Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14
TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
One Of Texas Pioneer Roads
and Its History.
THE MOTHER HUBBARD STACKS
And The Fires lhey Used 10 Cause Along the
Line-The Original object Of the Pro.
leoIOrs-The Extension 10 the
West-lIs Revenues.
THE MOTHER HUBBARD STACKS

or the roads In north Texas the Texas
aud Pacific ranks az the pioneer and 1t
was originally started with the idea
OF nhording the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
ana Southern, then projected. with an
outlet 20 the Pacific slope Ii built from
IeAurknna along the Northern tier Of
counties TO sherman, and was known as
the Iranscontinental which name it still
bears Then a line was built from Tex
arkana to Marshall aud with the evident
intention Of meeting the International
ana Great Northern. then talked Of. or
10 occupy the territory first The rap
Id development of the West induced a
change In the course Of the line and it
was pushed forward to Dallas and then
TO Fort Worth which was It's western
terminus for a long time. The building
OF the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, then
a part Of the Gould system, induced the
management TO join with Ii I'm n Joint
track from Whitesboro TO Fort Worth,
where It connected with the main line
as 1t had come 20 be known Then the
New Orleans and Pacific was projected
and was built stretching up through Lou
isiana 10 Shreveport, the idea being to
get southern route TO the Pacific coast
as speedily as the Southern Pacific, it
being contended that better route and
one more prolific of revenue could be OBJ
tanned than on the line adopted by the
Southern Pacific. This line has since
been realized to some extent by the build
ing of the Fort Worth and Denver to
q connection with the Santa Fe at
Pueblo.
Several columns could be written Of
the experiences Of the pioneer railroad
builders Of those days when coal was
almost worth its weight In gold and the
old.iashloned woodworking engines with
their Mother Hubbard stacks known as
"hny burners were a conspicuous feN-
ture and the fireman. when his back was
not bent In piling I'm wood, occupied his
time in using his jack knife I'm the pleas
lug occupation Of cutting large portions
of the cOmp0ny's fuel supply out Of his
hands. And woe b. the unucky tramp
who was found in the vicinity of wood
pile. lie was pressed into service, made
To perform the labor of 'wOodiug up
and then was taken into the cab and
while the fireman sat ON his locker eX-
tracing siyers from his hands Mr..
Tramp was compelled 10 pay his passage
by chuckiug wood into the firebox and
getting rouudly cusscd III he let the steam
drop down The Texas and Pacific then
was not the road of today. There were
no cannon ball trains then aud trains
did not get over the road with the dis
patch Of the present. IL was no uncom-
goodbye when he started for trip and
tell them he would be back when the
train got back
Those old Mother Hubbard's used TO be
a fruitful source of damage suits 20 the
company for the number of fires they set,
and various devices We're tested 10 avoid
setting fires. none of which proved sat-
isfactOry. If the sparks were extinguish-
ed the drafts were impaired and the en-
CINE would not steam. This line has paid
ont more money for damages Of this kind
than would rebuild the road
Tho question of an outlet for the Texas
and Pacific with which had been CONSOLE
dated the New Orleans Pacific and which
was virtually an extension Of the Iron
Mountain, soon became apparent aud the
question OF the objective point became
one of considerable thought on the part
of the management. The extension 10
Colorado City was decided upon In order
10 got the cattle traffic which was then
rapidly becoming the principal industry
of Texas and of which Colorado City WIS
sort of central point. This extension
was pushed through and in the meantime
il was decided 10 continue the line on
10 the Southwest through the center Of
the cattle raising sections 10 a cOnnec-
ton with the Southern Pacific. In order
% avoid the necessity of taking out a new
charter IN New Mexico and also 10 avoid
the necessity OF heavy and costly work
the line was diverted 10 the southwest
from Colorado 10 Sierra Blnnco and n
running arrangement with the Southern
Pacific by which the Texas and Pacific
made its terminal point at El PasO. The
line west of Colorado has never been n
productive piece Of road and is In fact al
most that much dead track, the earnings
noU being sufficient 10 pay operating ex-
penses aud the line virtually being that
much dead track.
The Texas and Pacific proved a costly
road 20 build and TO maintain and II has
never yet declared a dividend, the own
ers considering themselves fortunate If
IL cleared Its fixed charges and the in
terest charges on its seconds. Latterly,
however, the development Of the country
has renderd che outlook q little more
cheerful and the time viii come when the
Texas aud Pacific viii rank among tho
mOncy-winners Of the roads of the cOun-
try. At present IFS chief source of reye-
nue. Is derived from It's through traffic.
The officers of the company are:
Execudve-George j. Gould, president
New York S. III, H. Clark, second vice
president, New York; q 70, Satterlee,
secretary and treasurer. New York.
Legal Department II. J. Freeman, gem
era attorney for Texas, Dallas, Tex;
Howe and Prentiss, general attorneys for
Louisiana, New Orleans, La.
Accounting Department r. Fenby,
auditor, Dallas, Tex; y. W. Tower as
sstant auditor, Dallas, Tex.
Land Department w. III. Abrams,
land and tax commissioner Dallas, Tex;
u. B. Wheelock, general agent and land
commissioner, New Orleans, La
Treasury Departmental. ID. Satterlee
treasurer, New York; J., =. Smith, assist
ant treasurer, Dallas, Tex.
Operating Departmental. y. Ihorne,
general superintendent, Dnllas, Tex; j.
w. Eyeryman, assistant general super
intendent, Dallas Tex; Leroy 1iice, SUI
pe.ntendent Eastern division, Marshnll
Tex: j. b. PAU. superintendent Rio
Grande division, Big Springs, Tex; n
G.. pearsall, superintendent New Orleans
division. New Orleans, La; y. >. Wa
then. resident engineer Dallas, Tex; A.
= Douglas, superintendent motive power
and rolling stock, Marshall. Tex; 9. w.
Hammond. superintendent telegraph, Dal-
las. Tex; j. w Stacy, assistant superin-
teadent telegraph, Dallas, Tex.
Traffic Department, Freight-E. l.. Sar-
geant general freight agent, Dallas, Tex;
n. III. Turner, assistant general freight
agent, Dallas, Tex
Passenger Castor Meslier, general pas
ganger and ticket agent Dallas, Iex.i
w w. Campbell, general baggage agent,
Dallas, Tex.
General and Travelling Agents, Freight
IS. Stamford Parry, general European
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