Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02
TIE RAILROADS
A Distressing Shortage of Freight Cars
All Over the Country.
The Eject Of It Being Felt Locally President
Adams and the Union PRc!fe-Frost
WIns-The Santa Fe Ext nsiOns.

The fact (and it Is a facD that tn,
railroads OF the country are to-day un.
able to handle with proper dispatch any
thing like the total amount of bushes:
tant they receive Is an unmistakaUle evi.
dence of great increase of traffic or an
evidence of gross Acknowledgement of the
affairs of the different roads. From al
parts of the country, North, South, East
and West, there goes out the cry of "no
freight cars This condition of things
Is having damaging effect oil the busi-
ness OF the country, aud il is no doubt
due to the Observation-Disclosures of the rail-
road officials, whose duty 1t is under the
law 10 provide facilities for the proper
handling of the freight that is offered
thein and which they receive, and which
'iry do not handle because they are I'M
auie 10 handle il.
AS said, this Is the case all over the
Country-in Texns as well as elsewhere.
Iohslsnments of freight are delayed be-
cause, as the railroads say, there are
uo' enough cars to dispatch the business
aay faster. Why then, Is question
ual suggests itself, do not the railroads
'Ppply themselves with a sufficient num-
YER OF cars TO do the business of their
nnesf II is offered as an excuse (but 1t
Is no e1cuse) that this rush of business
only lasts for five months in n year, and
'uut Huring the other seven months there
N"u!u De Idle large number of cars,
we cost OF which would be millions of
uV'lars. This is poor excuse for pub
~ servant not doing its duty. If a
'AIroad opens an office as q common
.A'''rr, Gu which the public depends, to
NNusPoFt the products of section TO
WaFAet, It ehOuld provide itself with
.arliltles 10 do it. The public has nothing
10 with furnishing railroads with
vars, and the railroads can offer 10 rea-
SELVES
4. In times of peace prepare for war"
' u o'u and sensible maxim, and II
i@hroads of the country would study
l' aud in dull times prepare for a
-,u 'he commercial world would not be
wy 10 The Inconvenience that il is now
L.4er'ng. II is now said that the car
Vp' OF The country are not able to I'LL
"ail The orders they have for freight
' whose fault is this? Most as
~ 10y The railroads. They waited I'M
We rush was on them, aud then
rYONeu The tar factories with their orders
-'" should have been sent in during
summer, when the factories were
short forces. Commerce, all
~. Tue country, is suffering on account
no ue snort comiugs of the railroads, and
'e'lroads should undoubtedly be held
'"ponsible for IL.
~, ..u'allT, the situation is distressing.
cs,,,, nen are crying Tor cars to ship
sra ana they cry in vain. Merchants
PROTESTING against delayed shipments
sond 'eaahdise, but the protests do no
mS., the freight don't come: but the
~ distressing feature OF the Iocul sit
t,Ia's The fact that the Dahlman re-
ls.s,'or Is prevented from starting up
10 Use 10 proper cars can be had now
Ror,h Inc dressed meat from Fort
iu,r,. 10 New Orleans. 1t is but
So 10 state that the railroad com pany
! eprs ~ all now that eau be done to pro-
/ Car. al esrs, but The shortage of freight
sn., over the United States is SO
tss,o, na' even in the winter time, a
Rama "nen such cars are In short de-
'serator cars cannot he had in