Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-17
THE RAILROADS.
Gen. Dodge and President Jones Of the
Fort worth & Denver Visit Wise
County Coal Mines.
Fort worth has struck Another Blow
which Counts Heavy weatherford's
Fine ProspeotS--The VI Paso Pool


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ID. r.. Grove, general roadr1aster OF the
Texas Pacific, was In the city yester-
day.
II. P. Hughes, travelling passenger
agent OF the Missouri Pacific, was in Fort
Worth last night.
Mineral Wells has the grade down for
q spur from the Texas & Pacific. Mineral
Wells wants the road bsd.
President Paddock and Chief Engineer
Parsons OF the Fort Worth & Rio Grande
will return from trip down the road to-
day.
r. w. Anderson, superintendent OF the
Eastern and Transconiinental divisions
Of the Texas & Pacific, was In the city
yesterday.
1t will require less than 100 miles OF
road for Fort Worth to reach long-leaf
pine, and to penetrate to the very heart
Of the forests 100 miles only.
The business OF the Houston & Texas
Central railroad from Fort Worth is con-
stantly increasing, and the company Is
more than ever satisfied with having put
Fort Wsrth on it's main line.
The Fort Worth & New Orleans has
completed another sIde-track, and its
terminal facilities are much better than
before. The round-house, for six loco
motives, and the coach-house are also
completed.
More locomotives in active service can
be seen in Fort Worth Ia any one day
than In Dallas, Waco, San Antonio and
Galveston combined. Slightly altered
from the original by Col. Britton, but
true all the same.
On December % the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Re will sell excursion tickets
TO Galveston and return, good to return
till December "a, for one fare for round
trip. Tickets TO be sold to any one hold
ing ticket TO PATHS concert only.
1t Is stated on high authority that w.
II. Newman, traffic manager Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, has been rendered the po-
sitlon OF general manager OF the Texas &
Pacific made vacant by the death OF Col.
Noble. l.. l.. Keller is acting in that
capacity at present.
Mr. Gould wants absolute control OF
the stern division Of the Texas & Paci-
fc, and his plans will then be In as per-
feet shape as he conld desire, and 1t Is
said that he will get that division, and
let the Rio Grande and Shreveport and
New Orleans lines go by the board.
1t mas been settled Fort Worth has
secured grand power to aid in her up
building; an inyincible power, Fort
Worth has struck blow where least eX-
pected. Her agent has been successful,
her men OF energy and pluck have done
their work and kept their counsel; IL Is
done a brief time and the full facts will
be gwen.
The ties for which the Fort Worth &
Denver have been waiting have been sent
TO the front and the work from Chilicothe
to Quanah VIII now DC pushed. When
Quanah IL reached Gen, Dodge and the
Panhandle Construction company will
push "the only great Panhandle route" to
the Canadian with celebrity never Witness
ed before In Texas. Two hundred miles
added to Fort Worth territory, and may
hap second 200 miles before that Is
done. The Fort Worth & D5nyer, q
grand trunk line, termini Fort Worth
and Denver.
Conductor Larimer In charge OF spe-
clal train, at $3.50 yesterday brought In
Gen. Dodge, Col. Morgan Jones, presi-
dent, and Mr.. Bissell, chief engineer OF
the Fort Worth & Denver, from the trip
up the road. AT Decatur the three gen
tlemen, together with citizen from De
catur, drove out to the mines, situated
ten miles from the city, and Gen. Dodge
Inspected the mines and examined the
coal IL Is understood the coal Is like
the Montague county coal, and grows
better In quality as the miners go de per
II Is said that Gen. Dodge submitted 0
proposition TO Decatur people, and that
If they accept it spur will be run from
Decatur to the mines, to be operated by
the Fort Worth & Denver as feeder
After his arrival here Gen, Dodge wal
busy with matters pertaining to the Pan
handle Construction company.