Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-14
Can Be Secured by Investing
Fifty Thousand.
LAST NIGHTS MASS MEETING
Held a! the Chamber Of Commerce 10 NC
card TO the Packing House Doa-Whal
Was said-Tho Subscription
List Last aiahi.


rnistng the subsidy OF SjO,OJu requlreu
to close the deal for the packing ho9se
plant. The meeting was called to oider
by General +. NJ. Clarke, secretary OF tne
board Of trade, and Rev Morgan Wells
WIS elected chairman. Mr.. Wells up
on taking the chair, made some cher-
acteristic remarks and stated the
object OF the meeting was lhe
raising OF u subsidy OF soO,uVg
TO bring In an Investment OF
81 600 COD Immediately and S5,OJO,uOJ
prospective by the sale OF the packing
house and stock yards plant, the Norm
Side street railway and other cnter-
prises, to Messrs. Simpson " CO. OF
Boston. This, he said, also means an
investmcn, ia other property OF several
millions moro by capitalists interested
in and with this syndicate. People are
like Heck Of sheep, when they see
others going they follow
This meeting tonight reminds one oil
the tabled phoenix the bird mat rose
from its ashes, for here we see tho old
shirt OF Fort Worth reyivilied and
flushing into life again; fire that
reaches the roof, II is possible Tor
Fort Worth in this one move to make
an immediate progress equal to that
OF five years in the ordinary way. THE
oppOrtunity is here and 1t only re-
mains for Fort Worth to reach out and
grasp it,
w. G. Turner was called for and said
he was in favor OF the movement FOR he
believed 1t would result in great good
10 the city, and he thought the only
thing 20 be done now was to go down in
our pockets and get out the money.
MIR. Wells here took occasion to re-
mark that the syndicate would employ
1900 men who were to reside in Fort
Worth and spend their wages with Fort
Worth business mon and merchants.
lie said There's one thing about
these people / like. They told me they
wouldn't turn wheel ON Sunday.
that the men would do their
work in six days OF the
week and rest ON Sunday. l
| like that kind OF talk He then read
che agreement to be signed, by which
| the subscriber agreed to pay the
amount subscribed by him in cash or
note when the deal was closed.
Mr.. Mccarthy, Of the City National
| bank, sgid he had heard many remarks
to the ciluct that the packing house
| deal was closed, but he was satisfied
such was not the case, and That he un-
| derstOod there was 800, 600 difference
| between the parties to the deal.
NJ. G. Hurley being called for said he
| did not know that ne could add any
| thing TO what had been said by MIR.
| Wells. He represented the packing
company. It couldn't make a success
Of the business because Of being handi
| capped by lack OF funds In operating
it for the past two years the company
had lost money. He was satisfied il
couldn't be made success without more
money We offered them the property
at 100000, but this wa,
too high and they offered Il.
100000. II the people Of Fort Worth
will put up $500 / am satisfied they
will come to IT, We cannot reproduce
the plant for $4,000 We can make u
reasonable interest on that amount o
Investment, but Fort Worth would de
rive no benefit. This syndicate pro
poses TO have POGO refrigerator Bear
built; these will cost Thorn atleNsC Sl00
each. They will also have 2OOO live
stock cars built, and are now trying {,
get Mr. Marvel of the Santa Fe in
: tereslcd with them, in which event WI
would have q car building works here
They propose to have no!
nlant solpewhere. probably 1,
Fnnsas City. where they vii
slaughter the hogs, and when their re
frigurator cars come back from tn
North ompty thew VIII nut the frc.l
= pork In them and ship ii down herq
whors IA viii ba cured and prepnred N
shipment, They will also establish
win loan money 10 lie cnttlnmen AT
man cont interest Oh. even les. ana h,v
u the CATTLE tbey rai,e plcdged IN tbcs
var5s. ns IL h now dnne nv tho mon i
Tho North Wa viii tbeS beebia ia c,l
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