Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

seen New Birmingham. r. II
ago would have been I
future for it equalllns NJ.
Alabama Seeing NJ re
now one is strikingly We
similarity of its fate 4 \,
doldsmith's deserted VIZ, +
When first l saw New y
every rood of lta sro 4,
Its man. and health aud s.,'|
the laboring swaIh.q X
altered Fen now The l,
begun; and half the NM
struction donel
Let's follow the rise Al, 4
modern Auburn.
'V Neiofe me "a III
New Birmingham, Ten.
$780," The work was Nc
promoters Of the iran NJ
Eastern Texas, the NJ. n
Land and Iron Conns..
represents the town al
The frontlspiece is A MI.
the Southern hotel, a MN
nishings ana table servisa !.
uncqualled by any hotsI
The building was eons,,ss
most modern plans ana Il
with curly pine. equallln,
wood or mahogany. Ths "
made strilsingly attfs,tl"|
ably having the largest n,'.I
state, its width being alrs
and Its fuel being lafcs Ss,|
logs, much resembllnr NJ
log of yore. Sitting aro,'I
Portable place | have n.
worth millions, United stssl
governors and congressmss
heard OF the resources n Il.
considered barren hills a n
county, and We're there !.
time and that tide that ls,.l
tune.
Five million dollars has
invested, and only the M
been made. Blasting futrssI
lights, street cars and M
We're completed as thougb |
Even staid old Rusk, The NJ
50 many illustrlous Texan, 4
ened from It's Rip Van MI
and followed in the wake y
nelghbor, building a fine MI
its streets, which had nev.l
an oil lamp on its coruen |
midnight wayfarer in fnds|
homeward, by Literally pkS|
lights Throughout the city n
staid and wealthy ci.iisn|
heavily in the neighbour,
dales, and held their lsnst|
for prices now deemed ~
An old, decrdpid negro ovs|
acres OF land between ihA n
and after much parleying Il
the body for several thousts|
1t is believed he buried hIs Il
neither of the banks had Il
tunity of keeping 1t for hin
But more of this prospecia|
beautiful parks and bOulsn|
created by enterprlsing III
they, too. were ILLUSTRATED d
of the printers Ert; also vs|
of modern cottages and VA
dustries. This work, which Il
was issued in good faith, al
wards inducing HUNDREDS u
families to dispose Of Their d
north OF Mason and Dlxosi|
to HE themselves to this I'D
RADIO. During this time ii|
cursions OF Vestibuled trains |
ton and other eastern ~
through direct to this pia|
the arrival of the gloyed all
tlemen they were met W Il
OF publlc-spirlted men and i
the hotel where they were 4
toasted. Wen do l remenAs|
was present at one OF thes.
In all my travels l have 4
anything in the south that y
In elOquence and c0ncepdaa
quet. The governor u Teia|
and frequent We're the tpiia|
of national and state repuAB|
Everything was truly NJ.
The city council was comps|
most public-spiHted men, i
frequently met and leglslsii|
Under their rulings no frans|
We're permitted to be coasnul
in certain bounds, and the q
was that solid two and 4
brick buildings could DO q
each other on the main .hoN
The versatile Charlie Ed'|
Dick Collier We're OF the ell
of the New Birmingham ]
they well kept the town
public. To show how conh1
these conservative men fat|
with them at the tins 10 i
the feasibility Of pupllshiri|
paper with press dispatches
per did not, however. becon1
for that tide that bore then
remarkable distance INLAND
as though 1t were q tdn
ceding.
The change in the affairs \
made public by a pronunolal
the president OF the comp
effect that the furnaces woulq|
down indefinitely. The aas.|
came as though 1t were llsi
a clear sky. The overly sang
not be convinced, but i soea
be a condition and not .
confronted them. Those
land and held options on vi
seeking purchasers, but lns
could not be found. unlinn
ings We're permitted to reI|
ished, many Of them never 4
necessary floor or roof Az.
construction. and they 70
main unfinished and unoeepg
reasons were offered by ,m
us 10 the cause OF the cessll
atlons. Most of them Ws's 4
cious than plain. OF ne N
laborers who were thrown " n
many were left STRANDED *,
seek and receive charity ~
ital was made OF the is,I|
Hogg-Clark cauldrons bo,r'
warm with that as It's iust
II may have been tne X Il
tional legislation, as solas t,|
1t may have been capses Y
able legislation on the r..
cellency and his cohorts x st,|
ty third legislature. Le, -
may, I believe the trns Il
that as the iron marAV ,hss
dollars. and at the price w ,.ss|
now given. the furnace, , y 4
operated at n profit, w