Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-06

| DhNlSONi aA.i Oct. O.--lopeclhl. =
| Two largo clocks, among the finest in
the city, have just been placed In the
Offices Of General Yardmaster Casey.
Last night q large train OF fine hogs
| passed through the city from Kansas
| City on route to Mexico.
Several large trains OF coal we're han
died In tho switch yards to-day.
Engineer French Is enjoying Law off
while his engine - in the Dcnison ma
chine shops undergoing repairs.
Engineer ID. Wagner, OF the Mineola
division, h taking brief lay on
b. l.. kinshaw, q member Of the
secret service department OF the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway,
came down from Kansas City this MORN
ing.
Conductor Burt West Is spending
this week Ia Kansas City.
Speaking Of Engineer Andy Blair,
the next oldest man in the service OF
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, is Top
West. Top first went ON the Choctaw
division in 1871.
Now that tho East Line and Red
River railway has been converted
from marrow guage 10 wide guago
road, aud has fallen into the hands OF
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way company, the repair shops OF the
former road will no doubt he removed
NJ an early date TO this city, IA the
Katy would deem 1t imprudent to
have both repair shops in active opera
ton ia such close radius as Denison
and Greonyille. This will prove most
/ valuable acquisition to Denison. II
! will nocessitate At least twenty-five
more mnchinists and helpers. II is
said that the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas officials are already quietly iigur-
ing on the change While some
machinery will DO loft at Greenville
for small repairs, yet all locomotive,
coaches, cars, etc, will be brought to
this city for repairs,
s. NJ. Carley, district Pullman car
agent, came In from Fort Worth last
night. After attending to business In
this city he left for Greenville.
George Carl at, foreman of the cal
department In the depot yards. left
yesterday for Kansas City 10 enjoy a
months visit Tor health and rccrea
tion.
A few days since a meeting was hold
ut Parsons Kansas, to adopt some plan
by which the heavy blockade OF Nilsson.
nj, Kansas and Texas cars loaded with
corn now nj Laredo can be broken.
| Among those present was General
| Superintendent j. j. Frey, Commercial
Agent Donahue, General Freight
Agent Halle, and several prominent
Mexican shippers, After considerable
discussion % various sugges tions 1t was
decided to erect temporary warehouses
on the Mexican sido and thus relieve
the cars just rs soon as they arrive IN
that country. IL Is said thore arc boz
tween Taylor and Laredo fully 1900 ears
OF corn, and 1t is almost impossible for
| trains to make schedule time. IL Il
| estimated that it will take thirty DAYS
10 break the blockade. Never before In
tho history of tho Missouri, Kansas and
Texas bus IL handled 80 much corn as
this nsun, Every available car Is now
IN use for the transportation OF this pro-
duet.
Travelling Claim Agent I. d. Fergu-
son left to-day for SAN Antonio
Traffic Claim Agent j. b. Sneed Il
at the dcsl, again after trip down on
the Houston, East and Wet Texas
| railway.
j. W. Barlow, formerly of tho Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas service in this
city, IL now in the general office OF the
Houston and Texas Central railway at
/ Houston.