Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-21
THE RAILROADS.
A Charter Filed at Austin for Road
From Fort Worth to Albuquerque.
The Incorporstors.
supper Given to a Departing Railroad OF
HciAI-RIGscurIs Kansas and E,xas
Officials IN Dallas.
Home NoteE.

AT the E lis house last night IMr. A. R.
Z,briskie OF the Rio Grande Railroad
gave an elegant little supper to his
friends. Mr.. Fred Dumbeck Of the
Cotton Belt, WHO will leave this evening
for St. Louis, to t,ke the position Of
chief CLERK in the Office Of the general
freight agent The supper WAS served in
courses, vas prepared in the highest style
OF the cuisine art, the wines were spark
ling, conversation trght and witty
and nerrinent reigned at the bcald
while the feast was being discussed.
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Railroad building for Zine months Of
this year shows $3.50 miles, OF which 2345
miles were in the South. East Of the
Alleghenies and north of the Potomac
the milesge was los; In the middle states,
l76; on the Pacific slope, 1923 This
leaves 8 mileage in the states between the
Rocky mountains and the Alleghenies,
and north Of the latitude OF Tenne ssee. OF
2O4l. II will thus be seen that the mile
age Of the South for the year, up to Oc-
tober, is greater than that Of any other
single section.
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The ST. Louis, Baxter Springs and Ok
lRhoms Railroad has been chartered IN.
der the state laws Of Kansas to construct
line from GRIeGa on the st. Louis and
San Francisco Railway, to Ell Paso, Tex,
with 8 branch from Baxter Springs to
Salina, Kan, and another to Fort Smith,
Ark. The survey has been completed
from Gsleua to Chetops, twenty four
miles, and the construction Is to begin in
sixty days. Tie capital is to be fur
nished from New York and the road is to
be Of standard gauge, laid with if!y-six
pound rails. The officers are Edward
Burgess CT st. Louis, president ?. Har-
rIs, st. Louis, vlce;president; Mr.. Wigh-
ley, secretary; J, 81 Homer, Alex. Doug
las and Mr.. Alexander, directors. Bo'
muses. are to be voted at Baxter Springs
and Garden township this month.
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The[PhilsdeIphia Record has the fol.
lowing: Mr.. Depew,' president OF the
New York Central RIlroRd Company, says
his company has not cut rates; it has
simply made its rates uniform with those
of other companies. He also says that II
the other companies should advance rates
the Central would follow suit immediate
". There seems to be either big lie or
4 big mistake loose and raging around
in Il e inner circles Of rsilwsydom. The
declaration OF Mr. Depew that rste-cut
ting is lot the bone OF contention gives
color to the rumor thai the
trouble has grown out OF
the failure Of the Vanderbilts
to withdraw from their ventures
in territory which the Pennsylvs Railroad
Company esteems Its very own. II the
Vanderbilt have mol kept faith with the
Pennsylvania Company IN the South Penn
deal, it must be remembered that they
were put in 6 position where 10 keep
faith with one party would be TO break
faith with another. AS the building OF
the South Penn road Was legitimate en-
ierprise, and Its abandonment 9 tIeach-
cry, the Vanderbilts ms7 have concluded
to stand by their original purpose. Their
rsst vsccillation. however, is not en-
eoursging. Their present maneu-