Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-27
BY WAY OF FORT WORTH.
Direct Communication for this Ci'y
With Denver and New Orleans.
An Immense Railroad Contract Which
will Benefit the Fort.

This city is indeed fortunate, and
year by year 1t is becoming the greatest
railroad center in the great Southwest.
For many years the want of q road
which would connect the Atlantic
tide water with Colorado and the
great Northwest has been seen and
felt by all the Western states. AT last
this want is to be supplied III an air
line road from Denver TO Galveston via
Fort Worth and Houston. The
nroposed road will connect with the
Fort Worth 4 Denver, and has already
been extended to Pueblo from Denver.
The following Is taken from the Mar
shall Herald, and is Of great interest to
the citizens of this state:
The report that G. 7. Huntington had Sc,
cured cotiirOl of the frisco road, ana would
extend IL from Fort smith TO Denison, Ten,
Moves 10 be only blow. The Fri GO has
only one rigbu-ot-way through the lnulau
| nation-that Is Paris. From present inulta'
| tions and the action taken by the ans PEG
pie, ths Gulf, Colorado X santa Fe road VIII
| be induced to build from Fort Worth 10 CON
| meet with the Frisco at Paris.
| EX-liov John Evans of Colorado, who bullt
| several OF the local railway lines in that
| state passed through chicago recently, EN-
| route to New York, where the final details
|
OF the Denver 4 New Orleans railroad. While
| In Chicago he was interviewed by tue Trio.
| une representative, whom he informed ol
| hts future plans of operations, as follows:
| "lhis road projected TO connect Denver
| directly with the AJsntic tidewater, Is
already In operation from Denver 10 Pueblo
| in ali about iIU miles. | have recently con
tracted 10 complete and equip the road from
| Pueblo to n connection with the Fort worn
& Denver and other railways connecting VIII
| the gulf coast, including the Bayou city
|
ton, and the Crescent City oil Louisiana
New orleans. This contract Is probably
Il the largest awarded since the completion .
| the linton Pacific, requiring, as IL does, TIT
early construction OF about so miles OF new
road. The route crosses the Panhandle o
| Texas, admitted by all to be the hnest caltl
re giou in the country. 1t also crosses tho Al
Gibson, Toptk a II Santa Fe and the 81. Loui
Il san Francisco railways NJ an acute angie
| growing aud mining regions of Colorad, au
Atlantic tide water about 100 miles. ENter
sive coal fieids are located along the route. :,
LAS the line, when completed, VIII lead d
rectly from the cattle breeding plains Z
Texas to the fattening ranches or pasture
OF Colorado and Wyoming, II Is estimate
, | prove Il profitable source OF revenue.
! TACT the local stock association of Colorad
in a recent report, estimates the transports
ton annually of cattle by the proposed rout
at 2N,OW head. Besides, IL is claimed That
, | large revenue will be derived from the trail
| in Texas hard woods, tropical fruits ana co
= |
| ing the line Is less than 5000, o. A cont'ac
ma. "a ready been effected with the Pullma
company for equipplng the line WIN sleei
ers aud coaches. A large number OF applic
= tions have already been ned for suu-coi
/ tracts in the construction OF the line.
! If a traveller now wishes to go from Iex'
Z to COLORADO, or vice versa, he must eith'
q take the roundabout way through FL Paso,'
% else come by way of the Indian territory al
e the missouri, Kansas u Texas road. Oh
II plan is TO have an air line from the city
- Denver through Fort Worth and Houston
, | Galveston