Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
TEXAS CAR EXHIBIT.
CROWDS GOING SOUTHWEST ON
HARVEST EXCURSIONS.
Reading Matter Telling of the Advantages
of Texas in Demand-Indepeudenc
and Warrensburg, Mo-, Visited.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Oct. s, 1891.
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When last wrote you we were about to
leave the state of Kansas, being in Kansas
City, Kan. This place bids fair in time to
rival her sister city on the Missouri side.
having now population of 10000 inhab-
ltants Besides her population. she has
large gram elevators and the immense
packing houses of Armour, Swift, bold and
others are within her limits, and she is also
possessed of large manufacturing in
terests. 1t was but short run
from Kansas to Missouri, and on our az
rival at the union depot the Texas car ex-
hibit was soon located on the tracks of the
Hannibal and St. 10 road. and within a min
utes walk of the depot. We remained in
Kansas City four days, and during our stay
the last of the harvest excursions We're on,
and the crowds that went southwark
We're simply immense, and each person
on the south-bound trains was supplied
with interesting reading matter, telling
him of the many advantages Texas pre-
sents for the homeseeker Many of the
roads We're compelled to send out
as many as ten extra trains mot
coaches) in order to accommodate
the demands of the travelling public.
While in Kansas City the exhibit was WIS.,
tied daily by large crowds of people in
terested i'll Texas, and many encomiums
passed upon the state which produces such
magnificent products as are contained in
the exhibit was of hourly occurrence.
While here met gentle
man who informed me that he and seventy
five other men, all heads of families, would
move to Southwest Texas during the pres
ent fall. They have already sent a delega-
tion who looked out and secured a location,
and they now have nothing else to do but to
pack up and move to their new homes.
After leaving Kansas City we next
stopped at Independence, Mo-. where we
put in most profitable day talking Texas
to the many inquirers, and distributing pa
pers, folders, maps, dodgers, etc. Reading
matter descriptive of Texas is always
eagerly sought after, but my observation is
that folder containing good Texas map
is more appreciated than any other form of
advertising matter.
Independence is town of 6000 people,
and has rapid transit connection with Kan
sas City, thus allowing man to do bust
ness in the latter city while living in the
former.
From Independence we went to the beau
tiful little city of Warrensburg, a city Of
5000 people. The night of our arrival ex-
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas lectured in the
opera house, but owing to the exhibit
cars having to leave at $50 p. m;
for Sedalia your reporter was denied
the pleasure of hearing this distin-
guished Kansan. During our stay at War
renSburg most of the population, with large
sprinkling of farmers from the surround
ing country, visited and passed through
the cars, and were presented with bundle
of advertising matter, from which they
could learn from subsequent reading the
object lessons taught in the cars. This
section of Missouri is pros porous and con-
tented, still we found some who were going
to Texas, and to those we gave such matter
as would strengthen their resolve
We had visited Sedalia on our way up to
the Virginia City Oil. fair, but as we only
remained a few hours, we decided to again
pay it a visit on our way up to st. Louis,
therefore from Warrensburg we went TO
Sedalia, where we had immense crowds
Saturday we spent there, and as it is a
day for farmers to go to town, we had
many country folk to visit the exhibit.
From Sedalia we made the run direct to St.
Louis, arriving on the night of the 9Th.
Here we have had much trouble in securing
suitable location on account of the
jam consequent upon the fair. We
are at present located near
the east end of the Union depot
and at the foot of Tenth street. The
weather since our arrival has been so bad
that no one could get out, it being cold
and rainy. therefore We have not had as
large crowds as we had in Chicago.
From here it is expected that the cars
will go the Dallas fair, Maj. Slosson now
being in Texas to arrange for its going
there. F.