Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

an Central Traffic roads viii charge local
rates 60 the paints of junction with
Western roads
In che Illinois Legislature bin is
pcnding 20 authorize railroad companies
in consolidating M as TO form au inter
state line to rs the terms and conditions
Of such consolidation and to retire their
preferred stock and to provide for the
issue Of now preferred stock aud 10 fix
the par value thereof
The committee on roads OF the Mas
sachusetts Legislature has begun nm In.
vcsugNtiOn TO ascertain N the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad has
been guilty Of discrimination against the
New York and New England railroad In
the matter OF diyerting freight from tho
road to the Old Colony
The committee on railroads Of the Ilh-
nois Legislature has reported favorable
on a Din providing that railroad com
panies shall furnish ears Go shippers for
transportation of goods within twenty
four hours after application therefor.
under penalty of 10 per cent OF the value
Of the articles to be shipped
The following appointments on the
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus are an
nounced; W. X Richards general
freight and passenger agent: a. w.
Durniug. auditor and assistant treasurer;
James Harrington. chief manager, John
J. Henry, superintendent aud master
mechanic
The Louisville and Nashville inauau.
rated dircCt export line 10 Havana
Cuba, via Pensacola, Fla. last necem-
ber aud ARRANGEMENTS We're recently
completed 10 extend the service by muk-
ing regular sailiugs TO Mamnzns aud
Carlcnas. Freight will also be handed
90 The ports Of Saqua la Grande aud
Carbarien 10y special arrangcmnt
Chief Justice Fuller has announced
the decision of the supreme court upon
Che petition Of counsel In the lhdinna
railroad tax eases to advance them in
the. docket The petition was granted
aud the cases set down for argument
on the second Monday of next term In
these cases Is involved the constitutions
atty of the new tax law Of Indiana
An attempt 20 place a S5OOOO.0O0
mortgage on the Big -Four railruld "a
secure that amount of bonds win he
made ut the meeting of the board of a.
rectors IN Cincinnati May 10 prcs.
dent ingalls,, who has been ncitoting
the project, Is reported to have the con-
sent of majority of the directors. The
bonds are to run 100 years and draw 4
per cent interest
The estimated value OF the Chicago
lake front, which by q decree of the
United States supreme court has Just
been given TO the city of Chicago rs
SS0OO0,OOO. IL will be perhaps year
before chicago can begin 60 rcnp any of
the benefits from the lake front that D.
now the city's own but IA the mean
while docks commission viii be organ
lied.
The Pennsylvania company this week
ran n special train Of six coaches from
Chicago 20 New York and return TO de
terminc The. highest rate of speed that
can Ice safely made This test was pre-
liminary 90 the arrangement OF the
schedule for the ninotcrn.hour train.
soon TO be put ON between New York and
Chicago on the Pennsylvania.
The official announcement Is nude Of
the resignation Of ID. NJ, Philbiu. General
Superintendent OF the Duluth South
Shore and Atlantic, IN consequence Of
his appointment as General Manager of
the Duluth, Mcsaba aud Northern. G..
n. Lyto, formerly Chief Train Dispatch
or Of the Duluth. South Shore and At
lantic, but lately with the LIKE Erie aud
Western, succeeds Mr.. Philbin.
II. G.. Edwards and G. T. Atmorc.
general passenger agents of the Queen
aud Crescent and Louisville and Nash.
vile railroads, respectively, have liled
their protests against the rates which
Chicago and Ohio river railroads wiz
assess the southern lines for the hnul
of passenger business from the two gate
ways Cindnnati and Eyansville-to
Chicago.
Henry s. Ives, NJ w Barse and the
Ohio Southern contingent are now after
| the Terrc Haute and Indianapolis rail
road, or Nnndulia system, which controls
| GOO miles and is one Of the best paying
prportps in tho West. It's importance
consists IN the fact TINT It forms link
I'm the Pennsylvania compnny's mnin
line 10 ST. Louis without which The peun-
sylv0nia would be badly crippled.
The United States court has rendered
decision that when a trunk Is rendered
10 IA road that Il h. presumed 10 contain
only the ordinary personal baggage Of
the traveller, and that when Il conlnus
jewclry or other yuluablos thai the
party Is not entitled 90 recover in case
Of accident The decision Is based on
lhe fact that IN 1886 travelling snlcs-
man for Perry Bros. Chicago started
on the Wabash road from Springfield
for Petersburg, H., aud checked bis
jewdry trunk containing samples na per-
sonal baggage. The train jumped tho
track aud the baggage car and contents
were burned. A suit was Instituted TO
recover $72S7.