Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-13
THE RAILROADS..
Col. Jones Reports a Large Force In
the Territory Already at Work
on the lis Miles.
where viii the Track GO out-Thht "aiis'
information" About the water Used
by the Texas & Pacific.
Home Notes.

w. A. Ross, auditor OF the Fort Worth
& Denver, is expected home In very
short time.
Enlarged stockyards or an additional
yard on the switch TO the refrigerator is
said to be necessity, now that the re-
frlgerator will soon be at work.
In a few days Superintendent G. L..
Frost Of the Fort Worth & Denver will be
able TO state, from his own knowledge,
what sort OF a line the Montague & South
western would make, for he intends with
others to go over the proposed route.
Where will the track OF the Fort Worth
Rio Grande & Topolobampo Bay railroad
leave the city? is qestion now asked by
many. Some say 1t will cross Che Trinity
about the head OF Taylor and strike the
ridge road to Granbury. The engineers
will doubtless be able to settle the mat
ter.
IL is said that week ago the Missouri
Pacific made a proposition to number OF
Fort Worth gentlemen, who met ct the
First National bank, to build road from
this city to Brentwood, but the citizens
replied they were very sorry, but a New
York syndicate had already determined to
build. The Missouri Pacific regretted ex-
ceedlngly that 1t was too late, but will
probably help out In some other direc-
ton.
Col Morgan Jones, president OF the
Fort Worth & Denver, a staunch Demo
crat and large contractor, was in the
city yesterday, after visit to Gainesville
ON business connected with the ll5 mile
contract on the Atchison- Santa Fe. Col.
Jones says when he left Gainesville over
two hundred teams had crossed over and
considerably more were there by this
time. The grade Is somewhat heavy, he
says, but the work will be pushed. Col.
Jones says further that there was only
tramway over Red river, a portion OF
which was carried away The false work
or temporary bridge is not in yet. The
stone piers are going up rapidly. The
gentleman had nothing to say at this time
in regard TO Fort Worth & Denver extern
sions.
That transformation which led the
city council to make demand on the
Texas & Pacific road for more pay for
water used and afterwards backed down
and had to acknowledge the error made,
has cost this city more than our people
begins to imagine. Col. j 2. Smith and
City Attorney Capps went to Dallas and
saw Col. Keller in regard to the matter,
but while not at all stubborn, Col. Keller
simply took business view of the mat.
ter. While the abrupt, uncalled for
and foolish action taken was that of
few men, the railroad company
could not be subjected to whims and
caprices which might strike the "few" at
any time. The railroad company must
provide against contingencies here as 1t
had in Dallas, and get water supply of
its own. After the first outlay, the COM
pany would get water for sum far below
S2400 per annum, and would not be sub
ject to have 1t turned of at any time. The
city council represents the city, and
their inimical action on this water ques-
ton is one reason why the road has not
put the car-sheds here, as desired by Gov.
Brown. A mistake sometimes, q mistake
on mlsinformatlon, may be worse than a
crime. The S2450 per annum is not going
into the treasury Of the city at this time
The Texas & Pacific is still running.