Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-22
CoIblu's Now cars.

SohoiNs Now thfh.
oue Of Austin Corbin's friends tells
good story about that railroad magnate.
Mr.. Corbin sometime ago ordered lot
OF new cars for one OF his roads, and was
much put out because the shops at VIII
mington, Del, where he contracted to
have them built could not furnish them at
once because OF the press Of similar
orders from other roads In ahead
of his. But one day last week
he got word from vii.
mington that the cars were ready and
would be shipped to this city at once
Mr.. Corbin went over to Jersey City to
inspect them promptly at the hour he ex.
pected their arrival. They didn't arrive.
Instead Of seeing the cars he saw an
officer OF the Pennsylvania railroad, who
told him as a good Joke that the cars were
already In seryice somewhere out In Iowa.
The Pennsylvania road, over whose
tracks the new cars were to be
shipped to this city, had fallen In love
with them and, unable to get cars enough
Of its own, had thought IT would be quite
the proper thing TO give them a trial trip
before passing them over TO Mr.. Corbin.
Mr.. Corbin for sometime refused TO see
where the fun was, but finally he
made the best OF what his Penn
sylyanIa railroad friend called
the coke" and he Is still waiting
for his own. All OF the railroads are
making the same complaiut-lack Of cars.
Several car factories, pressed by orders,
are sending cars from their shops un-
painted, painters gong along to put on
tluishiDg touches en- route. This does
look like prosperity. - New York Times.
Rich Mons sons and Western Railroads.
Walker Blaine's move out here sug-
gests that the offices Of the big Western
roads are getting TO be favorite places for
the sons OF the rich men or the influential
politicians The operating departments,
the law departments, and all othe-s OF big
railroads are run on civil service
principles, and the good offices
are held by the men who have
grown up TO them. Even the
VGnderbilts show no fayoritism In their
selections, although there are now many
young men there In control who natural.
ly would have a good many social prefer
ences. The rich mems sons are looking
10 the western offices probably because
the eastern are harder TO get into. When
Walker Blaine gets here the ex-secretary
Of state will have two sons in the north
western Offices. son of Senator Dawes,
OF Massachusetts, has just been given a
place in the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy law department. Young Winston
was given place In the law department
Of the Michigan Central. In some in
stances, on the other hand, the sons Of
rich and influential fathers have been put
in these roads as they would be put in q
mercantile house, started at the bottom
aud given pot luck with the rest. In this
way the son Of j. Sterling Morton was
started in the Burlington, He is now al
the head Of the passenger department
Mccullough Hughitt, the son Of Marvin
Hughitt, began In the Northwestern as q
clerk in the freight department. He is
now general freight agent. Stone, the
general manager of the Chicago, Burling.
ton & Quincy, although nephew Of Pres.
ident Perkins, began as machinist in
the construction department OF the road
He is now the youngest general manager
in the country .-TChicago Mail.