Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18

seemingly all Of TIE conditions were more
uufayOrable than at any time In its his
tory, yet some Of the largest business
blocks in the South were erected during
this period. One of the finest hotels IN
Texas was built, banking capital was in
creased, property values advanced con-
stantly as shown 10y the assessors books,
streets We're paved, street ailroads
built, wholesale and retail houses estab-
lishcd, Just as II the Bangs Bro.
collapse aud the following financial strin-
gency had never been heard Of.
A Fort Worth man would never know
the times were hard unless you told him,
then he would forget It and commence
building a business block the next day
The first impression made upon n strun-
ger getting of at the union depot Is tLat
the depot was built before the town, and
that there ought 20 be- a new one; the
next, after looking over the network of
tracks, is that they have been kept too
busy building tracks to keep up with the
growth of tie town TO pay any atten-
ton TO depOts.
three minutes walk takes him to
the south end of Main street, where what
appears TO be fine monument attracts
MS eye, but Is informed that this is q
drinking fountain. Turning up Main
street for twelve solid blocks, the street
IS scene of busting activity. the side
walks are lined with people. the street
itself filled with wagons, carts, buses
carriages and electric cars. Ii Is as II
he had been put down suddenly In she
heart of the city of Chicago. which this
Town more nearly resembles than any
other city. Magnificent Office buildings
hve' six, seven and eight stories high,
mammoth wholesale houses, occupying
me whole OF large blocks, messenger
boys running, newsboys crying the
Paper5' huge transfer wagons being
/ loaded with goods. Houston and RuslI
streets are also busy marts, while the
square and several of the less important
streets have many business houses.
IRON an architectural point Of view
tort Worth Is exceptional, and this fact
Is apparent In the principal business
streets. Turning away from the business
part OF town. the stranger Is attracted
9y the taste and elegance Of the homes,
tue width of the streets, the wcll-kcpt
lawns, the magnificent churches, and the
connections school houses He 1T once
feulizes that he is IN q city of wealth,
culture and refinement.
From the brisk walk and clear com.
| pleNons Of the citizens, he knows too
mat the air is pure and healthful 10
| THIS TACT Is due the renowned beauty Of
lhe ladies' OF Fort Worth, it being ac-
creulted with having more beautiful wO-
men than any city IN the West or South,
west. The population is cosmopolitan,
embracing people from every state of the
Ihion ana from many foreign countries.
| Unlkc most cities In the South there are
| comparatively few negroes
Another feature and one of the greatest
| FACTORS in the growth of the CITY In the
| past and an important element of hope
m the future is that the business men
| are young and In their prime II Is q
! CITY OF young men. While there are
/ some very wealthy citizens. yet there are
ieW' II any, who are not sull actively
| engaged IN business and the capital In
the city Is actively at work There
y practically no dead captal--Fort
! Worth money oil circulates.
! With seventy-four miles of concrete
streets and thirty-two miles Of electric
street car lines some idea can be formed
! or the enterprise which has marked the
growth Of the city.
The churches. of which there are
| some Of the finest In the South. will be
tuily described Ia another c0lumn, as
! VIII also the schools II Is said that
| cleaniincss Is next 10 GOdliness and one
J oi the most conspicuous features Of Fort
4 Worth ~ the splendid granite front
/ 600
~ aty government, the educational
luNtlhuohs, tue Waierworks the church.
~ sue secret societies, the social and
COMMERCIAL organizations, the railroads
tAe eouunernul Interests, the manuiac
tWies tle hanks and financial instin
liaAs the ininnrGl resources The grain
l-'sfesis, tie cattle interests, tho postnl