Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-05
THE RAILROADS.
What Col. Smith Thinks About Road
10 the Pineriea Of Southenst Texas
from Fort Worth.
A paoinc Coast Foot Formed shsrmsn
Obtaining Depot 0rounds Tor Her Kew
Moad Home Notes.



". A. 0sfyey, superintendent Of bridges
and buildings on the Texas 8 Pacific, was
In The cl y lAst night.
w !. CarnohsD, general road master u
The RIO Gfande division Of The Texas &
paclfc, was IN tho city last night.
r. w. Anderson, superintendent Of the
Eastern apd Tfanseonilncnial divisions
Of tho Texas Pacific, went east yester-
day.
Mr.. 9. g Allen, late u the Fort WO th
4 New Orleans, went aonth last night and
will probably visit Mexico before he 70.
turns.
W. r.. Holmes, formerly ticket agent
Of the Texas & Pacific a. Dallas and n
wcll.known railroad man, WAS IN the city
last night
Mr. Lyons, Of Driiton & Lyons, con.
tractors Of the 81. Louis, Arkansas 4
Texas, has written that ho ana Col. Oglcs.
BY 81 Plano will visit our city shortly on
railroad business.
ftl now nn assured fact, II no bad
wcathcr or other prOvidcntIai cause pre-
. vents, that the AtchlsOn-Ssnta w viii be
completed 20 Gainesville on or before the
10Th Inst. The roads completion 10 Rcd
river will not be bad Christmas glft 70
Gainesville and Fort Worth
Gen, Dodge II expected 10 reach Fort
Worth the latter part Of this week
% attend the annual meeting Of the
Fort Worth & Denver, which road
nc has done much for In tho past. Tho
extension oi the road and other matters
OF general Interest viii doubt esa be de-
termnod on At the coming meeting.
Thq Fort Worth & Rio Grande Is msk
Ing good pfogreeg on both ends oi the
hfSt forty mlleA contract Some time
ago q route was selected from Granbury
W brownwoOd and located for waich
werk our citizens paid $4,000 IN c1-h
While that route may not be followed,
the work done Will assist the engineering
corps greatly In thclr present work.
Engineer N o. Hail Of tho Fort Worth
Western, N charge Of he force locating
the preliminary line Of Tho road, will after
Jeckaboro IN reached, return b. Fort
worm and make tho permanent location
JackhbofO VIII bg reached early this
week. The company II ready and anxious
70 let the contract for building tho nrst |
forty miles.
q. u Gates and Mayor McMurry are
getinR along swimniingly we'll IN securing |
tho night Of way for tbs Gulf 4 pacldc /
from Decatur 70 Bridgeport The 49,.
curing Of the right Of way for tho Gulf 4 |
Pacllie 70 the county liBe cakt from De. |
eAiuf, VIII be work Of few days only, /
because thn people one and all frcl the .
pressing need Of this road Decatur |
Post
The two great California excursion
trAlnr, one from g. Louis by way Of the |
Iron Mountain aud Texas 4 Pacific, tho
othor from KananB ny viii consolidate
~ Fort Worth, the great railroad center,
and from here proceed 10 their desllns.
tlon. Tbs trHins leave from the two
citica on December and meet hGfe on
me night 81 tbs 10Th, a number u Fort
Worth people Intend making tho trip.
Col Peter smith, In conversation yes.
tefdfy With GAZETTE reporter, said he
considered a road 10 tho Southeast great
dehlderatum for Fort worth. For
himself, he thought line built !
from WaKahnchlc, tbs terminus
81 tbs Fort Worth & New Orleans,
~ Cofhlcana aud thcnca 70 Trinity sta.
ton, would bo The heat road Were this
road built be had no doubt but the Tutor. |
national 3 Great N rthern would extend |
u The piDefiee, ard this would give az by |
~ leaet 100 miles the shortest route 10 4
the rich pine forests Of tho South.
east. Col Smith thinks an extension
70 Palestine would not give us what W,
want, as the road would have 10 be built |
a considerable dihtaUcG beyond that city |
before pine was reached Ia great auaBtl. /
Nos, An extension 90 Beaumont would |
In fact DO the very beet thing for this city. |
for IN that case We would strike the great |
fountain head Of the lumber district