The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28

| 4 meeting of the officials of tho Trans
| poriation Department of tho Gould
railway system in TcXas, was held In
this city yesterday. superintendent
Joseph lIorrln, of the International a.
/ Treat Northern railroad arrived by Sun
l day nights wcst-hOund train, and SUI
! porintcndonts Warder Cumming, of the
/ Texas n Pacific, and j. Il. NanDyne, of
l the Missouri, Kansas A Texas
reached here yesterday morning, Tho
meeting was held In the private ear
| of superintendent llerrln, which had
/ been placed on the side track of the
! Texas " Pacific, opposite the now ware
[ house. There were present Superlnten-
/ dents Cumming, OF the Texas X Pacific,
| ilcrriu, ct the International ~ Great
| Northern, aud Van Dyne, of the Mis-
SOuri, Kansas X Texas; q. y. linggcrty,
/ muster mechanic, Texas n Pacific, Mar
shafts j. Is. l.ape, master mechanic,
Texas " Pacific, Big Springs;
chuuic, International 4 Great Northern,
/ Palestine, aud VIC. Clark, master mo-
chuuir, Missouri, Kansas d VoNas rail-
] way, hunisOn. The officials were
/ in consultation for several hours. They
! stated TINT they had met for general
conference, TALL the lines represented
| being In the same system,) and Tor
U -
I the best methods to adopt in
view of the usual heavy traffic which
the roads expect whom the fall season
opens. Ii is also likely that Il large in
crease in the amount of rolling stock
/ viii be made 50 rs To- avoid
the trouble experienced last year,
/ especially in cotton shipments, on
account OF scarcity of ears, Supnriutcu-
dent Cumming stated that from the re-
| ports he had received, CLEANED from re-
/ liable sources, ho thought crops on his
/ line from Wills Point east, and ON the
| Unconstitutional division, would hc
/ larger than last year, while on the line
/ from Wills Point west there would benO
| increase, unless there should bc rains
/ soon. On tho whole Gould system in
/ Texas, and in fact throughout the whole
state, however, he estimated that there
| would be an incret so of ten pCr cent.
over the crops of last wear.
In response to Il question of the repOr-
| ter Superintendent Cumming stated that
| the water supply. which has heretofore
been very troublesome matter, espo-
cially on the western portion of the road.
was now excellent, good lasting wells
and tank, ponds having been obtained,
| and the use of water-cars had been near
| ly entirely abandoned. This shows,
that by proper effort it is not so difficult
Il matter to secure water, even upon the
extreme Western plains.
The superintendent and their party
left Dallas on the $40 west-bOund train
yesterday afternoon for Fort Worth, to
spend few hours, and from there will
return tn their respective headquarters.
| The gentlemen composing the party
were ati'ablc and iovial and evidently in
earnest to give TO the patrons of their
lines the best facilities that can be
afforded in the way of handling traffic.
FREIGHT AGENTS MEETING.
A meeting of the assistant general
freight agents and division freight agents
of the Missouri Pacific railway systemin
Texas and Louisiana, was held yester-
day morning in the Office of division
freight agent Turner in this city. There
were present. j. T.. Galbrath, assistant
general freight agent, Galveston; w. w.
| Finley, assistant general freight agent,
New Orleans; Frank Trumbull, freight
auditor, st. Louis, and division freight
agent G. II. Turner, Dallas; j. Il. Barth-
olomew, Fort Worth, and }. 5. Knox.
TeXarkana.
The meeting. it is understood, was for
the purpose of discussing claim and
other matters pertaining to the freight
department.