Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-26
REALTY AND BUILDING.
The Committee Still Working to Get
tie Pompeii Guarantee.
A Meeting of All Officers and Directors Of
Building and Loan Associa'ions-The
Spring Palace-Elerated Car Line.

Building and Loan Associatfons-Ihe
Spring Palace-Elersted Car Line.
Fort worth's electric car lines are do
ing more to develop suburban real estate
than all other agencies combined. The
tine home sites all around the city were
unheard of until car lines were run TO
the suburbs. The north, west, south
and east sides will all soon be supplied
with rapid transit, in fact all the lines
are butt but that to the east. Notwith-
standing the fact that Fort Worth has
more miles of electric line than any city
| IN the state, Col. r. Z. Maddox and as
| sociates now propose to build an elevated
| electric line, connecting the main part of
the city with the country south of the
| Union depot. As Fort Worth has been
| first in everything else, she will now set
! the pace for Texas in elevated electric
| car lines.
THE SPRING PALACE.
1t is daily inquiry made by citizens,
"What about the Spring Palace?' The
| desire to have g grauder palace in 1891
| than before is general, and a disposition
ton. The board of directors adopted a
resolution that u palace should be built
for 1891, and it is probable something
will be done in regard TO the matter very
soon.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
Officers and directors of all the build
ing and loan associations are to meet at
the courthouse on the goth to consider
questions of interest and importance to
the associations and the city.
Those familiar with the building and
loan association statistics in Texas say
that since the organization of the last
association Fort Worth has more capital
in these concerns than any city in the
state.
W. F. Havemayer, president of the
sugar trust of New York, was in Fort
Worth yesterday and was greatly pleased
with what he saw. MIR. Havemayer is
interested in the Fort Worth and Rio
Grande railroad.
The Grand hotel Is again beng talked
about and ii is believed that something
will be done in regard to it during the
fall.
H. n. Jones of the North American
Review begins work to-day on an article
devoted to Fort Worth.
ONE HOUSE TO LEASE.
The growing business of the Fort
Worth Grocer company demands new
quarters, and the company have leased
the Joe Brown building, and will remove
their stock to the capacious quarters,
foot of Main street, as soon as a tenant
can be found for the seventy-tive feet,
three-story building now occupied, cor
ner Houston and Fifth. This is q splen-
did stand for large retail business, and
in view of the urgent demand for houses,
the grocer company will doubtless soon
be able to get into their new home. The
Fort Worth Grocer company is to be con-
graduated upon their steady and rapid
progress as demonstrated IN this demand
for more capacious and convenient quar-
ters.
PAIN s. LAST DAYS OF POMPEu.
This marvellous work is a gigantic I'M
dertaking for a city like Fort Worth,
but the citizens having the undertaking
in charge are convinced that If every
public spirited person having the interest
of this city at heart will aid them by
their cooperation, the enterprise will
prove not only paying one, but one of
the best schemes in the world to further
the interests of the city by bringing it
INTO prominence, inasmuch as the adver-
tisement will extend over a broad field,
and low rates being made on the rail-
roads thousands of persons will be
brought here to see the grandest spec
tacle ever witnessed. The arrangements
for its production on a scale of maganih-
canoe worthy of the historical character
of the subject, will be carried out by
James Pain & Sons, the originators and
producers, who have so successfully oper-
ated the same work in New York city |
(Manhattan Beach, Coney Island). |
Every detail will be executed here Just |
the same as at Manhattan Beach. No |
portion of the great performance will be |
cut or stinted in the least, SO that not |
only Fort Worth but the entire |
state of Texas may justly be |
proud of this opportunity to witness |
that which New York and the metropol- |
itan cities of the East have raised such |
Juror over. The Pompeiian enclosure |
will be located contiguous TO the electric |
railways, the car companies promising |
every convenience to accommodate the |
crowds of people who will visit the grand |
fete. The immense grounds will be |
transformed into the veritable Pompeii. |
The view from the huge mphitheater, |
which will seat 10, 900 persons, shows
mount Vesuvius looming up in the dis
tance, its great height and conical shape |
giving it a most imposing appearance. |
Around its base are clustered stately |
villas, the summer residence of the most |
famous men of that day. The view of |
the city being wonderful piece of pros
pective painting; it is marvellous work.
in fact minlture city complete in all its
details and presents to the eye magnif-
cent temples, triumphal arches, old
Roman smphitheaters, the forum, and
nnumerable dwellings. An immense
stage will be erected upon which the
festivities Of the lestal day of the goddess
of Isis will be represented, which will
consist of grand professions i'll which
appear soldiers, negro slaves, priests in
white robes, dancing girls, senators and
ladies with their attendants, guard of
honor in front of Arbaces, rich Egypt
ian, who occupies q leading and most
influential position in Pompe. The pro-
cession bows to the officials aud turns to
meet gaily decked barges which cross the
ornamental lake, and which contain
Glaucus and lone, his afiRnced bride,
soldiers and slaves. Tho procession IA |