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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05

Col. John r. ToXie has just returned
from a trip to the Northwest, and states
that he was gratifed to learn that there
is a movement on foot looking TO the
building of the Fort Worth and Albu-
querque railroad, which was IN a bad
way when he left the city.
''Fort Worth should by all means
build, own and operate this railroad, -
he said, in conversation with q GAZETTE
reporter, land If it is done there is no
calculating the benefits that will be
reaped by Fort Worth business men and
real estate owners. There should be no
delay about it either, but the matter
should be pushed ahead at once. I am
in receipt of letters from the Northwest
eru country which convince me that the
people there are determined to have
railroad, and if they cannot get this one
they VIII join forces with some other
scheme, and if they do this Fort Worth
can expect afterwards no assistance from
them in their railroad project; therefore
speedy action is necessary.
81 look upon the plan suggested by
THE GAZETTE as the most practicable
oue-thHt of organizing q stock company
OF Fort Worth people, so that Fort
Worth interests will control the road.
If work is started up again under this
plan the people OF the SpringtOwn couu-
try and beyond there will come TO the
front and don't you forget it. They
want q railroad and they are willing to
help build one. -
''Do you think the road would pay,
colonel?' asked the reporter.
Eyes, sir, do. 1t would pay as a
railroad investment and it would pay
Fort Worth to have It. l would be will
ing to give s., 900, 900 for the benefits
Fort Worth would derive from the build
ing of this road in five years. 1t would
Tun through one of the best agricultural
sections in Texas that is now pretty well
settled up for nearly 100 miles out from
Fort Worth. Along the route that the
road would be built, as / understand it,
there are IneXhaustible mines of the best
copl 10 be found in Texas, and equal to
the best Indian Territory coal. This coal,
with the road in the hands OF local
parties who would work for Fort Worth
interest, could be put down here at
such a price that would stimulate the
factory building interests. Fort Worth
will never get cheap fuel until she has
her own road TO haul it, and she Will
never be q manufacturing city until
cheap fuel can be had. Yes, sir; l am
for the Fort Worth and Albuquerque
road and say amen to THE GAZETTE in
its efforts to revive interest in the
scheme. Keep the lick uD, and If the
road is only started on the right basis it
VIII 60 through all right.''
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
There will be over fifty students on the

There will be over fifty students on the
opening.
PARIS, Sept. 4.-The Methodist re-
vival meeting is gathering foroe with
every service and promises TO be very
successful. 1t is being conducted en-
tirely by the local clergy.
HENDERSON, Tex, Sept. 3.-Inas-
much as the new city school building will
not be completed until January and the
old college building is frightfuly out Of
repair, our people will have to depend on
private schools to send their children to
until that time.
JAcKsBoRo, Sept. 3.-The seventh
annual session of the Jack county edu-
cational institute opened Monday morn
ing with full corps of able teachers
and under very fattering auspices.
About 200 pupils have been matriculated
and fifty others are expected by next
Monday. Professors King and Westsr
are fine teachers and have done very
much to advance the educational inter-
ests of the entire county. The interest
taken by the citizens of Jacksboro and
Jack county is far more general than
ever before, and everything Is being
done to make it a first class high school.
The college building has just been re-
paired and refurnished.
The colored citizens here are building
a schoolhouse which will be finished in
about a month.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
TEXAS PROGRESS.

If the population of GreenvilIe will in
crease as much in the next three months
as in the past three, says the Daily Her
aid, we'll have free postoffice delivery
next year, and the indications are that
the increase Is all o. K.
The 5000 900 Oriental hotel at Dial. }
will be an imposing structure ay the time
the fair opens. The stone and brick
work will be about completed for the six
stories at that time. At present the ma
sonry of the first three stories is about
completed and the fourth story joist laid.
The Granbury business men have re-
Gently organized q live board of trade
and propose to see what can be &C.
cOmplished for Granbury and Hood
county.
A new bank and Office building, 50x100
feet, fronting on Main and Elm streets,
and six stories in height, will soon be
commenced at Dallas. 1t will be on the
site of the Padgitt Bro. g old building
and cost in the nelghborhood of $780,
900.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 3.-The following
bids were opened in the mayors office
to-day for an electric fire alarm system
for San Antonio: Gaynor of Louisville,
Ky, sly 900; Gamewell of New York,
SI4 800. The bid will be awarded by the
city council next Monday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05

