Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-16
THE RAILROADS.
Raiiroa,I VISITOR.

Yesterday an elegant parlor coach oil
the Houston & Texas Central railroad
made It's appearance In Fort Worth, bear
ing as passengers Messrs. Chas. Dilllng-
ham, receiver; A. IL. Swanson, general
transportation manager; G. A. Quiplan,
general superintendent; w. b. Bolts,
chief attorney; Dan Ripley, general freight
agent.
These gentlemen came TO confer with
the officials OF the Fort Worth & New
Orleans road 10 regard to traffic over the
two roads when the connection soon tobc
made Is consummated. After run on their
car over the track Of The Fort Worth &
New .0rleans, they returned 10 the city
aud were driven through Fort Worth In
company with number Of our leading
citizens, among whom were Col j. Z.
Smith, Gen. Harrison, w. A. Huffman,
Joseph II. Brown, A. M. Brit.on, William
Capps and others.
Our visitors expressed great pleasure
at the many evidences Of prosperity and
growth IN Fort Worth, saying that the
class of buildings they saw indicated that
they were not put up for temporary use.
In fact, the manner In which General
Freight Agent Dan Ripley cultivated
oar merchants led to the shrewd surnise
that he would in the near future expect
TO have some business relations with
them. II was not learned how many Of
these officials will soon establish their
headquarters in Fort Worth.
THE GAZETTE representative expresse
qualification at seeing a Houston & Texas
Central car on the Fort Worth tracks, and
one of the gentlemen assured The Ca
ZETTE man that In the near future very
many cars Of other roads would be seen
on the tracks Of the railroad metropolis
OF Texas. These visiting gentlemen we're
found to be genial, whole-souled men, all
ornaments to the guild Of railroad opera
tives.
Tho Fort wouh n New Orleans.
Yesterday was the day the Fort Worth
& New Orleans road was to have been In
Fort Worth, but, unfortunately for that
company, the recent strike tied up for
them 100 carloads Of building material
and this being closely followed by the in
junction suits issued in favor of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe road deferred
work on the line for few days
and It is well known that these unex
pected delays have amounted IN loss OF
time to the road of not less than thirty
days.
In this connection It Is remembered
how unpleasant time the Santa Fe road
had OF 1t in endeavoring to make its first
entrance into Fort Worth, and met with
Just the same opposition aud tactics from
The Gould system as the Santa Fe Is now
practicing against the New Orleans road
1t is reported that the actual loss sus.
tanned by the New Orleans road on ac.
count Of the injunctions against it arc
large, and some remedy is likely to be
sought.
Yesterday the receivers and other
officers of the Houston & Te' - Central
4 road came over to Fort Worth md took q
run over the Fort Worth N W Orleans
the object of their visit being to make
arrangements for the traffic to ensut
upon the tapping of the Central by
the New Orleans. The connection with
the Central will open up to For
Worth some eighteen counties Of East anG
Southeast Texas, and the value TO For,
Worth of thus having connection between
the two roads is apparent,
1t Is understood that the officials OF th,
two roads have reached an understanding
as TO the traffic OF their relative roads, tn,
basis of operation being quite satlsfactor.
TO each.