Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-29
General and Personal.

j. A. Hendry, travelling auditor of the Santa
Fe, was in the city yesterday.
President Morgan Jones of the Fort Worth and
Denver is back in the city.
L. D. Voak of the Street stable car company
has returned from Chicago.
Capt. j. P. Moore, general livestock agent of
the Texas and Pacific, went west yesterday.
Division Superintendent S. F. Judy of the
Texas and Pacific left for Big Springs yesterday.
G. s. Miner, livestock agent of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, came in from the East yes
terday.
Assistant General Passenger Agent H. P.
Hughes went east on the Texas and Pacific yes
terday.
W: D. Lawson. travelling passenger agent of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, is back from
the South.
Contractor John P. Hughes is pushing the
work on the new roundhouse and shops of the
Texas and Pacific.
Jarrett Barbee has been appointed livestock
agent of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas in the
Indian Territory to succeed 7. j. Allen.
The Fort Worth and Denver people expect
their business curing April to show large in
crease over the previous months of this year
This will be due to the livestock movement.
The grading forces on the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande moved their camp day before yes
terday and commenced work on another portion
OF the line. The good work goes on brayely.
General Passenger Agent H. v. Newlin of the
Fort Worth and Denver has gone to attend a
meeting OF committee of the Southern inter
STATE SSSOCl2IlOn 70 arrange divisions between
the lines in the association and the Denver. The
committee meets April ].
In accordance with the recent order of Presi-
dent CoTbin, of the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad conf any. four engineers and four fire.
men have been discharged for drinking. They
were were served with a written notice, read
ing: You are dismissed for drinking -
Suits for defamation of character are threat
ened.
Capt B. B Paddock and the other gentlemen
who intended 10 start for Chicago Thursday, for
the purpo of arranging for special rates to the
Spring Palace with the different roads, and TO
confer with the Rock Island people IN regard to
the course of that road through Texas, when it
makes break for this state, postponed their
start until next Tuesday, on account of business
demands here.
DR.. Herbert ". Morehouse of DanviIle. H.,
has been appointed chief surgeon of the Wabash
system to fiji The vacancy caused by the death of
DR.. Jackson of Kansas City. His salary is $1,000
year and expenses. DR.. Morehouse was not
an applicant, an received the position without
solicitation. His headquarters will be at Dan
vile by direction OF General Manager Hays.
Zone of the effects of the two-cent-a-mile
law in Michigan - remarked Assistant General
Passenger Agent Luce of the Lake Shore, sis
that the cash fares collected by the conductors
have been increased threefold. Formerly round
great many were purchased, but since the two
cent "a mile law went into effect the round-trip
tickets have been Withdrawn, and a considerable
percentage of passengers instead OF buying way
tickets prefet to pay cash fares. Why? don't
know. Possibly some OF them have in consider
alton the chance that the conductor may over
look them in collecting the fares