Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-16
THE RAILROADS.
A QUIET DAY AMONG THE OFF,
GALS AROUND THE CITY.
Brief Mention of Those Who Come and
Go News Notes Concerning Roads
and Officials in Other States
signal Flashes.
Travelling Auditor Lee of the Cotton Belt
Il T,.-lo-. l. in tha CITY On nsicinI hnsiness


Travelling Auditor Lee of the Cotton Belt
of Tyler is in the city on official business.
Passenger Conductor Smithey of the Illi-
nois Central is visiting friends in the city.
P. NJ. Hartley, division superintendent
of the Texas and Pacific from Mineola, Is
in the city.
Conductor Tom NIulhall of the Fort
Worth and Denver came down from Clar-
endon yesterday.
Maj. Sam Hunt, livestock agent of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, left for trip
north last night.
President Morgan Jones of the Fort
Worth and Denver City railway, left on
business trip up the road Monday.
Travelling Passenger Agent Patterson Of
the Air line, Louisville, Evansville and St.
Louis, was a visitor in the city yesterday.
II. G. Thompson, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe, goes on business trip south this
morning.
The Order of Railway Conductors met in
regular weekly session yesterday at
Knights of Pythias hall Only routine
business was transacted.
The Hadlock smokestack, new in design,
the first that has been seen here, went west
over the Texas and Pacific Monday This
stack is peculiarly built and little or no
smoke is exhausted, besides the ciDderS are
consumed, so that no pastures are burned
over the right of way. It is pronounced
success by railway men and will no doubt
be put into general use.
William Doherty, city passenger and
ticket agent of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa F'e returned yesterday from Bolton,
where he went to escort delegation of
thirty-one Knights of E,ythiaS from this
city, en- route to Galveston to attend the
grand lodge. There were seventy-eight
knights aboard the train when it pulled out
from Bolton. A vote was taken on choice
| for governor, resulting, 4S for Clark and 20
for Hogg. (
There was an important meeting of the
Railway club at their rooms last night. By
unanimous vote the bylaws were amended,
raising the membership fee to 50, and the
mouthly dnss7to 50 after April l. All who
wish.t @take advantage of the present rate
aSss61ld come in at once. Thursday after
noon and evening of each week was desig-
mated as ladies day, and will be so observed
in future. All lady friends of the club are
cordially invited to visit the rooms at that
timse y
"A report issued by the Illinois Central
railroad company for the seven monthS'end-
ing January 81, 1892, shows that thesgrosS
earnings from traffic during that period
were 81, $50, AS, en- increase compared with
the corresponding period of the previous
year of 1914, 001. Operating expenses and
taxes amounted to IS, 227, $50, leavings net
earnings of 50, 49,, 925, a decrease of $5S, 5S5.
The estimated gross earnings during the
month of February were 81, 526, OS2, an in
crease of Sl17, ~.
A. J. Ratcliffe. travelling passenger agent
hefgse Onion Pacific system and Fort
/ Worth and Denver City railway, is just
back from a three weeks business and
pleasure trip through Mexico, having
visited all the principal cities. He in
dulged in much sightseeing during his trip
and talks entertainingly concerning it. He
fgf6ek in the annual bull fights at Puebla
City, where thousands of enthusiasts at
tended, male and female. On the after
noon of his attendance four bulls and seven
horses were killed and only one picador in
jured. Mr. RatciiIfe is a close observer
and has the Spanish mode of living, bust
mess and other peculiarities down to a
|snicety, and is entertaining his fEisHds re-
latino them