Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14
ITS CONSTRUCTION METHODS.
The Specifications for rs Road Bed ard
Bridges.
The EQUIPMENT IT USES
kni How u Snrpasses Thai Of Other Roads.
The Points Reached BY Ms Linss--lls
Officers Oiher Features Of
Interest About n.

The information that the deal has been
closed for che righf-Of-way and that tle
Rock leland o. now an assured thing ior
f0rr Worth j. very .gratiying inie.h-
rcncc, Tor q gives the Magic Ciiy another
with one Of the largest and most
Progressive sysfCUa iu che United States.
Tic Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
~ rauson of ifg admirable management
and toe ludlciOus l0cI.i0u Of De- extern
siOus has not only come 60 cover 20 vast
crpanse Of territory, but territory tht
j. revenue producing aud which affords
q suincicnt amount Of traffic tp insure
the road q Prosperous business. Iu
Ot1er words. Boz all thr Rock Island mile
age there Is probably not 90 exceed 100
miles u dead or uDu-reFcnue producing
track. This may seem iko % broad gs
seru0n. but 70 is one that s. susceptible
u demonstration.
The Chimgo Rock island and Pacific
NOT only oleus the srguud trunk liun
from Fort Worth to Chicago hu, affords
direct rhil communication hy it own
llnci with ine principal cities ~ Town.
MinnesQ,a, NcJrasAn, Illinois, Mi-s1uri
Kansas and Colombo. 10 OPENS tJc
third through linn from Fort Worth t0
Denver md Pueblo. the third 60 kluu-
city. the second Go ST. Joseph. lIe lrs.
e. Omaha. 81. louis. Minneapolis. Red
AMI other Al.uugFoiI and iOwH points
and tl0 first fo MAterown, IS ID.
It's trinEmiH.Our iurf penetrate che
riches whogi aui corn producing aeeiou.
al thc great tvfi uud the iloW OF tu8
trliic which 3. now tending toward tle
Gulf ports win pdt tho Rock Islands
Texas cXtcIson right boz tuu push from
tlH d1y u is hit opened Tor truIhe. l.u-
like fhn most Of thn Western roads rLe
Rock lFlunl has not been engaged in fhf
pioneering business 90 any great extent
aud all 30, extensions have been located
been duYe'Dppd aud in which there Is ul-
ready % business DEVELOPED tMt iuaurr4
90 the road "a steady uud vpy .lti.iur-
tory traffic aud iusures 3d. caring itH
fixed charges aud thus escaping th1t hnue
Of fhe railroad managers l.fr, Goo feFr
OF biz line going into ihn hands OF "a rc-
criyer lt is uIs luIi..0u3 selection of
the country boz which 81 hIF located iis
CEIsuHJua that has made thc Rock lH-
land 80 succpH iui Boz lll its movement
Add 20 this the policy adopted N hIrh
prices na compatible with reason Tor ,hr
ughf-Of-way and terminals. ihc avoid
auce of vexut0us law suits and tlr cone
Fcqucut HntIgOulFu on thr part of the
people along lts line, ESPECIALLY lu CONE
ptltve territory, end the universal good
VIII icit for the roai al0ag all SIS lines rs
Tho linc from Fort Worth 10 Kansas
Ciiy and Chicago VII be almost b. short
H9 any Oh the existing rnulrs Tho oli-
ferclee in mileage Is readily overcome by
the peculiar vScellcuce Of tlr Rock H.
land motive power, ull To- cuglDcs being
equipped with valve motion, which
r,utprs them the quickest engine in Doe
service OF amy Of The rJnds west of tAe
Missouri riycr. An los rolling stock is
built with % view 90 ilF running Whom
ever necessary, nul this roid hus uudr
s1me rccgMs for fast running thnt are
remarkable
This line also paasos through Inc hurt
of The famous garden spot Of huu. ia,
penetrating Tie wheat hpf and reaching
nil the Missouri river Htowaye Yet
strange as b. may secin The Rock li.Hud
does not own q fool OF track into or ont
of Kansas City 10 reaching thnt cts
from Cameron, Mo- over Che track OF ih'
Hannibal Uul 49, Io.Dph and iruW
Topeka over che Union Pacific. ~, how
ever, Ov-nt very extensive aud valuable
terminals in Kansas City.
Tho opening of this line 10 Fort Worth
means grCot deal Tor tho eiiy uud
moro tMin az first blush mny appear
npparUut Do means thr t0cl, island an
uuuuccs 90 the world thIt This city Wu9
of such commercial Importance that Il
could no, pgas 10 un its originally pro-
iccted line 20 Son Antonio nnd tlc Sonlh
but was iu preservation forced 10
divergc 20 thiR city IN order 90 secure
portion Of the traffic already flowing
into the dly through its other and rival
trunk liurs n also means HAT the Rock
tslnud Is a fighter and that tho cumpcti-
tive ratios that win be put into effect on
Fort Worth business win be Of moro
practical value % the city than nll the
legislative eunCtmonts that could Doe
pissed from now until the dny WHOM
Gabriel blows his horn 10 also means
That spurs viii be built 10 Che coal lands
NJ Wise and Jack counties and these
Rich fields of undcyclopod mineral win
and the people, for the building Of the
roads VIII opcu g market for 10 and Thus
insure the establishment and successful
operation of manufacturing enterprises
IL means new line for the shipment OF
cattle. hQes and shoep 20 the packing
house aud tin opcnlng of "a vast extent 81
fertile territory pa yet Only partially de-
veloprd and when Tho Indian Territory
vs. hnully thrown open Tor the settle.
ment on go least that portion of it lying
along this iine which win doubtless be-
the hrst. Tie settlement nnd the COuso.
Qucnt Development means un additional
commercial Geld for Fort Worth opera
lions
Tho graders are now rushing tho work
toward Fort Worth aH fast ns The work
can be done md the road win be rendy
Tor tho trachaycrs I'm n few days. The
track viii ho laid out at Che rate of n
nile and ~ hnlf q day and The rond will
probably loo completed 90 lelrs Worth by
ne middle OF May and opened for traffic
BY the first OF june