Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-16
G0ULD'S EXCURSIONS.
Cspitalists and Home-Scekers Hurried
by the Fort.
A Few Pertinent Remarks About the
Way They re Conducted,

The system of excursions inaugu-
rated by the Gould system some time
last year and successfully carried on
up to the present has proved of little
benefit to Fort Worth. OF the entire
number of these trains passing by
this city, only one, to our recollection,
has made lengthy stop, and that one
arrived here on Saturday night and
remained over Sunday during the
early part of the current year.
These excursions are understood TO
be for the benefit of the excuisionis,s,
but conversations with some of them
who have stopped in the Fort, per
force as 1t were, leads to the belief that
they are being manipulated by certain
parties " ithout regard for the interests
of the Gould system or the excursion
lists. Last Sunday morning one of
these trains passed here going west
and only made stop of twenty min
utes, and gentleman who has been
In one of these excur-
the excursionisis are led to believe
that Fort Worth is an insignificant
town where high taxes and other mu-
nicipal difficulties are experienced.
The excursion train referred to above
made lengthy stop In the city of
Dallas, and the excufsionists were hos
pitably treated by parties who nat
urally would like for the train to pass
Fort Worth without making stop.
These trains have been known to stop
all day long at small villages and rush
by larger towns in the night. These
excursions are under the management
of DR.. John T.. Ennis, and while THE
GAZETTE brings no charges against
his supervision 1t does look strange
that the excursions should glide by
our city with merely nominal stop
when many hours are spent in Dallas.
Is 1t not possible that discriminat ion
is made against this city in favor of
that place? IL is scarcely probable
that any of tue chief officers of the
road would seek to snub the city
which pays more revenue to the
Gould system than any other city in
the state.
Can IL be that an organized company
has monopoly of the benefits that
would result to the public generally if
the stoppages along the lines were not
cut and dried before the excursion
trains leave st. Louis, Chicago or any
other Northern or Eastern city? Why
are they made to stop so long in Dallas
and rush by Fort Worth? In all fields
an honest and fair competition is de-
sirable, but when the minds of stran-
gers are poisoned against city by
erroneous and false reports about taxa
ton, etc, 1t is time to stop and inquire
why it ia done.
We do not believe that Mr.. HoXie.
Mr., Hayes, Mr.. Talmage or any OF the
high officials of the Gould system have
an animus against n city which their
roads built to it's pre- sent splendid pro-
portions, yet trains bearing capitalists
are scarcely permitted to stop here at
all.
The question naturally forces itself to
all the people of Fort Worth, WHY il IL
done" And are not some persons, hos
Tie To this city, manipulating these
eScursions? 1t Is n conceded fnct that
NOR travel centers in this city than
IN any other place on the Gould rail-
ROADS IN Texas, yet capital is carried
by us doors in trains owned exclusive.
~ by the system and intended to swell
the wealth and population along the
INES oil TINS great corporation. THESE
facts have been discussed by the bust.
ness men, and telegram was SEM
yesterday to the excursionists return
ing from trip TO the West, asking
them to remain in the city a shofl
time in order to view some of the adj
yantages and improvements in the
Fort. Much was said which was moi
creditable to the management of These
excursions and the officials in charp.
oil them, and it is to be hoped this arti
Gle VIII reach the eyes of those compe
tent to judge, whether or not these ex
curslons are manipulated at the ok,
pense of the Gould system in the in
terest OF private parties and certain
cities.