Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-04
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F 3. Murphy, an old-time Texas and Pa
citic conductor, has returned from Cincin
matt, where he was called 10 attend the
funeral of his brother.
j. 4 Benson, train dispatcher on the
Texas and Pacific, has received telegraphit
information that his brother, for many
years passenger conductor on the Cotton
Belt, was lying at the point of death il
Pennington, Iowa.
The Southern Pacific has placed train
collectors on u number of the heaviest
trains of the California divisions.
The railroads We're yesterday still en-,
gagged in transporting race men and horses
out of Memphis III all directions.
The Cotton Belt properly will pass into
the hands of the new company-the St.
Louis Southwestern-about the middle OF
May.
The Wisconsin house of representatives
has indefinitely postponed a bill reducing
passenger rates on railroads TO cents per
mile
1t is reported that an option on eighty
acres of land near Atlanta, Ga, has been
secured by the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern as 4 site for machine and car
shops.
The Ontario legislature has granted a
charter 10 Il company to build al electric
railroad from Niagara TO Fort Erie, the
whole length of the Niagara river.
Conductors, engineers, firemen and brake
men Of the Indiana Midland have struck
for six months back pay. The engineers
took the mail cars through withouta ny pas
Senger coaches.
John l.. Miles of Camden. y. T.. has lust
delivered the third one of four new car
floats contracted for by him for the Phila-
delphia and Reading. The floats are built
TO carry eight cars each.
The grading and construction work on
the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis
north of the Alabama river, which was
partly suspended in January, has been re-
Sumed all along the line and Will not again
be interrupted.
1t is stated that 90 per cent of the men
now in railroad Servlcce are under forty
years of age The locomotive engineers
have larger percentage of Old men than
any other department. The presidents of
slXty-three important railroad systems, are
under forty-tive years OF age.
The purchasing department of the Big
Four has cut down its expenses the first
three months of this year nearly $40. 900. as
shown by the official figures. This has been
done with an increase OF 33 per cent in mile
age. and il is claimed that the property has
been fully maintained.
Capt T w Whisnant, who has been ST.
pcrintendent of the Carolina Central divis-
ion of the Seaboard Air Line for the last
year, has been appointed superintendent of
the Georgia. Carolina and Northern. TO sue
coed Capt. j. y. Dobson, who is now divis-
ion superintendent of the Richmond and
DanviIle.
The Ohio legislature has passed the bill
making it unlawful for railroad companies
10 employ any person as passenger conduc-
tor who has not had two years experience
is conductor on 4 freight or construction
train or any person as freight conductor who
has not had two years experience as brake
man or traiuman.
The common pleas court at Philadelphia
has decided that the Pennsylvania railroad
company is not liable for baggage lost in
the destruction of the train in the great
Johnstown flood of 1889. holding that the
disaster was unforeseen and came under an
act of Cod. for which the company could
not be held responsible.
An eastern Statistician estimates the loss
10 the railroads of this country due 10 COM
petition TO be annually S2G0. 100000. If this
be the case the business public reaps the
benefit. and it leaves no grounds for abus-
ing the railroads or legislating for lower
rates