Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-01-30

Iowa has nearly 5000 miles OF railway.
In 1891 there were 600 miles of railroad
laid in Canada.
The New Monon has added about 300
freight cars in the last month
Travelling Freight Agent White of the
Queen aud Crescent is in the city.
The checking Valley will run night
trains between Toledo and Columbus.
General Manager Ramsay of the Cincin-
natl, Wabash and Michigan is at Cincinnati
President Mackey is in New York on
business relating to his system of railroads.
The Clover Leaf is soon to put OF train
between Toledo, Ohio, and Hot Springs,
Ark
H. C. Archer, travelling passenger agent
of the Ohio and Mississippi, was in the city
yesterday.
The Southwestern rate committee now
in session in st. Louis, will probably hold
over Sunday.
A new passenger train is to be put on the
Illinois Central between Chicago and St.
Louis, via Bloomington, IL.
The freight and passenger business of
the New MonOn shows, up to this time. an
increase of 10 per cent over the same time
last year.
It is reported on competent authority
that the Lake Erie and Western will have
trains running into Chicago before this year
is ended.
C. c. Drake, of the traffic department Of
the Denver, leaves tonight for San An
tonic to attend the meeting of general pas
senger agents in that city on Monday.
Freight business on the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and Dayton is exceedingly heavy.
There are plenty of cars for it, but the road
is short on machinery to handle it.
The Chicago Great Western, which is to
be constructed from Hammond, Ind, to
Evanston, and will give the Windy City
complete belt road, is capitalized at $50, 000,-
0OO
General Passenger Agent Sebastian of
the Rock Island started for Europe to look
after World 5 fair tourist travelling, it is
said, for next year and immigrant business
for all time.
A prominent railroad official yesterday
subscribed for ten shares of stock in the
Railroad mems savings and loan associa-
ton. and paid years dues. The associa-
ticn is booming.
At the regular meeting of the Central
traffic association, to be held in Chicago on
February 3, the question of lake and rail
rates from Chicago will be the principal
matter discuss ed. Some effort will be
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route
Frederick Knowland has bean appointed
general Eastern freight agent OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific system, with headquarters on
Broadway, New York. He succeeds II. g.
Logan, deceased. Mr.. Kuowland formerly
represented the Union Pacific at New York.
The appointment takes effect February l.
In the suit of the Northwestern rcon-
strIction company against jay Gould for
$235, 000 damages, Judge Anderson of Kan
sas City, Kan, has given the Missouri
Pacific company thirty days by stipulation
70 make answer to the proceedings brought
against it TO gsrnishee Gould's interest in
the company.
Something unique in the way of a pas
senger station will be erected by the Michi-
gan Central at Falls View, Niagara Falls,
this summer. It will be gray stone struct-
ure, modelled after an English castle, with
tower sixty or eighty feet in height,
from which commanding view OF the falls
can be obtained. The building will cost
$50 COO.