Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-21
gnE PASSENGER AGENTS.

GHE PASSENGER AGENTS.
Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year-They
Are Banqueted in the Mexican Capital.
CITY OF MEXICO, March 20 AT the
meeting of the American association of
general passenger agents yesterday cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing year was
confirmed as follows: President, a. c..
Mic haeIis, Mexican Central railway;
president, E. o. Mccormack, Gin
cinuati, Hamilton and Dayton; secreta-
~, A j Smith Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern.
1t was resolved to hold the next meet
ing of the association September 18th
next.
On invitation of General Passenger
Agents Charles s. Lee Of the Colorado
Midland railway, s. K. Hooper of the
Denver and Rio Grande and Il. Bennett
of the Rio Grande Western, Denver was
selected as the place of meeting. An
excursion to Salt Lake and other points
of inter est TO be given by these roads will
be incidental to the meeting.
General Passenger Agent Busenbark Of
the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City
railroad becomes chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee for the en- suing year.
given the association by the Central
National, Interoceanic and Mexican rail-
WAYS, and presided over by General
Passenger Agent Michaelis, of the Mexi-
can Central Speeches were made by
Messrs. Charlton of the Alton and
Shattue of the Ohio and Mississippi, COM
plimenting the Mexicaus and Mexican
government oe the prosperity of the
country and the wonderful development
of railroads interests. Shattue echoed
the sentiments of the association in say
ing Americans had been taught one thing
during the present visit to the country
the meaning of true hospitality. In nc
country was hospitality so profound, the
host so sincere and hearty as in Mexico.
Speak ing of railroads in America,
Shattue said their rolling stock was suffi-
oient to MAKE a continuous line of freight
cars from New York to the City of MeXi-
co, thence TO San Francisco and thence
back to New York and Canada.
General Manager Jackson of the Mexi-
can Central, on behalf of the Mexican
railroad managers, proposed the health
of the association.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
WakelY of the Chicago, Burlington aud
Quincy responded for the visitors in an
leo, her reciprocity and the wonderful
achievements of her railroad men.
Taylor of the Piedmont Air line pro-
posed 8 toast TO Mexico, which was re-
sponded to by Jose Rascon, one of the
leading capitalists of Mexico. This gen.
tleman, on behalf of the Mexican gov
eminent and her capitalists, welcomed
the visitors to the country and asked in
vestigation of her manifold uudeveloped
enterprises that needed that energy
characteristic of American railroad men.
He dissipated the popular delusiou that
Mexico was a land of revolutions. His
tory showed that during a period of 800
years Mexico had seen less warfare than
any country of its size on the globe. At
heart the MeXicaDs were peaceable
people. They only resisted invasion of
forein enemies, aud their only revolution
had been to rescue Mexico from the SUI
premacy of the church.
Gayett, of the G. and W. NJ. railway,
expressed admiration for the wonderful
prosperity of Mexico, and Hefford, of
the Milwaukee and st. Paul, in witty
speech, responded in a toast to the ladies
of Mexico, and the United States was the
subject of toast by Charlton Of Alton,
who advocated the greatest reciprocity
between merchants and railroads of the
two countries, and applauded the nR-
tional sentiment and war cry Of ''Mexico
for Mexicans. -
General Manager Watson OF the Mexi-
can Central, although an Englishman,
said that in the matter of railroads Amer
leans led the world, and their energy was
yet destined to couple the two continents
of America.
Vice President Stanhope of the Mexl-
can National said that he too was an
Euglishman by birth, but as railroad
man was American and believed in Amer
lean methods. Already the wave of
progress was forming billow, and he
felt sure Americans would never be con-
tent until great international road was
a reality and the Argentine Republic on
the south was connected with Canada on
the north. 1t was only a question of time
when Mexico and every intermediate
country would advocate the enterprise,
and it would become the greatest civilizer
of the age.
In conclusion, Stanbope spoke of the
stability of the present government of
Mexico, ard proposed the health of
President Diaz, which was drank amid
cheers and with every man on his feet.
A reception will be rendered the asso-
citation by President Diaz during the
week.