Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
None but ten years old Belle Of Nelson
whiskey sold over the Mansion bar.
SAID ON THE STREET.

ShlU UN lHE y Nit !,
J. w Humphrey. V,ronLThey are
having n large amount Of sport In the
upper counties ON rabbit drives. !
attended one a few days ago, where Va
killed 1900 rabbits IN one drive. \
wire netting Is arranged In uu inverted
'N' shape, and ut the apex Is % circular
netting Along the sides the drivers ar
range themselves, aud cloo" in. driving
the rabbits into the apex there they are
killed with clubs, and they are being
slaughtered by The hundreds IL is cN-
citing sport aud nc the same time rids
the country of q great pest
H.. l.. Perkins There rs but very lie
tie Of news interest I'm the matter of
tho rapid transit line between Fort
Worth and Dallas beyond what The
Gazette published today. The engineers
are at work determining the grades,
and when their profile Is completed and
we know the grades We can determine
cost and other matters with much more
certainty thnn We can now The line
will be- thirty-thrce miles long, and II b.
possible that there will Zoe an extension
of the line In the two cities but this Is
not determined upon, Tie rirhts-oi.wAy
have yet 10 bc procured, but If We hay"
no trouble getting them, the road "
fall We have not determined upon the
system to be- used. We are watching
the r, suit of the experiments with under
ground wires now heing made nc New
Haven. and which have so far resulted
very satisfactorily.
We are also investigating the storage
bnttcry System MS TO It's liability 60 burn
out during electrical storms, and, Ia fact
will very thoroughly tamihal1zc ourselves
with the workings Of all the systems
and will adopt that which practical pX-
prripncc shows best. combines safety
and speed While long-dstuncc electric
railroad lines are yet new, there are
enough of them 60 iusur' The success of
such a line properly equipped aud con-
Quoted. The twrlye-mile line between
st. Paul aud Minneapolis makes the run
iu from Fifteen to eighteen minutes,
while the ten-mile test trips uu the pro-
posed 81. Louis and Chicago line have
been made al speed of fully 100 miles
an hour While We have not made any
very tangible estimate Of the amount
of travel thar can bee expected, yet maxi
ing the trip in less than au hour % Is
fair to suppose that with quick time
and nominal fares vs. viii get our fun
share OF the passengers thnt now go
between thr two cities while with iu.
creased facilities and cheaper fares that
business viii bc greatly increased. ln
addition 10 this 10 Is well known that
many mcn whose occupation Is IN Dallas
prefer Fort Worth as a residence city,
owing 30 Ia greater altitude. It's su-
ppior water and other considerations
that have heretofore caused many rail
road men and others 10 live Ia Fort
/ Worth, while their business was in Dal-
| las, even under the present facilities for
transportation. Many Dallas citizens
! have their water sent FROM Fort Worth,
| not liking their own. There Is also a
class Of men who would like 10 keep an
offices in both cities The rapid transit
/ line will build up both cities or az least
aid materially Ono doing so, just as Che
/ ST. Paul and Minneapolis line has great
/ ~ beuciitpd both OF those cities. The
/ deal IS closed, as WAS said but the de-
/ tails as 10 cost equipment, grades, fares
| aud Time OF c0mp.cuon cannot yet boz
I given. Power houses will be- built IA
both Dallas and Fort Worth aud the
/ line viii ~ FIRST bc "a single track with
/ turn-uuts; further than thls we can say
| nothing until our Wpurts are ready and
our plans fully perfected.
Edwin s. GQidI see that there is Z
| new sickness. The elevator disease. ans
| q Is said 20 very materially afiec
/ the brain. On riding ON an elevator q
/ certain Observation-Disclosures aud with some
! faint feeling Ia the chest, car be zen
/ aud WheW Ia elevators like that of IA,
\ Chicago auditorium, IL seems as III th,
| elevator instead of sliding down simpl,
/ dropped and left you suspended In mid
/ AIR Constant use of the elevators Il
| found 90 produce brain troubles, and IA,
| new disease Is assuming dangerous trn
| portions according to the statements OF
physicians.
A. ~. Dawson The question ot
! acoustics Is very important Que AHA We
| no one seems 10 have solved the problem
| Writers on the subject differ material,
| m their views, and the plan that seepn
perfect Ia one locality Is total fnilpr,
IN another. The Central Music bnll ~
| New York Is regarded as the most he,
feet building In the United States in Mi,
| respect, yet an exact counterpart of 4
WIS tntal failure, The new Mormn,
te'nglc - 2 fo2d one, pin can be- hear,
| 20 ufpp Tor hundred feet, the room
rs an eclipse with galleries and n Inv n,
means a handsome one. Am architect,
| apply The rules rs far as possible mn m,
! best VIII sometimes miss il Tho not,,r'
and quality OF the humber ana fn,nis !,
| m gthelo caliW, the climate ibe ne
ncr. OF ventilation. the ain current :,
which X U exposed, as well as the siye
shape, anh arrangement OF the room
INSURANCE REGULATION.
Topeka, Kan, April 22-Attornev
General Alien today rendered. an opinion
at the r'qnest OF the superintendent n
insurance, relating 10 an inSuran,,e s.,r,
pauis. he holds thar Where ~ H.
eurance company takes a case ~, ia
from The state district court to the feier
a courts, the superintendent NAV revol,
Tho license Of such company to 40 bnsi
ness m Kansas. The PURPOSE az his 4
10 bold state jurisdiction over IN ,s,,n