Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-20
A PUBLIC RESORT.
What Fort Worth Must Do if She Wishes
Keep Pace With Other Cities.
a Suitable Location.
AND IF, AND ia SUGGESTION.

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| Editor Gazette
1t may not amount to anything, but there
| is certainly no harm in talking about it.
| II Fort Worth is to become great and
| attractive city she must have place, or
| places, of pleasant resort for her people. a
| suburban park, SO much talked of. is all
well enough for the people able to drive out
| and drive through it, but there is always IN
| every city of Importance large representa-
| ton of people VINO are not able TO drive out,
| or who have not the time or desire to drive
out were they able. For such as these,
| Charleston, S. c., has her ornamental
| squares, so has Atlanta, Ga, Mobile, Ala,
New Orleans, La, and so on. OF mornings
| and evenings in summer those squares are
1ull of happy people, who resort to them
| for an airing. They are really the most at
tractlve features of those cities, and tend
more to getting up genuine love of home
than anything the cities have. The little
children go there to gamool on the grass.
and in after life those squares Will live rs
the greenest spots IN their memory. The
elders go there to sit on the pleasant seats,
in the pleasant shade, talk over the events
| of the day and enjoy 4 contemplation of the
evident enjoyment of the rising generation
still in their charge medium class Us 20
age Il need not particularize), go there TO
be together, and to talk over and lay plans
for the, to them, ever rosy-hued future, etc.
Now, Fort Worth has nothing of this
kind. She greatly needs something of the
kind undoubtedly, and if this writer IS not
sadly mistaken she just ct present has be-
fore her grand opportunity in that direc-
ton.
A block of rickety frame buildings was
burned out last night in the very heart Of
the city, bounded on the east by Calhoun
street, ON the west by Rush street, on the
north by Third street and on the south by
CT, oil NJ hat
burned district between Fourth and Fifth
streets) is block similar in character as
to the natural lay Of the land and IS to i'm
provements. You now begin TO understand
what ! am driving at
If the city would buy those two blocks
and convert them into the character of
square resort now SO very popular and
so very useful in other places, they could
be made one of the most attractive cdlrac-
teristics of Fort Worth, undoubtedly
place that would be greatly enjoyed by our
own people and one that would be visited
by every coming stranger, who would carry
away with him a memory of it as one OF tie
things eminently qualified to make pleasant
a permanent residence here. II would be
for US 4 standing advertisement of iIesti-
Iiable value.
If Fourth street could be stopped on
either side of this square, a beautiful
fountain might be located in the center,
Just WuSrc lIc SlEtSU NOW pdSSGS. -NOO Il
citizen would be apt to object to this sug-
gested street change seeing as it was for
the general good of the whole city, and see
ing that a street would run entirely around
the grounds, thus doing away with any Sc
rious inconvenience to any one; but even
supposing that no change be made in the
street, the resort could still be rendered Il
most pleasant one as located on either side
of the thoroughfare.
OF course there could arise no question as
to the great gain to the city By this ar
rangement. in point of attractiveness and
and the increase of love for home, but
one may 90 further to the extent OF stating
that the arrangement would speedily prove
financial gain to the city. Already the
west side Of the district is bordered by sub
stantial buildings of just such character rs
ought to look down upon the city's fayorite
resort. On the east side is one substantial
building of appropriate character. All
around the square" other appropriate
buildings would promptly spring into ex-
istence. thus enhancing the value of prop
erty and increasing the revenue to tinan-
cial gain over the original investment, IN
ooubtcdly.
The location is one of the best for such
a resort in the city. The soil upon it is of
depth sufficient to admit OF successfully
growing all the necessary grain, flowers
and trees, therefore we might have a resort
made attractive by beautiful grass plats,
beautiful Towering and foliage plants,
beautiful broad-leaf evergreen trees such
fountains, beautiful drinking founts. beauti-
full buildings all around, and comfortable
Seats-but you can see how it would be
yourself, and this is only a suggestion.
J. p. S.
Fort Worth, Oct. II, 1891.