Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-04
REALTY AND BUILDING.
Another Factory Secured for FortWOrth.
A Cypress Tank Factory.
The Merchants should Lend Every Assistance
TO the Last Days II Pompeii Exhibition.
Notes of Progress.

Population gives value to real estate and all
that is necessary for property owners to do is to
bring such industries to the city rs will give EN-
ployment to men, and the price of corner and
inside lots will be incre ased. Add 5000 people to
the population and $500 can be added to every
lot on a business street in the city. The prop
erty owners can do much. they can do almost
all that is necessary to bring people to the city.
By spend ng q dollar they can get two return.
II will pay them to get the people here.
WORD TO OUR MERCHANTS.
The greatest and Grandest attraction ever
brought to the state of Texas will be the spec
tacular exhibition of the Last Days of Pompeii,
which will begin October IS and continue for 4
period of thirty days. Some fifteen members Of
the chamber OF commerce have guaranteed
S5 600 to bring this attraction TO the city. trust
ing that the merchants and business men Of
Fort Worth would do their part and subscribe
for the boxes The one object in making the
pie. Fort Worth has never offered
the people Of the state any entertainment in the
ment business at this season of the year as well
as in the spring. All great cities cater 10 the
desire of the people for amusement and recrea
ton and ii Fort Worth would be greater she
must let her friends thai she is not backward
in spending her money in giving them what they
desire Those who wish to aid the guarantors
and at the same time help the city can get boxes
by calling on Caswell Bros r. o. Barron. E.
5. Biden; secretary chamber of commerce, b.
l.. lmboden, r. H. sellers, Swayne, Allen &
Co., Casey & Swasev. Chamberlin investment
company, Mayor Smith, NJ. G.. Ellis A. A.
Green, Jr Thomas j. Hurley, George C.
4. I. Byers.
BUILDING PERMITS.
The city eng and the city attorney have
determined that the building permit ordinance
shall no longer be q dead letter. II citizens
build houses hereafter without taking out
psy they ~ costs not5nr have s
to get permit. but it serves to keep an accurate
record OF what Fort Worth is doing in the build
ing line. Several millions OF dollars have been
invested in fine buildings in this city in the past
year, but the record show only few thou
sands.
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
Fl. II. Kerr. the city engineer, is away in the
North and East on a leave OF absence. While
away he Will look into the subject of a paper
mill, and it is more than probable that before
his return he will have completed arrangements
which will give Fort Worth the first paper mill
in Texas.
w. W. Dexter is building three residences on
Nichols street, which will! greatly improve the
appearance of that thoroughfsre.
The grand stand for the accommodation OF the
people who will come to Fort Worth to see the
Last Days of POmpeii will seat ~, go people and
will cost $1,000. Mr.. Skiff. the manager
Of the ATTRACTION will pay out sl2Olo
on the mammoth LAKE. 1t would be good idea
for merchants to take boxes and send tickets for
The merchants would appreciate such courtesy.
The fine three-story building being erected on
ain street b. Mr.. Hyde Jennings is rapidly
nearing completion.
Carpenters estimate that 1874 residence are
now in course of construction i'll this city,
The artesian we'll at the cotton mill site is
now down about l25 feet.
rhirty men are at work at the Moore iron
works.
The Fort Worth iron works now have 126 men
on the pay roll.
The Fort Worth and Denver depot at the point
where the shops TO be Blu 1T is completed.
ANOTHER FACTORY.
The rumor afoat in factory circles for the past
several days. that the f. F. Collins mauufactur-
ing company had determined to add to their al
ready large interests in Fort Worth complete
plant for the manufacture of cypress tanks and
cIsterns, has materialiZed, as the following let
ter explains their intentions.
SAN ANTONIO. TEX, Sept. 81. 1890.
T. NJ. Brown, Manager Fort Worth Branch
Fort worth, Tex:
DEAR SIR-Replying to your inquiry would
say, we are now at work on the machines for
our tank factory plant at Fort Worth, and hope
TO get ready for shipment in the course of tine
neIt three or four weeks; we will then push the
work at that end, so as to get the plant in opera
tion if possible by December /. Yours truly,
F. F. COLLINS MFG. Co.,
q. G. AUSTIN, Secretary.
RECORDED TRANSFERS.
w. W. Potts to George W. Walker, 145
acres ]. @. BRADFORD survey. 3, 800 90
George l.. Hurley to Fort Worth loan
and construction company, interest
in 2O0 acres in ]. n. Ellis survey, lots
to 4, block III. Fort Worth, beside
other consideration. Observation-Disclosures. 10 90