Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14
Great Panhandle Route to
the Rockies.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
sommand 10 tho Ralilcsnaks, Coyote and
|aIrIo DOG TO Move on--IIs Work In
Inducing immigration Other
Mallcrrs.

kbere IA one road that can be more
Iptically STYLED q Fort Worth road
|anofher that road Is the Fort Worth
Denver City railway, extending from
|Vorth to YeNline. Il distance Of 1J2
4 where Il connects with the Union
M Denver and Gulf The Denver
Isrt of the Union Pacific system, yet
Ioins It's autonomy as far as the
tship of the line is concerned. It
Ii northwesterly from Fort Worth
In North Texas and into and
Icb the Panhandle. The country
M which the line passes was at the
a M lbs construction, save for the
\ ranch and range, an unDrOken
Iness and the popular mind asso-
4 ne Panhandle with the outer
4 of Dante's inferno. 80 rough and
Was the life of those residing there
he'd TO be.
ben the engineering corps began
In through the prairie grass taking
A and setting the stakes as the
- OF great steel highway the
~ rattlesnakcs and prairie dogs
ot realize chat the old order of
4 was about to pass away aud that
|hflf lfltllu ullA AtAAHtAAtNllt AhN A'N
4 they would be forced still further
Ia the setting sun. When the grad
Iut6ts came along the wilderness
i TO be settled by occasional squat
md when the long lines ci steel rails
laid aud stretched away across the
HI prairies toward the golden West
lamlets began 10 spring up; the
N Of the soil began 90 be considered
.le Possibilities Of the section rs a
4ng country began TO be talked Of
IN bold spirits settled down 10 test
matter by tilling the soil. They
Il h admirably calculated for aRricul-
/ PURPOSES and they induced others
bate. Year after year has witnessed
|ndily increasing immigration, which
ktered and encouraged In every way
+ be by the management of the road.
10. Moore immigration commission
4 the road with headquarters at
|anoOga. Tenn. Is doing Il good work
II interests of his line and the re-
DE- 70 be seen la the largely in
d. settlement in various parts of the
handle this wear and many are not
! as far as the Panhandle, settling
8d Bowie. Sunset, Fruitlund, ana
A points nlong the line between Fort
ID and Wichita Falls.
considered as a visionary scheme. as
DE- thought the country would not
trt road for many years 90 come
DO WAS not until the road was IN
btiOn aud the fact was developed
b railway makes a great deal of the
4 il carries 10y the stimulus IL gives
ID deleyopment of the country that
people would concede the wisdom oe
.nen who had conceived the idea Of
'lng this line and developing the
fry along is route.
fsng through the Panhandle and
1ng the trails whore the drives used
through the Indian Territory to
~ City, Kan, the Denver naturally
Septed the cattle traffic and the
N irom. tue ranges now end at the
Der road instead Of Dodge City, and
owners Of cattle held IN the western
Pes now drive 10 the road for the
Ipse Of shipping, Il being much
per than the drive through the Terri
Sewhcre win be found detailed
Gent Of the In and out tonnage of
Poad' the men employed aud other
Prs Of interest.
ere Is no inner country on earth than
through which the Denver road runs.
This Is shown by the fact that this
Il wheat crop will be 30 heavy in
that It is doubtful ii cars enough
re secured 10 handle t. The Fort
q mills are making arrangements 10
H Their present capacity I'm order 20
Ie me wheat, and yet they will be
e IN connection with the Panhandle
% handle more than one-fourth of
L passenger equipment is excelled by
Of me Southern roads and the scr
" all that could be expected.