Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-27
The Place Most Dear on Earth
to Him.
IT is HIS GREAT AMBITION
To Find a Spot Which No Can Gail His Own,
Where No Olhor Foot Can Tread Without
His sanclion-Thers He is One Of
the Kings Of Earth.

"Hope springs eternal in the human
breast
Man never is, but always to be, blest."
In every mans nature IS implanted n
love Of home, and a love Of dominion
over some spot that he can call his very
own, where no other foot can tread With
out bis sanction.
The purest. deepest joys, cluster around
the firesidc, aud in after years, the mem
cries of his childhOod's home, the grand
mother knitting I'm the corner. the father
and mother sitting at the table; tie one
casting up accounts of the days business,
the other mending the garments the little
ones have torn, the children playing on
the floor, the horse-hnir furniture In the
parlor, tie homemade rag carpet In the
sitting ROOM are denrer 60 him than all
else besides, aud TO his children ne
would leave n like remembrance OF u
happy home.
The true ideal can never be realized
I'm rented house. for here there is no
feeling of rest. no hoping for the future,
no looking forward to when much
needed room can be added. IL Is but a
temporary abiding place ut best
To tie workingmHn his home Is bis
all. Worn out by the toll of the day,
wearied of the exactions OF employers
hard to please, he comes TO the little
circle where he is king and the troubles
of the day are forgotten.
For him. n home of his own Is more
necessary than to the man OF wealth.
whose pleasures are diversified, anu q
home he should secure. even though ~
may involve the greatest sacrifice. And
after all, il is only that for which sncfi-
fees are made we enjoy. The little
girl In the workman's cottage hugs her
doll made of rags and face marked WIN
charcoal, rs fOndly as does the child IN
the mansion her extensively dressed hg-
ure of wax. The poor mun's boy hnds
as much pleasure In his cheap wooden
top ns the rich mans son does IN ms
one of rosewood or mahogany
And thus IL Is with the man. Inc
poor man finds as much aud often even
more pleasure In his cottage than the
rich man does in u pnlahnl abode.
Thousands Of the better class OF me
chnnics and artisans of Fort Worth
would buy homes II they knew that they
could aud the day IL VAS paid for ana
he could take the deed home to the wife
who had hclped him save. would hc the
hlppiest in the life of any one OF them.
II was with these thoughts that II
Gazette reporter drove over the Union
Depot addition yesterday afternoon.
II was a beautiful site for the building
M of u community composed OF the best
class of wCrlingmen, or young men OF
| limited means In any department OF
| life. To the southwest n rolling prairie,
with gentle, undulating hills, that look
| like pillows In a sea OF green, hand
some houses surrounded by fertile fields
| MS far as vision can reach; TO the south,
the city extends with elegant residences;
to the west. thickly peopled with the
middle classes; TO the north, the rail
| road tracks and the smoke-grimed stacks
| of the leading Industries.
The streets wide and well graded, cleo
| trio lights a street ear line, running into
| the heart of the city, waterwOrks, and
! all of the comforts of which the most
| aristocratic parts of the city can boast.
In close proximity 10 the scene OF
| the labOrs of the railroad men, the
| mill men, and the many others who toll
| for their daily bread, away from the
| turmoil Of Main street, yet within few
minutes walk of that thorough fare, Il
| IL an ideal spot for just such an add
ton as II was intended 10 become.
Many have already awaited themselves
| OF buying homes here aud the
sound of the saw aud the hammer
| Is heard upon every hand No work
| ingman so poor, but with little effort
upon his part he can secure fol
himself place that he eau call his
own, even easier than he can now pa,
| rent.
Paying rent Is the bugbcar of tn,
poor man and well II may he for Il
is an expense that Is absolutely lost
lie may pay out thousands Of dollar
in the course of his life and at the en-,
have nothing TO show for the sum ex
pended; but n home Of his own re
pays not only in the satisfaction It az
fords him and his, but In the actual In
crease of value every dollar he put
upon II with interest
This addition is not In the suburb
where It would be too far for work
ingmen to walk, but in the city itsel
where every man can reach II easil,
and without the expense of constan
street ear fare.
While the reporter was Informed tina
there were still number of lots uu
sold. the city is rapidly closing up aroun,
the property and with the Increase o
industrial enterprises this spring, the.
will soon he gone or raised In price NJ
that il will be difficult for the men {
whom they are especially valuable T.
buy them at ALL this being the las
considerable tract within the city limit
4 l.. n. n NJ.