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

The coincidence IS remarkably npno-
site that tAr nrrt steel bands llnknH
commercial Colorado ana thnt vast
trlct OF rich country lying north enl
northwest OF Texas with Texas enouin
have been laid on tho ono hundred ana
fortiuih Anniversary Of the URN OF
GSorge Washington. NJ the yenfh 80
BY ana the Importance OF that gf'at
vein DOR rather. artery nnd veinoua hyh'
tenn combinrd) Of commerce through inc
mighty s1uthweHi becomes more and
moro DEFINED, IL ~ seen 90 be hlnRu-
larry appropriate that The riAt Spikes
In completion OF the line which Is huch
"a bancfactnr 10 a great portion Of tho
country should have been driven on tho
anniversary uf the birth " him VIM
was THAI couniry'H HreatcHt benetnetor
Yat 90 rendB an iutcroatiug one " mo
initial chapters OF the history Of tho
Jort worth and Denver railroad
The idun Of building this limo OF rail
way was conceived by Morgan Jones',
one OF TIA present receivers, ana Con
eral o. NJ. Do1fe. ia first rails were
mid on the 22d-of February. lss2, Just
n little over a doctdo ugo. a fact very
diincuit TO be rehllzpd by the traveller
Who rolls over ith well balastrd traplm
and rontemputoa the completeness OF
the service ana the vast amount uf
work the line performs, 10 ray nothing
III tho great extent Of territory over
which thn limo stretches. Thu last point
IN particular, viewed W tile liEht OF
tSr history Of railroads. Stems mar
velour, time considered. And the rnet
81 at once testimonial 10 the eonnd-
ncsA OF the plan and the wisdom and
foresight " It's origiuasors.
From February - 90 July "a or that
Npnr the work on tho iDHd piOc0eded
nnromlttingiy and ON tho latter date Il
yas completed Ia Wichita Fnllz. q dis
lance OF IA miles from Fort worth.
Tint point remained It's terminus uptu
May 90 1856, when It's congtruetlon was
pushed through aud completed 10 Tex
iino. rs northern terminus. the onur"
distance being completed ana opened up
FOR business on March %. iSss, forming
IN connection with the Denver, Texus
aud Gulf railway and the Denver, Tex
a. and Fort Worth system. the short
une TO Nrw Mexico. Colorado. the
North ana Northwest.
n - thus seen that she road occupies
commanding position seoKnpnirnily
and commercially. irgyefhinE some OF
the very finest md best agricultural
districts or Toxins. Colorado and thr
Northwestern staten. u connrctS AZ
Wlchiin Fails with the Wichita valley
Railway company. which road ~ COM
pletad from Wichita Falls 10 seymour.
running through Wichita. Archer and
Baylor counties. travcfslnE the bcnutl-
fri Michra valley, a country 80 fich
In agricultural advantages, 10 blessed
IN SOL, climate aud 81 that goes 70 make
III aF reat agricultural district that 4
II ofien alluded 20 az ue Eden Of tbs
Great 1outhwe5t-"
Another vein OF the railroad aysten
Of which the Fort worth and Denver
IA the artery ~ the brunch known 40
Tho Panhandle RAILWAY, connecting thc
Fort worth and Denver with the South
eru Kanaas railway az Panhandle CITY,
rhis branch wnR built from Washbnrn
20 Panhandle CITY and completed oyer
this stretch on April -. isss, thus CIV
lng an outlet 70 Kansas cay and M
North via the southern Kansas rail-
way
Nothing better illustrates the possible
future greatness and tho magnitude OF
which the plan OF the Fort Worth and
Denver 81 capable than not only the
ynsfurs8 or thc stretch Of country u
tfasernea, bu, the richpe1a aid endless
Vnriaty Of that regions soil and cli-
mate. when Texas gets ~ due popu-
innon" great many EnarvelouA Things
nre predicted. nut imagine the Tina
"sshen the mighty Southwest gets ~
due popuiations' when the restless ar
niles Of tagse who nfe dirsatiafied at
thr returns for their labor on ths
,sorn-nut farinH " the Haai; when the
ia. " labor 70 the crowded cities be-
Gins 70 ebh, ard labority humanity be-
gina 10 ;o;.x about 20 noiye the uues-
ION 'sWhero 10 iotate1r what drscr;pt-
ise pen * sufficiently shlilful udeq1afe-
~ 40 paint TO the mind the tlchnrah.
varied tcsourcsg unQ bounty Of climatic