Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-18

40 anil laa-a SeHeman The report of
The pauama Railroad company l0f we
year 1881. Immediately following the
transfer. saw ."rhc operations OF the
Comparuic tfniyersclle du Canal Inter.
ocenniquc has given : largc increase oi
greatly augmented in tIe future The
gross esruines 10 1881 from all sources.
Including ughtcrage, Wharfage. sales Of
water and ballast, rents. interest anh
exchange, etc. amounted 90 N@,5l .8'al-
SO, aud the totol expenses aud disnurse-
ments Of every kind, including govern
nent subsidies, redemption Of and in
tertz. on bonds amounted TO S2Wif,-
9G3.GO, leaving q ret balance OF Sl,3O6,-
40jWi" This report WAS made by N.
A Woods. the general superintendent of
the iathmus. l. e.. Mccullough was
elected president in lSS2. nj the death Of
Mr. PARK In 1873 there was TO be- an
other complete change IN the personnel
Of the board OF directors. The Amerl-
can committee representing the French
interests was dispensed with The
term f0r the payment OF the instruments
of the old stock expired, aud the major
iiy Of bcnefciaries gradually withdrew
from the list of stockholders. new
board was formed almost entirely OF new
mon holding stock. which they acquired
IN the course Of business The election
in that year made General John New
ton. fnruprly commissioner of public
works In this city. president; Charles
Coudert Of the law firm vi Coudert
Bros. vicc-presidcnt aud Ernest l.. Op-
penheimer secretary aud treasurer The
directors were julius w. Adams. Robert
A. Cheeohrough. H. A. Drake, Samuel
u. prObascO. j. Edward Simmons, ID.
lOwber Smith. Samuel Nj. FELTON,, Jr..
and Xavier Boyard Messrs. ID. A. DE
lAmu aud l.. De Bebian were also di-
rectors. but have died siuce 1857.
The last lppOrt Of the company, adopt
cd nt its annual meeting held March -,
1872, makes q very good showing, not
withstaIdiug the enormous outlay for
the construction of steel launches and
! the Caledonia bridge, and the compare
| tive decrease Of business and passenger
| traffic on account of the cessation Of
| work nc the canal and the revolution in
Chilli The gross earnings for 1872 were
| 81, O37 .OO2 H. and the total expenditures
| Sl,Gi3, 2G13i There was slight de-
crease i'm the receipts from those of the
| ycnr previous owing 10 the causes men
| toned above statement of y. H. l..
| Drnl,e, assistant secretary and treasurer.
| yesterday says THE majority ul the
! stocks of the railroad company are IN
! the hands of French citizens. The stock
was purchased from American citizens
| 10y the canal company at q very high
| figure. The bonds of the railroad com
pany have to be- redeemed and interest
| paid on them aud stock obtained nc a
cost of about 100 certainly deserves q
dividend now ard then. After the liked
| charges OF tho railroad are paid there
| would remain about D per cent as divi-
| dend ON euch share of stock, very
! smaH remuneration to the owners who
! paid such % high price above par for
| it, Since the building of the Panama
| railroad the village Of Aspinwall, or
Colon. has become a large town II was
practically slugnuut Wtil 1850, when IL
took n sudden growth aud bid fair Ia
blossom into city. but its career was
cut short Nv the disastrous fire OF 1885
| n H. nc present the port for numerous
lines of transatlantic and CoastwisC
steamships among which are the Pacihr
| Mail company from this city, the Royal
| Mail Steam Packet company from
Southampton. the Generate TunsRtluu.
tique from Naznrc, the Hamburg Pack
ct company from Hamburg. the West
India and Pacific Steamship company
from Liverpool and the Barcelona Trans
atlantic company from Barcelona. ~
Panama there touch the steamers of IN,
Pacific Mail company from san Fran
cisco aud the PuCiC Steam Navigation
company An along the fOrty-nne mile
Of railway between Colon and Panama
have come into existence numerous VII
. |
! Importance Plantations have sprun
out of the wilderness, and the Climut
40 fatal 10 human life, is hOuntful u
r NATURAL products The country produce
p indigo, cUchinonl. india rubber, coffee
{ cocoa. sugar. ivory, nuts, deer skins
| goat sliins hides, OrChill0, tobacco, Peru
n yau bark, balsuns and numerous othe
!, articles The natives have develOpe
j euprgy aud are tryilg 10 make OF thcl
j. fertile land one of the most productiv
and richest countries of Ccutral Anne
u lea. As vet the climate is trying I
], strangers. aud ~ there rs stil need f.
q that beverage of which Mr. Tones ;
freely writes, u Quiuinc cocktail, Lh
e nll tropiUyl countries " has its two SCI
y sous, the rainy and the dry, ana storm
y aud tomaduCs ARE frequent, IL b,
II changed grrntly since the old days of q
y California pioneers, aud whether or ~
T, the dream of France shall be uccor
= phshed aud the canal of DE Lessee
u ever have an existence, the isthmus 4
" Americans will continue 10 be hcOt'
" path which leads from ocean 20 occu
:, AI.VARApO COUPLINGS.
y AIvarnd,. Tex, jan. II (Spccial)
n. Conductor George Hines has taken
10 leave of nbsence for fifteen days al
Ne left on No. / last night for Boggy Tan
IA ON an extended tour over the Southw'
~ lines
N Trninmaster's clerk, j. IL. Hickey, |,
n for Houston on No. 3 this forenoon
ld business.
n, Conductor w H. Grain and wife
N turned from Denison today, whtre th
nd have been Speeding the phsl week.
IN j. r. Ingram, u popollr brakeman
M. the Katy returned from the Fort ON \
pr 3 today,
N. Chief Dispatcher q u. Maer acco
Do painted 10y Engineer Corrgan, took
ms skip 10 the country yesterday retunl
as with 6fty-fOur quail, which they Kill
ms I'm hfty-soyen shots, and were only Z
~. of the city three hours and thirty-t
Is. minutes.
il brakeman j. y. Pelton of the gene
no grievance committee, returned FROM II
mr. sons yesterday, where he has been
ito past two weeks In conference with
he Missouri. Kansas and Texas officials
Ion regard 10 the use of air brakes
,rs Fireman ~. Nj. Douglls aud fan
INF have returned from Il months visit
relatives i'm Missouri reporting a z,
.cb time aud lots Of cold weather.
he II. II. Ingram has been promo
nv from extra brakeman 10 chief car elm
An in the Hillsboro yard Ia place of /.
cr. Russell, transferred To the Taylor Il
M trop and Houston.
ln. Mrs W. T.. Dwyer, wife of COnduC
in Dwyer has returned from visit
le,l friends Ia TAYLOR.
NE Brakeman H.. II. Bottoms and wife
a.. turned from Clebune today, where d
lee have been visiting for the past week.
ere Captain James Wales. formerly of
he Texas and Puoitc railway, has been
M. pointed night yard master
a | + a f.ttltt..t..tt Ihlu fhunfn a.,