Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-31

The Santa Fc yesterday received go
cars Of cattle at the Union siockyards.
c. e.. Curtice, travelling passenger agent
of the Nandaia line, ~ in fsOm trip.
j. j. Mullane, commercial agent Of
the Santa Fe spent yesterday IN Calves
ton.
S. Z. Ely, commercial agent Of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. went out
yesterday.
w Il. Conner. southwestern passenger
agent Of the Wabash. came IN yesterday
for brief visit with the gang
j. L. Pennington, livestock agent Of
the Santa fc, is IN from trip to the
south lie reports business rushing.
Colonel Morgan Jones' president Of
the Fort Worth and Denver has re-
turned from his trip 10 New Orleans
The extra lists of engine men IRE con.
siderably smaller than usual, most Of
the men now being regularly employed.
Major Sam Hunt, general livestock
agent Of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas,
will be in from a trip this morning.
The Houston and Texas Central people
say business Is picking up considerably.
esp aclally In the movement OF live
stock.
G. II. Boardmun. travelling passenger
agent of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas.
went out again yesterday. He took his
voice with him.
The Santa Fe yesterday had $50 car
loads of cattle on the lue in Texas on
route TO Kansas City st. Louis and
the Indian Territory a
II. II. Nye, stock claim agent of tlR
Fort Worth and Denver. spent yester-
day "Rhomeing" around over the prhiries
IN the vicinity Of Rhome, returning last
night
The employees Of the Fort Worth and
Denver have an antpathy 20 hospital
practice generally if one can believe the
remarks he hears around the general
Offices.
9. H. Silliman and party will leave
this morning on u special train for Ner-
non, Tex. to look al the country. The
special will leave the union depot at
Il. m.
The engineer running preliminary for
the extension Of The Rio Grande from
kavctt and have so far made resaon-
ably good line.
The talk Of erecting q new brick de
pot building is again In circulation in
Santa Fe circles. though no one here
knows whether the plans have been de
cided upon or not.
A. A. Miller. master Of transportation
OF the Rio Grande. Is home from a trip
down the line. He says there is consid-
cradle livestock moving and the dead
freight traffic is picking up.
b. Casey, operator of the Cotton Belt
nc Commerce was in the city yesterday.
! He was just returning from a trip 10
| Temple. whore lac had been 70 accom-
pany his family who viii remain there
for few weeks on visit.
G. G. Drake, chief clcrl, of the traffic
| department of the Fort Worth aud Den
| yer. is ont Of sight these days The city
| election takes place next Tuesday and
| he ~ busy repairing the fences around
| his place in the Sixth ward.
Yardmaster Coulisl, of the Texas and
/ Pacific Is Kept busy handling stock trains
| through the union depot yards a more
| announcement arrangement Of tracks for
/ handling trains than those In the union
| depot yard cannot well be conceived
The Texas and Pacific repair shops
| are busy with the work of overhauling
two engines and repairing another The
roundhOuse Is not large enough 10 ac-
commodate all the engines and many
! Of them are parked In the yards every
day.
The committee having in charge the Sc
curing of the right-of-way of the Rock
Island are seriously thinking Of having
cards printed containing answers 10 the
stcreotyped iutcrrogatories regarding the
progress of the negotiations which are
fired at them daily.
Everything Is running las smooth as
! grease' on the Rio Graude division of
The Texas and Pacific. Al the crews
are getting over the road on time and
even those enQneors who are unluchy
enough to have the Brown stack TO swear
al are in good humor
Since Charlie Iarimer was made chief
dispatcher of the Rio Grande division OF
the Texas and Pacific he has enjoyed thu
rare felicity OF being at home every
night. but still signs occasionally fol
his old conductors punch and frequently
mutters tickets" when ut his desk