Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
THE RAILROAD NEWS.
there Was Not Much Of In.
terest Yesterday.
SAP BRAKFMtN WILL STRIKE
v lhe' Grievances Arc Not Speedily Ad.
lusisd-sOne chaIs win RaIlroadsn
on Different malsts- OAer
Railroad News.

"FNNNfN NANiN
Railroad News
The people Of Arson and Haskell ara
very anxious for railroad communica.
uon with the rest Of the world bnt
nave been heretofore looking to Waco
anu the Texas Central for relief The
Gazette is reliably informed that nm
enort Is now on foot aud will shortly
result IN the shape Of the Wichita vnl.
ley people to extend their line from
Seymour through Haskell and Arson
W SWeetwoter on the Texas and Pacific.
! rus is section Of country uatnrnllv
/ Lluut9rg TO this Iity and our peonie
suuulq meet those people half way and
use their united efforts TO get tbe nro
| posed line. Colonel Morgan Jones be
| president Of the Wichita Vnllcv Ran.
J way company. Is an entorprisinr man
ana n the matter Is properly presented
! 70 MN There is little doubt this extern
/ SION can be secured. The Wichita VAL
| icy connection with the Denver gives
1 il every facility for handling bnsiness
/ 70 ana from Fort Worth md AN the
/ bQsiness along this extension would be-
| tributary TO this city alone Fort Worth
/ mas the trunk lines, now let her hustle
Tor short lines as feeders which will
not only increase her trade. hut will
! develop The country and thus greatly
enhance her commercial prosperity.
The strike talk and rumors Of strikes
that have been ofloat for several weeks
seem 10 have been cfcctually quietcd
I There are not enough organized rail-
road UmUlnVNa a.
cessiul as has been demonstrated here
t0tore and most CONSEQUENTLY m the
I strike OF the cnwinCmon ON the Rurling-
/ ton in lSSS And then the recent re-
ductions IN the operating forces of the
roads all over the country that have
taken place recently and the conse-
quently unusually large number of capa.
Bile railroaders unemployed, renders the
| talk OF the strike an the more puerilp.
II mas also been demonstrated that the
greutcr portion Of the strike talk ema-
mated from outsiders, and not from the
| labor organizations Of the railway en-.
ployes This strike rumOr was emphnt-
icllly denied 10y Grand Master Wilson.
of the switchmcn, aud the whole thing
seems TO have been an organized effort
to bring discredit upon the railway or.
CARNATIONS by imprcssing the public
with the belief that they were going 90
AhhN NNN NllNNaN hA NAAN lNlHi NA WIlHNNIfHN
during the Worlds fair TO make dc.
mands and enforce them by strike az
the time when the roads could hp most
easily and most seriously crippled. The
average railway emplOye Us cOol-head'
cd, conservative and thinking iudiyidu.
nj, and one who. as a rule. Is inclined ID
look after the company's interest as he
would his own.
The Boston Transcript wakes elo-
quent over the brakeman Probably few
Of the boys running out OF Fort Worth
VIII ugree with the writer especially
as regards the soft snap for VI there
is a smourc in a job Of breaking Il Is
not on any Texas road. The Transcript
says:
changed the condition of the railroad
brakeman. Time was when he was
beglimed creature, enyironed In the gar
menture Of a scarecrow, aud his business
consisted Of wearing ont his strength
on the brake and his boot on the paw
thereof, getting his fingers iammed be
tween the eur hunters, building fires
and shouting what were supposed 70 be
the names Of stations In an unknown
Now the brakeman is another and &
different person. He IS suhlimlzed; h
has accomplished his upothesis. lie Il
dressed I'm the garb of naval officer
the cloth of blue of heavens own hue
and besprinkled with bright brass but
tons which shine and twinkle like th
stars that stud the sky. liis hands qr
clearly, and inuocent OF the cNlloslur
which formerly came Of dhlliancc witt
the brake wheel His vocal organs u,
longer are strained aud tortured iu struE
Cling with the accents OF that unknown
tongue which was the sometime mys
terry and misery Of the rail journey ~
has no fires 10 build aud his fingers pre-
sent no anomaly, either as to quality o
"The same, and yet so different.
'The brakeman Of the present da
tolls not, neither does he spin, save In
G,urntive sense. his spinning being con
fined 10 the yarns which he entertain
such Of the travelling public ms he con
descends 10 fellowship. lie M the iuAu
rious tourist Conductor ana ehgihee
and fireman aud baggage master haN
their appointed duties. Each must pa
for his ride Ia labor. But these officer
arc but 0pnendages 10 the brakeman
, triumphal car They belong 10 the work
inc class The brakeman sits, so
speak In his cushioned ease and nod
affably 10 these laborers as he rolls by.
"rhe brakeman's place Is sneclre
|, n soft snap. as they would say IN point
orioles. one everlasting holiday
"But the brakeman Is seen in his hes
estnte. IN his most joyous moments, VINE
tbe train reaches ia terminus Then !
h his province to take into his hand ia
dninty hand of woman, TO pat her 10Y
ingly on the back and 20 exchange VII
ber words OF light-henrted pleasantly
Who would not be a brakeman az ina
happy moment{ . 4,
%Whethor q brakeman lives above ~
station or below IL, one thing rs certnil
Never can he over estimate his own IL
Bcitv. his own immunity from carkn
care, and wearing work,
p TALK or THE RAlLROADEltS.
/ NJ. Han, division muster mechanic
y Cation Belt Endue No. ., winch
bove inst rebuilt Is. as gOu Know one
10 ola marrow gauge engine5' Dl"fke
M on standard gauge drivers ana truck
In other words Ii Is a narrow gauge q
,;no an standard wheel base. she % q
lively rs a cricket and is doing reAlly ~
tcr and more economical service on v
; sherman branch than could ~ aol
,,.itb one OF the heavier engines ~ I'M
;. Inc service. Her tractiyo power y kigt
and sha i sufficiently heavy iof ~
= noss,nrpr service on that hne, Whilt =.
Z 4 n lieilt She does not pound the lFA.A
niacas a. would one OF sue hraFlel 2,
| rnes. This is . saving ~ ing ~ y
1aeinteupnce of way nh wen ~ y, -
satin,y III fuel and other Items 81 rAl.N.