Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-27
CHIME WHISTLES.

II. NJ FicMugcr, travelling passenger
agent Of the Memphis route, came In yes
terduy,
H. st. John, general manager of the
Rock Island, Is spoken of as candidate
for mayor OF Chicago.
Chief Train Dispatcher Philip Hess
of the Chicago and Alton at Blooming
ton has resigned.
The Texas Central win extend 20 Al
huqucrquc hut nothing as yet has been
decided Ns IN the route
The committee ON uniform train rules
Is considering some notifications of the
standard code Of rules OF tho American
Railway association.
Work has begun ON the san francisco
and Wcst shore. This rs supposed To bc
IN the interest of the Santa Ice aud it's
entrance 30 Frisco.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Is
preparing TO open a ChicOgo-St Louis
line la connection with the Toledo, st
Louis and Kansas City on March 1,
j. w. Yands OF Shelbyyiue has been
elected secretary of the board of rail
rund and warehouse commissioners of
Illinois, vice James H. Paddock resigned.
The thirty-cighth annual meeting Of
the American Association of General
Passenger and Ticket Agents will be
held az l'our Seasons hotel Harrogate,
rennr March 81,
III. j. Uuguey has resigned the position
Of travelling freight agent of the Con-
tineutol line In Kansas City TO take the
position of travelling freight agent of the
Santa Ne out Of Wichita.
Chairman Caldwell has ruled that IN
allowing lines 10 meet outside cOmpeti-
ton the most available route may be
used The ruling was on the meeting
of outside reductions TO the Inaugural.
ton
Negotiations are in progress for the
removal OF the Michigan-p car
works from Detroit 10 Chicago The
chances are In favor of the removal The
firm Is capitalized at SS,OOO,UOO and en-.
ploys 5000 men,
The Great Northern and Sioux and
Northern roads have issued a joint cir
cular announcing that the rate ON shingles
lumber logs aud similar comodities from
North Pacific coast points TO Omaha and
Sioux City win hereafter be . cents per
100 pounds.
Owing TO the prevailing bad weather,
of the ten e0st-bomd lines from Chicago
only two, the Wabash and the Ralti,
more and Ohio, are accepting freight un.
reseryedly the others being unable q
| receive more than one-seyenth Of the trat
fc offered.
w. r. Journey, who has been work
/ ing with the Southwestern CONSTRUCTION
/ company ON the st. Louis extension of
| the Missouri, Kansas aud Texas. was IN
| the city yesterday, He Is very trust
/ worthy and capable young man and ha,
/ made rood record on the Missouri
Kansas ANA Eastern Texas road Par
sons sun
Engineer Tom Green of the Missouri
| Kansas and Texas has returned from d
! visit 10 Galeshurg, III, and resumed III,
run on the read Engineer McBeth OF
| the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, VIII,
| has been confined to his room for several
months dangerously ILL., Is eonvalcsong
| and his phy sicians and friends hav,
strong hopes of his ultimate recovery
| Parsons sun,
General Manager Hamilton Of the Tex
as Gratml IA getting the hgpk Of hi,
! road up in excellent shape. He h lay
( inH now steel ID many places and Is using
/ the Heath suspension rail joint, wlicl
I Is coordination Of the angle bar an,
bridge throwing the rail joint between
\ hV ties, and yet making u more rig,
chan where the Joint tie II used.
George l.. Bradbury, general managci
! y ,Ae Le.v Vale sAd VS. sern. Ais S.a.