Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-30
THE RAILROADS.
The Work on the Fort worth 4 Rio
Grande Going Ahead Rapidly and
Quantities Of Material Ready.
Moro Teams Arrive for WORK on tho Fort
worth western-Our Roupd Houses
Fort worth q Denver Depot.


Homo Notes.
G. r.. Hopiey, Texas & Pacific con.
ductor, was IN the city yesterday.
w, M. Spears, a conductor on the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa re, was in the city last
night.
Texas & Pacific trains we're crowded
with people last night and perfect
swarm got of a. Fort Worth.
The Houston & Texas Central was
never more prosperous than now and is
DONG a heavy business on It's line 10 Fort
Worth.
p Burke, one OF the efficient Texas &
Pacific conductors running between Fort
Worth and Colorado City, was In tee city
last night.
a number Of Fort Worth people talk OF
making trip TO Gainesville on the first
train thatleave Fort Worth over the new
track OF the Atchison Santa Fe
A strong railroad corporation continues
to invest in Fort Worth real estate and
has bought number OF tracts of land.
This corporation must need this land.
The Fort Worth & Denver will before
long build large freight depot here TO
Accommodate tie large and growing
business. The new depot will be To-
Tonight at D.l0 the great California
excursion leaves Fort Worth Two trains
combine In this city. one from Kansas
City, the other from ST. Louis. Several
Fort Worthlans intend 70 go on the train
Hank Haley, contractor, is ia the city
with six mule teams and sorapers, and
says he came to work on the Fort Worth
Western Mr., Haley has the reputation
OF being man who knows what he Is
about
II was stated yesterday by gentleman
in position to know that one OF the first
things done by the Fort Worth Denver,
after the extension TO point i've miles
beyond Quanah was completed, would be
TO build from Bowie TO Montague.
1t is not improbable that in the near
future Fort Worth Will have within her
limits, Il car mandatory Mention OF this
enterprise has been made previously in
Tux GAZETTE, and reliable Information
Is to the effect that II Is beginning TO take
definite shape Fort Worth has every
prospect Of becoming manufacturing
center.
The round.house Of the Fort Worth &
New Orleans presen lively appearance
with five locomotives steaming in and
out OF It's stalls, Fort Worth now has
four gOod-slzed round-houses, accOmmo-
dating twenty Ave engines, and then some
have 60 be left outside. Before lopg two |
additional round. houses for the two new
roads will be- built here, aud two Of those
now built are to be enlarged.
From gentleman Just In from Gran
bury, who returned along the line Of the
Fort Worth Rio Grande, IL Is learned |
that grading Is going on from Granbury |
in this direction, and that over twenty
1--WE miles are graoed southwest from J
Fort Worth. A force Of seventy-1ve menf
is at work on the bridge over the Bra2os, |
md good progress IL being made. The |
engineers have run three lines into the !
city, two of Them to connection with
the Texas & Pacific. one OF these lines
begins cast of the stock yards below the
Union depot and runs by the Missouri !
Pacific hospital, leaving that building to /
right. The second makes connection with |
the Texas & Pacific near the
oil mill. The third line runs to the west
of the city. Bridge timbers, ties and pill
ing in large quantities have been cut in
Eastern Texas and are ready 70 trans
portatlon. There are 1900 tons of steel
rails now in Galveston for this road and
more on the way. As previously stated,
two locomotives are on hand ready for
work. When the route into the city has
been determined on the three miles of |
grading TO be done on this end can be .
quickly finished aud then track laying will
begin