Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-20
THE RAILROADS.
The Fort Worth western Engineers In
the Field and The Fort Worth a.
Rio Grande Cross Seclioning.
Progress on tho Atohieon santa nc Exten.
sion-moKinney's Eyes Turned TO
fort worth--Notes.


at this time. They have business here.
Capt. steere, stock agent OF the Gulf
Colorado & Santa re, was In the city yer
terday.
J.w. Jackson, general land agent d
the Gulf, Colorado 4 Santa Fe, Is 10 Fort
Worth
A new electric headlight for locomo-
tiyes, known as the Edwards patent, u
being tried.
The Cherokee and Cboctaw divisions OF
the Missouri Pacific are literally block
AIDED with cars.
u. w Jackson, general manager OF the
Mexican Central rail 8ay, VIII act MS
traffic manager OF the company IN place OF
ii G.. Barlow.
The managers OF the Fort Worth
western were busy yesterday buying
horses, wagons and supplies for their
engineering corps.
The fee for obtaining a charter for the
Fort Worth Western was sl076, which
was paid with pleasure, for the road will
be profitable enterprise.
Mr.. l.. d. Davies, inventor OF the loco
motive "cowcatcher,n IL living IN Gin
cinnatl devoting himself principally 20
designing patterns for iron work.
Fred Rogers, for some time popular
conductor on the Sunset, running out Of
San Antonio, 10 now filling a like position
on the Gulf, Colorado g. Santa fe.
william / Allen has been appointed dl.
vision superintendent Of the Chicago,
Kansas & Nebraska Crock Island extern
elon) with headquarters at Horton, Kan.
This morning City Engineer King, with
a corps Of assls tan,s, will beain the work
Of Cross secn0ning on the Fort Worth &
Rio Grande aod then gadlug can begin.
Several new locomotives are now In
daily use on the Texas & Pacific. They
are giants, and come In good time Tor
the heavy traffic being done west Of this |
city.
j. y Bartholomew, a well.known rail /
road man, formerly Of this city but now In |
the general freight department OF the /
Texas Pacific, was In the city yester-
day.
It IL understood that b. s. Fitch re-
signs the position Of general freight agent |
Of the Chesapeake ohio 10 take a posi-
ton on the Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe
road.
The engineering corps Of the Fort
Worth RIO Grande returned home last
night, having completed the survey TO
Granbury They ran 7 $40 miles yes
terdny.
Early this morning Civil Engineer NJ.
o, Hall Will make horse. back survey OF .
the land between here and SprIngtowu,
and Monday morning full corps, with
Instruments, WIN take the feld.
Last night the laying Of track on the
Atchlson extension from Fort Worth had
had reached point ibi miles north Of
this city, and work was progressing at
the rate Of mile TO a mile and a half per
day
Taeg ans have been sent TO Capt. Tom
West at Jacksb0ro and Col. Graham at
Graham to come to this city AZ once.
They are wanted in regard TO certain
railroad matters Of Importance TO those |
cities
In q certain bank In this city IL a large |
sum Of money on deposit, eubjoct TO the |
orders ~ the Fort Worth Western Rail |
road company, with authority 10 draw on
New York for all the money necessary.
That Is the Fort Worth and New York
way
Tho business Of the Fort Worth & Dem
yer 80 very beSTJ those days, part OF
the decrease only being due TO the for
watdlng Of material 10 tho front for the
Quapah extension. The work being put
IN over the ase river Is pronounced the
best Of that character In the state.
Contractor Hughes was ready last
night Tor work. his scrapers were nearly
all set up, MIS- teams and men at hand
As he gets down the line he VIII add to
his forces, and as stated before, win give
Tarrant, Johnson ana Hood county
farmers all the work they can do
An trains were late last night but the
Santa Fe. The south bound Missouri
Pacific did not get here until 1880 this
morning. The train was on time Mt Dent /
son, hut WAS delayed there two hours by |
freight blockade, and had to walt at |
Whlteshoro en- hour and a half on the |
Trenscontlnental
Fort Worth IS headquarters OF the
plucky Fort Worth & Now rlenns, which |
has dope 80 much Tor us, and has Rn up. |
town ONCE OF tho Houston & Texas Cen.
trel. now pronounced by all the hest |
equlppod road In the state Receiver /
Dillingham; has doLe wonderful work In |
his Improvement Of tSe Central and Fort |
WORTH cannot understand how she ever
got along without he Central,
With the completion OF the Atchlson. |
Santa Ne road there win come 70 this city |
the headquarters OF the Baltimore & |
Ohio Telegraph company Ion the South. |
west, Fort Worth win be the great re- |
lay point with twenty 20 thirty telegraph |
operators constantly employed. The |
lines OF this company viii be built along |
the entire Atchlson system, and win also |
probably be built along the new roads |
now going out OF this city, certainly with |
the Southern Kansas OF Texas. The |
Baltimore & OHIO Telegraph system will
then be very extensive, aud Will be the
shortest line from Fort Worth TO Kansas
City, Chicago Sc Louls, and other East. |
orn points II IL said the removal OF
headquarters Will come very soon.
Removed 90 Baird.
Special 10 tho Gazette.