Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-21
How 1t Is Issued and Who Does
the Work.
HISTORY OF ITS PAST
lis Success in tho Present and It's Hope
lor Inc Fulure-lls Unparalleled Achieve
mems During the Past Week General
Description Of lis Plat

| in oil departments, II is only necessary
to refer 10 the record Of the past ten
days Within that period, beginning
with the Issue Of Sunday, March Il, il
has issued two twenty-fcm page papers,
one twenty page paper, one sixteen page
paper (The Weekly Gazette, one twelve
page paper and six eight page papers.
This record present succession OF
feats. which we believe have never been
equalled by any NEWSPAPER west of the
Mississippi river or south OF the Ohio.
aud never euualled by any paper issued
in towif tile size Of Fort Worth
REMINISCENT.
brief resume Of the history of The
Gazette will Prove OF interest In
October, 1871, X. NJ. Van Lnndt Sam
Evans W. ii Overter and john Hanna
founded The Weekly Democrat with j.
w Cleveland as editor; Jan. /. 1915
v. V. Paddock purchased II and estub-
lished a daily. which suspended Tor II
short time during which The Advance
was started.
In August. 1889. the Stock Journal
Publishing company, with George y.
Loving as manager, purchased both
papers and consolidated thgm as The
Democrat In 1851, the Fort
Worth Publishing company became the
owners. In 1881 the paper was sold To
George r. Loving, aud early IN 1880 he
| sold Ii to The Gazette Printing company
l
| Aug -. 1885. at which time, owing To
numerous complications growing out OF
the relationship of the paper TO tile
! Texas Investment company, the paper
was suspended. As soon as The Gazette
| suspended, number Of eutcrpiisiug
gentlemen formed n company under the
name Of the Democrat Publishing colu-
pany, obtained q charter aud began the
publication Of The Fort Worth Daily
Democrat. Mr.. Loving. however. only
allowed The Gazette property 60 lie idle
for two weeks. and on Sept 4 the paper
was started up again Ten days later
The Gazette plant, books, franchises and
good viii were purchased by the Demo
crat Publishing company, and ON sept
II it took charge with the announcement
That next day the paper would appear rs
! The Democrat-Gnzottc During the day.
however. the plan was changed, and the
old nnme, The Fort Worth Daily Ga
zctte was adopted instead of the
| hyphcnatol affair
With the new company The Gazette
took ON new life The newspaper busi-
! ncss was very lively In North Texas
during the latter part of 1885 and the
first part of 1856 The Dallas News
was established and the Old Dallas Her
| aid made squirt for life Then the
Herald went down aud the field was left
TO The Gazette and The News. The
Gnzette set the pace. As IL had been
| tue HINN HAltA III AtNAN W UlAIlA Al fiklN-
| page paper every day, so IL was the first
10 add special features 10 the Sunday
edition. II ran up to twelve pages ON
| Sunday, then TO sixteen, and finally a
twenty-four page edition was printed.
A serial story feature was added, n
ladlcs' deparment, aud agricultural dc
| partmcnG with cditress and editor la
It's own office, articles from special Writ
eIs were presented, and the Sunday Ga-
zette became the paper, par cXcellence,
OF the Southwest. OF course all this
cost money, But no newspaper was ever
built up IN the face Of strong opposition
without money 80 IL Is with The Ga
zette IL cost money TO put 1t on solid
basis, but the Cntcrprising men who
backed IL had faith Ia their undertaking;
they neither stopped nor fultered, and
the foundation was laid broad and deep
aud strong IN the minds anal hearts OF
the people
With the growth and prosperity of The
Gazette came the necessity for increased
facilities The old hand press had been
superseded by a country Campbell turned
Us hand steam was afterwards intro
, diced and hually double-cylinder Hoe
, had been procured. From small, one
room establishment II bad brauched out
until IL filed two stories OF house on
4, Second street. But u fuster press, more
room and n new dress werp needed
and so la the spring OF 1855 the stocl
was increased and enough money addct
{ TO the accumulated earnings of the phpei
! TO buy n pcrfecting press, IN entire new
. ! dress and Au the facilities needed f0l
, publishing a irst-class morning newspa
/ per ia the most approved modern style
! | The Gazette then removed TO its pres
ents quarters, three-story brick build
ing specially designed and erected fol
I II, on the corner OF Fifth and Rusl
streets, whore IL Is comfortably quar-
! tered aud always ut home to its friends
I In November, 1889, Mr. w. A HUFF
man. who had been one of the Demo
' | crat Publishing company from It's or
gani2auOn, purchased controlling In
/ tcrest in the paper and at once begal
! | TO increase its usefulness by adding many
, improvements. a man OF affairs, h,
nevertheless found time 20 devote I,
| the concerns of the paper. In January
10 1880, his health gave way, and in Jul!
he died, Brave man and true, lac M,
4 knit 10 bis heart the hearts OF all thos
who lahored ON the paper and all Eel
they had indeed lost friend. He rest
In the shade of the trees, but while rh
. | Gazette lives the spirit of Walter Elua
4 man lives; he will bo immortal
After MIR, Hu6m0n's death, the com
p0ny was reorganized, Mrs. w. A. Hun
man becoming president of the Demo
n crat Publishing company.
q In December 1891, she disposed OF he
interest In the company 10 Captain Il
b Paddock, with whom We're aft0rwar
associated In the ownership the presen
. management of the paper
Ia December last. Captain PnddOc
sold his interest 10 his associates an
severed his connection with The Ga
y gette.
q IT'S EQUIPMENT
a The three stories of The Gazette build
ing are all occupied by It's various de
partments. and, although it was suppose
!, when Il was erected that IL would accom-
" MEDIATE an the needs OF the paper for
quarter of a century, the question q
elbow room has already become 81
rous one.
The first floor of the building is devote
y to the business office, press room an
q | mailing department. the second floor {
III editorial offices aud stereOtyping depart
4 meut, and the third moor Is the con
posing ROOM
The building is lighted with electricity
furnished by The Ga2eite's own electrl
plant, All OF the mechaical appliance
necessary 10 the prompt and satsfactor
% issue of daily newspaper, fully ahreas
le Of the times, nip 10 be found Ia ia
p various departments of the paper. Mos
- notable of these are lis typesetting m,
chiues,
n THE AIlaRGENrIIALllR LING
TYPES,
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