Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-09

times their own height. Young ferns
scarce unrelled, sprang green and fresh
from one side of a log, while the other
side qulvered III Lying Goals. The train
stopped It couid creep into retreat no
further, for its track was burned and the
rails warped into fantastic curves.
BIackened and blistered paint ran
down the car sides. The doors and win
dows had all been closed to keep out
smoke and sickening heat. Every pas
senger IN the carriage gasped for breath.
The floor was so hot il burned their feet.
The window glass could not be touched.
They could all see the wooden sides
Of the Enclosure warp. When the doomed
train had hung minute in the midst of
this furnace some enc opened door and
shouted that it was on fire. Into
the blistering, smoke-darkened air
and out upon q forest floor,
spread with embers and quivering with
heat, the people all rushed. Women
tainted and were dragged mp and carried
by their fathers or brothers. The escape
valve of the locomotive was left open by
its flying engineer, but it uttered its
steam wall briefly, being relieved by ex-
pIos;on. When days had cooled the for
est to blacl1neSs a distorted boiler and
some rows of iron wheels were found
where the train came to stop.-[St.
Nicholas.
BALTIMORE And OHIO NEW LINE.
1t WIN B,r4o,c Its Bay Under PAiiadsl-
qJ.;G at a Cost Of Many Thousands of Dol
lars.
Baltimore and Ohio officials have made
very definite arrangements for the june
ton railroad which they intend to con-
struct across the city, and an ordinance
win soon be introduced into
the city council asking for the
right of way. The step will not
be taken probably until all the officers of
the Baltimore and Ohio Company have
been chosen. This viii be done in the
near future after nominations shall be
submitted by President Mayer.
The route of the intended road is, of
course, subject to any change that may
be deemed desirable, bur its general
course after leaving the Baltimore and
Ohio line, on Pennsylvania avenue near
Thirtieth street, viii be as follows: At
the start it will burroW for considerable
distance and pass under the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Connecting Railroad just to
the east of the old standpipe at Brewery
town. 1t viii then pass north not far
from the boundary line of FaiTmount
park, so as to avoid the built-up
section to the east of Ridge avenue
Going to the north of this quarter it will
strike northeast, passing under the Read
ing's Norristown branch ON the city side
of Bellevue Station, and across Nice
town lane near its intersection with the
present Wissahickon avenue, the old
township line, leaving the historical tav-
ern just to the right. 1t will pass over
the Richmond coal road and just to the
right of Wayne Junction and out to its
terminus near Cheltenham. The line is
so projected as to avoid built up sections,
and over a good part of the route the
tracks viii be in subway. By these
plans the projectors hope to escape oppe-
sition. in city councils.
81 900 200 FOR THE SCHEME.
AT recent meeting of the board of di-
rectors Of the Baltimore and Ohio Road
81 900 900 was appropriated for the con-
struction of this junction line. The road
will be below the surface of the ground
since it is believed that city councils
would never consent to have surface
tracks over n section of the city which is
rapidly beng built upon. Although there
are no houses now along the greater part
of the route, the land is available for
residences and population is pressing in
that direction IL Philadelphia Record.