Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-01
THE RAILROADS.
Some Facts About the Iniane,Iou =,
Tue Santa fc Against the Fort
Worth 4 New Orleans.
''oo" i'i Pas'engers-what He Learned
About the Frisco sond.
Other Notes.



Inc injunction suit OF the Gulf, Colora.
uo &c santa Fe versus the Fort Worth &
New orleans Is ocossioning considerable
comment, and in order TO &c the eorrec,
STATUS OF the case a GAZETTE man ON
yesl erday visited the place In controyer-
sNi where the New Orleans seeks to cross
the santa Fe aud build on the latter,s
lgnt OF way for some distance. parallel
20 lis track. The situation shows Tor
Itself, and briefly stated is as follows
me santa Fe not far from Folks stock
yards has purchased a triangular piece of
GROUND containing tHenty-eight acres
Whlcn they desired to use for sldlnps on
Wnlch 10 store cars, IL being the iuten.
ION OF the road 10 make
Fort Worth base of supnlies
Inc Fort Worth & New Orleans, coming
IRON the southeast, has crossed the
upper corner OF this twenty-eight-acre
tract aud built Its line on the tract paral.
lei with the Santa Fc for some distance
oelOre crossing the track, which crossing
Is mace az an angle OF fifteen degrees, or
ptooaDiy less After crossing the Santa
re the New Orleans agsiu runs parallel
Win the santa Fe, aud from the way
grazing is going on, undoubtedly pro
poses TO come into the city on that line.
NOW the Santa Fe officials say, and there
Is no ground for dlsbelieving IL, that the
company has never tried TO keep the Fort
Worth \ New Orleans from entering the
CITY orlrom crossing their tracks, but
they do object most decidedly to the in.
jury done them by the manper OF the
crossing aud what they deem uucaned-for
persistsncy In coming on and condemn.
ing the right OF way which they need now
aud Will need more In short time. If
tue New Orleans be permitted to build
ITS tracks as proposed the Santa Fe, TO
use the twent7elght acre tract, viii have
TO cross the tracks Of the Fort Worth &
New Orleans at several points, aud then
has the main line Of the New Orleans
between their IOain track and sidngs
This would often utcessitate delay while
the New Orleans might be operating It's
road. The Santa Ee proposed 70 the
New Orleans that, after crossing the Mis-
souri, Pacific, it build to the east of the
twenty-eight acre tract, where there is no
obstacle whatever. and then cross the
Santa Fe aud get of the right Of way as
soon as possible, and build into the CITY
on Jones street, Other PROPOSE tons were
sent to lone Of them. The only interest
Fort Worth has In the matter is TO see
fair play and to see that no company shall
iujnre our city by autagonizlng another
road which desires TO build tracks, store
cars and thereby give employment TO q
number OF men. How does the agitation
injure Fort Worth? In this simply: The
Santa Fe will have and must have grand
end of division at either Fort Worth or
Clcburne, and whore I has that end of
division 1t will build shops and give EN-.
ployment to numbers of skilled mechan.
les, Denied the facilities at Fort Worth
tloy have paid for the officials
will unquestlonably 20 TO Cleburne
for terminal facilities, at which
point they have magnificent reservation
Of level ground, aud where they are not
harassed in any way by other roads. End
efuhNYatmr' Uleburne 70 Browhwo0d susur
no good to our city, aud when the matter
can be 50 easily adjusted II would seem
the proper thing for our citizens who
have influence TO induce, II possible, the
New Orleans 20 make the change In track
desired by the Santa Fe.