Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-27
THE RAILROADS.
BRIEF NOTES OF A NEWSY
NATURE CONCERNING
Various Roads and Their OhiciaIs-Numer-
Gus Visitors in the City Yesterday.
Commission Rates.
Signal Flashes.


W. B. Groseclose, general freight agent
of the Cotton Belt at Tyler, was in the city
yesterday.
Maj Lewis, travelling passenger agent OF
the Iron Mountain. was among his friends
here yesterday.
]. n. White, division superintendent of
the Cotton Belt at Commerce, was visitor
in the city yesterday.
Barney Pagan, travelling passenger agent
of the Texas and Pacific, was in the city for
brief stay last evening
w. H. Quigg, commercial agent of the
Katy, went west over the Texas and Pa
cific last evening on business trip.
Numerous Mardi Gras parties will go
from Fort Worth to New Orleans, and
ticket agents report ticket sales good.
Col ]. L. Pennington, livestock agent OF
the Santa Fe, returned last evening from a
business trip to the San Angelo country.
w. F. Vail, city passenger and ticket
agent of the Burlington lines at Omaha,
Neb., was visitor in the city yesterday.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
rate clerks for the trans-Missouri west
bound rate sheet will be held on March 2.
JEFF N Miller, secretary to General
Manager Grant of the Texas and Pacific at
Dallas, was visitor in the city yesterday.
John K Rosson. the livestock rustler of
the Frisco, is back from trip up the Cotton
Belt and Katy, and reports the Frisco as
strictly in it.
agent of the Santa Fe and Frisco of st.
Louis, is in the railway center meeting his
many friends.
William Doherty, city passenger and
ticket agent of the Santa Fe. returned last
evening from trip over the Fort Worth
and Rio Gfande.
Clayton Wood, travelling passenger agent
of the international and Great Northern,
from Palestine, returned to the city yester-
day for few hours stay.
j. A Edison. superintendent of the Cot
ton Belt lines of Texas came in last evening
from Waco over the Katy on a special car
and the Cotton Belt pay car.
The Rock Island and the Burlington have
joined in 4 petition to Chairman Smith of
the Trans-M Missouri association requesting
him to call a special meeting of the associa-
ton to consider the present Decentralization
of rates to Colorado and Utah points. The
meeting will probably be held at an early
date. Current carload rates from the East,
it is said, are fully so cents below estab-
hsned tariffs.
President Marvel of the Santa Fe has
been granted by the board of directors
two months vacation. This respite from
active service, it was voted was due him on
account of the splendid showing lately made
by this property Mr.. Marvel left ST.
Louis Wednesday for New York, whence in
about two weeks he will sail for sunny
Naples. He will remain in Europe six
weeks or longer.
The Northern Pacific railroad company is
pushing the work on its new line from Che
halls on the Pacific division to South Bend
and Willaba harbor, which is about 100
miles north of the Columbia river. 1t is ex-
pected that the line will be completed by
July /. This will open up another deep
harbor on the Pacific coast and said to be
one of the best timber sections in the state
of Washington. 1t is the intention of the
Northern Pacific to run steamers around
South Bend to Portland and San Francisco.
Some fear exists that the disturbances in
passenger rates between Chicago and
Columbus may spread to other points and
bring on q serious war among the lines in
the Central traffic association. The trouble
began at Columbus over month ago but at
that time was so slight as to occasion little
comment and no anxiety. The reason of
this WAS that the cut applied only to west
bound rates, and on trahic which is at no
time heavy Now that the knife has been
openly applied to east-bound rates from
Chicago to Columbus, it is admitted that
Lnefe Is great DANGER Oh through rdUeS De-
coming involved, in which case a general
war is among the probabilities.
The Central traffic association (passen-
ger Department. has agreed to grant ex-
cursion rates at fare and one-third for
the round trip for the following occasions:
Convention of Lumbermen, Washington,
D. c., February % to 25 from association
points; State Assembly OF Daughters of
Rebekah, l. o. O. F., of Ohio. Lima, Ohio;
April Is and H. from all points in Ohio;
Association of Military Surgeons of
National Guard of the United States,
annual meeting ST. Louis, Mo, April 19 to
81, from Central Traffic and Southern Pas
senger association points and from Boston
passenger committee points.
Arguments in the Atchison's application
for reduced immigrant rates to California
points before the commissioners of the
Western traffic association were closed
Wednesday. Passenger Traffic Manager
White of the Atchison claimed that under
existing circumstances it is impossible for
his line to get a dollars worth of traffic in
question without contracting with certain
New York agents and paying an exorbitant
commission. Having declined to enter into
such contracts he looks to the commits
sioners for the relief they have the author
ity to grant. Vice-President Stubs Of the
Southern Pacific sent his argument in writ
ing. If. on examination, it is found to open
up any new points, the Atchison will be
given an opportunity to answer.