Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-07
THE RAILROADS.
The Matter OF Another Passenger Train
West OF Fort Worth.
Healthy Increase Of Far irgs of the Fort
Worth AM renvir-The Rork Island
Kahn Line-General Notes

Some time ago THE GAZETTE, in COM
mon with the people living on the line of
the Texas and Pacific road west of Fort
Worth, began the agitation of the ques-
ton of another train from Fort Worth to
Colorado City. It was a notorious fact,
both to railroad men and the travelling
public, that an additional train west of
Fort Worth was badly needed, and in
order 10 emphasize their requests to the
management of the road for this train.
the people OF Abilene. and Myrtle for
warded petitions, uumerously signed. to
railroad headquarters. The petition
from Abilene was published twice in THE
GAZETTE, and the people along the line
have been waiting ever since to hear
from Manager Grant on the subject.
They have so far waited in vain, and so
far as made public, there Is no indica-
ton that any attention has been paid to
their petition for additional passenger
service from Fort Worth west
THE GAZETTE has persistently kept this
matter before the people, and in so do
ing kept IL before the railroad authori-
ties, but still West Texas has to put up
With one train daily.
short time ago the Dallas News stat
ed, upon the alleged authority of prom
inent official of the Texas and Pacific,
that no petition from the people asking
for additional train service had reached
the proper department OF the road. The
name of the 'pTOmineut officiaI'' was
not given, and it is very likely that no
only had being in the Imagination of
some reckless reporter. No prominent
official of the road would make such
statement unless he knew IL was true.
That it was not true the News of yester-
day morning admits, and in the railroad
column attempts to shift all blame on the
same mythical individual, the ''promi-
nent official, whose name is
still withheld, and whose per-
son could not be found.
It is a notorious fact that the Dallas
News has thrown cold water on the
movement OF West Texas for another
train on the Texas and Pacific, and has
never lost an opportunity to quote some
unknown person-such as "prominent
official to prove that ii was not needed,
and tina; il had not been asked by the
people. The statement that ''promi-
nent official had said no such request
had been made, as published in the
News, was no doubt a little more than
the officials were willing TO stand, no
matter how much disinclined they might
be to put the requested train on, and in
all probability the inventive genius who
gave the story airing was called TO ac-
count and couldn 4 show up. The wind
up OF the matter is that the Texas and
Pacific, through the News, now admits
that two petitions have been received one
from Abilene and one from Myrtle,
both asking that another train be put
Oh for the accommodation OF the pub
lie, but they have not signified what
will be done in the premises. In the
meanwhile two trains continue TO run
on practically the same time between
Wills Point and Fort Worth "in order
that passengers may connect with the
Denver the schedule of this addi-
tional train calling for Fort Worth five
minutes after the Denver leaves.
The following from the Dallas News
Of yesterday fully explains the blunder
made by that paper and the injustice
done the people west OF Fort Worth on
the Texas and Pacific:
THE PETITION SENT IN.
The News stated in these columns last Tuesday
that no petition for additional Western passenger
service had been received at any Of the Texas
and Pacific departments in this city from citizens
along the Western division. The information
was received from an official of that road who, it
is thought, is in a position to know, and was
given at the time simply as matter of news,
with full faith and credit. The pc
titIon had not been seen by
the News man, its contents were unknown and
the information given as reliable, coming from
the source it did. The News no. able to see
the gentleman who gave the information last
night, but it is the desire of the News to state
that the information impaired incorrect.
How the mistake arose is not known, but it can
be said that two Petitions have been sent in,
one from Myrtle and the other from Abilene.
What disposition was made of tn csc is unknown
and cannot be stated. 1t is presumed however,
that is usually the case they receiving the
attention of the proper authorities, and If not
already disposed of, win be heard from later on.