Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-06

Brakes and Couplings.
ulhe Wabash railway has adopted the
| ,,'i,unSnouse automatic air brake and
ara,l signal aud the Gould automatic
| coupler on al its trains. and affrr Jni,,
10 viii handle no cars otherwise eoninncI
, The. lntramural Elevated railway 40
! tue Worlds fnir is one of ma nnss ~
cessiui examples Of the use of elretrieitv
/ batteries. ''V'ns'
Re baltimore and Ohio railway has
| sHtonushed a suburban train service IN
| 'nlcNgo. running trains every iirtesn
minutes from the Gpand Central station
., ,he coriler OF f1tth avenue aud Har-
flNon streets TO jackson park.
Inc Eastern COMMITTEES of the Western
passenger association will meet today IN
| Chicago 10 consider. among other tbings
! re PROPOSITION Of George Hrafforj of
the ST. Paul railway To make S91
round trip rate from Dakotn and Min
nesota points to Chicago
The meeting in Chicago Saturday Of
| representatives of truscontmpntnl lir-
10 consider worlds fair rites adjourned
| W!t,niont accomplishing anything. w. H.
Nhllt' passenger traffic manager of the
Santa Fc, was empowered 10 call another
meeting ut any time.
W. w. Root, general agent of the Big
tonr at Louisville. has been ordered To-
Kansas Guy for temporary duty in the
interests Of the liue lie represents. Dur
NJ his absence Contracting Agent 4. 4.
VILE.
.. w. Wood, contracting freight agent
OF inc, Great Northern railway At Chi
cago has been appointed general agent
for the same line at ST. Louis
The Rio Eour Ia. IT,
stock '''''''
Major w w. Yass has resigned MS
Treasurer of the Raleigh and CASTOR
lSehboap Air Line. after fortv-eirht
tary.
The earnings of the louisville and
NNpfhyille for the fiscal year ended fri.
uny with the exception of the last ,ve,.i,
OF June are S21.S}S.T4 This Is nm
increase Of $1.li0,GS3 over the yeor
previous, The earnings for the fourth
600 va" Tf'"''
The jackson X Sharp componv Of
Wilmington, Del. Is building fonr botcl
cars for Mr.. Il, G. Alien, snperiptenjent
OF inc Old Colony. According 10 a do
srrlption printed in a Wilmington pnprr
tneAe ears have the kitchen IN the mid
die, aud the rest of the car Is divided
mo slgterooms after the fashion Of the
Alien sleeping cars which urc run on the
Shore line between New York and Bns-
ton. y popularity of these ears Is tho
zlgzag corridor The stateranms on ono
side of the eur alternate with nnrrow
hrrlhs, and on the opposite side of the
car the arrangement is the same. the
sloi%ooin ~ each case coming opposite
one OF The narrow herths. All the bertbs
both In the stnteroons and out, are mnde
wide enough for one person only
Tho third article of The articles NJ In.
corporation of the Denver Salt Lake and
san Francisco Railroad company bro
Nldes for placing tie preferred stock of
the "mpanr- amounting To J5 per cent
of the whole-in Tho hands of trustees
These trustees will be compelled TO vote
the stock IN the manner In which they
may he directed by al least ION of th,,
number of the board Of directors
General Manager Frey Of tho Santa
fr' ,eAplaining the discharge Of over
hundred mechanics IN the shops at To-
pcka, said u general reduction of ey-
nenscs all along the line had been found
necessary, aud thar the discharge of The
mechanics WAS only the beginning. The
Office forces have been reduced, and sal
aries have been cut.
A. S. Dodge. freight traffic mnnarer Of
the 81. Louis Southwestern, Cotton Belt
route, has been promoted 10 the position
Of general traffic manager IN charge Of
freight and passenger business. Mr..
Dodge was for two years with the Enu-
SdS City, WyandOtte aud Northwestern
and at another time he was with Inc
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas railway.
Tho Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern railway has declared | ~
per cent dividend payable Aug, l, 1893
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