Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-23
Is wholesome. and IS used for drinking
and domestic purposes.
city Government.

Fort Worth has an excellent munici-
pal government economical and
strong. consisting OF mayor. two al
derrnen from each ward (nlne wardO,
city secretary, auditor, marshal, assess
or and collector attorney. treasurer
Judge engineer. physician and heads OF
school, health, FIRE ana water depart
ments. These gentlemen are live, pro-
gressive men who do their bast to main
tain the dignity and progressiYeness OF
our city. Each department Is In com
petent hands and when we say that
Fort Worth ~ tho hest governed city
In the state We but state an absolute
fact-which win bear the closest scrut-
my.
There are no Institutions wothier OF
the appreciation and love of the COM
munity than the churches existing In
their midst Identified with its earliest
growth, throbbing with It's life, par
tioipatipg In It's reverscs and sharing
In It's prosperity. They seem to be In
vested with personality to be loved
and cherished like one Of our h1use-
I hold. There has never IN the history
Of nations been an influence OF such
groatneHs as that welded by tho hand
| OF tho church. and those noble old
traits one sees IN manhood may be at
tributed to the good influence that our
churches and their divines spread
| dultUk us fpFt hbitn mas uttU DiI-
| tlCularly pleased; it's dlylncs are men of
talent, Christian zeal and nloquence.
| All the various denominations are
represented and have large and magni-
iicent edlficcs. The following Is an ac-
curate list OF the churches and pastors:
st. Andrews Eplscopal church. south
east corner Of Fifth and RusIS, RdN
Harry Cassil; Evangelical (GermanJ
Lutheran St. Paul's church, corner Of
| West Second and Houston, Rev. j,
Schulenherg; German Evangelical ST.
Johns church, corner Calhoun and East
Tenth streets. Rov. G. l.. Schunk. Cath
ole, st. Patrlcks church. southwest
corner Of Throcltmorton and West
| Eleventh. Rev Father j. VI. Guyot;
| Broadway Baptist church. corner
Broadway and ST. Louis avenue. Rev.
| w. o. Bailey. pastor; First Baptist
church, southeast corner West Third
| ana Taylor, Rev. ]. NJ. Wells: North
| Fort Worth Baptist church. corner OF
] North Main and Twenty-dfth streets
Rev W. W. odum pastor; Christian
| church, northwest corner Of West Sixth
! aud Thruckmorton Rev Homer r. VIII
/ son pastor. South Side Christian
| church, South Jennings avenue, Rev
b. y. Hall; First VI. h. church tS0utD
southeast corner East Fourth ana
Jones, Rev Horace Bishop. Door OF
Hope Mission, First NJ H. church. hold
acrvlceH over corner Main and Weather
! FORD: Epw0rth chapel, First NJ H.
4 church. East SIdc Of Live oak between
Blum and Beknnp: 81. Paurs NJ o.
/ church, northeast corner OF West Sew
enth and Lamar, Rev. o. l.. Fisher:
! Missouri Avenue NJ. n. church (snuth1
corner Missouri avenue and East Anne:
Rlvcwlde NJ. u, church South corner
OF Ross avenue ana First strpets, Rev
w j.. May scandinavian NJ T.. church
corner OF Broadway and ST. Louis
avenues, Rev Carl loromcn Mul.ey
Memorial ". y. church. corner Of West
ireland and st. Louis avenues. Roy. s.
T. Hay pastor. Polytechnic NJ, H.
7 ts1uthl at Polytechnic college. east OF
city, Roy @. A. Evans. Cumberland
PHHhytnrlan church, northeast corner
OF Wet Fifth ana Tdy0r, Rev A.
y. buchanan. First Presbyterian
Ghurch' northeast corner OF East
Fourth and Calhoun stretB, Rev NJ. "
DoEgctt; Broadway presbytrrlnn
church, corner OF broadway and 81.
! Louis avenues. RcY j. II. French; Col
legr Avenue Mission First Prosbyter-
IAN church, Enst College avenue, be-
tween Myrtle and Bellonc Cumberland
Tabernacle Presbyterian church aopth
east corner Chambers avenue and tast
Nineteenth Rev. j. NJ Martin; Evans
chapel Mission First Prcsbyteriqn
church. Evans street ncur Gulf. Col
orado and santa Fe railroad; Union
hethel lHllhaluNl 1901 Min. Ifuftnd
Broilircn IN Christ church corner, az
Hampton and Blum. Rev. Geotga IA,
Tuue.
The CoioreJ n.uouIr,,t,
African Al ~ ot,,aI.
Fh,-t ,,,d I,,, stu's,'' corner OF East
orrd AZ l., lt',f, so w. ~ IiarIls' Col
p.rsore. Nfn,,,'t tin oUS lump isaac y
cnrncr re-, ,,hhgau unjust church,
nv Cn,ob. % ~ tI,nlsleehtn ana Jones,
nsnttst 49,, it,u sbb Mount Plsgah
EnSt r,Ir,nI.,,ti,'' t lovt lump corner OF
''''-i''' NeN' W. IL. jackson.
schools.
No city IN the Southwest has n hotter
school system than Fort ,vor,h rrN,a
eoilny,t,,, go, ~. 50. 80 i"'
'''s i'V"' '"p N"~et'e OF septem-
DpF iuiniAhea u history Of tnrsc--tho
most noble Institutions In the world
Iht Iree puzzle schools OF this city
had their orlgin in a vote OF the olti-
aehs AUGUST, 1852, Such was the una
hini'y OF the people upon the subject
that only nineteen persona voted
NsMnst the tax OF one-half OF 1 per
cent or the majority was thlrty-hve 10
Wle tor inc aehol tax. The city cid
nor own y building or single piece
OF aohonl furniture. yot by the nrst Of
october the schools wore opened with
aeVgnteen teachers and an avcrnFc at
Sgaa5nee me hrst week OF CAS- pupils,
NJ IN