Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-04
DEcK ApRONs.

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! The switchmen's strike at Springfield
! still continues. though the company Is
/ working with lot Of new men aud do
/ lug business.
The earnings of the Toledo aud Ohio
! Central for the third week In February
showed an increase Of Sll, 6D3 over tho
SHINE week last yenr
The earnings Of the Big -Four for the
second week in February were SOD. 1876
! a decrease or S31. 2lS compared with tile
/ corresponding week last year.
The general managers of the railroads
/ IN Chicago met yesterday, and In refer
encc 60 the switchmcu'S strike decided
to consider nh reasonable demands, but
to stand firmly BY each other in the
event of trouble.
w. A. Gayctt has resigned az general
agent of The Detroit aud West Michigan
aud Detroit and Northern liuCs ut DE.
troit and the position has been abolished.
Blaine Gnycti has been made city pas.
scuger agent at that point.
The total amount of eost.bound ship
mcnts from Chicago last week was 90
ofi tons. AGAINST bT3W tons last year.
Trunk secured the bulk of the traffic,
the Lake Shore carrying f223 tons, the
Michigan Ccltrnl UJ3l toms and tho
Grand Trunk 1901 tons.
A statement Of the earnings aud cx.
pcnscs of the darlington system of rail.
roads for The rorth Of January was
issued yesterday u shows that Tic
crcnso ny compared with the correspond
Ing period last year Of S43. f9j.I3 Total
expenses ard charges were 3,O3J, 339OI
I'm increase OF SlJl.0J353. 7 he uct
earnings were Sl6,O53J2, u decrease Of
$lOT ,559SO
Tho Chicago and Northwestern rail
way has declared II quarterly dividend
OF 81 per cent on the preferred stock.
payable Mach %.
The stockholders of the Old Colony
Railroad company today voted 800.
shares In favor TO $50 against upon tho
question Of leasing the road, is fran
chiscs, etc, 10 the New York, New Haven
aud Hartford company.
Edward H. Wall has been detailed foi
duty % assistant to the first vicC-pres
dent of the Pennsylvania lines west OF
PittsburR, with Office IN Chicago.
Announcement is made of the appoint
ment Of Thomas Mcclure as travelling
freight agent Of the Chicago aud West
Michigan railway with headquarters NJ
! Grand Rapids, Mich
The Order of Railway Conductors has
| succeeded, after months Of effort, To- have
Of suburban passenger conductors to
| SlOQ. The ehal 81 goes first into effect
on the Morrison aud Boulder runs.
Tho idea seems to be gaining belief
! that Albert 4. Robinson, general man.
/ agor of the AtchisOn, Topeka and Santr
! Fo, will be selected 20 succeed Mr.. Man.
/ vel bccuusr of his being recognized us
! thc man who can best got along Will
! the 10000 employees of The road
Colonl Dodge Of the Rio Grande West
crn 10 In California.
! The Deuyor, Lakewood and Colder
! Railroad company has ordered an nddi.
! uonul l33-horse power generator. which
! makes two for the power house nc edge
/ wood
! Pytallup Indians have commenced the
| construction of the FIRST railroad built
! hy Indians In this country. The road
! viii ruD through the reservation aud is
| thought 90 he part of the Portland and
! Puget Sound road and 10 bclong to al,
| Great Northern and Union Pacific. which
companies have hOcn unable to spcur,
! from congress the iyh;-of-way through
the reservation.
IL Is stated that the New York and
Lake Erie intends building a hospital al
Coning n. u, whore injured employees
can bc cared for
On "Wednesday the business of the
| star Union Lime will De- withdrawn from
the New York and New England road
This move will favor the New York
New Haven and Hartford.
The officers of the Dunkirk. Allegheny
| Valley and pittsburg are contcmplatine
the construction of u short branch from
! Morris station to Point Chautauqua, n
w. seven miles.
The Central Railrond of New Jersey 3
| gross earnings Tor 1892 wore STATIC.
23O, aud net earnings $500, 22j There
has been an increase of S2IO. 800 In pas.
senger receipts
The New York and Long Island COIN.
pany Inns united proposals for the grnd-
ing aud building Of fifteen miles OF tho
road to be- constructed on Long Island
d. NJ Talmage Of Philadelphia is presi.
dent
Nearly all Of the grading on the Wilkes
barre and Eastern between Wilkeshnrre
| and Suoudsburg, Pcnn,, siXty-fve miles.
Is completed and track lRying has been
| commenced. IL Is oNpected thnl conl
trains will be run 70 Stroudsburg by
| May A feature about this line rs Tint
! " VIII reduce the distance between
Nlkesbarre and New York ten miles.
james Douohue commercial agent of
! The Missouri Kansas ana IcxAs i'm KIM
sas City has resigned bis position with
! chat company, and has been succeeded
| - " " e. AllAlNAs ANA hNAlA NNAtl CLERK
IN The general freight office OF the road
NJ ~. louis
Tue Chicago Burlington and Quincy
| road has purchased complete right-of
way trum It's North 81 Louis terminal
| y point ia the very heart of tho CITY.
| Twentieth street and Washington an,
enue, whore depot ~ TO be erected
! which will be usrd hy tho Burlin,rton
aud also by the Alton road, which viii
| come ln over the BnrlinYtOn's new Mis-
sisslpn bridge at Alton, H. and on the
y tracks from there 20 81, louis
| The light for business to the maugura-
| ton ceremonies is practically over About
every one that intcudod w go got away
] not later than yesterday morning. and n
y safe 10 say that altogether not mone
| thAn two dozen tickets were sold
Fred Jones travelling passenger agent
| Of the Cotton Belt, went over 60 Dal-
has yesterday.
!. W. Barbcc, general livestock agent
of The Cotton Belt, Went out ON a trip
/ yesterday
Frank D. Semple travelling freight
agent Of the Fort Worth and Denver
| went east yesterday. rustling for dead
| freight
Major SAM Hunt. general livestock
/ AgOut Of the stfsRuun, Kansas and Tex
! as went ON, south last night.
a. NJ. Payne. travelling freight agent
| q the Cotton Belt went out on a nus.
ding trp yesterday,
| Colonel J A. Wilson. hvestpcL agent
la ] A .rt