. The geography of Texas, physical and political. ational and THE riiiNcirAL cities of texas 181 Great Northern extends in a southeastern direction toHouston. The Fort Worth and Rio Grande, building in asouthwest direction, has now reached Brady. The Frisco enters the city by the Red Rivei, Texas and Southern Rail-way from Sherman, and the Houston and Texas Cen-tral by means ofa branch fromGarrett. Among theindustrial estab-lishments ofFort Worth arefound tiie shopsof several rail-roads, threegrain elevators,two flour mills,five ice factories,a compress, acotton-seed-oilmill, two found-ries, t
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. ational and THE riiiNcirAL cities of texas 181 Great Northern extends in a southeastern direction toHouston. The Fort Worth and Rio Grande, building in asouthwest direction, has now reached Brady. The Frisco enters the city by the Red Rivei, Texas and Southern Rail-way from Sherman, and the Houston and Texas Cen-tral by means ofa branch fromGarrett. Among theindustrial estab-lishments ofFort Worth arefound tiie shopsof several rail-roads, threegrain elevators,two flour mills,five ice factories,a compress, acotton-seed-oilmill, two found-ries, three brew-eries, etc. Itsmeat-packinghouses and stock yards rank next to those of Kansas establishments have a daily capacity of a thousandcattle and twenty-five hundred hogs, A large wholesaletrade in groceries, dry goods, drugs, hardware, crockery,furniture, and lumber is centered here, Fort Worth being adistributing point for the Panhandle country. The bank-ing interests include six national banks, a savings bank,and a trust Fig. 122. Post Office, Fort Worth |i ^--^-J ^ i^^^S BV Fig. 123. C\vKNE(iiE Ti J^iiiitAuv, Four Worth
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