Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-18
BRAKES AND COUPLINGS.

All the general shop foremen on the
MISSOURI Pacific have been discharged.
The Wichita freight rate case Is being
at Topeka. '''' '''"' .
President A. A. Robinson and the off.
Gals of the Mexican Central railway are
on tour of inspection. Mr.. llohinson
viii soon go to Boston.
The Louisville. New Albany and Chi.
cago road earned In the first week OF
august SO;t49. Increase over cores
The people Of Strong City. Kan. have
headquarters. OF the Strong City and Su.
perior brpnch Of the Santa lie railway
have been removed to Emporia.
The Missouri Pacific is arranging for
rs harvest excursions 10 the West and
Southwest These will be run Aug. y.
Sept. II and Oct. 10. A one.fare rate.
plus 81 will be made for the round trim,
The greatest passenger carriers among
American railroads are as follows in
order; Boston aud Albany, New York,
New Haven and Hartford. Long Island,
PENNSYLVANIA Eastern lines), New York
Central.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail.
way, from Purcell to Galveston, has
closed many important stations In Texas
and has abandoned Pullman service on
one train on the branch between Temple
and San Angelo
G.. ID. Kelley, chief clerk in the ST.
Louis and San Francisco railway pas.
senger department Mt st. Louis, was SHIELD
W, beaten and robbed at the corner of
sixth aud Franklin streets, ST. Louis,
one night recently,
The sale of the Kansas City. VIVIAN.
dotte aud Northwestern railway, which
was set for Wednesday nj the conrt-
house in Kansas City, Kan, by Hiram
Dillon. as master In chancery, Is post
pOned TO Oct. IL.
One of the curiosities OF railroadlng
is seen In the fact that no competitor Is
at all Interested IN the 81 round trip rate
| made from Cleveland by the Nickel Plate
| for The Sons Of 81. George. Ii will take
a serious and continued break In rates 10
disturb the equanimity of Eastern lines,
Figures made up at the office Of tho
| Trunk Lines association show that the
| business of the railways from New Yorl.
TO Chicago in Jaly was five times as
| great as in the same month last year
| The business TO the West and Southwest
including Cincinnati and 81. Louis, was
about normal.
o1-GoyerLor Evans Of Colorado for d
receiver for the Union Pacific. Denver
and Gulf railway has been set for Sept
=. Mr. Evans owns more than S500OOt
of the company's stock, and he claims tn,
line of 1000 miles has been made feeder
for the Union Pacific and has been bleC
by that parent corporation all the time
The new Union depot at Sioux City Il
open for business. The trains OF III,
Sioux City and Northern railway. tn,
Pacific Short line and the Illinois Contra
railway use 1t, but the Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, Min
neapolis ard Omaha and Chicago ani
Northwestern lines do not, so that IL ear
hardly be called II union" depot aftp
all.
Chicago and Ohio river lines are mucl
disturbed over the declaration of til
Lake Erie and Western that Il will charg
no more than $3.50 for the round tri
from indianapolis to Chicago. Thu othc
lines have agreed TO charge an IS roun
trip rate. beginning Aug II. and ar
certain they can not allow the LAX
Erie and Western n dlfferential of S45t
They may agree to allow It differentia
Of $3.50, but anything more is certai
TO end in close competition at eve
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