Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-09
THE RAILROADS.
A Dixie Correspondent Starts a Huge
Railroad Canard from Fort Worth
Which Is Promptly Denied.
First Ties Received for The Fort worth s
Rio Grande-rhs Fort worth a. Den.
YER Extension--No Notes.
Homo Noten.

Master Mechanic A >. Douglas left To-
headquarters al Big Springs last night.
j. A. Thomas, travelling passenger
agent Of the Bee line, was in the city yes
terday.
J. II. David, Of the San Antonio &
Araasss Pass railroad, was ia the city
yesterday.
John T. Lewis, land and excursion
agent Of the Missouri Pacific, arrived In
the city yesterday.
The Fort Worth Western engineering
corps Is driving down the stakes on the
permanent location for the first forty
miles, and is making rapid progress
IL Is the intention 10 begin work Ia
completing the Fort Worth, Bowie &
Montague road either late in this month
or immediately after the LIST OF January.
w. H. Lake Of the F6rt Worth & Rio
Grande received number Of ties yester-
day, the first shipment for the road Ia
a few days the FIRST i50 900 will be here,
and tn next 800 600 under way.
President Paddock OF the Fort Worth
s. Rio Grahde starts on trip down the
road to-day. The people along the line
are said 20 be anXlously awaiting his com
Ing, and he probably carries good news
with him.
Contractor Hughes has the heads Of his
400 horses turned to Granbury now, and
the way dirt Is flying and the grade going
up Is a caution. Mr.. Hughes says 1t will
take but sho!t time TO complete the
grade to the depot grounds in this city
when determined on.
II Is understood that Waxahacbie,
Corsicana, Fairfield, Crockett and Beau
mont are ready to aid the extension Of
the Fort Worth & New Orleans on that
route, while Palestine is prepared to
show that by building there many adj
Yantages would be gained.
The emblems OF mourning at the death
OF Col George Noble are still ia place at
the Union depot, while every locomotive
passes over the line draped with black
and white. 1t will be many day before
the employees Of the road cease to mourn,
and they will never forget George Noble.
The Denver & New Orleans, which was
built from Denver 10 Pueblo, has been
out OF existence some time, the company
reorganizlng under the name VI Denver,
Texas & Gulf, with Gov. Evans as presi-
dent. It's this road that will build to q
connection with the Fort Worth & Den
yer.
DR.. Ennis, the great excursion agent,
will arrive here tonight with California
excursion train. Two trains arriv one
from Kansas City the other from 81
Louis. They JOIN at Fort Worth and
proceed west. To-day Agent Lusk will
sell excursion tickets for the Frisco ex-
curslon for $50 for round trip. This is |,
the only day they will be sold
The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe will run I,
through trains over the Fort Worth ex-
tension by January /, 1887, by which time
the new road Will have been inspected |
and received, Work on the extension |
north from Red river proceeds rapidly, as |
well as south from the Arkansas City ex. |
tension. 1t is now believed that by May |
10 through trains from Fort Worth to |
Kansas City and Atchison will be run |
ming.
The Fort Worth Denver extension
from Vernon TO Qlanah, II is tn ught by
officials OF the road, will reach the latter
point by the first day OF 1887. IL will |
then be but a short time until the ar
rangene nts for extension to the Canadian, |
perfected by Gen Dodge, will be under
way. II looks very much as II Fort |
Worth will have $500 miles more If rail- |
road built out from this city by January,
1888 than she has to-day, and consider
able portion Of this will be in operation
by July J, 1887.
The following is taken from the Dallas
News OF yesterday. Where 1t reads Red |
river the Canadian was probably meant
"Gen g MD dge, president OF the Pan.
handle Construction company, lately or
ganlzed under the laws OF Iowa for the
purpose OF constructing railroads In the
Panhandle OF Texas, and also director
In the Fort Worth 4 Denver City railroad,
was interviewed by News reporter yes.
terday. Gen, Dodge said that the com
pany would proceed at once to
extend the Forth Worth & Denver
road TO Denver. The road is com.
pleled from Fort Worth to Quanah on
this end, and from Denver To Pueblo,
under the name OF the Denver & New Or
leans railroad on the other. The distance
from Qusnah TO Pueblo Is 400 mlles, or
thercaoouts. The Panhandle Clnstruc-
ton company will build from Quanah to
Red river, and the Denver s New Orleans
people Will build fom Rcd river TO
Pueblo, Work will be commenced at
once, and the road completed within the
course OF next year, Gen. Dodge de-
clined t. make any further statement as
to the schemes Of his company in Texas.n