Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-30
THE GREAT EXCURSIJN.
Pear Trains Ee8v, Fort Wor,h, the
Texas Railroad Center, for iha
Ci'y OF tho Rockies.
Prominent CIT zens Of Texas ard Fo {
Worth on Board the Trsia,
soepes Along the Way.

scepes Along the Way.
1t was Fort Worth westher, the SKY
clear, the cir pure and brscing, the sun
shioipg, the birds singing in the trees and
the air redolent with fragrance from the
pesch, plum, almond and baW. L. was
hurry, hurry and boom in Fur;
Worth. Five hundred excursionists we're
preparing for The first trip over the
great iron highway connect ne Fort Worth
with the Rocky mountain country. a
hundred mn, employees Of the FJrt
Worth and Denver, we're getting the four
trains ready in the yards Of the company
Fur brand new locomotives were pantiug
near the ~roundhouse while the skilled
engineers were putting ON the
finishing touches to their docile Charges.
The immense platform at the Union az pot
was ammed with people VINO had as
sembled to see the formal opening Ct the
crest Panhandle road. General Manager
Meek like a general wss direci log
all the naai arrange ments and
promptly on time the first
SECTION Of five coaches pulled cut amid
the cheers Of the people. A hat hour
later to the second, number two pulled
out and then three and four, with q part
ing cheer from the crowd. It wss the
grandes. excursion ever originating
in Texas, aud started fiom toe
grsndest city in the state over
a great road. The new sleepers were
simply gorgeous while the dinl e cars,
which are the only ones to be run 10
Texas were loaded down with tn
choicest viands supplied from the stores
in Fort Worth. A car load Of bananas
from New Orleans was attached to
one OF the trains and wss
gay with stresuers and notices.
8anarss plucked in Inc tronics y~ester-
day will be eaten in the r ,ckY noun
talns TO morrow, and this made possibl,
D the completion Of a railroad protected
In Fort Worth and pushed to completion
oy Fort Worth energy. Ali along
the route, at the small toWpe
and at the farm houses,
crowds Of people watched the trains go
oy and the shouts of ~ from those on
the outside WAS responded TO by waving
Of hauGkerchiefs g. y hats by those on the
trains. The occasion will long be re
membered 10 Fort Worth and Texas snd
tne day will mark the beginning Of q new
era for Fort Worth.
THROUGH CLARENDON.
Special to the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX, March 26.-The
grand excursion over the Fort
Worth ana Denver TO DGnver City, con
sistlpg Of four trains Containing some 500
people, including G Pullman flied with
prominent Galveston citizens, all passed
.htQ nIRNR an hnnr loso "a 80 kt1- 49,,
had splendid weather. and the whole par
~ has given themselves up to the enjoy
Rent Of the occasion and admiration OF
the couDtry they passed through. There aie
s great many ladies of Fort Worth aud
vicinity, On the three first sections, but
on the fourth The ladies' on the Galveston
Car are the only ouea, snd the Fort Worth
boys are monop0lizing their time. Il is
remarked that go lew Of Fort ". Eth
married men came on the excursion, and
there are but three in the crowd who sd-
nit that they are willing to become Brue-
diets. Among the business men Of Fort
Worth on the fourth ssc.ion may be
named: Colonel j. P. Smith. Captain
NJ. B. Lloyd, T. A. Tidbsll, JUICE
J. NJ. ON ell, W. F. Som
melville, z. K. Chase, Robert. McCArf,
Colonel TALBOT, T NJ. Shoemaker, r b IT
Montgomery, Ed B ssel', Msx + ser,
Colonel L W. Taylor, G P. Ma, j. B
Littl ron, 4 E Maddox, w. T. Maddcx,
tuck Bosz, T. B. Buro,idge, c P st, E.
I. Amber, HYDE Jennings, W. S. P.ndle-
TOP, u Ross, Thomas Rlche, SSm
Glasgow, S. B, Burnett, Thorp Andrews,
Charles Sgsssy, John Andrews, W Glen
Walker, W. F. Lake, a. S Nicholson, W.
A. Garner and c. e. Lee.
Among the prominent D ople
from Gslveston are P. ]. Willis,
G B. Miller, james Moore and wife, c.
II. Moore U wife, Ben Blum, II Speehi,
NJ. Lewis aDd wife, Adolph Fake and
Mrs. r. c. Gardner, M IS Annie
Hillarn, Mrs. j. o. Rose, Miss M ry
Burnett, Mrs. Worth Moore, Sid Skinner
and Leo N. L vi. Manager Meek,
whose special csr is attached to the
section and from which he is di-
the whole excursion, is making 1t
very pleasant for all participants. He
pas IS assistants, Colonel Burroughs on
the first section, Csp,sin j L A. Thomas
On the second, u DR.. E. j. Lewis on
The third.
TAXING DINNER.
special to the Gs zette.
WICHITA FALLS, TEX, March 26.-
The Denver excuraionlsts passed here
between 2 and $3.50 O'Clock this after
noon The train was in four sections,
each stopped long enough for dinner,
II which there wss bountiful supply. |
About twenty-five joined them here.
AT RHoME.
,necial to the Gazette.
RaoME, TEX March 26.-The splendid
train to Denver, consisting OF
our gorgeous sections, passed up the
Dad this morning in excellent shape,
much to the delight and admiration of
many of our cit zsns and people In the
.urrounding country, who had congre-
,steG on the depot platforms to take In
he sight. Six sleeper tickets were sold
lere, and II the $40 fare had been known
ooner, quite 3 number more would have
,een sold. |
AT CLARENDON.
to the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX March 26.-The |
Denver .~xcursionists arrived ct 800 p.
a., and received 3 hearty welcome and
n a few minutes they were putting
he mselves outside of Panhandle oeef,
hickeps, etc. All seemed in good spirits,
mt 66ppr Tn get nm IN Denver. ]