Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-15


The freighthouse of the Fort Worth
and Denver is nearly completed.
Sam Fenby, Auditor Fenby's, Texas
and Pacific, assistant. was in the city
| yesterday.
C. C. Merrell, travelling passenger
agent for the Big Four line was in the city
yesterday.
B. NJ. Thompson, general agent of the
Canda cattle car company, returned to
the city yesterday.
w. S. Adair. commercial agent of
the international and Great Northern,
was in the city yesterday rustling for
business.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas City
of Mexico special excursion took out
sixty-three excursionists from Fort Worth
night before last.
The Fort Worth and Albuquerque are
preparing to bring condemnation suits
against several parties with whom no
agreement as to right-of-way could be
arrived at.
It is predicted that Mr.. a. K. Enos
will be the next president of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas road and that Traffic
Manager Waldo will be made general
manager of the same road.
The passenger rate war between the
Western roads still RACES, and it is prob
able that passengers will be hauled ut
the rate of a dime dozen between Kan
sas City and st. Louis before it is over.
General Passenger Agent Ford of the
Pennsylvania road is determined that no
agent of his road shall accept commits
sions on tickets sold over connecting
lines, and has discharged agents found
guilty of the practice which he had for
hidden.
Contractor Hughes is pushing work on
the new shops and roundhouse of the
Texas and Pacific, which he will have
completed in few days. The buildings
would have been ready for the company
long ago had not heavy rains interrupted
the work on them.
Gen. John Nesbitt, general livestock
agent of the Chicago and Alton, and one
of the most popular and genial railroad
men who ever visited Texas, will be in
the city to-day. Gen. Nesbitt is a man
whom cattlemen always like to see, for
he and his road have always been their
friends.
Sam Jones' advance agent, Evangelist
r. NJ. Carter of the Cotton Belt, was in
the city yesterday, having just got back
from taking the Baptists homet He
says he is out of the salvation business at
present and proposes to devote his time
TO bringing the school girls home from
the North.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
Il. g. Thompson of the Santa Fe, who
succeeded Mr.. J. S. Cark, resigned, has
been taking in the beauties of the Spring
Palace and getting acquainted with Fort
Worth people. Mr.. Thompson is genial
gentleman, and will make friends in his
new position.
AS will be seen elsewhere there has
been q change in the running of trains on
the Texas and Pacific between Fort
Worth and Dallas. The trainswhich has
been leaving here at 1880 ,.p. m. has
beel abandoned, and the latest train
will leave the Union depot at $40 p. m.
and will be run in two sections.
The rate on packing house products
from the Missouri river to Southwest
ern points will shortly be restored to
the rate in effect prior to April %, when
a cut of six cents per hundred weight
was made. The Burlington and North
western lines have issued joint tariff
to become effective Nav %, making the
restoration to the old rate. The tariff
will then be fifteen cents per hundred
weight from Kansas City to Memphis and
twenty lone gently from Omaha to Mem
phis. To Mobile, New Orleans and
group, the rate from both points will be
thirty five cents; to Meridian forty six
cents, and to jackson, Miss, fifty