Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-25
THE RAILROADS.
Huntington Purchases a Tract OF
Land on The Gulf Front and
Will Build TO II.
Fort worth Being tho Csnter. IL visited
~ Number ~ Railroad ON.
cinis Home Notes,


" ~ HANHIlNH DVNNNFIu lhhNthA'i
agent q the Whtash, WAS In the city yes.
tetday on bis way TO Austin.
Henry Foster, pfo6ldcrtOf tho Verdi
girls Valley, Independence 4 Western
rdirond, was IN tho city yesterday.
Col. Morgan Jonoa, president o. the
Fort Worth & Denver, and who, with Mr.,
Byrnps, has The contract Tor tho Fort
WOrth-Sania Ne extension, came IN last
night from The front. Work is now NOV
Ing along smoothly.
A. A Talmage, general manager Of the
Wabash system, Col II y. Carr Of ~,
Louis, 81 g. NeynOlds and O. Barker of
Toledo, al 10 a special car, arrived IN
Fort Worth Yesterday on their way home
from visit 10 Southwest Texas, whore
Mr.. Talmags oWus u ranch ana the other
gentlemen nave interests. 4
Contractor nugh0a on the Fort Worth
& no 0raud6 hid 1lty scrapGrs ~ work
yesterday and grading can now be con
sldcred fairly under way. Mr.. Hughes Is
adding 70 hiB farce 90 fast a8 hG can Qet
the men, aud cgpect5 10 have a very large
force strung uut over % first ton miles
before Tho middle Of ncSt week.
The Houston Texas Central now has
~ yards here In applo-ple order, aud
handles ~ trains without loss Of time a
sufficient number % hide tracks are nOw
down 10 accommodate ihe large cotton
and other freight business tho road IL
doing, Mr. Ripley's visit 70 Fort Worth
few 01ys ago has dObe the road much
good Tor our merchants are using The
line lnfgely.
The Omaba division n the Wabash Is
70 be- sold ON - cGmbcr ~ under decree
Of foreclosure Tho purchasing egrec.
mont hiss been signed by s2,600 900 out Of
@2,B60.0 600 u The FIRST mortgage bond. I
holders, ana the road viii DO organized 4
on nm independent basis ThO road WA /
surrendered by tho WABASH on tho ground |
that e dld not pay, but the bondhOidcB |
say that u was not fairly treated 10 the |
pool
II Is nov tho almost universal opinion |
that grand unlou depot Tor The Fort /
Worth aud Rio Grand0 and Fort Worm |
western viii bG butt not far from the
west ond OF Wentherford street. Moor
HODinBOn'a branch 10 rs stated that the
p0WUfB that DO arc most favorable 20
building thrlr own tracks Into tho city
and IN locality where they can get
plenty OF track room ard not disturb tho
trnnc on our streets.
Tho record " disaaters Tor tho year
1885 shows that nifty railroads were
placed ~ tie hands " receivers during
tho year Tho combined miiuagG Of these
roads Was 0s8J miles, their bonded debt
F2Il6T 900 and their capital stock s2g8,. ,
Ol6,20o IN 1885 twontyslx railroads
wcre sold under foreclosure. Their total
indebtedness was slIs,12i 600, their
aggregate capital stock, $3.50 0s9, $50, aud !
theif combined mileage, $3.50.
Tbs latest reliable statistics (Dooem. I
her ~ lbbi)i place the number Ut milbB =
Of railroad 10 operation IN tpe world 40 :
$4,000, divided as follows Amcrlca, j
l6D 300 mi o.; Europe, l2G 900; Asia, I
ls,500i Autralla, 800, aud Africa, 1900 !
miles, 40 shown, the American cont, I d
mont, North and South, load With 100 300 Z
miles, l2b,s00 miles Of which belonged TO /
the UmLed States, Germany has $4,000 r
miles; Franco, 2o7O0i Great Britain, y
2o,80pi Russia, 1900. }
In 1850 the territory embraced nv rsil.
roads hsd the Mississippi river Tor no
wcat6rn boundary rs lar south az Lonisi- 8
ana, tho weaicrn boundary OF That Btatc
then becoming The limit. At tho present h
DAY tggry state ana territory In d
She Union " accessible w rail :,
Ia 1850 tho area covered by tho '
embraced gO7, 900 square miles, !,
or bsl 100000 square nrfos; to-day tho /,
oSteut covered 1913 $50, 0lo square miler,
or 1881 200, 900 square acreg.
Thg Fort Worth Western engineers.
" ia reported, we're OUT seyun miles hei ] =
night nnd had found good route. They :
began work near tho old Fleming toll !
bridge, aud mhdca bee lido for spripr.
town The rlcht u way agent IL bnsilv
~ Woik ana VIII have hlH work com. !
plolcd ily o short time after the sur /,
Yeyors are through. When forty mites oil
route p located y grading contract Wiu
PC 100 and work VIII be going on along 4
fouf lyucl Of railroads from Fort WORTH
The discovery Of the tue coal nolds ia q
Falo FlAtp aud Etnlh counties was gen. /,
efeily commented on, and every ono 90. /,
kho@ludged tlnt II Tho coal proves as
kopu tntouRhoht ~ tho cnr.iond tired !,
.hpl fofl worm could begin to talk fac Z
torioo ~ Is the opinion Of auine tbat Z
lhlE haiae vein OF coal alli extend beyond 2
me route ut tho FOrt Worth e MO uiande =
70 tho south, aud the Fort Worth Wost \
err 70 Sue north, III which Oyunt We would y
nave thrto lines Of road penetrating a y
rich coal country. y
The Santa Fe pay car arrived yeaiordnv =
hnd went 90 far 40 Krnm. tho present 7
NlmlnnH OF VI Fort Worth extension. Y
nnaFlng glad the heart OF tho lnhorer bv y
lne monthly dsponaation Of ahekles
ihs car u 10 Charge Of Paymastor Thomsa
Keats, assisted by Mr. George w =
Seiberl' Among tho Santa 10 onlcila
on board were Capt. James II. Phil. II
ups master OF transportation, w. n In
ltelllyi master mechanic ana ", j. n a,
Fabtr travelling auditor. Tho pay car !,
liter going % the 0ortbefn axtent Of H. ~
Inc, roiumed 10 this elty ana laid over '. ',
'or me night. The car viii leave oyey =,
no Texas raolan this morning Tor Dal. =,
~, sad thence viii proceed south ALONG :,
ne llnv 70 Temple and northwest 10 Bai. ~
ihger Rnd Coleman Mr. .Tohn ~
ilarko, division supcrlntendent al ~
Inc, viii accompany the marty fron, NM y
'olnt, ''''' ~
what mr simpson Thinks. "
pecnl 70 the Gatotio. o.