Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-17
THE RAILROADS.
A Party Of Surveyors Running Line
Through the Territory with Fort
Worth as THEIR Destination.
The AtohIson WIN surely Build to chicago.
Tho Southern Kansas Fort Werth
Denver Earnings


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Southern road.
The Texas & Pacific Is determined to
have flowing well, and those In charge
OF the work say few more days will
bring II
The Frisco cal;uatos that II will have
$500 600 surplus Tor the year ending De-
cember 81, 1886, alter paying the first
preferred dividend
II Is said that the Texas & Pacific Will
not only build coach houses here but will
put up car sheds, where cars will DC re-
paired, which Is better still.
II appears that Mr.. Huntington will
not yet control OF the Houston& Texas
Central until the reorganization Is com
pleted In New York,
In a short tune the solid iron bridge OF
the Cult Colorado & Santa Re over the
Trinity river here win be completed.
This will be one Of the best bridges 10
the state.
Commissioner Waldo OF the Texas
Tratllc association, who Is now In ST,
Louis, states positively that there is no
foundation whatever for the rumored dis
rupuon OF that organization.
Every train coming into Fort Worth
WAS late last night. TIE Missouri Pacific
due here at $500, will not arrive until
this morning, being twelve hours late,
said to be caused by wreck In the Terri
tory.
Work 10 aid to be progressing favora-
bly, on the bridge and approaches over
Pease river between Vernon and Quanah,
on the Fort Worth & Denver. This work
has been delaying tine track-layers, but
when finished the road will soon be built
into Quanah.
The contract for grading the Fort
Worth & Rio Grande road from here 10
Granbury has been let 10 j. z Hughes Of
this city, an old railroad man. Mr. Hughes
Ia getting his forces together and will
push the work with vim He viii prob
ably DO ready to get TO work early next
week
When the railroads now in course Of
construction are finished vast quantities
OF cotton seed can be obtained, and then
the magnificent oil mill here viii be in !
full blast As Is known this mill is
second TO none In the state. The ma
chlnery is new aud the building OF stone,
well constructed,
Engineers OF the Fort Worth Western
railway will take the field tomorrow TO |
Ice Ito the most practical route In west
wardly direction from this city The |
route OF the new road eau only be known |
after the report Of the engineers IL made |
public. Behind the Fort Worth Western
ID syndicate OF Eastern capitalists who
evidently mean business, from their |
prompt action.
On the extension Of the Southern Kan |
sas line through the Indian Territory |
some sixty miles are now graded Tho |
work IL progressing rapidly. The track |
10 laid from the starting point at Arkansas !
City, Kan, southwark for twenty-five |
miles. A very large force IL employed on |
this work aud with anything like good
weather the road will soon be bearing
down into the PaHhaudle. 1t is under
stood that as soon as the South I'm Kan
sas strikes Oldham county work will
begin on the Southern Kansas OF Texas
from Fort Worth It's Initial point.
An engineer In conversation with two
officials at the uuion depot, said while |
recently in the Iniian Territory he came
across surveying party running lines 10 |
the south The engineer In charge in |
formed him that the lines were being run |
Tor the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy |
people, aud the line would penetrate |
Texas and 90 through Young and Jack |
mad purchased thousands OF acres OF coal |
lands. From Jack county the road |
would run southeastwardly TO Fort |
Worth. The gentleman Is Trustworthy in |
every particular.
Several days ago TnE GAzErrE pub
lished a telegram from Houston TO the 4
effect that the Texas Traffic association |
would soon go TO pieces The ST. Louis I
Railway Register denies the report In the |
following paragraphs In reference to the |
published rumors telegraphed from Hous. |
ton, stating that the Texas association
VIII soon be dissolved, Mr. Hutchinson, (
general manager Of the Atlantic system of I
the southern Pacific, says there is no |
foundation for the rumors. Al no time
has the association been working more
tremendously than at present The !
reason assigned for the rumor Is
without any basis, as both the widening |
OF the gauge Of the Texas & st. Louis |
railroads. aud the approach of the Atcht. |
son, Topeka & Santa Fe were arranged
Tor at the meeting OF the association at
Saratoga In July last In reference 10 the
81 Louis railroads slashing rates, no one |
connected with the association knew il. |
and II IL quite likely that they would he
the ilrst to hear OF any cutting In rates. |
On the Indian Territory extension OF
the Gull, Colorado & Santa Fe the track
has been laid thlrty-seyen miles distant
from Fort Worth, The stations of the
Indian Territory extension are, begInug
with Fort W0rth' Kyle, Hazlet, Justin,
Gerald, Krum, Hullng, Valley View.
Gainesville aud Rid River, which
stream is ana miles from Galveston
and seyenty.two miles from
Fort Worth. Morgan Jones, VINO
has the contract for build. |
ing this extension, has 1000 teams at work
In the Nation, and Is pushing the work for
all II Is worth. As soon as the track Is
completed to Gainesville the work of
ironing the ll5 miles In the Territory
WIZ begin, and by May / II Is thought
trains win be running from Fort Worth
into the Territory distance OF at least
eighty miles. ltis said that probably two
good towns win be located IN the Nation,
one twenty.tour and the other seventy
miles from Red ryer.
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