the idea of coal, and has failed to find
anything but Ignite. Building stone
does not exist anywhere. Mr.. Walker is
exultant over the agricultural and tim
Der resources of the county.
JACKsBoRo, Sept. 3.-The directors of
Jack county fair association are prepRr-
ing for the second annual fair at this
place, which is to be held on October II
Is and 16. The arrangements are being
pushed to have all IN readiness at the
proper time. A fine exhibit of livestock
is expected, and the managers say they
have one of the finest tracks in North
Texas, which is now almost completed
and will be ready for training stock in q
day or two.
TYLER, Sept. 3.-The Tyler opera
company will appear at the Grand opera
house of this city Friday evening in
Chimes of Normandy. The company
have the music all down fine and the
affair promises to be a grand success.
Tickets are already meeting q rapid sale.
1t is likely the company will go to Cor
sicans one night next week. Mr.. John
Meagher of Dallas has been secured by
the Tyler board of trade as secretary and
entered upon his duties to-day.
PARIS, Sept. 4.-Dr. Talmage passed
through this city yesterday, and TO re-
porter expressed himself more charmed
with the great farming region between
Sherman and Paris than anything he
had seen in Texas.
The compress caught fire yesterday,
but was promptly extinguished by the
hose company, with slight damage TO
only two bales of cotton.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
LIABLE TO GO TO PIECES.

The New Freight Rate Agreement Liable to
Not be Carried out.
The prediction that the new agreement
recently entered into by the managers of
the roads between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, river and points south for division
of traffic would not be carried out, may
be realized sooner than expected. This
agreement became effective August %,
and the rates were advanced on that
date, but it was soon discovered that
some of the roads were outing rates as
freely as before. The Santa Fe man.
aged to secure the bulk of the grain and
livestock traffic. and it is alleged that
this line is cutting rates to favor ship
pe-s. This fact had much to do with the
determination of the Rock Island and
Alton to accept the reduced rates on
grain ordered by the interstate commerce
commission. The Rock Island demanded
of TIE board of arbitration that an iu-
yestIgatiau ne made, and il the Santa Fe
was getting more than its share of BUSH
ness, that some of the traffic be diverted
to the Rock Island and other competing
roads. Since then the Santa Fe has been
urged to turn over some of its surplus
business to its competitors, but it has
steadily refused TO do so, notwithstand-
ing the solicitations of the board of arbi-
tratfou. Several OF the Santa Fe's COM
petitors are considering the adgisability
of smashing the agreement and taking
Independent measures that will insure to
them fair proportion of the business.
At the late meeting of the Rock Island
directors the question of withdrawing
from the agreement was discussed, and
President Cable was authorized to take
whatever steps he thought best for the
purpose of securing a proper proportion
of business for his road.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
ON TO ToPoLoBAMPo.
Let the Fort Worth and Rio Grande he the
First Texas Road to Tap the Mex
lean Pacific.


Let the Fort Worth and Rio Graude he the
First Texas Road to Tap the Mex
lean Pacific.
ST. MAnY's, Tex, Sept. 2, 1880.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
letter received here under date of
August l, from La Logia on Topolobam-
DO bay, written by a lady who formerly
resided here, and who went to that
section some five years since, contains
the following, which may be of interest
to some of your readers, and especially
those interested in the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande road:
''Mr. Owens has been granted a new conces-
sion for the Topolobampo and Texas railway,
which embraces system OF railroads, tele-
graph and telephone lines about 1900 miles long,
which will be aided by subsidy of ST., 800 per
mile in bonds bearing per cent. interest.
Probably Mexico has never granted 10 any other
man what has in this instance been given to Mr.
Owens. He has gone to Topeka to start party
of colonists to Sinaloa He then goes to New
York to meet the managing directors OF an En-
glish syndicate which has contracted with him
TO build the railroad from Topolobampo to the
Texas frontier
The above, which may be regarded as
reli. Die, indicates that the Fort Worth
and Rio Grande may be the first Texas
road to tap the Mexican Pacific shore.
You are at liberty to use the above e1-
tract any way you see proper.
L. 8. RUSSELL (of Comanohe).
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
TEXAS NOTES AND PERSONALS.

