Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-11
PlUCKY DUBLIN.
SHE BREAKS THE RECORD ON A
TOWN LOT SALE.
Company, John Howard and Assist
ants Succeeded in Doing.

Inc SPIRIT tnaJ animated Fort worth II
1880, 1881 and 1852 has its counterpart il
from Fort Worth. on the For
Worth and Rio Grande and Houston
and Texas central railways
The plucky people of Dublin challenge the
admiration OF the citizens of Texas. They
not only deserve II, they achieve it.
The action of the Dublin land and improve
ment company and the citizens of Dublin
should put to shame the croakerS in all the
large cities of Texas.
Wilkins Micawber, made famous by the
immortal Charles Dickens. was always
waiting for something to turn up, and was
consequently nearly always i'll prison for
debt, or his family were at starvation's door.
Dublin doesn't wait for something to turn
up. She turns IL up herself and is prosper
is scarce" '.you can't sell property
these times is the refrain
generally heard these days-outside
of Dublin. There are no such croakers in
Dublin, and what is the result! Unex-
ampled prosperity at this time.
About year ago this little city adopted
the charter of Il city of 1000 inhabi-
tants or over. At this time she
had no street-cars, 10 electric lights, no
compress, no tannery, and lacked many
other things. She has them all now and
The GAZETTE predicts that the
city of Dublin will grow in the
next year in manner that
will astonish all Texas Mark the predic-
ton. With such leaders as Mccain, Smith
and Chapman, Dublin will lead her rivals u
chase that will make them know they are
running.
BREAKING THE RECORD.
Faith will remove mountains, and it will
remove hard times as well. About thirty
days ago the Dublin land and improvement
company sent for John Howard
and told him they had property
for sale and wanted him to
advertise it, John Howard came to see
ant, Mr.. I. j. Rountree, went TO work.
In fifteen days Dublin was known from one
end of this state to the other,
and in thirty days thousands of people
in other states knew Of Dublin too, The
sale was fixed for August and = during
the time of the reunion. The people of
Dublin got ready to entertain their guests
in I royal manner. They expected 5000
people, but 50 well had Howard and Roun-
tree done their WORK that $4,000 people
were in attendance daily They
came from the older states and from
all points in Texas. Many came in wagons
unit it required section of land to hold the
white-topped wagons. The crowd was the
largest ever assembled in Erath county and
every InaIl, woman anu chliu llau d glorious
time.
It was decided TO sell the town property
at auction on the 9th and 9TH. and when the
books We're footed up ii was found that
the cash amounted to $4,000, the
largest town lot sale in Texas for
the last year. 1t broke the record. On the
9th, 18th and Sth many sales of farm and
property were also made, until the
NJ nj col, into no of
sands
The investors came to see the city and
the county, and they found things
better than represented. They found
Erath county contained fertile lands,
an abundance of water and timber. They
found 1900 people in the county, and
learned that twice as many more would be
welcome.
In Dublin they found a rapidly growing
city and one that has the basis on which to
build city of 10000 TO %, 600.
DUBLIN'S FUTURE.
Past success has not caused Dublins
citizens to grow weary: they are still at
work. The sum OF $50, 600 has been raised TO
induce manufacturing institutions to locate
there, and already there is an excellent
that Baltimore capitalists will
erect a large cotton mill. Boston
men are in correspondence with the
tannery company with L view
Of locating an immense tannery, and other
Industries are in sight. a railroad will be
built from Dublin to Thurber, the
coal mines, and Dublin will
nave the cheapest fuel in
Texas. Fine fair grounds and race track
have been provided, and some of the finest
horses in the state are owned by Dublin
men.
When the visitors were present they
we're greatly pleased with the artesian