Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-18
THE RAILROADS.
A Sixty Dayy REGARD Made by the Fort
Worth & Rio Gfaude Rarely IL
Ever Equalled.
Freight Rates from Chicago to New York
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Home Notes.


road
Dr. j. A. Runis, the only great Callior
mia excursion manager, spent yesterda.
In the city.
II. p. Hughes Of the Missouri Pacific
passenger department spent yesterday II
Fort Worth
Jesse Grant has been appointed super
lntendent Of the proposed Topolobamoo
railroad in Mexico.
A. b. Judkins OF Springfield, H., land
and emigration agent for several rail
roads, was In the city yesterday.
II was rep lrted by telephone from Dal'
las last Night that the Gulf g. Pacific sub
sidy OF $40, 900 had been raised.
The Texas, Santa Fe Northern rail
road will be completed 10 Espanola by
January I.--fSanta Fe New Mexican.
Chief Engineer W. b. Parsons of the
Fort Worth 6 Rio Grande returned yes
terday from q trip as far IS Granbury.
Col l.. L. Keller, acting general man
ager Of the Texas & Pacific, came In on a
special last night from the west after
making thorough inspection OF the road.
Gen Dodge and President Jones OF the
Fort Worth & Denver, continue TO be
very busy in arranging for the work OF
construction Of the extension which Will
make the road trunk line.
On December % the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe will sell excursion tickets
10 Galveston aud return, good TO return
I'LL December "a, for one fare for round
trip Tickets 20 be sold TO any one hold
Ing ticket 20 PATHS concert only.
The Fort Worth Western engineers are
still driving down the stakes on the
permanent location, aud will by tonight
he near or In Springtown. When fifteen
miles more are located, the company will
be ready 10 let contracts for forty miles
Of grading.
Men and brethren Of Fort Worth one Of
the best things ever attempted for Fort
Worth has been accomplished. A number
OF Fort Worth's giants worked for it and
their agents have closed the matter
There are no lesSs in Fort Worth enter
prlses In short time all will be known.
Gov John c.. Brown, receiver OF the
Texas & Pacific, accompanied Dv his wife,
came in on special from FL Paso last
night about 10 o'clock Gov. Brown re-
NAMED here all night and goes east this
IN rning. President Paddock and Chief
Engineer Parsons called on Gov. Brown
In his car and bad long talk with him
and Col. l.. i. Keller, general manager.
There are already rival towns on the
Fort Worth extension OF the Gulf, Colo
RADIO s. Santa Fe, both places making
efforts for supremacy. These two towns
are Huling and Krum. At present the
race is about equal. Valley View, twelve
miles this side OF Gainesville, is already
lively little place. All OF these to 8ns
will be close nelghbors to Fort Worth,
for II will take only two hours and forty
minutes 20 run from here to Gainesville.
Messrs. Allison, Chenoweth, Melner
and Lytte, ali Fort Worth bridge carpent-
ers, have been at work on the Atchtson-
Santa Fe for six weeks past. The first
three returned last night, their work be-
ing done as far as Gainesville. They re-
port IT to be an easy matter TO get to the
front 20 20 to work, but not so easy to re-
turn. The contractors seem TO like 30
keep good men when they get them. Mr..
Allison says the last bridge work near
Elm will be done to-day, and that only
three and one-half miles OF track remain
ed TO be laid Thursday night. He thinks
the connection will be made at Gaines
vile by to-day, possibly, but not later
than by Tuesday
The Texas & Pacific, the Missouri Pa
cilc, the Cult, Colorado & Santa Fe and
the Houston 6 Texas Central will all sell
holiday excursion ickets, good between
all points on their 70 DIS, for cents per
mile, round trip. The tickets will be
sold from December "a, 1886, TO January
!, 1887, good until January 8, to return.
Two months ago yesterday, on October
is, Capt b. Is. Paddock returned from
New York, where he had been In the in
terest of the Fort Worth & Rio Grande
A week later the people managed TO raise
$4,000 subsidy for the road. In
another week the subsidy was raised and
five days thereafter Chief Engineer w. b.
Parsons had corps Of engineers in the
field. Yesterday thirteen miles OF grad
ing out OF Fort Worth had been completed
and three miles from Granbury this way,
while graders are at work strung out
over ten miles of country and
some Of this grade nearly done.
Az Grandbnry work is progressing on the
three piers 10 the river and the two abut-
ments. One pier liz some distance above
the water, and the quarrymen have large
quantities OF stone ready for the entire
work. One locomotive for the road is In
this city and second was In East st.
Louis yesterday on its way TO Texas.
Twenty-Five miles of steel is now in
transit TO Fort Worth, 800, 900 Il have
been bought, and part of them
received AZ Fort Worth. The com
pany has paid out at Fort
Worth and Granbury 100000 aud has
several millions more to It's credit. This
Is the record for two months from the
time President Paddock landed In Fort
Worth. TnE GAzETrE challenges the
would-be rival OF this city to the east to
show anything remotely approaching
this. Is II any wonder that neghborIng
cities and towns Gle to Fort Worth, or any
wonder that Fort Worth ties TO Capt.
Paddock and citizens like him9
Decatur Wide Awake.
Special 20 the Gazette.
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