Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-21


stewart oppointed Southeastern pas
songer agent a, lit,shurg. vice ,. ~
uounh TRANSFORMED W. H. Wishart ap-
poiniol travelling passenger agent 1nca-
10, vice j. A. Stewart promotes 1ese
changes will become effective Mnrch L.
Tie Baltimore and Ohio statement Tor
January in comparison with that Tor tie
sainc time In 1877, SHOWS gross gasI !,l,
of 81 SB1 OGg. decrease OF Sl3o.Z 9o'
and net Uf S.E33 342 a decrease Of SltZ'
81. The net earnings for the seven
months were Sl3Sl, I34, a decrease OF
S43i,l1t,
Tho statement Of coal and coke orig
mating on the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pamy's lines east of Pittsburg and Erie
for the week ending Feb. II, shows
4l3,4S4 tons Total for the year 70 date,
22S32o3 tons. against 59o.olO TONS lh
1892, an increase OF lI32O tons.
The statement Of the business Of the
pittsburg. Cincinnati Chicago aud st.
Louis Railway company. including tue
Little Miami railroad for January shows
decrease iu gross earnings oiSloToS.
nn increase I'm expenses Of SNO.Df2 uud a
decrease IN net earnings Of SlultcO.
o. Willie Brown has been appointed
Wagner Palace eur conductor Mr..
Brown takes the run Of ', W. Slhrcy,
who has been transferred to Taylor,
"a AIS run ~ DftNNNh t"'ftsAAtN anu
Galye ston. Sedula GoZe te
The work on the Missouri. Kansas
and Eastcin. Is bciuz rapidly pushed.
Tho track laying gug will reach Roche
port Saturday ami proceed rapidly west
ward. II Is thought Franklin will be
reached In about two weeks. Mobcrly
Monitor
There Is one way Of telling the speed
Of a railway train which Qld travellers
claim is infalliblc Every time th' car
passess over joint in the track there
IS distinct click; count the number Of
these clicks ia twenty seconds, aud IL is
said you have the number Of miles the
train is going per hour as the length
oil the rail Is uniform
The latest change IN Big Four officials
is tie resignation of Joseph ltumsCy. Jr.,
the general manager. They are getting
higher and higher
a dispatch from pttsburg states that
Carnegie intends TO have q railroad 20 the
lakes, by au extension Of the Lake Erie.
Alliance and southern, which nc owns.
The Iowa Central has appointed w. II.
NOOrhies as assistant superintendent Of
the north aud south divisions, with head
quuflers at Marshulltowu Ia. Mr.. Noor-
Lies has been ia the service Of the COM
| puny twenty years, having filled the
| positions OF brakeman, conductor and
/ truinmustcr.
Union Pacific swtchmcn Mt Denver
| hive made demand for Am increase In
wages and the matter has been taken
| under consideration.
Samuel Ross. the veteran freight con
| ductor ON the Missouri Kansas and
! Texas very painfully Rccrated the sec
! oud finger of his right hand while max
/ ing a coupling az Windsor this morning.
! lie came TO Clinton with his train aud
! bad Or. Britts dress his hand. No homes
were broken aud IL was not thought ann
! putIttiOn would be necessary. MIR Ross
has already suffered the loss of several
fingers of his left hand by similar acct
dents. Clinton Democrat.
The Union Pacific has not only paid of
! lOOWOOO of is collateral trust notes.
but 1t has managed To go through the
year without borrowing u penny.
An Southern passenger rates are be-
! ing lived up To on the basis established
by tue advance on Chicago-Ohio river
rates
The Big -Four has gone out Of the i'm
migrant business. Ii has served motto,
On all is connections that after the mex
issue OF Immigrant tariffs IL will reuuir,
mll local rates on all immigrants unt
will refuse 70 prurate on any future i'm
migrant rates,
The engineers aud 6rcmen of the Lou
isyille division Of the Pennsylvania sys
ten have federated with the Order %
Railway Telegraphers, aud the Ugh
which the Pennsylvania has becu wumn
on their teleNpphers, and removing thor
becuusr they are members of the Orde
of Railway reegrnphers is likely 20 M
sumc a different phase within the mex
few Days.
] The surveyors of the Missouri. Knnsa
. | and Texas railroad were In our tow
\ this week surveying and inspecting wit
s n view TO changing the location of th
I freight depot Of that road At lea,
o this rs what Madame RumOr says nbot
their coming Would il not Doe a goo
= time for our railroad division commttt
3, to interview them. Lagrange Dem,
4 crnt
|, The Sioux City Chicago and Bait
!. more road has filed amended articles
Incorporation In Iowa, giving it the rigl
to huild, buy and operate roads ia Mi
sOuri 10 give II connections with Hn1
!, nibnl, West Quincy, ~, Louis aud Ia
u sas City, The company now has Il
y lines surveyed and located from ths eli
] 20 kirksvlllc. Mo, aud hns the fun,
= with which 10 build il during the presc
: year. The amended articles were I'll,
:, TO cnuhle il TO complete the purchn
of the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas CT
rond, running from Quincy 20 Kirksyil
" and Wcst from there toward Kansas Cit
n for which /, has about perfected uegoti
.e tons,
i. We nro Informed from reliable sour
M that Che contractors who have been O
70 cning up ana grading the Missouri Ia
" sns aud Texas railroad from Bog,
Tank 10 Houston. will formally IA
l.. over said road 10 the company on q
I, first day OF April aud not before. O
\, division comWittec might, between nc
!. aud then, Interview the railroad authC
,r tiles, and make some report 10 our ci
1cus as 10 our chances of n division hci
Lagrange Democrat
"a H. Nj. Fickinger travelling passeng
~ agent of tho Kansas City, Mempl
~ nnd Birmingham route, came In yest'
III day from a trip
y. d. d. Keller general freight and p,
senger agent Of the Fort Worth n
Denver railway left yesterday for De
~ YER Chicago, 81. Louis and other pom
Il, G. l.. Ware, gcperal livestock age
- of the FOR, Worth and Denver railwt
M Is Ia from trip ont ON that line.
rk Fort Worth lodge No, 81 Of the Ra
I'd way Employos EraternOl Benevolent
ne sOdQuon Is rapidly increasing IN mo
~ hershn and It's growth Is someth
nj phenomenal Chartered three mon,
N. ago with u membership of eighteen.
~, now has enrolled l02 members. IL
~ having a strong growth, among the r.
~ road men especially
an w. y, Kaufman and bride return
ar yesterday from their wedding trip. "A
Mr hautman Is again at his desk