Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-18

. .s-ia.sr.if'f fpr the lfNAr aWN ~ -
| st,rl.4i north ,in d railway rclpripedt Tor
/ NV. turpa.r III visiting to- new hnrln az
| The I,ntk Island i1pth g'iliirihFn u''v
! nltlefaianif proportions anu inr tln-
I uncf,r WAS The niurhlue broke HNNN
| XII out aud sir Mes hupiet u nee.
| 10 town. while RAT brought nA'N u'N
I machine ,,-t
! Colonel jim Wilson. agent 81 the Nlf
! cago aud Alton, came in yr.tciua{ e's
! iug from trip ~ the ITO t'rahde. ~
/ renorts crops as looking " eAeeh'ut
| shape aud says business is booniis on
/ the Alton.
J. j. Munsne Of the sauts Fe is at
/ yirrie, Te1-
The Missouri Kansas aud Texas north
bound trim No. >. due here Al ~ a. M
arrived At mo a. m, being over A
Tor che first time since the ne"
time card went into effect
Effective June /. the Santa re VII
apply class r. rates on cereaiiue' cor
loads for brewers use.
Effective &C once the Santa Fe WI
establish from Galveston 20 points on
H. line. taking common point rate
rate NJ % cents per 100 pounds on
straight ears of sugar and lnolasses
Bryan Snyder. travelling freight agent
OF the Santa He, with headquarters az
NfMlIANs WAS NNFF NNHAfAhAfH - $500
home from BfownHood.
Dr. 7. J Bodies. surgeon Of the Hons-
ton and Texas Central at Houston, was
In town yesterday.
TIE telegraph instruments and wires
10 the Texas aud Pacific office are being
moved 10 more convenient place.
Engine No. 1876 of the Texas and Pa
| cific Is just back from the repair shops
where is has been laid mp for three or
| fonr months. undergoing genera! over
| hauling and Is now al work swilchlns
( IN the Missouri Kansas and Texas yards
with Ben Page at the throttle.
There was considerable excitement In
| town yesterday over the report OF AT
! other hold-up Of Katy train, but II
/ lacks yorihcntion
/ H. Harris. tie and wood inspector for
( the Texas aud Pacific. was here from
( Dallas yesterday, and left On No for
| the west
! j. W. Boyd who hunts up the stray
| cars for the Katy, was here yesterday.
| His headquarters are at Parsons, Kan.
! Conductor w Il Bell OF the Fort
/ Worth aud Denver, has gone 10 Oregon
10 see after his mining interests there.
z. Laughery, foreman Of bridges and
buildings Of the Rio Grandc division VI
the Texas and Pacific, is here.
The Houston and Texas Central las
| oW'lHlll h"tlurn an roads OF the settle
ment VI the troubles with It's employees
The Nandallu line has recently re-
cieyed from the Pittsburg Locomotive
| works three ten-whrp engines cylinders
! lON2U drivers - Inches diameter;
weight o. IL tons, One Of these is
shown At the Worlds fair,
The Manhattan Elevated road ls ask.
Ing bids for building seycniy-fyc stand.
"A FI al dali \.
sn in September.
Another engine has been turned out of
the Indianapolis, Decatur and Western
shops for the Cincinnati, Hamilton mud
| Indianapolis. This makes six that have
been rebuilt for that road.
The Chicago aud Southwestern On
diana Midlaudl Is In fair way out OF
IT. financial difficulties, aud II will not
hc long before General Superintendent
llnrter Will be riding In private ear.
The Chicago and West Michigan viii
add to It's equipment ten tpnswheel freight
engines. four siN-wheel yard engines, one
thousand box cars, two hundred Hat cars,
seven cnbOoses aud ten passenger coaches.
Assistant General Superintendent Jar
Wis of ,ho Lake Erie aud Western. was
once general superintendent Of the Mich
igan Central, and served eighteen months
as u division superintendent on the Bald.
more and Ohio,
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indian
polls has begun the construction Of pass
Ing siding at Hurricane Hill near Corners
VILE
Tho Snndusky and Columbus Short
Line will run sleeper between COlum-
bus aud Chicago In connection with the
Baltimore and Ohio.
The Vandnlin Is rebuilding its telegraph
line on the losauport division and put
thug up additional wire between st.
Joseph and rerre Haute.
Some Of che lines of the Central TratHc
association want 2-cent q mile rN-
cnrsion rate Il will be- decided at u
meeting to be held May II,
Managers of Western lines complain
that the earnings are small. the freight
aud passenger business being lighter than
for tive years, with no prospect VI an In
crease.
The business Of the Vandnlia last week
WIS NJ to the average
The Peoria aud Eastern passenger
business Is showing az Increase,
The Pennsylvania is building twenty
baggage ears at It's shops
Il 10 expected to have the Lima eS
tension of the Ohio Southern In opera
ton 10y June l.
, q, Nelson, general superintendent d
3 the Cincinnati, Hamilton aud Dayton, il
. In New York.
D The Denver and Rio Grnnde is threat
ening 10 make $40 round-trip rate be
. tween Denver aud Chicago.
; The Cleveland and PttsburE railroad
I company has declared q regular quar-
terry dividend of 1 IA per cent upon tn,
/; guaranteed stock,
, On May 10 the Sandusky aud Colum
h bus SHORT Line railway company filed
4 mortgage to the Metropolitan rrus
!, company of New York for Sl,OOO,O0O.
s The Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Q PAM railway has Just completed il
4 double track between Chicago an,
e Milwaukee. The work has been in pro
J. grpss for several years, but has beer
u pushed to completion during the last few
+, months.
q During March the Pennsylvania rail
u road relief department paid out on tn
u Pennsylvania railroad division, whlcl
}, includes the Pittshurg division, SlO,ol,
q OF which S1o.l07 was for death claims
!, SS69s accident, and SlaOlS sickness.
The Missouri Pacific railway com
n pany is now erecting in Kansas City
y large freight depot at cost Of $4,000
II The building Is OF brick Its length
! 2aI feet and width "a feet A. the mort
4 end there will be two stories
=, Sauta Fc conductors have been In
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