There is going to be q magnificent
sangerfest OF Fredericksburg, Gillespie
county, on September 20, 81 and %.
The News and the burg promise a good
time.
In speaking of the Ellis county exhibit
for the Dallas fair the Mirror says: The
people in the county have spared no
pains TO make success of the exhibit.
They too have brought to the collection
articles in the way of fruits, etc.. which
to them was anything but abundant this
year, and they have brought them long
distances and in very warm weather
until We have an exhibit which is a credit
to the county, if not to the state.
The Seymour Sun: DR.. W. A. Threl-
keld, of Fort Worth has been in the city
the past few days and has decided to
locate here in the drug business at once {.
He will first go to Haskell and look after
business there and then arrange perma-
nently the building he will occupy. He
will have his stock here about Septem-
Der 10 and be ready for business. He
will also move his family here. He is a
very pleasant and enterprising gentle
man and Seymour is fortunate in Sc
curing him. The Sun warmly welcomes
the doctor and hopes he will never have
cause for regrets of locating here.
E. P. Downy, a hardware merchant
of Fort Worth, says that same journal,
has been IN the city the past week. Mr..
Downy is here for the purpose of looking
up location to go into business and he
expresses himself as being very much
pleased with Seymour and her future and
has fully made up his mind to locate
ne ind IL ri n
room, and from the last reports he had
not yet found one, but had several par
ties figuring on putting up one. The
Sun warmly welcomes the gentleman to
Seymour.
BAIRD, Sept. 4.-The people of Gala
han county are getting Chicago move
on themselves preparing for the Gala
han county fair, September 25, &c and
27. The race track has been completed,
the buildings, fences and stalls are being
rapidly pushed to completion. The de-
mands for stalls for fine stock is very
great, showing that that department
will be complete. The chairmen of the
several agricultural and horticultural
committees throughout the county are
very busy collecting and preparing their
exhibits, indicating that that depart
ment will be well represented. The
Baird band is getting itself in shape to
furnish some choice music for the COCA
sion, and all the other pleasure-giVing
entertainments will be complete.
HENDERSON, Sept. 3.-Esquirs John
Matthias left for Gainesville last Monday,
near where he is engaged to teach q
Cooke county school. Mr.. P. G. Garri-
son, late of San Marcos, has purchased
the cotton storage warehouse and COM
mission business of Mr.. w. J. Crow of
this city. State Geologist Walker has
been prospecting over the county for
over two weeks. Mr.. Walker decries
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
A Fast Freight Train.

The Illinois Central has the distinc-
tion of running the fastest regular
freight train in the country. One of the
most important items of the freight
traffic of this road is the transportation
of bananas from New Orleans to Chicago
and other Northern cities. The "banana
train' makes the trip from New Or
leans to Chicago, a distance of 9l5 miles,
in forty-five hours, while the ordinary
freight is four days in covering the same
distance. Some idea Of the amount of
business derived from the banana trade
may be had when 1t is known that an
average OF 300 carloads are received in
Chicago each month, each car contain
ing 500 punches of bananas. a carload
of this popular fruit costs in New Or
leans about 500.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05

