Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-14
THE RAILROADS.
Commencing sunday Passenger Trains
on the Fort worth 4 Denver will
Run Through ia Vernon.
Election OF DIRECTORS and oHcera OF the
East Line a Red Riv"r RAilroad--The
Mexican NationRl--Bome Notes.


w ID. Litlleneld, superintendent of the
ten graph department. oi the Texas & Pa
ciflc railroad, was 10 the city yesterday.
The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe con
tinues 10 forward niairr'al o, the end
OF the track on the Red river extern
sion.
Jay Gould and party OF officials of the
Missouri Pacific railroad aud Western
Union Teegrsph company, are expected
to arrive here Friday morning on special
train.
b. w. Mccullough, general passenger
agent Of the Missouri Pacific and Texas
& Pacific railroads, was In the city last
night aud went south on the delayed Mis-
souri, Pacific.
The Missouri Pacific south-bound and
Texas & Pacific west-bound were several
hours late leaving Fort Worth last night.
The west.bou waited some time for the
Missouri Pacific.
In the extension OF the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe, what is called an angle plate,
is being used in place of the old style
fish plate, and 1t is said makes the track
at the JOINTS OF the rails as level as any
other portion.
The Houston & Texas Central is now
hauling freight from Fort Worth to Wax
ahachie, Ennis, Groesbeeck, Calvert, Bry-
an, Navasota, Trinity, Loyelady and
Huntsville, with other territory soon 10
be invaded by our merchants.
When Gov Brown, receiver OF the
Texas & Pacific, returns from New York,
ali arrangements win be made for the ex-
tensive laying Of steel rails on the Texas
Pacific, with other improvements con-
templated for some time past.
1t is said the Houston Texas Central
contemplate placing a number of reclin-
ing-chalr cars on the road IN the early
future, This will be the first road In
the state to take this new departure in
the interest OF It's patrons comfort.
The Texas & Pacific IS TO haul several
cargoes of teas from El Paso to eastern
markets during the coming month. This
tea is unloaded at San Francisco, BY
this line tea reaches its destination some
hours sooner than by any other route.
1t is stated now that on Saturday the
gauge of the st. Louis, Arkansas & Texas
will be made standard, and that the work
will be so arranged that passenger trains
will not be delayed. When the gauge is
widened, trains will ran every day in the
week instead OF laying OF on Sunday.
Commencing October "a, the Texas &
Pacific viii sell round trip tickets to Dal-
las for ninety-flve cents. These tickets
will be sold until November 3, and will
be good TO return until November &.
Round trip tickets, good for the same
dates, will be solo 70 the fair grounds for
20,
Beginning Sunday all Fort Worth
Denver passenger trains will run to Yer.
non, fifteen miles beyond Harold, the
present terminus Trains will reach
Vernon at SO y, M, and leave Vernon
at7:l5 a. IN. There ~ no change OF
time OF arrival and departure at Fort
| Worth.
Nearly all side tracks and switches
contemplated by the Fort Worth & New
Orleans are now down, and with the
building OF a round-house in this city the
road Will be completed. MIR. Thomas
Roche says II takes longer than one
would expect TO get a railroad in thor
ough working order.
Me- VS. comes from Gainesville that the
Indian Territory, for several miles north
of Red river, is the scene of busy work
Something like 400 teams with 1000 meu
are scattered along the route OF the
Atchison. Santa Fe grading. Jones
Carey have established several camps
through sub-cortrs ctors, and the scores OF
white tents look like an army camp. Alto
gether, 1t is said the outfit is the best ever
put In the field by railroad contractors
From citizens of Montague who were
in Fort Worth yesterday 1t Is learned
that farmers all along the route Of the
proposed Montague & Southwestern, and
property holders in the cities Of Bowie,
Montague and Burlington are very anX-
ious to have the road built, and will give
literally to have 1t done, the sooner the
better. The gentlemen say the people
look to Fort Worth to take hand in the
matter and help them push It, In few
days something like definite propositi III
can be made.