Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-21
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Known reaeon the fS93 pesses are not
oHt set. and the Joke Is on tn. travelling
railroad meu who are compelled 10 pcy
fare. like ordinary people
Chairman Caldwell Of the Western
Passenger association was much sur
prised 10 rercise communication from
the .lobhegs association Of Nlinneapahs
viaoruusly Opposing the adoption Of the
proposed S0tHlmile iutcrchaugcnhle mile
age iickpt II is The hrsi opposition the
ticket has mrt With
Tho total Eas-hound shipments IT
0our. grain and provisions from Cmcag9
Co the seahoard for the year lSiZ
amounted To iS3f.SS7 tons, against
i.123VO tons 10 1871.
The Union Pacific statement for No
vcnlber shows net earnings OF SlUSf,-
3lG. a decrease Of Slj0,0l9.
The gross earnings of the. Atchison
system for the first week Of January
aggregated S7S3.3I3. an increase OF Sot-
OOJ.
The Lake Erie aud Western railroad
company has declared dlyldenu on
I - per g, nt on the preferred steck'
paynblc Feb. Is Transfer books close
Jan 81 and reopen Feb 10.
During thu year ending June 30, le92'
there were Killed on pennsylvania rnil-
roads A. passengers aud JOS We're
injured. Tho total number killed was
t4Sg The total number injured was
SS2O The whole number of persons
killed who were not passengers or rail-
road employees was g5i OF this number
h is estimated that 20 per cent lost
their lives while lying on the railroad
trucks under the influence Of liquor
W. ID. Lawsoa, travelling passenger
agent Of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
who has been 10 the city for day or
two, left for his headquarters at hous-
ton last night.
q. N. Bourdman. travelling passenger
agent Of the Missouri, Kansas aud Tex
az, went ont yesterday on body snatch
ing expedition.
Until further notice the Fort Worth
aud Denver train will not leave Fort
Worth until 1870 u. NJ, account OF wait
ing for connections.
T. l.. Pennington. livestock agent OF
the Santa Ne went over to Dallas yes
terday 10 mept General Freight Agent
W. II. Masters.
j. j. Mullane. commercial agent of the
Santa Fe, made q Tying trip to Dallas
yesterday.
II, g. THOMPSON. general passenger
nul ticket agent OF the Santa Fe is cX-
pected To arrive In the city from the
North this morning.
Oscar White. general freight and tick.
ct agent Of the Rio Grandc went over TO
Dallas yesterday
Texas and Pacific engine men say the
Brown stacks have all got pueu-
mOnin. aud consequently the en-
gues won't steam, and this Is
the reason he trains from the east
are on so much.
l.. NJ. Foms. president Of the Mineral
Wells aud NorthwcsterL went south on
the Katy last night.
= B Wickcns. associate editor Of the
Texas and Southwestern Railway tiuidc
came In las night.
j. y. Wadlegh general agent of The
Cotton Bolt 40 Dallas. 10 In the city.
Fred Jones'. travelling passenger agent
OF the Cotton Belt, came In from trip
yesterday
The irreprrssible Tom Kingsley, the
Louisville aud Nnshville's travelling pas
seuger agent aud the man who can
! tell more fairy stories In II given lcngth
I OF tune than any man on earth. was In
I the city yesterday aud the Annanias
! clnb held a spc,ial session In honor Of
/ the event
j. w. Barbee. general livestock agent
OF the Cotton Belt, came IN from "a trip
| after lone-horns yesterday
The nurth-bound passenger train ON
! the Denver did not leave yesterday until
O'Clock. owing TO delay iu waiting for
the Texas aud Pacific from New Or
leans, the delay being caused 10y a
wreck On thut division.
The Gulf. Colorado and Santa Zee has
issued "a circular announcing that after
| Feb. ! the Office VI its general eastern
agency will be located at 3j3 Broadway,
New York.
The Santa Fe is sending out number
of the souvenir albums OF Ne Arlington
bin to lbs officials and the patrons of the
line This ought 10 give the Ina some eff
fectiye advertising.
G. g. Drake, chief clerk in the traffic
department Of the Fort Worth and Den
vCr, who has been confined To His room
all the week by an attack OF illness. IA
reported as considerably better.
a rnilroad man remarked yesterday
that he hoped the introduction of the
Wagner slceping-car service On the katy
would have the effect of causing the Pull
mans TO abandon the practice heretofore
In vogue OF sending their old rolling-stock
down here for Texans TO Wear ont,
Colonel j. A. Wilson, general agent OF
the Chicago and Alton, N home from u
trip 20 San Antonio, The colonel on
ioyed the trip very much, though he says
he observed with pain that Hurst OF the
Cotton Belt had fallen into the habit of
George W. Cable the novelist. regis.
tered at the Pickwick yesterday from
Rock Island. and wns deuged with score
of visitors who wanted to know all about
the Rock Island and when Ii was com.
ing TO Fort Worth.
II begins tn look as Il the management
of the Chicago Great Western road was
making no idle boast when il declared
It's intention OF leading all competitors
iu the matter of equipment and train
service, In pursuance of this policy the
company is now having built two new
passenger trains which Il is claimed will
eclipse anything of the kind in the United
States in point of elegance and conye
nience. These trains are 20 run between
Chicago and ST. Paul.
II. n. Roy who has been pulling In,
throttle of i32 In the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas yards at ncnisnn will RESUME
his passenger run To ilillsboro. hrnl
80 for endneer Blair, No. i32 hayiul
heeu put in the shops until bushes,
picks up
The Jones Vestihule Sleeping Car com
pany has bought five more acres of LAND
adjoining lbs property, some six mile,
west OF Denver Work, il is reported
is being pushed rapidly forward ON tn,
new bnildinRs. The number aud dimen
sious Of these are given as follows: A
null, SOx25O setting up shop, S0X20O
paint shop, S0x25O; blacksmith and ma
chine shop 6OX220; foundry, uOx2uO: ant
hrass foundry, SoS4O
The Wagner palace sleeping cars, lef
last night al S.i5 on their Initial triy
frou, NJ I o,,su IN TeNnQ oVer tina Katg