Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-21

by tonight, n is said, tho Gulf, Col.
orada & Santa Fe Will be completed TO
the city OF Gainesville.
John Bisseil, an old and expert oper
ator, IL now chief train dispatcher for the
Texas 6 Pacific at this place.
T.. j. Crosbie, travelling passenger agent
Of the Texas & Pacific with headquarters
at III Paso, was IN the city last night.
The Fort Worth g. Denver officials have
In no wise abatod their efforts TO catch
the men who robbed their train at Bell
yue.
The Houston & Texas Central reports a
big business for Fort Worth, and many
carloads OF freight In transit for our
merchants.
President Paddock Of the Fort Worth &c
Rio Grande was quite sick Sunday, but
had recovered somewhat yesterday, oil
though still confined 10 the house.
Tho Fort WORTH Western engineers are
stlll pegging away on the permanent loca-
ton. They have now reached some
brush and their progress is necessarily
slow.
Contractor Hughes, on the Fort Worth
& Rio Grande, began work yesterday
morning with nearly 200 teams strung
ont along several miles Some nineteen
miles OF grade Is completed.
Tickets TO Gainesville, Red River and
all points between those stations and
Fot Worth win be on sale at all stations
Of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe by
January ], 80 it is stated by those In
position to know. BY July !, tickets will
be on sale from Fort Worth TO Kansas
City and vice versa,
Every preparation Is being made by
Gen Dodge for the great work VI the
Panhandle Construction company In
building the Fort Worth Denver TO the
Canadian. Before the general leaves
every contract will be let, every detail
arranged and the work move on rapidly
Gen. Dodge Is truly great executive
officer.
A. II. Lode, for a long time chief train
dispatcher on the Texas & Pacific az this
place, left last night for Council Grove,
KAN, on a thirty days leave Of absence to
see how he would Ike position there as
chief train dispatcher for the Missouri
Pacific. In the event that he does not
like the position he will return to Fort
Worth
Piano and the points along the pro-
jected line Of the St. Louis, Arkansas &
Texas from Commerce have not slack
ened their efforts TO secure the road
when built TO Fort Worth. When the
company Is ready II will make its propo-
sitlon and Fort Worth will, as usual, re-
spoud promptly as will the other places.
Fort Worth VIII have connection with
Piano before long,
Arrangements are now being made by
Receiver Brown, Is said, to at once
transport large portion OF the $4,000
tons OF steel rails at New Orleans TO the
Rio Grande division where the work of
laying steel rails from point near
WeatherI0rd to Colorado City Will begin.
Before 1887 Is two-thlrds gone Gov.
Brown and his lieutenOnts will have made
the Texas & Pacific the peer of any road
In tee state.
One hundred teams aud men com
menced Monday morning on the grade
for the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe rail-
road north of Independence, Mo. This
Is the Santa Fe route east. IL
leaves Kansas City on the Belt Line aud
then hugs the river shore for thirteen
miles TO Sl0ley, which is northeast OF In
dependence, where 1t Will bridge the
"Big Muddy aud proceed northeasterly.
The soundngs for the bridge have been
made and the work on IL will commence
shortly