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


The Big Fonr depot at Shiloh. o., was
burned and al books aud papers Of the
/ office destroyed.
Tie railroad commission ers Of the va.
rious states will hold their annual meet
Ing az Washington, ID. c." April 10
A new branch Of seyenty-hye members
Of the Switchmens Mutual Aid associa'
ton has been organized at Brnddocs'
Pa.
The Deadwood Central Railroad COM
pany of South Dakota has transferred
all It's lines TO the Burlington and Mis-
souri, road. consisting Of twenty-seNcn
miles Of narrow gauge trurk. rolling
stock. round houses and all rights-of-
way. including the Lead City and Ruby
basin branches. The purchase price was
$1,000 The Burlington aud Missouri
will at once complete the narrow gauge
system 10 every mining camp IN the
Northern hills ccntering at Deudw0od.
II Is semi-oiliciully announced that on
or before June I the Chicago, burlington
aud Quincy will handle the yards of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas at Han
nibnl. and that The city freight OIL -
% the two roads viii be consolidated
aud large transfer depot win be built
iu the western part OF lhe city.
Shippers will be interested in the am
nouncpmcnt the Detroit aud Glove
land Steam Navigation company has
Cleveland FOR the -ruson.
10 Is unOHiciuily urNOunccd that the
Richu ond aud Danyilc will shortly put
on new limited vestibulDd train from
New Orleans % New York, to run In Goa.
uprtinn with the one already IN operation
II Is intended especially for the nccomuio-
dalton OF Washington travellers
The Delaware, Lacknwnnno and West
eri Railroad compnny has declared rs reg
ulur quarterly dividend of ] "a per cent
payable April 20
!. " Green, general western passon-
ger agent of the Chicago aud Great
Western railroad nc Dcs Nloue, has
rendered bis resignation, to take effect
April !.
The Western freight and passenger
associations have shut down completely
on the Issuance of passes for the pur-
pose Of influencing traffic Of any sort,
and u rule has been adopted that after
April NO free transportation of any sort
will be- granted during The current year.
The statement of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad company for the month
of FEBRUARY, 1888. shows gross traffic
receipts. Sl.G3l, 3lTO1, traffic expenses
Sl.2Ol lSlGO, profit IN operating Si2t-
lO2.4I receipts from other sources SlS,-
u3G.2D leaving profit for month Of Sll2,-
2lSI3
The fast train from New York TO Chi
cuRo. similar 30 the Empire state ex-
press, is 10 be started In service on April
30. IL Is TO be- run over the Vanderbilt
lines and will make the trip IN nineteen
hours, or i've hours less than uuy train
is scheduled. The train win consist of
five coaches, one buffet combination
coach. one dining coach. and three sleep
ers, of the Wagner yesubuled ser
vice.
The presidents Of the roads forming
the Western Passenger association viii
meet ON Tuesday next In Chicago for
the purpose of finally settling the Worlds
fair rates The rate clerks will meet on
the day following Ii Is now about de-
tcrminrd that the rates will be about
. cents per mile. For the excursions
the roads may make their own rules,
but no slccpcrs will bee attached 10 ex-
cursion trains, and no baggage will be
allowed beyond what passengers can
carry.
H. NJ. Carter the well known travel.
ing passenger agent, has been appointed
assistant passenger agent Of the Santa
Fe with office Ia Fort Worth
The Katy Is distributing 100000 copies