Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-19

DEN1soN, TEX, oct. ls.-Special. +
Trainmaster Sullivan has returned
from Parsons where he attended the
Labette county fair.
Master Carbuilder John Doyle made
a brief visit TO Greenville yesterday.
BaEgag f. S. Burwell OF Dali
las was in the city yesterday evening in
company with several other boys on
route 10 the b. /. n. on Il hunt.
j. d, Rockwell, commercial agent for
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem
phis railway, headquarters at Little
Rock, Ark, was In the city last even
ing. He is en- route to Dallas. where
he will look after cotton shipments.
Freight Agent Lal3ryer was in Shor-
man yesterday and to-day as witness
against the lads who robbed and burned
several Missouri, Kansas and Texas box
cars several months ago.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock q
special train consisting OF five coaches
went TO Sherman over the katy" to
get the crowd Of Sherman people who
attended the big Clark rally at Gaines
Wllo last night.
prainmaster Bethard has just re-
turned from tour OF inspection over
the Gainesville, Henrietta and West
ern division.
Conductor Clark has resumed his
passenger run ON the Sherman branch
OF the katy This is one OF the best
paying eleven miles OF road on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas system,
both on account OF the passenger and
freight traffic. The latter crow are
kept busy from morning until night, in
charge Of Conductor Rouse. The travel
WA4tAp0nu hnutrNr Tho
ing train, with the two coaches. were
crowded to the steps. 1t carried $50
Passengers. Each day the cars are
crowded.
The travel on the "Ratyn is the
heaviest in years. Sunday night nine
coach loads of passengers arrived from
the North. Every seat was taken, and
the coaches, TO quote II trainlnan,
were literally packed
Mr.. Woods, Superintendent OF tele-
graph construction for the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas, with a force OF men
commenced the work Of transferring
the telegraph poles near the new yards
from the north to the south side OF the
tracks.
a switch engine demolished fiat
car in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
yards last night,
Conductor Freeman of the Gulf, Colo
rcdo and Santa Fe, came up from Sea-
ley last night
There are 1850 teams at work on the
new yards
William Sample, holding a clerkship
in the general oiiloe OF the Houston and
Texas Central railway at Houston, is
in the city.
The Houston and Texas Central has
put on an extra coach to accommodate
the large travel TO the Dallas fair.
II. IL. Northcott, eastern agent Of the
Texas and Pacific, was in the city
during the forenoon
IL is generally believed that the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas freight Office
will be removed to the new yards.
The Erie's old broad guage No. "a
was regarded as the most unluol<y en-
gino that ever ran on the road.
II was used in the Susquehanna yards
and is said TO havo killed thirty-nipe
persons, including four women and
three children. In addition TO this
seventy men were crippled by this en-
CINE. II was afterwards changed 20
No 4l2,and although IL was used in,the
yards for several years, only one person.
by IL.
George Tobiu is extra freight
freight conductor on the "Katy.n
Missouri Kansas and Texas Stock
Agent Blassingame leaves Tonight for
Kansas CITY.