Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-29
DOWN IN TEXAS LAND
The BusiIing City Of Fort Worth
cont;nnad f-ooo last uaak

Texas, with its succession of surprises,
the National Editorial Special train
pulled into Fort Worth early In the
morning of Friday, May 1st. The edi-
tors found themselves in q thriving
city which takes pride in being called
"The City of Beautiful Homes"
The visitors were escorted to the Ho-
tel Westbrook, where an elaborate
breakfast was served, and where the
usual fluctuations were exchanged.
Vice President Lee j. Rountree, of
Texas, presided at the breakfast and
the appreciation OF the Editorial asso-
citation was voiced by Messrs. Albright
Of Tennessee, Hansman of Kansas,
and BUCK Bragdon of Monroe,
Mich. The visitors were welcomed to
Fort Worth by Captain b. B. Pad
dock.
The "stuntn of the breakfast was
presided over by Edward Fox, of Chi
cago, who with appropriate words and
An especially improvised chant crown
ed l.. NJ. Ward, of Fort Worth,
"Queen Of the May.n Thereafter,
during the day Mr.. Ward wore a
crown of flowers gracefully, even
though it vas 81 large that it soon
settled downlaround his neck.
Following the breakfast motors were
provided and the visitors were given
an impression Of the beauties of Fort
Worth. The trip ended at the stock
yards, which are the third largest in
the United States and which are the
foundation of the industrial prosperity
of the city. The visitors were some
what surprised to learn that Fort
Worth's packing houses rank below
only those of Chicago and Kansas City
and learned that al the present rate of
growth and development of these
plants 1t will be only a matter of a few
years until Kansas City Is passed and
Fort Worth. will become the second
packing house city in the United
States.
1t isltrue that Fort Worth has many
claims to greatness, but its citizens
have not, in their endeavor to achieve
commercial greatness, placed commerce
upon a pedestal and worshipped it,
they nave nuiided q city OF homes and
one of the first facts the patriotic citi-
zen impresses upon the Visitor is tina
more MONIES are owned py their occu-
pants 10 rore worth 'nan 10 any oIner
city III iexas' irrespective OF size.
me ENTERPRISE the energy and the
iai'n OF tne fort worm people mas not
been 70 nome building, n
the iocai prloe mas plenty OF sway IN
otner ulrectlons, Out tney are proud Oh
the iace tnas q usss'opmen OF the
nome las KEPT pace Win q oeveiop-
ment OF industry n commerce, ana
tne stfanger Within its gate Is impress
sea Win me TACT tnat a CITY wnefe peo-
PIE wan 10 o"n MONIES must NC agooo
city 10 1--WE 10.
Texas cities have an astounding way
OF quoting Observation-Disclosures which
are, in themselves, an astonishing DEM
%onstration Of enterprise and prosperity,
and Fort Worth lie no exception.
To the reader, and to the visitor. 1t is
important to know that the population
Of Fort Worth is "a, 494, making it the
third city in Texas; that 1t is on thir-
teen trunk lines of railroads with sew
enteen outlets and is the greatest rail-
road centre inIthe southwest; that it is
the point of interchange OF SO per cent
of the rail traffic moving to and from
the state; that,it loads 1865 cars of pack
age freight every day; that it is the
greatest mail distributing point in
America-think of 1t, more pouch mail
is handled in Fort Worth than in Chi
Gage Naw Work mr. PhiladaInh,a that