Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-24
THE RAILROADS.
The Denton g. Northwestern a Real
Live Road Which Will Soon be
Put on Dirt.
cisco BlddiDg for tho Fort worth westsrn
for the Coal Fields Near
by-Homo Notes.


The sale Of holiday excursion tickets
begins to-day.
The west-bound Texas & Pacific was
late last night and the south-bOund Mis-
souri, Pacific later, not reaching here I'M
Til after II O'Clock.
Morris Jouvenat, a civil. engineer on
the GAine.ville, Henrietta & Western,
spent yesterday la the city and lett Tor
Sherman last night.
President .Fordyce has postponed his
visit 70 Texas cities, having l1st returned
TO st. Louis TO spend the holidays. Some
time early in January he will pay US q
visit.
Contractor Hughes Of the Fort Worth
4 RIO Grande will spend Christmas day AT
nome in Fort Worth. He will enjoy his
turkey, for be has done goOdworB on the
road aud benefited this city.
Mr.. Moss Of the Fort Worth Western
saws that they have not run their prelimi-
nary Iine.to Haskell City yet, but have
run II beyond Graham. Mr. Moss Is en-
thuslasiic over the lne country along the
proposed route OF the road.
By tonight the Gulf Colorado & Santa
Fe will probably nave Its last rail laid on
the Fort Worth extension 70 Gainesville
and material win &c pushed through to
the Territory, where fifty miles OF grad
ing is ready for ties and rails.
John A. Grant, the general manager OF
the Texas & Pacific appointed to succeed
the lamented Col. George Noble, Is rail-
road manager of great experience anu
has always had the esteem OF the en-
Dloyes OF the roads with which he has
been connected. Mr.. Grant will go
80, nm InnnaFy /
The Fort Worth & Denver Railroad
company has given notice that W. V.
Newlin is appointed general freight aud
passenger agent OF the road, 10 take Ell
feet January s87 with headquarters
AZ Fort Worth. Mr. Newlin has been
connected with railroads in this city for
number OF years, and will undoubtedly
nll the new office with honor to himself
and profit TO his company.
Judge Carroll and Capt Thomas +
West came In from the East last night,
and report the Denton & Northwestern
road booming. Judge Carroll says Den
ton has already taken $4,000 Of stock in
the road, and that 1t will be built Capt.
West states that within ten days
the books will be open
and work begin. Decatur
and Jacksboro will certainly join
Denton heartily IN securing this road,
which win be a great thing for the three
cities. Judge Carroll says the Gulf &
Pacific has no part or parcel In this road.
Both gentlemen are happy over the pros
pect.
Mr.. Shrewder, an old gentleman from
Mneola, who has relatives in this city,
has been in Fort Worth several days eX-
hlbiting n very ingenius device In the
shape of car.coupler. MIR. Shrewder
has secured two patents In this country
and has also patented it Ia Bel
gum, France aud Holland. 1t is
automatic, and does away with
the necessity Of getting between
the cars TO couple or uncouple them, the
uncoupllng being done either from the
side or top OF the car, while the mere
coming together OF the cars does the
coupling. The great difficulty in
automatic couplers has been in keeping
the liuk In line with the aperture In the
drawhead on the car to be coupled. Mr.
Shrewder In his patent overcomes this
by having the ends Of the link fiat
as well as the sides, ana spring Is so ar
ranged back Of a movable block that the
link Ia kept horizontal and, therefore,
always strikes the block square on the
OtDGT car, Wnen INC sprung gives auu tue
pin drops down. Mr.. Shrewder says he
has given the coupler practical test and
that It works well. The invention was
shown TO the late H. M. HoXie, who is
said to have approved 1t heartily. In
setting forth its merits the in
vcnror gives ten reasons why 1t is best.
II IL absolutely life saving; 1t Is labor
saving; II is time.savingi 1t will work IN
connection with the ordinary Drawbacks;
it can be worked ON cars OF different
heights; IT can be put on cars without
changing anythingi 1t can be adopted
gradually and not Interfere with traffic; 1t
can be uncoupled while in motion 1t
will save property; It is simple, durable
and cheap. 1t would probably repay
practical railroad men to inspect IL and
Mr. Schrewder, who can be found
on Weatheriord streetnear Throckmorton
will take pleasure in showing 1t TO men
engaged in the business OF railroading.
THE GAZETTE would like to have the
opinion OF some experienced brakeman on
the utility OF the invention.