Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08
FORT WORTH ON TOP
The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
from the North to the Gull
Through Fort Worth.
This city 10 he tho Great Central
Metropolis Of the Glorious
Southwest,
r,c knights 90 tahcr united, EaineN
ana hneeurepod over rheir
nre,hrens victories,

'NfNiN 20 lhN NNNtNci
HAlyyAfoN Tx, March lbe
rumor that The owners Of the Gun. Col.
Niad0 & Santa Va railroad wcro secroily
negotiating a sale OF their road 10 she
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Ne company
has tausod Nrtat deal Of comment gnd
inquiry amopu ihp hnslncss men dur.
ing The nest iew day. rm GAtelif
W ltt Saturdays Issue Ina special from
Galveston stated thM there were indita
lions that these two railroads Wei1 Ia
negotiations looidng 20 traffic arrange.
moats, ana that Publication was the hrs,
straw even remotely confirming tho ne.
gntiailons for tho sale Of the Santa ~
sundays news n0ffobcfatpa the AaeUsai
IN Saturdays EAzNHlN Ia respect to the
rimorod safe and gives Nice.presidrnt
/, y, WITS ana Director 4, E. willis az
authority for Tito denial Of tic ALLEGED
sale, both g0ntloiucn donyiGg any knowl.
edge OF such negotiations HntWithstand,
ing the vigorous denial 81 nearly every
ollleer Of tho road your correspondent has
d pointer which insures him IN asserting
that there ara several gcnilemell connect,
ed With tile Santa Re who arc plAvinN
" 'poasunlN With The reporters Nnui
correspondent has revised his cx
pressed assertions based upon d..
nlals from high officials, aud Is now
! justified IN stating that he has REASON To
believe the GUT Colorado & Santa ~
folks are actually In the midst 81 very
/ important negotiation with Rdgtoa oapi
| ialiatsi looking to tho absolute sails
% controlling Interest IA iho
stock Of the road 10 the AiChlsun,
Topeka 4 Santa fe company Tho ncga-
tiailons were hegnn several weeks a,yo,
mud President Sealy IN his present "trip
East has brought them almost TO the clos.
! lng point The tichison q Topeka com
pnny Is very anxious TO got an oul
LEI to the gulf, aud the
Santa Nc folks are equally anxious
20 get out Oi TcNas, Some SURGE weeks
ago The Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fc
company started corps of engineers out
OF Arkansas CITY running survey eaulh
ward over the right ot way granted By
congress 70 the Gulf, Colorado Santa ~.
This was one OF the FIRST results oi the
negotiation so sell Fort Worth does not
realize what great luck IN IN store for her
within the next fifteen months, II the
most apparent and substantial indica.
itiuna aud Information afe worth
anything, Tho people OF the
Fort city will soc passangpr
trains coming In from the North
and passing south TO Galveston, with tho
words HAtchison, Topeka 4 Santa ~
railroad" on every car and engine. prrNi-
dent Sealy has 40 nearly consnmv
mated the sale that iaie price
Of the stock il said so have
been fixed at elT5, 10 DO delivered
on the completion OF the Gainesville
extension. Said extension 10 bo bnilt
with bonds entirely, rbefull particular
OF The sale Will probably not be- known
Tor several months, for the few gentlemen
who are familiar with the negotiations
are ns silent an death on tho subject This
IL because tho ilnnl contamination oi tho
sale ~ necessarily at least one year on, ~
II will require that period or longer for
the two roads 70 build 20 u connections al
Gainesville
The twelve local assemblies OF Knights
OF Labor held meetings to-day propnra
tory 20 to.murrow's strike, Vlgilani
inquiry falls 90 discover any real
grounds far Tho report that the Calves
ton KniGats are not united IN their pend
Ing struggle with the Mallory company
The Knights are candy encouraged by
reading IN The dailS papers the several
very important Victories gained by thea,
brethren w New York aud elsewhere