General Freight Agent E. H. Hinton
of the Texas and Pacific spent Wednes-
day in the city.
w. w. Campbell, general baggage
agent of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
was in the city yesterday.
H. NJ. DeHart, travelling passenger
agent of the Fort Worth and Denver,
was in the oitY yesterday.
Tom Kingsley, the irrepressible South
western passenger agent of the Ellen n
was doing the city yesterday.
Chief Clerk c. c. Drake of the Fort
Worth and Denver passenger depart
ment has returned from his vacation
trip.
The Union Pacific harvest excursion to
Texas points will leave Denver Septem-
Der 9. One fare for the round trip to
any point in Texas will be charged.
The next Cotton Belt harvest excursion
train will leave from the Eastern South
ern states on the 9th inst. 1t will be fol-
lowed by another on the 23d, and still
another an the 14th of October.
The merchandise freight rate from
New York to Kansas City has been re-
duced from 81. y to seventy-five cents
using a water route from New York to
Savannah, and thence by rail over the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
railway TO Kansas City.
The largest shipment ever sent over
the Rio Grande in one tram was dis
patched from Eagle Pass TO Cuidad Por-
frio Diaz, Mexico, few days ago. The
train consisted of lis loaded cars, and
was drawn by single locomotive. The
shipment included 1000 tons of steel rails
for the southern extension of the Monte
rey and Mexican Gulf railway.
The Thomson Houston Electric Light
company state that the prop ortion of
people carried on electric street railways
increases with the size of the town; that
in towns of from 10 ZOO to &c, 900 the
number carried is from ten to twenty.
By THAT rule, In q town of 10 900 the
number who would ride in year would
range from $50. 900 to 800 zee. They
note as remarkable the statement that
certain city of 80 200 people had 2, $780,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
AHEALTHY SHOWING.

Large Increase OF Earnings and Fine Pros
poets OF the Missouri, kansas and Texas.
Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, Sept. 4.-The report is
current to-day, that the issue of the
new securities of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas road is likely to be delayed
owing to the slowness Of the trustees Of
the per cent. bonds. President Enos
of the Kansas and Texas made the fol-
lowing statement on this point this
morning:
81 have no reason to believe there Will
be any delay, as the securities are all
ready for delivery now and have been
for week. The officials have finished
their work, of which some idea may be
gained when it is understood that the
new securities required over 800, 900 sig
natures, and the Central trust company
has completed its work and is ready to
issue the new securities now. l heard,
though, that the the trustees of 7 per
cent. bonds, the Union trust company,
are behind with their work, but of this
personally l have no knowledge that
leads me TO think they will not be ready
on the 10Th. -
In regard TO the prospects of the road
for the coming year President Enos said:
1--WE are satisfied with the outlook. The
Kansas state official report shows the
eastern portion of Kansas through which
the road runs will produce fully three
quarters OF the amount of last years
yield. To the Texas end of the line we
will be benefited by the largest cotton
crop the state ever had, estimated at o.
600 ZOO bales. II is calculated that the
money value of the crop to Texas will be
fully $50, O0O, 900. No road is better stu
ated than the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas to participate IN this great pros
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05

perity. Our gross earnings up to Sep
TENDER are over 5000, 900 ahead of last
year. August shows handsome in
crease, notwithstanding the democrat
izing and extreme low rates
during the month for all Texas
business. Our present earnings indicate
that we will earn over IS, 500, 900 for the
year; allowing the high rate of 20 per
cent. for operating expenses, there will
be net earnings of 81, 500, 900. This. of
course, is all going into the road to benz
eft its physical condition, interest for
new bonds, which falls due on December
l, having been arranged for by the re-
organization committee.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept. An behalf OF NJ
GerEsheimer & Co., stockholders of the
Houston and Texas Central railroad
company, argument was begun this
morning before Judge Patterson in the
supreme court chambers to make perma-
nent the temporary injunction they re-
Gently obtained, preventing the levying
af an assessment of 71.4 per cent. on the
old stockholders of the road as condi-
ton to the receipt of a proportionate
share of stock in the new company to be
formed under the reorganization agree
ment. An assessment of 70 per cent.
previously made had been declared in
valid by an action brought before Judge
O'Brien on grounds largely technical,
and the Central trust company which
was deDuted bv the organization agree
ment to buy the assessment, after meet
ing the objections of the court, declared
on July II the new assessment of II. 10
per cent. under agreement. Unless the
old stockholders should pay up and take
the new stock before September Is, the
stock can be taken by the Central Pacific
railroad company at reduced rate. The
case Is still on
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
OKLAHOMA'S CAPITAL.
Hard Fight will be Made for Its Removal.
Brilliant Affair.

