Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19


Nesuhule train running via Paris and I
The Frisco 90 ST. Louis while the other \
train VIII run 70 Kansas City and Chi. \
cago. Via. Fort Worth Mr. Thompson. /
our general passenger and ticket agent, 1
has hecu working for the past year to 1
get double daily train service on the line |
through Texas, aud has at last sue |
ceeded. The accommodations now Of /
tered the travelling public are better than l
any heretofore offered the people OF |
Texas, and Il win be steadily improved ]
as fast as patronage viii warrant.
Jake zurn. passenger and ticket agent
Of the Texas and fucihcl don't know
O blessed thing today. Railroad circles
are unusually quiet just now, I sup
pose We will have q fast train on soon,
or / should say shortening Of the timo
OF our Cannon BON between Fort Worth
and 81 Louis This new card viii short
en the time two hours, az least between
Fort Worth and So. Louis but lust
how much, j cant say, until we gct
the new card. The Texas and Pacific
and the Iron Mountain departments OF
way, are getting the roadbeds and track
IN shape SO we can whirl 'cm. aud we
have gc. engincmen who are not 0frnd
% pull 'em wide open aud let 'em roll
Whom 10 comes to fast train service YOU
can just as easily catch q weasel mapping
as TO hnd the Texas aud Pacific as the
tail end of the procession.
A Railroad Otical-I see The Gazette
has suggested the importance 90 Fort
Worth of an extension of the Wichita
Valley road southwest to Arson or Has
kcll. Now this suggestion Is good one
aud Fort Worth should use every effort
20 push the matter through because it
IS the short lines, and the western lines
that are needed 80 develop her trade.
IL ha lhn trade tIWf hufl.Nn
up cities, the flow OF commerce being
naturally from the west 30 the east.
I There Is one thing YOU must not overlook,
however and that is the present condi-
I ton Of the money market The Wichita
/ Valley road h out of debt aud with the
| BIG crops 10 move this year will make
/ some money. but even with this showing
20 It's credit Il viii not be an easy matter
/ for it 60 build an extension this year.
/ because 10 would have To borrow money
| TO do 10. and oven " it We're able TO bOr
row money the present condition OF ai-
/ fairs would not warrant IL IN making the
/ additional outlay, IL might build this
/ additional mileage and find itself unable
I 60 meet Us fixed charges, and the next
/ thing would be- n receiver. Now every
/ railroad man knows that receivers are
I very expensive Injuries and any road
/ that Is out of the hands of q receiver
/ and earning q little moro than SIS fixed
4
/ lp rcceycrship hy building extensions IL
can get along with for some time. |
believe thp Wichita Valley win extend
! when its uwuprs deem it safe and sound
business policy 20 do 80, but not until
I then. ] DO not funk You can expect amy
| extension Of existing lines TO amy nppre-
ciable extent this year
H. b. Morrow, agent Fort Worth and
/ Denver nt AmnrillO-We have the finest
country surrounding Amarillo that the
sun ever shouo upon aud the soil IL as
rich as cream. All that Is necessary for
| abundant crops is the assurance OF rain.
! fall. We have had one fall OF snow Of
| 10 inches on the level this winter and
several falls not quite so heavy, while
we have had abundant rains. Our coun-
try looks the prettest la May or June.
The grass Is fresh and green then, ana
the prairie stretches away az tar az You
can see, like vast emerald lake, smooth
and glossy. The climate ~ admirable
and the gulf breeze sweeps across the
prairies with a cooling ireehness that IL
not known TO the residents OF the more
billy portions of the sinte. Our town ~
coming right along and last May we
shipped 1000 car loads from That point
so YOU can see our people are Industrious
The cattle are Ia fine condition, having
wintered much better than usual, though
the weather has been more thnu Ordi-
narly severe. l confess ] am in love
with Amarillo, and 10 is every one VINO
has come there u remain for time
G.. @. Rivers. paymaster Fort Worth
aud Denver--I don't know anything ana
won't tin after the 10th, which Is pay
day. OF course ] am sorry for YOU
cimlin- headed mouldcrs of public oplu-
ion. but ] anu paid 20 Keep the payrolls
of this company and can't be expected
| 90 "A. raf Nh "a
porters But then i am glad 10 hee YOU
as Il gives me an opportunity to black
guard some one occasionally. There o. q
copy OF Truth, which you ARE welcome 70
look al and form the acquaintance OF on
article that newspaper men nre supposed
TO be strangers 60, But 0l J0hing ASIDE
i believe this year Is going 90 De a r1.
markable one in mnuy respects for Fort
Worth. II you could 20 up with me N
tho pnv-cnr aud see the CROPS along the
line of this road you would come hhch
shouting. Great w Texas and the fnn
handle, and The Gazette IS her prophet
/ see some one aaid short time axe
TINT the question Of moving the cfol
was going 20 be serious one WIN w
Denver a. cnrs would be 'ars ana th'
, crop immense / want 70 say that FELLOW
was dpnd right The country along The
line OF the Denver alone Hill produC'
enough this year 10 feed ItAas, LeulM
ana, Mexico and portion OF the rest o.
the world.
]. w. Barhee, general liyeslcck agen
Of the Cotton Belt The Cotton B"l
route Is cutting considerable Of hsuf'
NJ cattle shipping route and We mr.
whirlng cattle through IN less than pas
spuger train time A feW mouths aE
Mr.. Doddrdge thought Mr., b1teH ough
10 pay of the Texas line in connderapll
less time and gave orders 20 fnn ag ~.
as he could aud get over the linc. wei
Rates started out of Fort Woith VIII
, Zoe Madden pulling hiH ana thel
Knocked OIL fifty miles an hnur a4 enh'
nj rolling Of a log Whom i'Nrs fgt Z
Terarkana the dispatcher wanted q
know why he run 20 iastt ana lthte
said there was q train ~ Texas steer
Z behind him and he hnd 10 run 10 kee
oit on he way OF course / doIt youcl
FOR the truth Of this for lave my doubt
about Bates responsibility 10 matter
on this kind. bur L only serves 20 4
lnstrate the fact that the Cotton BELT !
running livestock over - fines ~ Hncl
e rates Of speed that Il causes tbc trnipme
nj tnlE. and when yOu get au "ug.nr mat
nervous Won can bet hey haYe Tee
+ moving. II IS only within the past yea
E ne Cotton Belt has paid any attention
) f0 The livestock traffic. ir- now thq
The track IS up 10 shape and fnst tine /
not only possible bat q Aatlgr o. Jan
& occurrence the only road ia Texas pro
J poses 20 lgure 9 little y he cattle naiil