Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-09
MINERAL WELLS road.
1t VIM lie Opened for Business by January
What Weatherford Gains by 1t.

What Weatherford Gains by 1t.
Special TO the Gazette
WEATHERFoRp, Tex, Dec. S.-The
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and North
western railroad is fast getting in shape
ioT business. The road is nearly ell
graded as far as Mineral Wells. The
track is laid to the coal shaft, about
seventeen miles from this city. The
road will be completed to Mineral Wells
and ready for business, both passenger
and freight, by January L, 1891. Two
fine engines, four fine passenger coaches
and number of freight cars have been
received. The passenger coaches have
just come in and they ere beauties, too.
BY the courtesy of General Manager
Fouts, THE GAZETTE correspondent had
the pleasure this evening of visiting and
inspecting the coaches. They are finely
finished Of first material, with ell
the modern cOnveniences and improve
ment5. They are first class in every re-
spect and ere equal 20 those of any road
III Texas Us TO convenience and comfort.
The engines are first-class in every par
t!cular and have all The latest improve
ments. The freight cars, of course, like
Gil other freight cars, are built particu-
larry for strength and durability and not
for looks. The contract for building
the depots from and including this place
TO Mineral Wells has been let, as well as
section houses and round house land work
will begin on them at once and completed
as fast as men and money can do it. II
will be remembered that the first and
main inducement leading to the building
of this road was the immense coal beds
in the northwest part Of this county
The railroad company own the mines and
are now fast preparing to work the
mines. In fact, the main work
ing shaft Is now down about
$50 feet, or within q few feet of
the coal. This shaft is on the line of
road. All the machinery of the latest
improved for the working of the mine
has been received and the operations of
taking out coal will begin some time in
January next. The contract for the
shaft house and miners houses has been
let. The coal at these mines is fine
bitumInous coal, superior for steam pur-
poses and will coke well. But few peo-
pie outside of Weatherford realize what
the building of this road and opening up
of these coal mines mean for Weather.
ford and Northwest Texas. The full
question which has for many years been
the serious question. as connected with
Improvements and es iablishing manufac-
turing industries. will be solved
by the building of this road and opening
these mines as coal will be laid down at
this city for 81. 10 per ton and possibly
cheaper.
While General Manager Fouts did not
give it out that the Weatherford Mineral
Wells and Northwestern railroad would
be pushed on beyond Mineral Wells at
present, TIE GAZETTE correspondent
learned enough to feel safe In stating
that it will surely not be long before the
road is extended. Mr.. Fouts said that
the people behind them had good piece
of property connecting the ro I'd and coal
mines, and that it would pay from the
start. He also said that they had their
eve on this vast northwestern district
now without q road, and that the next
territory penetrated by the Brazos river
would ere long be opened up by rail-
road and why not the Weatherford,
Mineral Wells aud Northwestern rail-
road. The depot at this place will be u
nice one, a two-story building we'll fin
ished. Weatherford is proud of her
road.