Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-05
Santa Fe, was among the railroad men
in the city yesterday.

Santa Fe, was among the railroad men
in the city yesterday.
W. A. Tuley, travelling passenger
agent of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe. was in the city yesterday.
J. M. steere, assistant general freight
agent of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe, was in the city yesterday.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
W. V. NeRlin of the Fort Worth and
Denver is expected back to-day.
The Union Pacific will receive thirty
new locomotives, for its western lines
at Salt Lake City during March.
Horatio Allen was the first man to
run a locomotive engine in America.
Who was the first fireman on Aliens
engine?
Thirty thousand dollars have been
! subscribed to provide for the construc-
ton of an electric street railway at San
Augustine, Fla.
The Rock Island engineers are pushing
the survey of that road rapidly towards
Texas. 1t is regarded as a settled fact
that the road will build in this state.
The great lot sale tram and land
seekers excursion leaves Fort Worth for
Wichita Falls Thursday, March 6, at
$3.50 a. m. One fare for the round trip,
only.
The Santa Fe shops at Ottawa, Kan,
which had been practically abandoned,
are to be run to their full capacity again.
Three hundred men will be employed in
them.
General Livestock Agent Sam Hunt Of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway
has gone to Chicago and will return with
a special train full OF delegates TO the
cattlemen 8 convention.
The largest number of round trip tick
cts sold over the Fort Worth and Denver
railroad to any one station during the
month of February was to Vernon,
Hartley coming next, only two tickets
behind.
Trouble does not come singly. Some
time since Mr.. G. E. Arthur, Manager
Meek 3 chief clerk lost two children from
diphtheria and in less than week he re-
ceived information of the death of his
brother IN New York.
All the different colonies of Australia,
Victoria, New South Wales and Queens
land have different gauges Of railroads,
ranging from three feet six inches to
five feet two inches. Efforts are now
being made to adopt a standard gauge.
It lie said that W. N. Mcmahon, master
of transportation of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi, will succeed Thomas KEENAN, as
division superintendent of the Cotton
Belt, with headquarters at Pine Bluff.
Mr. KEENAN, recently accepted good
position in the East.
Division Superintendent J. n. White
of the Cotton Belt was in the city yester-
day. He says that the work of putting
the Cotton Belt track in first-class shape
is going on rapidly, and If no rains pre-
vent, everything viii be IN apple-pi Or
der by April Is.
It is announced from Pittsburg that
the Pennsylvania company has decided
to equip all its passenger cars, number
ing between 1900 and 1900, with appar-
atus for heating by steam for next season.
The work will be pushed during the sum-
mer and will, it Is said, necessitate the
expenditure of about $3.50 900.
On February II, Sheff1eld, Ala, sent
5000 tons by nine barges down the Ten
nessee and up the Ohio rivers. The
barge freight was 81 so per ton, which
is so much less than by rail. that it is
said arrangements are being made TO
market the entire product Of the I've
Sheffield furnaces by this route.
The cost OF removing weeds from the
South Australian government railroads
is nearly G16 600 per annum. For over
three years past the engineering chief
has been experimenting, and he has now
had constructed a machine which will
weed the broad-gauge lines effectively at
the rate of four miles per hour. 1t Is be-
lieved that e1000 per annum viii be saved
to the South Australian railways depart
ment by using the apparatus.
The people along the line of the Texas
and Pacific vest OF Fort Worth say they
have asked that road for an additional
passenger train and have received no
answer from the management Of that
road. The management says no request
has been made for such service. If the