Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-29


Col. J. P. Moore, general live stock agent Of
the Texas and Pacific, returned yesterday from
the west.
The Fort Worth and D 'nver is building extern
sive cattle pens at Seymour on the Wichita VAL
ley branch of that road.
W. D. Lawson, travelling passenger agent of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas has been nut
ting IN a coupe of days sending advertising
matter to all Texas stations.
running record of I22 .O6l miles without be-
ing shopped for repairs has been made by pas
senger engine 704 on the INDIANAPOLIS and Vim
cennes roGd, q division of the Pennsylvania
company
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas did a rood
business in tickets San Antonio yes. er lay.
There was rush for sleeping car berths early in
the morning. The San Antonio fair opens to-
morrow.
The committee of managers of Western roads
has adopted report reCOmme nding slower time
for both fast freight and passenger trains be
tween all the primo pal points in The the West.
1t IS also recommended that fewer fast trains be
run. 1t is expected that a material curtaIling of
expenses viii result without diminishing gross
revenues.
The Greenville Herald claims that the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas will shortly begin the
erection of q 500 depot at that plac, the
same having been promised by officia of the
road. Greenville is to be congra tulated, while
Fort Worth will have to put up with a miserable
old depot that is not as genteei as some stables
in this city.
The Southern Pacific is changing its track be-
tween Sh mia and Comstock, and will cut off
ten miles. The old route runs by painted
Cane" The new route viii make a straight
course across the Pecos river, which will be
spanned by the highest bridge in America.
Twelve bridges and two tunnels the OLD line
will be abandoned.
President Manvel's (of the Atchison) state
ment that 1.-THE Rock leland will never run a
through trans Contin ntal train service with the
Colorado Midland as n connecting link shows
that close par nership has been formed, which
will go hard with competitors of the great
triumvirate, composed of the Atchison, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Southern Pacific.
The statement is repeated in Milwaukee that
the Northern Pacific has secured control of the
St. Paul and Duluth railroad. The Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul is said to have a half
interest in the ST. Paul and Duluth's terminals
at Duluth. A line of packet freight boats to
ply between Duluth and Buffalo is said to be a
part of the Northern Pacific project.
Railways controlled by the government are not
beyond the reach of labor disturbance. The ex-
perience of Australia, where all railways are
built and operated by the government, is far
from warranting the conclusion that state own
ership of the transport alton lines is desirable
The combination OF labor is there more wide
spread and effective than in America, so effec-
tive, in fact, that the government is compelled
to regard the dictates of these organizations in
the management of the railways. A strike is
quite as liable to happen under the state control
as under private CONTROL and its consequences
are apt to be more serious. because of the politi-
cal force at the disposal of the strikers.-[Iron
Age,