Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-28
TEXAS ON ROLLERS.
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
THE EXHIBIT CAR.
People Along the Line and at the Stops
Flock to See its Contents-Au Are
Elated and Surprised.
CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. "a, 1891
To the Gazette.


To the Gazette.
The Texas exhibit train is now standing
on the lake front nearly opposite the grand
auditorium building, having reached here
one week ago to-day. From the day we ar
rived until The present the cars have been
crowded, ana many thousands OF pounds OF
the best advertising matter has been DIS
tributed. OR present location is the very
best in the city and was only secured by
the interchangeable eXertions OF NAL SloSson.
The property owners along the
lake front object to cars standing
on the tracks, as they obstruct the other
wise beautiful view, and recently as many
as fifty injunctions have been sued out, pro
hibitine the placing of cars there. But
Mai. Slosson, if endowed with more OF one
thing than another, is endowed with tenac-
ity of purpose. and when told his cars could
not stand on the lake front, went quietly to
work and secured the consent OF the prop
ertv owners. then the city officials, and
lastly that of the railroad officials OF the
Illinois Central road.
Our last stop before coming into Chicago
was at Havana last Saturday. There the
| cars were thrcnged all day with anxious IN
Ouirers after Texas. Illinois lands are
| about all taken up and as her population IN
cleaseS real estate rises SO that now IN
| the best agricultural belt, corn and wheat
lands are worth from 800 TO Si2j per acre,
| Thus a Door man has no chance Of ever
| owning Il home and very often finds 1t dit
| ticult TO lind land for rent. In CaSS county,
| | was told by an Intelligent farmer that
! there were at least i00 farmers of the rent
| ing class who We're unable to ind
| lands 10 rent To this class our
| coming was a source Of great relief. They
! inquired eagerly after lands, schools, taxes,
| churches and whether they would be Wei
/ coined 70 all satisfactory answers were
| given and shall be very much surprised
! if some of them are not in Texas to-day.
! one man remarked TO the writer as he was
! leaving Virginia City: If / can sell my
! once. and would go to-mOrroW If II
! was sold" There are hundreds OF others
( in the same notion; therefore the Texas
| ear e1hi bit could not have chosen more
| fitting time for its mission. At every stop
i advertising matter is distributed, and from
! the eagcrness of the people Ia get II, one
| would think that Texas lands viii nc III
| great demand at no distant day.
Since our advent into Chicago the exhibit
cars have been visited by the fol
| lowing Texans Capt. Douglass, Tyler;
| Mai. Homer. Thomas ". jackson. Land
/ agent of the Santa t'c road and OF Calves
| ton: f.. r. Booty, Georgetown; Capt. Ru'
! bles. Gainesville; Col. Robert Mozart Fort
| Worth: DR. Thurmond, Dallas; Mrs. L. \.
| Williams and Maj. X. G. Lowe, and many
others who were delighted and pleased al
the magnificent showing made by Texas.
! During the week Col. Farwell of the Cap
itol syndicate, Col Palmer Col. John I.
| Dickinson and the entire Worlds far com
/ mission visited the cars and were surprised
al what they saw. This exhibit Is i revcla
| ton to many, and they scarcely realize
the progress made by Texas in the past ter
| or fifteen years.
Governor Hubbard, VINO accompanies tho
| exhibit, will speak at Farwell ball tonight
ON Texas. her resources and commercial
relations 10 Chicago and the great West. ,
The hall Will doubtless be crowded as hi:
well-known reputation as 4 speaker is sufti-
| cient guarantee to those who attend thai
! they will have rare treat.
At p. II. we leave with the exhibit car;
| for Waukesha. Wis. Governor Hubbard
and Mai. Slosson will follow tonight aftel
the governor has spoken.
The exhibit will remain az Waukesha two
DAYS and then go to Des MoiAcs. Iowa. anC
remain until September 4. After that tn,
state fairs OF Minnesota and Wisconsin vii
be visited After these fairs will come III,
ST. Louis fair, and Texas on wheels Will b.
there. More anon.