Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-07
THE RAILROADS.
A Number Of Prominent RallrOsd Men
Will be Present Mt The Funeral
OF Col. George Noble.
work on the Fort Worth n RIO orande-
The Fort worth Western Eneiretrs-
President Fordyce--Notes.


Worth will have air line connection with
Gainesville via the Atchlson-S nta Fe.
One Of the engineers OF the late en-
gineering force Of the Gulf Pacific, APP
piled for work day or two since TO one
OF the Fort Worth roads for employment.
The Fort Worth & Southeastern grows
In grace and popularity, and has score
Of enthusiastic advocates already II Is
only q matter OF time until the road Will
be built, and not long time either.
The Fort Worth & Rio Grandc will be
running trains to the east bank Of the
river in sixty or ninety days on with
the roller. mill, the bank and the incorpo-
ration racket Granbury Graphic, De-
ccmber A..
The Fort Worth, Bowie & Montague
will soon be pushed 10 comp elton. The
cities Of Bowie and Montague deserve
unstinted praise for their great linerality
and energy in securing this road. or
such stuff IL Fort Worth made.
The Houston G Texas Central ought
in heavy load Of passengers yesterday,
the heaviest since IL has been running TO
this city. Tn, re were 100 passengers and
all got OF TO stay in this city from sey.
eral days to lifetime. One hundred and
ffty people added 10 our population by
one tralu IL no btnall matter.
This morning No. 2, the eastbouud
Texas & Pacific, which arrives here a. 7
o'clock will be detained one hour and at
4 O'Clock will leave for Dallas with Il
number OF extra coaches to convey the
railroad employees and friends OF the late
Col. George Noble to the funeral which
takes place at 10 O'Clock this morning
The train Will return In the afternoon by
q special. A number Of Fort Worth citi.
zens will 20 over to pay the last honors to
the deceased
Col. S. w. Fordyce, president of the
st. Louis, Arkansas & Texas, was In the
city yesterday and made THE GAZETTE
pleasant call, He says the company Is
now at work on the Sherman road, TO
which her citizens contributed so gener
ously. He speaks highly Of Sherman's
enterprise and prospects. Col Fordyce
was driven over the city and seemed
greatly Impressed by what he saw. The
gentleman is on his way to q meeting Of
the Texas Traffic association which takes
place at Houston on Wednesday.
The surveying corps Of the Fort Worth
Western, after running the preliminary
lines to point forty miles from Fort
Worth, near Jacksboro, returned Sunday
night and yesterday were hard at work
making the location OF a permanent line
and are now some distance out, When
the forty miles are located permanently
the grading will begin here, aud the en-
pneers will push on to Albuquerque
without stopping The submits will be
reached very easily, and altogether the
route Ii one Of the finest out OF this
city.
In conversation yesterday with Presl-
- . All.
Texas the gentleman said there were
great variety OF woods along the route Of
the line aud they now had orders for
transporting 10000 carloads of ties TO
Kansas, aud were hauling native woods
for the Pullman car-works, near Chicago
President Fordyce WAS not In the city on
railroad business, but he demonstrated
TO those with whom he conversed that
his road passed through superb country
and hoped 10 do much In developing
Texas.
Contractor Hughes has three miles Of
the grading approaching the city on the
Fort Worth Rio Grande completed, and
is working a par. of his 100 teams in FIN
fishing the grade in the city and the rest
pushing the grade toward GrAnbury.
The work now covers distance OF
twelve miles ou., by Monday next 1t Is
hoped the grade on this end
will be ready for ties and
rails and then in few days, the hrst
locomotive bearing the legend, Fort
Worth & Rio Grapde will steam away to
the southwest, carrying construction ma
terial to the front. A neeyy force Is at
work on the Bralos bridge, and Il has
been determined 10 push construction as
rapidly as possible all along the line.
In the 81. Louis Railway Register
writer, in mentioning Colorado railroads,
saws; The Denver, Texas & Gulf Is do.
ing no building az present, but Gov.
EVANS has been East some time for the
purpose OF raising capital, and II Is re-
ported that enough has been raised to
build the Fort Worth & Denver City north
west to the Canadian river. II this IL soft
will stimulate the Denver, Texas & Gulf
TO the completion Of Its line 80 IA TO form
a connection with the Fort Worth s Den
yer City at the river. This does not
mean that Gov. Evans was raising the
money for the Fort Worth & Denver, but
for the Deuver, Texas Gulf. The Fort
Worth 4 Denver Is und' rstood to be able
60 command all the money they need for
constructing their line.
Tascosa Is the half way point, and the
only one, between Wichita, Kan, and lsl
PasO, Tex, on the proposed route OF the
Southern Kansas railroad, Tascosa Is
the halfway point, and the only one, be-
tween Denver, Colorado, and Fort Worth,
Tex, on the proposed route of the Fort
Worth 4 Denver and Denver 4 New Or
leans Tasoosa is the only important
point for 200 miles either way on the pro-
posed rou OF the Rock Island road,
which Ia heading toward Las Vegas and
Santa Fa. The Southern Kansas In Texas
Is projected to come from the southeast
and form junction set OF near Tasoosa"
with the parent line at right angles.
Should either OF the Santa Fea ever head
this way In earnest and should that Mon
tana, Syracuse & Texas road materlallze
IS promised, we will have net work OF
the great ciyillzrrs in here That will put
ST. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City and Fort
Worth to shame.-[ Tascosa Pioneer.
Two or three nights during the past
week meetings have been held in Lakin
looking 10 the building OF north and
south railroad through the state, via
Lakn 20 Tascosa, Tex The solid men
OF Lakin aud representative OF two
large banking houses of Chicago were
present at the meeting, and are now
pushing the matter night Wig rously.
Wednesday 3. c. PARCELS went TO Topeka
for the purpose of fling charter with
the secretary OF state, and Thursday the
charter was filed. The capital stock Is
SO OOO. n0O Tho Taneka Daily 4 m