Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23

IMAM Two or three days, when the air
again becomes bnlmy, and outdoor oc-
| equations are resumed For nine
| months Of the year more pleasant ell
mate cannot be found anywhere. The
| heat Is not excessive and Ia always
| tempered by a cool. refreshing breeze
from the Gulf OF Mexico Besides this
absence Of extreme heat or cold. the
ilealthfulness OF this country Is further
increased by the long terms OF the
bright. sunshlny weather and the gem
crll dry condition of the atmosphere.
IL rains in Texas, TOO, but rains at GER
tain seasons. In the winter mOntns we
have frequent rains and up TO April the
showers continue TO fan. After that
time there are generally one or two
heavy Pains between the LIST and 10th
OF May and probably tho latter part OF
June. From that timo on to the latter
part Of August there is seldom V gem
erai rnoistening OF the earth, although
partial showers generally fall In locali-
ties.
This arrangement Of the weather.
broken sometimes by excessive rains in
June. is the general rule and farmers
plant and cultivate their crop accord
ingly. The dry spells In the spring are
improved by them In planting and
working out their crops, which are gem
orally clean and ready to lay by about
july l, The dry summer extending
through six and even eight and ten
weeks, would IN any other soil result
IN n total failure of the cotton crop.
Here the lands hold their moisture. and
with the coming of cool. damp weather
In the latter part Of August the cotton
puts forth and makes fair crop, even
II the August rains fail to come. An
other feature of the soil and climate Ia
that nothing terminates during the dry
summer and as a consequence the fields
arc clear or weeds and grass when har-
vest time comes, and each spring there
~ nothing to pillow under. except the
stalks Of the previous years crop.
The cotton picking season T-i-
son of business and w6rh FOR every one.
In the towns every branch Of trade IS
iveaed and In the country "ail hands
and the cook" turn out to the field.
While the man Of the place liz kept
busy hauling to the gin and to the mar
kets. the family. down to the tow-head-
ed chaps of but few years. drag their
sacks up and down the rows getting
out another bale"
Railroads.
Nine railroad traverse the county.
namely; Texas and Pacific, the St
Louis and Southwestern, the Fort
Worth and Rio Grande, the Fort Worth
and Denver City. the Gulf. Colorado
and Santa Re, tho Missouri Kansas and
Texas and the Fort Worth and New Or
leans the Transcoutinentnl, the Rolle
Island. These roads have a combined
mileage In the county OF 1872 miles. with
property assessed at 81 $50 1866.
These roads give an outlet to every
portion Of the continent and Furnish
excellent freight and passenger facili-
ttrs.
Market Gardening.
Might be conducted on a grand scala
here and half hundred garden pro-
duets probably grown for early shin
ment 10 the cities OF Kansas, Missouri
Nebraska and Illinois, I'm successful
competition with the garden products
or the semi-troplcal districts. The mar
might become one OF the largest and
most profitable In the country
Finances.
OF the $50 counties In the state. none
are bGtter managed than Tarrant, and
none nave higher credit both at home
and abroad.
Farrant county also has the reputa-
uon or having the best roads and
pfluBeS ana me best managed finances
Of any Of Its sister counties
Notwithatanding within the last few
years extensive ana costly improve
mtWs nave been made In roads and
bridges and n $3.50, 600 courthouse nm
ger construction, SO sklufully hag the
business OF the county been managed
tlht IL mas not been necessary to In
crease tile present low rate OF taxa
non, winch 10 only 55c on each 500 of
taNItNe values.
The total outstanding bonded In
debtednca5 OF the county "a Si56 gs5
made up Of the following items; SO 506
or bridge bonds maturing I'm 1910 hear
ing per cent interest; Sil. 900 Of bridge
pohus, maturing April, 1918 at per
gTgns, s,o,Voo Oh retundlng bonds, due
February, 1912 interest per cent.
F3s90VO courthouse bonds, maturinp
october, 1888. at per cent The conntS
mas no floating indebtedness. Cash on
mana OF all classes, 1851 .2ie.OS.
ample provision has been made for
meeting an bonded obligations as thev
become duo. The county has ne,,n,.
made default in the payment Of any
OF us indebtedness, and there IL no
prospect that It ever viii.
The assessed valuation OF propert,, IN
the rolls Of 1903 Is $50, S67, 5S2. fhe eafi.
mated real value OF which is SO. 900 00o,
making the average per capita wealth
oil every man, woman and child In tho
county little more than $3.50.
County Ronds.
Tarrantspubllc roads are an honor
TO the county, and are highly nrnlaed
py AL who have inspected Them, or
inc hrat and second class alone there
ure more than one thousand miles
Mnlun traverse every section OF the
rapid. N"sS anu
Eor number OF years past tho
county conviots have been worried nr
me public roads, and the restilt ~ o,a
huhdred and slSty-two miles Of erav-
elied roads In the county, OF wbinh
seventy-seven miles are graded ana
In uduttlay,