Special to the Gazette.
GUTHRIE, o. T., Sept. 4.-The coun-
oil to-day passed bill providing for the
distribution OF aid for those in desti-
tute condition. 1t creates commission
duly empowered to make Investigations q,
receive contributions and disburse.
The citizens rendered a ball and ban
quet to the members of the legislature
last evening, which was the most brill
Iant social affair ever witnessed in the
city. Three hundred couples engaged in
the dance.
The capital question is still the all
absorbing topic. The bill for its removal
has been reported back to the council
favorably, and it will come up for pass
age tomorrow morning. The friends of
Guthrie are preparing for q hard fight,
but the odds are evidently against them,
as far as the passage of the bill is con-
cerned. 1t is almost certainty that
Governor Steele will veto the bill if it
does pass.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
Henderson Ready to Put Up.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
HENDERSON, TEX, Sept. S.-Another
railroad meeting was held pursuant to
call Monday evening, September l, at
the Office of Judge J H. Wood, at which
were congregated the financial magnates
of our city. No talk was wasted. The
matter was explained by Maj. B. S.
Wathen relative to the demands OF the
board of directors concerning the amount
to be paid Immediately for preliminary
surveys. Henderson doesn't want to
waste any powder, but the people are
determined to have the road If it is built,
aud are ready to put up and that largely
when the proper time comes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
TEXAS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES

North Texas female college at Sher-
man has up to the present time received
over 100 young ladies from q distance.
1t is almost assured now that Lamasco,
Fannin county, is to have q new school
building costing not less than $1,000. A
graded school is the next step.
The foundation of the new A. II. E.
church at Laredo has been put in and the
cornerstone will be laid on the 25th inst.
The material for the Denisou CONNER
oisl college. IRON, pressed brick and terra
Gotta, has all been ordered. In the
meantime Professor Roach is in daily re-
oeipt of letters asking for information.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
A BIG railway SCHEME.
A New Line Along the Labrador Coast to
be Built.


be Built.
The most gigantic railway scheme ever
proposed in Canada, says the Railway
Register, with the single exception of
the Canadian Pacific is about to be I'M
derteken. The promoters are chiefly
French and English capitalists,
though Sir Hector Langevln,
minister of public works for
the Dominion, and Sir Charles Upper,
high commissioner for Canada in London,
are largely interested parties. The
scheme is to build railroad eastwa ard
from Quebec some $50 miles to St.
Charles bay on the Labrador coast, from
which point large steamships are ex-
peoted make the voyage to Milford Ha-
ven, IN Wales, III three and oue-half
days. By this route it is pretended that
passengers and perishable freight can be
carried from Chicago to London inside of
seven days. The company calls itself
the North Canadian Atlantic
Railway and Steamship COM
pany. The company will also
construct a new railway from Milford to
London. The capital Of the company is
$50 900, 900. but the company is author
lied to bond its road and Issue deben-
lures for the purchase of steamships.
The provisional directors include Sir
Henry A Isaacs, lord mayor of London;
Sir Robert n. Fowler; NJ. P, banker;
Thomas Woods, chairman of the Milford
docks; Charles II. Mott, director of the
Great Western railway; William r.
BaIch, banker of London, and Sir Doug
las Fox, the eminent English engineer,
who is also consulting engineer to the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
A Lawyer in Trouble.

Special to the Gazette.
GRAHAM, Ten, Sept. 4.-Mr. Charles
Bigham, lawyer at Graham, was ar
rested yesterday for the theft of 81 from
the safe of Sheriff Tom Collier; also for
the theft OF two pocket kniyes from the
store OF Hickman & Co. Bigham waived
examination and gave bond to await the
action of the grand jury at the January
term of the district court.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-05
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