Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-31

Charles I'll Rockwell formerly general
superintendent of the Hooking Valley but
now with thc Chicigo and Eastern llli-
nois, has recently been made assistant
TO the president aud purchasing agent Of
that road.
a member of the New York lcgisla-
turC is drafting % bin for uu underground
railway in Now York to'cvtcnd from the
Battery 10 Ioukcrs The idea is 10 have
The city build The road and lease H. The
estimated cost of the road o. H2J,tUD,UVU,
To- S35.OOO.OOO 10 is believed that the
governor would sign such bill. The
blil viii be- vouminOus and viii not Doc
ready for Introduction for three weeks.
The sale of the property aud franchise
of the Bradford. tllred a Cuba Rail
rond company. in foreclosure. has taken
place nc Belmont. Allegheny county. \.
y. under direction Of Hon. ID L. Richard
SON referee. The property was bought by
August Stern of New York n behalf Of
q syndicate of creditors II Is not known
what VIII becomp of the railroad, which
has been operated until recently under
The management of the Hon. Thomas g.
'lntt rs receiver
The committee on revision of the West
crn Passenger association VIII begin it,
final series of meetings Feb. /.
Two hundred telegmphcrs, who are ont
OF work On account of the Rock island
strike, are drawing $50 q month until
they Rct jobs. Paying them for Decem-
Der cut down the sum ia the treasury of
the order of less than SOOO,OOO 1t IS
stated
Chairman Caldwell has ruled that all
business originating nt Omaha destined
to points within the territory OF the as
fOcuiuu or tO points beyond the north
crn or eastern boundaries Us subject to
the legislation ol tire Western Pussen-
a.. O.
Omaha tp points ON the Missouri river
between Kansas City and the southern
boundaries of North Dakota.
Protests from number Of prominent
Kansas business men and capitalists
caused Jerry Simpson Co withdraw his
opposition ~ the bill granting the char
ter To the Oklahoma Midland railway
and the measure passed the house As
soon as II has PASSED tho senate presi-
dent Northumberland and his associates
viii begin active work, and 10y the first
Of next year expect tO have nearly 100
miles Of the road in operation.
The fight between the Union Pacific,
Southwestern aud Chicago aud Alton on
the one hand, and the Atchsou, Burling.
ton, Rock island. Denver and RIO
Graudc, Rio Grnudp Western and Colo
coming sharper thun ever. The Union
Pacific hus stated that il will neither
exchange one way business except at
the Missouri river and Fort Worth, or
Interchange round trip business over one
Inc and returning on another, except ut
u higher rate.
The Superior Court of California rem
drrcd Il decision iu San Francisco, hold
irg that the Southern Pacific company
Ind not title 90 the water front of Oak.
land. eleven miles 100 extent. The case had
been ON trlul since last August This
decision follows The lines laid down boy
tie United States supreme court IN the
Chicago lake front cusp
The Southern Pacific influence is shown
IN the fact that Thomas H. Stillm0n.
of the firm of Butler Stillman 4 Hub
bard, is the new president OF the San
Antonio and Ardusds Pass.
q. ID. Ives Inns resigned his position az
gC lrrul freight ugeut of the Burlington
'odur Rapids and Northern railway o.
tahc effect Feb. l. i. II. Simmons will
assume the duties temporarily.
The Pennsylvania has nearly completed
the line FROM Aliens lane station. ON the
Chestnut llil branch. to the Trenton cut
! of, and viii have it filled iu within two
months
There will Boz no restriction whatever in
| the production Of anthracite coal during
February, since 10 is apparent that the
| market win take the fun supply, depleted.
as II has been, by The cold weather
Work ON The Clcuiicld and Nluhoning
| 90 connect the Beech Creek aud the
| Buffalo. Rochester aud pitsburg rs going
| ahead rapidly now that the weather has
moderated, and rails are being laid at the
! rate of 3uUU q day.
The lutosf story is that j. picrpont
| Morgan secured an option ON the control
| Of the Now lurl, aud Northern just as he
| bought the llousatonir for his own uc-
q
! Haven. u rs Unlimited, however, that
/ SOME ul the larger holders of the Man
| haitian consider the price much too high
| and will vote against taking the line
! upon these terms.
The returns from the Missouri Pacific
! aud the Iuru- tuclir are beginning To
! show up huttpr than last year. The Mis-
month gained 10 per cent, while the
Texas aud Pacific gained about II per
cent
james W Wilson. railroad commits
| Aourr of North Carolina, has been re-
| appointed for six years,
The New Orleans car service associa-
| tou viii have branches nc Baton Rouge,
! \icNsburg and Jackson,
The iucoporutors of the Philadelphia
elevated roud are W. III, OBricI presi.
dent; ID j. Met urthy, w NJ. BOileuu
| and John Green,
III. II. Luckridgc has been appointed
master mechanic OF the Columbus, Hook
hug Valley and Toledo road, with head
quarters nc Columbus, q.
Louis j. Allen has been appointed MS
sistuut engineer of ia llluwUrc division
of the Philadelphia, WILMINGTON and
Baltimore, with headquarters AT Clayton,
| Del.
The Pennsylvania has an engine house
foreman at WilEinsburg named Thomas
| Ridley, who, III he survives until 1854,
win have been la railroad service cuntin-
uouly for ufty years,
The fuct that General Superintendent
| Voorhees, of the New York Central, has
! ioucd the Reading forces as second vice.
| president viii put stop 10 the rumor
tnHt Nlr George H. Va, Hard of the Erie,
was considering Nu 0iIcr of the position.
The Detroit, Grand Haven and Flint
and perc Marquette railroads. operating
transport stpumcrs across Lake Michi-
gam, have given potice TO their collecting
agents that they cUn receive mo- more
| freight at present during the ice blockade.
! The Toledo. Ann Arhur and North Mich
| iguu steamers are the only steamers now
crossing the lake.
i. NJ Means, travelling passenger agent
| of the Richmond aud Danyille, the Pied
mont Air Line is in the city.
H. G Archer travelling passenger agent
! of the Ohio aud Mississippi, came Ia yes
! terdUy.
! Ii has bcpn customary for most of the
! railroads 70 grant half rate fares 10 min
] istprs and others working in the cuusp of