Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-16
TIKI RAILROADS.
Fort Worth Seems TO be in Favor
with Railroad Gsds Who
Make Cities Great,
What weatherford Is working For-rx
"nsionn From san Antonio Green
vile Nevs--car sheds--nome Notes.


- ~ L. L. htlleF, superintendent OF the
MO Grande division Of The Texas & Pa
cinc' was In the city yesterday.
Superintendent G. L. Frost. Cashier
olrOng aud other officials OF the Fort
worth Denver, went up as far as Yer.
non yesterday to pay Off
Railroad rnmors were rife YESTERDAY.
ana there Is gronnd for believing that ali
tge rumors were not lacking in substan.
ual foundation. Time win tell.
Superintendent L, w. Anderson Of the
Eastern and New Orleans divisions will
probably make his headquarters at Mar
shall. Fort Worth will be sorry TO see
him go.
> ) Mullane, secretary Of the Southern
Kansas OF Texas, received commune a.
ton from headquarters yesterday, but
was not In position TO divulge lust at
this time.
The projected road through the Indian
territory, which is to be built Ia the in
terest OF the Little Rock 4 Fort Smith.
will probably assume definite shape early
In 1851 possibly in January.
Up TO November the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe had constructed 3l6 miles of
new mileage In Kansas, under the Chi
cago, Kansas & Western charter, and
upon thirteen different extensions.
Col. Morgan Jones, president or the
Fort Worth Denver, was in the city
yesterday having returned from the In
olan territory, where he has been look
ing after the Atchison-Santa Re extension
The railroad bridge over the Missouri
Pacific, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe and
HOn1fnn e L..
pleted. There is good view OF the rail-
roads coming in from the South from the
roadway.
Plans have been prepared for extensive
car sheds of the Texas & Pacific at this
point and 1t is stated that WORK will com
mence at very early day, These are the
car sheds spoken of by Governor Brown
and Col. Noble number of months ago
The sheds have bee greatly needed and
will be built in substantial manner
An exceedingly well informed gentle
man of Fort Worth, and very prominent
citizen, SAID yesterday that three of the
directors and the president OF the ST.
Louis, Arkansas and Texas had informed
him that the road would build TO Fort
Worth from Sulphur Springs early in the
summer, and would not go to Dallas.
Col. j p Smith returned yesterday
from lei Paso, and was interviewed by
GAZETTE reporter in regard TO railroad
matters, Col. Smith said there could
not be a word of truth In the statements
that Huntington WIS ready to buy the
Fort Worth & Denver and that IL Yves for
sale. The road would certainly ulld to
connection with the Denver & New Or
leans at once, and would remain in the
hands of its present owners. It's bonds
had, III consequence of the certainty of
extension, gone up to 95 cents.
THE GAZRTTE has it from an undnubt-
ed sourch that the Houston and Texas
Central railroad, or more properly MIR
huntington, has been at work lately Try
ing to buy the Fort Worth and New Or
leans road, but Messrs. Hurley and
Roche Brothers refuse to sell Another
corporation is also anxious TO buy, bus
the road cannot be sold to them because
the Central has two years lease on It,.
1t Is known tsat the Central is highly
pleased with the business done by them
on this road, and also that the owners are
in no hurry to sell it.
Two good sites have been located by
the engineers of the Fort Worth g. Rio
Grande road across the Brazos at Gran
bury. II bridge is built from one Of
these 1t will have natural abutmeut on
enc side of the river, high bluff The
surveying corps is still hard at work, and
will soon have the line located from Fort
Worth to Granbury. IL is said t5st wren
Granbury raised her subsidy the real es-
tate in the city on the market went up Ia
value $200,00 when the subsidy wa only
$4,000. Granbury is spoken of by all
who have been there lately as live city