Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-09
THE RAILROADS.
Special Trains to Run to the
Stockyards To-Day.
JAY GOULD RETURNING HOME.
The Commission Hears Arguments in the
BrownsvIlls-Rio Grande Case-Re-
cord of the Visitors Who were in
the Center Yesterday
Signal Flashes.

| Signal Flashes.
Cooper Mott of the Texas and Pacific
spent yesterday in the city.
R. NJ Carter, travelling passenger agent
| of the Cotton Belt, came in yesterday.
| w. A. Tuley, general travelling passen-
| ger agent of the Santa Fe, is in the city.
]. a. Eiydor of the Burlington and Mis-
souri, river railroad, Omaha, was here yes
terday.
G. H. Davis of Quincy, with the Missouri
| and St. Louis railroad, spent yesterday in
the city.
C. A. Canada of the claim department of
the Union Pacific at Omaha was in the city
| yesterday.
P. T. Domis, division superintendent of
| the Denver, will be here to-day to look after
business matters.
w. R. Moore loaded out another fine
tram of cattle from Paris, Sunday to st.
Louis over the Frisco.
General Freight Agent W. H. Masters
and Assistant ]. M. Steere Of the Santa F'e
will be in to-day.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent William
Doherty of the Santa F'e is on the jury Of
the JEFF Daggett murder case.
k Frederick, chief clerk in the audit
or's department Of the Denver, went up to
Bowie yesterday on business.
John r. Manchester. general claim agent
of the Union Pacific system, headquarters
at Omaha, came in yesterday.
P. Touhey, superintendent of the Colo
RADIO division Of the Union Pacific located
| at Denver, came in yesterday.
j. B. Sneed, travelling claim agent of the
Katy at Sedalia, came in yesterday and will
remain day or soyet in the city.
The Chicago and Northwestern has de-
clared a ~ per cent dividend on the pre-
ferred stock payable March "a.
The Baltimore and Ohio demands 5000 00O
from the Illinois Central for the privilege
of crossing the formers tracks at South
Chicago.
The Rio Grande Western and the Rock
Island propose to combine to cut down the
time between Denver and Chicago and
Ogtien.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe reports
booking an average of thirty trains daily
for future shipments of cattle from points
in Texas over its lines.
A. 7. Drew, general traffic claim agent of
the Katy at Parsons, came in yesterday,
and will remain couple of days in the me-
troDolis seeing the sights.
o. H Brown, assistant general freight
agent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe. Kansas City, also connected with the
business.
E. A. Peck, general superintendent of
the Big Four, stated that there is not the
least foundation for the statement made in
a Cincinnati paper to the effect that he had
rendered his resignation.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe's
January statement, including the st. Louis
and San Francisco system, shows gross
earnings of s., 800, 12S, increase $133, 034, net
5000, 464, decrease $40, 420.
The estimated gross earnings of the en-
tire system of the Rock Island for the
month of February are 1921, 43S, an in
crease as compared with those of the cor
responding month last year of S298, $50
W. w. Hill of the accountant department
of the Denver, went out in the country yes
terday, and his associates say it is for the
purpose of arranging for practical joke on
some of the boys-they will keep an eye on
him upon his return.
No extensions will be added to the Bur-
lington system this year except those al
ready arranged for and now IN progress, but
a considerable sum of money will be ex-
pended in double tracking, equipments and
other Improvements.
The railway agents of the state hold
convention at San Antonio tomorrow to
elect delegates to national convention to
be held at Jacksonville, Fla, a week later,
and quite number from here will attend
the San Antoine meeting.
Homer Eads, commercial agent of the
International and Great Northern, spent
yesterday in the city, and pronounced it
the railway. cattle and business center,
and departed south over the Katy, regret
ting that business called him away.
The Wabash earnings for the last week
in February amounted to s30S, 1867, an in
crease of S64, $40 over the corresponding
week last year. The earnings for the
Of SAB, 219 over the corresponding month
last year.
The Santa Fe yesterday issued the fol-
lowing brief but important announcement
Effective at once the Santa Fe route will
reconsign grain to points in Texas on their
own line Except west of Belton) and to
San Antonio, Waco and Austin on the same
basis as prior to March1-''
The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul road for the fourth week of
February were s660,035, an increase as
compared with the corresponding period
last year of Sl66, 464. During the same
Northern were 81, 652, an increase of
$3.50.
The Fort Worth and Denver City railway
company has arranged to run a special car
TO the Union stockyards to-day. the first to
go out at II from the Union depot, for
the accommodation of those who desire to
attend the big barbecue. This train will
make two round trips. Cattlemen especially
invited to ride.
John X. Rosson, livestock hustler of the
Frisco, got in yesterday. He says the fine
dressed beef experimental shipment from
this point TO ST Lonis made a fancy run,
and nom Paris to Monet, No, distance OF |
500 miles, the run was made in twelve