Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-13

u,cd for double tracks and new equip
mcnts. and retiring outstanding bonds,
also tu extend the rad Tn .lcficrsDnyille
and New Albany, Ind, aud Louisville
The hhlpmeut of freight from the
North to Texas for this sensnu Of the
year Is very heavy. Some idea can he
had of the amount when II Is stated
that the Morgan steamers leave New
York every other day. This Is the henv-
lest business ever known for May
The Wabash new fast day express be-
tween st. Louis aud Chicago. To hc
known ~ the columbian Banner Linn
itcd.' VIII commence 10 run nest Mon
day. and II Will be- scheduled for eight
aud quarter hours, leaving st, LOnis
ut . a. IN, aad Chicago at 1890 a. N.
rh' annual meeting of the American
Refrigerator Transit company took place
Of the general offices Mondny All
the directors were rt-clvctt,l. except that
Assistant General Manager George G.
Smith Of the Missouri Pacific succeeds
Mr.. $, H. IL CLARK, who has removed
to Omaha.
Managers Of the Philadelphia and
Ron ling railroad did not consider the
raha ilitnion plan ut It's special meet
ing, because Of the absence Of Geo, NJ,
Pullman. the palace ear millionaire. who
holds upward OF S5.OOO.OW OF Reading
equipment notes aud who will Kaye
voice IN the roaiiustmcut.
At the aunual meeting Of the Southern
Kansas ami TeAHs railway q branch Of
the Atrhison system. the following board
~ directors wis elected: Geo, MAgoWn
of New York. i, j, McCook. New York;
j W Rcinhau, thicngn Il. W, Taylor
aud II, Is Nanaan1t, Geo Senly r. II.
Noakum, T. W, Jackson OF Galveston
On the new schedule on The KITTY,
passenger trains leave Houston MT 0:3O
o. IN. reaching For Worth ut 3 p. m;
also leave Houston AT S:iO p. M, and
reach Fora Worth ~ 1910 a. NJ, The
south hound leaves nt $50 a. IN. and
rcnthrs Houston NJ lOilh D. M, also
leaves l'ort Worth ~ I:3O p, ~ aud
Nnch,-' Houston At Sai5 a. NJ
Some time ago the Chicago Implement
and Vehicle company filed with the IL
linois Railroad and Warehouse commits.
sion q complaint against the schedule Of
maximum rates on the line Of goods ship
pei b, thcm. Complaints have also hecn
undo regarding the schedule on some
other traffic The commission has, there
fore. decided to give hearing on May
~ TO an parties having complaints to
make against auy of the prevailing sehe1-
ulcs
Hiram r. Dillon Of Topeka, special
y
Circuit court of Kansas, has announced
that on July II he will Offer for sale at
public auction In Kansas City, Kan,
all the property of the Kansas CITY,
WyAndotte aud Northwestern Railroad
company. The sale will be made to snt-
isfy mortgage held 10y the Farmers
Loan and Trust company Of New York.
No bid less than Sl,0OO000 will be con
sidercd,
According to Comptroller Hedge OF the
Missouri Kansas aud Texas, the estim.
atod gross earnings OF the company for
the month OF April We're SSS6, as
against STlS023G2 for the same month
" last year, showing an increase OF
/ NlGhIl2yiS. The estimated gross earn
inr. q the current year to April 30 were
! S2Ni3,I2S.2N, as against Sa,h0S,O6a for
the samp period Of last year, or an In
crease for the present year OF $780,
| Nlati.
The plan to charge for bicycles and
| baby carriages when carried IN baggage
cars, as recommended by The general as.
| sociauon OF bnggagN agents aud favored
| by the western r0Nis generally, has met
| with a blcksrt FROM the AliOn, which
| has vetoed the propositions 1t declares
/ that these goods are easily damaged.
and the amount Of damage each road
would be compelled to pay ~ the end
| would eNceed the revenue II could derive
fWn the charges,
| Complaint hls been made TO Chairman
Caldwell Of The Western Passenger III,
sociation thut the penpSyiyanin rad Il.
discriminating against the Alton rad.
| The Pennsylvania rate sheet quotes a
Sl0.tS hrst-class rate and an SIS second.
class rate FROM Philadelphia TO Streator.
but when tickets renh via the .Nli0n M,
rates are go 80 aud Sto.o5 respective.
| ". The rate ty the Alton Is the author.
ised agreed rate aud the presumption il
that the other roads are moi Insisting
on their full proportions. However, they
declare they are not
Al the annual meeting Of the Canadian
Paeihc, the following statement MAS sui,
mt1ed hy the secretary; Gross earn.
ings, Sel. lOa3l0; working expenses, $i2..
uNsOI; net earnings $s,4o0asT; mtor.
est earned on deposits AMI loans. Setl3..
VIZ total, $SD2l950. dednctine fixed
ehatges accrued during tho wear. 81. 1lli
ola; surplus, &a2l,n3 two supple
.eatarS dividends Of ! per cog; eacl,
si.tn,OOo, leaving a snrplgf2 enrr,,sl
Forward Of s., III ,D32. The surplus u
ne previons year was St,Tn1 .Esnl. ana
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