Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-03

to-day at 4 O'Clock. The business to
come up is of the most important nature,
and every member is urged to be pres
emit.
REAL ESTATE ACTIVE.
The month of June promises to be an
active one in real estate and already sew
eral big deals are on foot. One deal ag-
gregating Sl20, 900 will probably be
closed this week. Barnett Gibbs of
Dallas has sold to a syndicate 1929 acres
of the John Hayne survey, lying three
and one half miles southeast of the city
for 500 per acre. The present owners
propose TO spend a considerable sum i'm
proving the land and making it easily
accessible to Fort Worth.
A portion OF the Edwards tract west Of
the city has been sold to 7. p Stevens
and others for S125, 900.
A number of lots in the different
additions to Fort Worth were sold yes
terday at good figures. Real estate in
the city and in the suburbs has an up
ward tendency, based on the number of
contemplated improvements. Fort Worth
realty is good thing to have to-day,
just as 1t has been for years past. If the
men interested in the upbuilding or this
city do their duty real values in the city
must increase; if they do not it may ap-
preoiate slowly. Every real estate owner
should come to the front aud act lIber-
ally for the whole city IS welfare.
TO BUILD HOUSES.
The Texas land and trust company is d
new corporation which will operate in
Fort Worth. A charter which has been
purchased has been sent to Austin for
Il |,
few days. The company is o cered by
James Ryan as president, H. K. Wall
OF Hearn, Wall & Co., vice. president,
and c. G. Allen, secretary and treas
urer. The capital is S100, 600. The
company has been formed with the ex-
press intention of building houses in the
city of Fort Worth. The great need of
dwelling houses here will be para sup
piled by this corporation.
FINE RESIDENCE.
Haggart s. Sanguinett have completed
the plans and specifications for the ele-
CANT residence to be built by Mrs.
Josephine Ryan on Summit avenue,
which will cost about $40 900. A brief
description of this building will prove o
interest. The residence will be au i'm
POSING two-story stone building in the
modern RENAISSANCE or EliZabethian style |
of architecture. The entrance is by broad |
stone terrace to tiled vestibule which !
leads through large, heavy plate glass |
doors into an elegant, lighted reoep- |
ton hall. To the right of this hall is the |
drawing room, 17x24 feet, next to which |
is the grand stair case and under !
this the "port cochere'' en-
hn lof nF ha
is the parlor, library and sitting room,
back of which is the dining room, con-
tanning fire-proof vault for silver plate
and valuables of all kinds. The passage
from the dining room 10 the kitchen is
through large buffers pantry. A china
closet is also connected with the dining
room. At the rear is q large conserVa-
tory. The north servants hall has large
cold storage room. Under kitchen and
is the laundry and drying
room. The second story has six large
airy chambers and dressing rooms, and |
two elegantly fitted tiled bath rooms.
The main stairway extends to the
third story, or attic, in which Is located
the grand ball room. The first story Is
arranged with sliding doors so the
whole can be thrown into one
in case of entertainment. The whole
house is fitted with electric lights, bells
and speaking tubes, and in fact every
of q modern residence. The
entire house win be heated by steam.
The interior finish will be in hard woods.
The foundation will be of Grsnbury
stone, the superstructure of Pecos red
stone.
RIVERSIDE STREET RAILWAY.
The Riverside street railway company
has changed its plsns in regard to the
-oute it will take. 1t has been decided
to run on Second street from Nichols
instead of going out Third street. The
rails and ties have all been received and
he oars ordered. Work will Degin in a
'hort time and in 60 days cars will be
THE BREWERY.
The securing of the bonus for the |
lags, and only one third of the
amount has been obtained. 1t certainly
loes appear that q bonus OF $40 900 is not
arge for an enterprise that will employ q
arge number OF men and cause the ex-
,enditure of SIPS, 900 for ground and
buildings. The committee will make
another effort to-day.
FEDERAL BUILDING.
Word was received yesterday that con-
.ress had passed the bill appropriating
100 600 for q Federal building. This
makes SIZE, 600, the total amount to be
THE GREAT HOTEL.
Robert Mozart, T. B. Burbridge and
,thers of the committee on hotel, were
nut yesterday with a subscription list for
he subsidy to be paid over to the sYndi-
ate which proposes to build 400 200
II $500 ZOO hotel. One of the most
lificult matters in this connection /
5 securing the site. The committee VIII
,e at work again to-day and viii push
he project until success or failure is as
ured. The men who own Main and
Houston street property should see to 1t
hat such hotel Is built, and that at an
arly day.
THE COTTON MILL.
Messrs. Fosdiok s. FurmsR are hard at
york on the cotton mill pfo1eot. Some
hing like 81 900 of - SO, 900 neoes-
ary hiss eedsecux The bonus asked
or does ndne as a donation,
,ut the land ID 5nated and the money
) TO come fro FRle of this land in lots.
The lots ara yx12 feet, and are cheap
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