele's new two-story
house, near the corner of Thirteenth and
Iuruet streets, is rapidly approaching
rom pletion.
Capt. Jack Adams new two-siory
house near the corner Of Texas aud Tay-
or streets is finished and is a valuabls
improvement to that portion OF the CITY.
Mr.. d. c. Gulden's new two-story
residence on Cherry street, near the
corner or Thirteenth Is gradually being
completed.
The next Spring Palace is being dis
,ussed by nearly everybody, and no one
has been found yet who does not favor
he erection of fine building.
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