Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-29
THE RAILROADS.
What Railroad Man Has 10 Say in
Regard to The Proposed Belt
Line OF Road.
The Engineer Of tho Fort worth, Bowic a
Red River Nearly Through work-A
New Mexican View.


heC IlNcI on Anb hoib worth tNte0NlOn
OF the Atchison.Santa Fe went TO the
front yesterday
Rock for tho piers OF the Brazos bridge
OF the Fort Worth 4 Rio Grande 10 being
quarricd near Grnnbury, aud the Golfer
dams will soon be put in.
A friend at Brady City thus writes THE
GAZETTE; "Do not forget that Brady
City Of McCulloch county, Tex, Is going
TO DO q young city and railroad center"
The right OF way from Plano to Fort
Worth for the st. Louis, Arkansas g.
Texas will probably soon be obtained
and tn road Will find hearty welcome
at Fort Worth, which will be the terminus
Of the line.
BY change OF time tables made yes.
terday, the east-bound Texas & Pacific
arrives Gt O'Clock a. M, and leaves at
1880 a. m, The Missouri Pacific, south
bound, arrives at 1850 p. M and leaves
at $500 p. m.
The Panhandle Construction company
has been chartered under the laws Of
Iowa, with G.. M Dodge as the chief In
corporator. This may mean the
immediate building OF the extension from
Quanah to Denver.
The Santa Fe extension from Arkansas
City through the Indian Territory TO Fort
Worth is now completed thlrty-1ye miles
out OF he former city. Construction Is
being pushed rapidly, and by May L.
June at the furthermost- the connec.
ton will be completed.
A road to Dallas, a road to Fort Worth,
n road To Weathenord, road north by
way OF Henrietta, II road to Gainesville
by way Of Bowie, two roads 20 Al6u-
quer7ne. These are Tor Jaoksboro to
work for now. Attention can afterwards
DO turned TO manufacturing On terprlses,
- JacksbofO Gazette.
Fort Worth has secured another rail-
road. This time II Is the Fort Worth &
Western, and dirt Will fly on this ono as
soon as forty miles of the line Is located.
She does not pause for breath, but re-
sumes her cry Of 'On to -" we forget
just where now, but II Is safe to say
when all available territory Is taken up
IL will be con TO the moon. - Granbury
News.
General superintendent Webster Sny-
der of the GUT Colorado & Santa Fe has
demonstrated that he possesses superb
executive ability, aud has I, W II any SUI
perlors In handling extensive railway tx.
tensions. For some months past he has
had In charge tho extensions of the Santa
Ee on the main line from Fort Worth to
Gainesville, ana on the branches from
Lampasas to Balhnger and Cleburne TO
Paris, and 80 thoroughly did he have the
work in hand, so approved were his
methods, and the work moved so smoothly
that no noise was made about the matter
and not a single hitch occurred.
All contingencies mad been provided for
and desired ends were reached in time,
except when the forces OF nature warred
on mans work, as In the case Of the
washing away OF the work at the Red
river bridge site. Col, Snyder's task was
gigantic one, but he has In the mi
nutest detail carried out the plans laid
down. Out OF the material Of which Col
SNYDER is constructed are generals aud
mighty railroad managers made.
The question OF u oelt line of railroad
for Fort Worth mentioned previously by
THE GAZETTE has been taken in hand by
u number Of prominent railroad men and
several Fort Worth citizens, who are
pushing the scheme. In conversation
with an Official OF one OF the systems
which centers here that gentleman said
"sort Worth must have this belt system.
Your people want to be able to
say TO railroad companies come
TO our borders, we do not
ask you TO cater the city and pay heavily
for right OF way, for accidents and dam.
ages Tor Injury TO property near which
you pass; come only To our borders and
we can give you unequaled terminal
facilities. With belt line YOU can do
this and the end will be that while
Fort Worth will have probably double the
number OF roads of any other city.
In the state, her citizens will
not be annoyed, her commerce will be
expedited, and the beauty of the city pre-
served, This belt line will DO about six
ana two.thlrds miles long, and should
consist Of at least double track which
VIII 90 equivalent TO over thirteen miles
OF track room on which to move tao
many passenger traius and make up the
freight trains, Az the same time II will
serve as storage tracks for ac-
cumulatins cars. There should be,
and doubtless win DO, Il grand
union passenger depot and also a union
freight depot, TO which six tracks from
the Inner circle OF the belt line will ruu
believe that tho railroads without ex.
oeptlon will 20 into this arrangement, /
know that most Of thsm will A corpora.
ton separate and distinct from any rail.
way company, owning aud operating this
Delt line, all responsibility for accidents
In the city limits and at the depots would
rest on II, and you know 1t ls In the cities
that the greater number of accidents &C.
cur. The trains of the different COM
panles coming hero would only pull up to
the belt track, when tho locomotives OF
that corporation would take them
TO the depot and return them TO
waiting locomotive at the
desired point. This road would be
good thing for the City, too, for Il
would have In It's employ a large number
of men who would live In Fort Worth },
TnE GAHErrE reporter has seen a list OF
the gentlemen who are to compose the
company, and they are tho leading rail.
road men aud citizens OF Texas aud Fort
Worth.
From Granbury.
Chief Engineer Parsons and corps OF
the Fort Worth & Rio Grapde arrived in
town late Thursday evening, and yester,
day morning began making the nnal sur.