Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-29
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r. i. Maddox-Fort Worth is the best
place ] know of TO raise thoroughbred
horses. ] have made the subject Il study
for Il good many years, aud II may be
said that the raising of fast running or
trOttng horses Is science. IL requires
a very accurate knowledge of the laws
of heredity, the different strains Of blood
and the effect of combinations. A man
VIII plan TO raise perfect horse as
closely as he would any other business.
il Is an intricate and interesting study.
My success has been phenomenal, NJ
Nashville, Lebanon, New Orleans and
Chicago, my string won every race IN
which they were entered aud the lowest
price for which | sold ANY of my horses
was $500
] have not been so situated that
could beStow my entire attention upon
my horses but / expect 10 do so nc some
time. There is no market in Texas for
the finest stock as yet. but il is the best
place TO raise horses, and when the turf
men come TO realize that fact there will
be such an interest aroused that II Will
be one Of the banner states of tho Unhon
for fast horses.
u. ID, Harper. Cincinnati once heard
Fred Douglass make "a speech IN which
he argued against the succession of vice
president to the presidency on account
of the temptation IL affords to the friends
of the yice-president TO remove the pres
ldent. lie referred 10 the death OF
Harrison and Taylor, and repeated the
story believed by some people that they
had been poisoned then he referred TO
the attempted poisoning of President
Buchanan, but there" said he poi
son met its match" / should judge
from your depot that the fire fends
must have met their match or 1t would
have been burned long ago. II Is the
only feature of the city with which l
have not been pleased during the two
deyS j have been here.
j. u. Hendricks, ST. Louis-I don't
see why Fort Worth don't have more
and larger hotels. Those that Il has are
crowded, and even the Arlington Inn.
| as far out as il Is, is full. A large hotG
here would pay handsomely In my
| travels, arh am on the road constantly,
! l have not fourd city whore there were
SO many transient arrivals with so few
| available rooms in the hotels. A new
| hotel about as large as the Pickwick
| aud Arlington combined would be COM
| tortably filed aud the hotels already
here would continue TO Go good bust
/ ness, too.
j, z. Nicks-The adjournment last
! night and the possible defeat of the set
| uement of the watcrworks contract Is
! likely 70 cost the city of Fort Worth
! several thousand dollars. IL we are
| forced into a law suit with the contrac-
! tors there Is scarcely a doubt but what
| the city las every thing TO lose and moth
| ing 10 gain. But that does not appear TO
| amount 10 anything with certain persons
| who want to make little political capi-
tai or to oblige friend by delaying a
| settlement until after the city election.
| / am fully satisfied that IF the settle
| ment had come up two months ago there
| would have been no minority report and
! the whole matter would have been set
! tied without any selfous controversy
| NV flfc IL huaa1 ant the Fnrf
| that the gentleman who figures most
| prominently Ia that minority report and
| who is using il as an electioneering docu-
ment in the Sixth ward was up til re-
Gently the most ardent supporter of every
claim the waterworks contractors ever
made against the city. In fact. he went
so far as TO insist that the present city
engineer should be removed. Now he
bases his opposition TO a settlement be-
cause this same engineer does not ap-
| prove OF certnin claims made by the con-
tractors. This Is certainly either case
of sudden conversion or of a very malig-
| nant form of death-bed repentance. These
facts can be substantiated by the mayor
or any person who has been in anyway
| connected with the WaterwOrks committee
during tue past year.
That We agreed upon good settlement
and better than we viii ever make IN
| court, | have not the slightest doubt,
On this l have the opinion of the city
attorney who is more familiar with the
contract than those who are giving
opinions without 50 much as even reading
that document
My only object IN advocating settle
nent now rs because, ! believe 1t - 10
the best interests Of the city 10 do so,
because after test of the pipe lines has
been made the city win never get as
favorable concessions from the contrae'
tors that II now can. As Mayor Pad
dock has well said. we could not 80 into
9 law suit and win the same, az as lit
tle expense as We can settle nt the pres
ent time, by the adoption Of the majority
report