Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-15
General and Personal.

The Indianapolis Journal says: 'Ru-
NOR has 1t that the Wagner sleeping aud
parlor cars are TO be substituted for
Pullman equipments on the Union Pa
cite, Southern Pacific and the Missouri
Pacific roads.
General Manager Doddridge has ap-
pointed MIR. r. NJ. Galbraith master
mechanic of the Texas division of the
Cotton Belt. Dir. Galbraith was tor
many years master mechanic en- the
Union Pacific at Rawlins, Wyo.
The Missouri, Kansas ard Texas is
having new iron bridge thrown across
the Blue river in the Choctaw nation,
twenty eight miles north of Denison.
All the betterments of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas are OF superior class.
All the roads in the Central Traffic as
ISOLATION having recorded their votes in
favor OF advancing east-b0und freight
rates, in accordance with the action
of the joint committee in New
York last Thursday, the Chicago
committee OF the Central Traffic as
sOcistion arranged the new tariffs 10
he put in effect November n.
Under this resolution the car service for
refrigerator cara is fixed at three quar-
being allowed to make the rate via Mon
treal 10 Boston one cent on dressed beef,
other lines being allowed to reduce the
dressed-beef rate to the same point two
cents par 100 pounds.
A number of changes are to be made
in the Cotton Belt force. Mr.. Day
mentioned in the following taken from
the 81 be- Democrat was formerly
much respected citizen of Fort Worth:
II was learned yesterday in railroad
circles that Mr.. d. Miller, general traf-
fic manager of the Cotton Belt system,
81. Louis, Arkansas and Texas. had
rendered his res gnation, to take effect
as soon as convenient. Mr.. Miller has
been offered and has accepted similar
position with another road. This is not
the first offer that he has received dur
ing his traffic management of the Cotton
Belt. He was formerly general freight
agent of the Cotton Belt, and was
promoted about a year and half since.
IL is understood that Mr., l.. F. Day, the
general freight agent, who came TO st.
Louis from the Cotton Belt offices in
Texas q year aEo, will take sole charge
of the freight traffic department, and
that Mr.. +. W. La Beaume, the general
passenger agent, will have sole charge of
passenger affairs.
Judge Vauderburgh of the supreme
court Of Minnesota has handed down
decision which settles the question of the
validity of Il railroad ticket purchased of
e ticket broker or scalper, and the liza
bility OF railroad company 10 accept
such tickets when offered by an Innocent
purchaser. In August, 1855, the North
ern Pacific railroad issued certain excur-
sion tickets from Detroit to Minneapolis
and return. Casper Carsten bought the
return stub OF a Minneapolis broker and
took passenger from Minneapolis 10 De-
tToit. The conductor would not accept
the ticket. Carsteu brought action
against the railroad company and the
lower court held that he could not re-
cover. He then appealed to the supreme
court and the decision is reversed, the
court holding that a rOuud-trip ticket
useu by purchaser IN going to the station
named and then sold and transferred, no
restrictions appearing, is valid IN the
hands of the holder and entities him to
return passage subject TO the prescribed
Limitation as to time, etc, and that
actual damages may be collected.