Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-20
A GROWING BUSINESS.
MIDSUMMER FINDS PANTHER CITY
LIVE STOCK DEALERS MORE
THAN USUALLY busy.


Texas, with her almost boundless
plains ana abundant water and grass,
her large production Of cotton SEED
and extensive forage crops, her ran
road facilities and assured deep water
ON the coast IL not only great cattle
raising state. but Is also the gateway
to the West India Isles, Mexico and the
Central aud South American states,
and bids fair TO open a lucrative trade
with Europe, and Fort Worth, situated
In the very heart Of the cattle region,
with her eleven railway outlets, by
which direct connection can be had
with amy market In the world, Ia the
natural cattle center OF Texas.
The growth and prosperity OF the
city have always depended TO u large
extent ON the cattle industry, and In
turn the cattlemen have found that
their Interests We're closely allied with
those OF the city.
Since the establishment Of the Fort
Worth Union stock yards and the
packing house the local trade has
vastly improved, and Texas beef Ii
now shipped direct to England. the
first being shipped In 1895, with "A CON
stnnt Increase In trada.
Fort Worth has fust train service
and direct connection with Kansas
city st. Louis. Omaha and Chicago.
afforded by no other city, and OF the
thousands of cattle shipped annually
by far the larger majority are started
from this point.
There are more cattle men In busl-
ness In Fort Worth and u much larger
cattle Interest represented here than In
any other city OF the South as is evil
denoed by the following list Of cattle
dealers In the city with the location
OF ranches and number of cattle han
died annually:
$. b. Burnett. with ranches In the
Comanche reservation and Wilbargrr
county, handling 10000 head annually.
Winfield Scott, whose ranches are In
the Indian Territory, New Mexico and
Western Texas, with $4,000 head. W.
Il. Gntlln, ranches In Haskell ana
Stonewall. with li,O0O. ID. W. Goodwin.
250O In Jones county; J. NJ. Shelton.
5000 In Wheeler county; Ilnnu Cattle
company, with ranches In CARA and
Lynn counties. handling 1000: Frank
Weaver, whose stock IL In the Indian
Territory, 5000; Childrcss Land and
cattle company, 1000, with ranches In
Chlldress county; A. j. Roe, 400 In
Tnrrant and Nolan counties; Tuhoka
cattle company, j. n. Loftin, manager,
with ranch In Lynn county. 1900
Among the other large concerns rep
represented here are lGvans-Snldcr
Buel Co., c, g. DAILY manager: the
standardization Evans CO.. W. Hum
ter manager, the DrummOnd Flnto
commission company, h. N. Graham
manager; and Clay, Robinson AZ Co.
II. II. D. Andrews. Texas agent. These
companies are among the largest live
stock commission companies In IN,
trade, and have offices In Chicaun.
Kansas city and st. Louis.
A. $. Reed. cashier, ana II. ]. Tnlcr
wee president, Of the Live Stock bank
are extensive dealers in cattle i'm IVngt
Toxins. AZ are also NJ. Harold ana
IL. u. Harold, cashier OF the First Ma.
tllnRl bank
The cotton seed mills In Prownwood.
Dublin and Alvarado are owned nv
Fort Worth men and the uutDnt ,hleil,,
disposed of to Fort Worth cattlemcn,
Among the prominent Feeders mnv Ina
mentioned Andrews Bros, H.. II Farm
er, Flrmer Bros, Ron Haclctt And,
George Beggs. while among tho i've
stock ngcnts are George Il. Loving q
CO., Andrews ~ Moody, j.. e. unTls-
ley and L. l.. Moore.
The cattle raisers association of Tex-
as. which Includes the leading cni.
tiemen Of the state and has Tor lta ia
object the general protection or its
members and has inspecting agents
| IN various markets. besides tnlinr a
number of other precautions to preyant
imposition, has IT. secretnry's nnirc
In Fort Worth. These and II any Other
thlhgs show that the Panther On.
mas talr chance to become nj Ions,
the thlrd market in the United States
ana with the increased number of fcI
cattle 100000 should pass through thIs
point annually within "a very Few
| years. ~"