Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-11
THE RAILROADS.
gen. Dodge Says the Natchless Termi-
nal Facilities OF Fort Worth VIII
Make Her Great.
The Missouri Pacific Provides for svsooo'-
600 More money-Commerce Happy
Weathsrford's Road-Notes.


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desk before him. Gen. Dodge, on hrst
sight, strikes one as being as great an ex-
ecutiye officer as a general, which ne IS IN
fact. He is strictly business, and has
n capacity for work excelled by no man.
While slightly gray, be appears 10 DC
man OF forty or fortY.1ve years OF age,
With bright eye, well-knit frame, and
longevity stamped on every feature and
apparent in every act. The general is
courteous and kind. not the courtesy OF
form, but the true, real article.
uGen Dodge, have been Instructed to
call on you Dy the managing editor OF
THE GAZETTE and ask you 10 regard TO
railroad matters. First, would like to
know what answer you made to the Mon
tague committee which called on you to-
day
III told them / would look over the
proposed road"
general, what about the operations OF
the Panhandle Construction company In
building the Fort Worth Denver extern
sIon7n
"We have commenced work beyond
Quanah already; we have not done much
yet, but the road will be built at once,
and Gov. Evans will extend the Denver,
Texas G. Gulf to a connection. This may
be stated to certainty. Before | left
New York had purchased all the MAJ
terial for the work and have let a number
of contracts to parties scattered all over
the state of Texas. / telegraph
for bids for what we want
and II the bid suits accept 1t at once.
have bought twelve locomotives and 300
cars for the road, In addition to the ma
terial. All supplies and material will
come through Fort Worth, and from
Il Ill nfvIta anA
store large quantities OF material. The
present extension of the road will reach
Quanah about the middle of January"
"What prospects have you for coal on
the roadI"
1--WE have coal In abundance, and of q
quality nearly II not quite equal to Pitts
burg coal. This we get in the Trinidad
coal fields The Fort Worth & Denver
passes right through this coal, which
stands out on either side of the track
twenty to thirty feet high. This Is
coke coal, and our road can lay
II down in Fort Worth as cheap
II not cheaper than the coal now used
here. Denver uses this coal, and also
has as good coal nearer to that CITY,"
"Has the Fort WORTH & Denver any in
tention, general, OF building to the south
east2"
"No; that is for others to do. We have
enough to take care Of in our line when
built through, but road to the long-leaf
pine region from Fort Worth would be
good thing"
"What about building from Calef, Kiley
or above Hodge track Of your own TO
the city2n
Ilt may become necessary 20 have an
additional track laid on the Transconti.
mental on which we now come in under
lease from the Missouri Pacific, but there
are so many roads coming in from the
north we will have no trouble -
"General, what do you think of Fort
WORTH"
"You have a fine CITY,"
"What about the future prospects?n
"Fort Worth will be the great distribut-
ing point for all of North Texas. Your
matchless terminal facilities brings this
about, and this is the great reason ell
the railroads are coming hore. The Texas
& Pacific, Missouri Pacific and other roads
have ample ground for tracks on which
to do ell the business necessary at great
distributing point. No other city In any
part of North Texas has facilities for
doing more than the local business,
while here the work OF distribution can
be done under the most advantageous
circumstances. Some OF this work is
even done here now"
"What effect will the roads to the
northwest, through Bailey county into
New Mexico, have on the Denver?n
Gen Dodge inquired the route OF the
Fort Worth Western and Southern Kan.
sas and after examining large map OF
Texas, replied, "they are too far of /,
affect us. The Panhandle is a magnifl
cent agricultural country and will befou
long be filed up with agrlculturists, Will,
the cattle will move out. When frs
came to Fort Worth the land about THU
city was considered worse than the Pan
handle, and you see what 1t is now, not
withstandlng you had prohibition In thl.
section this year,
"What do you think about the reorgan
ization OF the Texas & Paci1cy"
"There will have TO be foreclosur,
first, that being a part OF all the plans, al
l understand 1t, and l see no move {,
that end AT present. The receivers ar
getting the road In fine condition.
"What do you think OF Judge Gresham
decision In the Wabash case?i'
THAT Is question for LAWYERS, and
do not want 10 be quoted in regard to II
but notice one thing, aud that is the dc
cision takes strong ground for the right
OF bondholders, and this will have the ei
feet OF giving capitalists confidence 1
that class OF securities.n
General, where will great Unlol
depot in Fort Worth be locatedpn
"The Union depot's location will neye
be moved far from where 1t now Is, fror
the junction of the Missouri Pacific, SAINT
Fe, Texas & Pacific and Fort Worth
Denver. When larger one Is bunt
may be located on the vacant ground /
the right OF where II now is, but tho Ii
teTests centerlng there are too great
admit of moving II any distance. All II
roads can easily reach 1t and the Housto
& Texas Central should be there now"
Gen. Dodge eviuced a lively intere
in and thorough knowledge OF railws
projects and pointed out
the map where the Chicag
Rock Island 4 Pacific was conn
20 Texas by extending from Caldwell
Kans., crossing the Fort Worth & DENY,
at or near Tascosa, thence to El Pas
with one line, aud the other 60 point /
Montague county ON Red river TO con
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