Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-23

and reasonable rates IN round fixed on
o uniipFn basis and strictly Hdin'aineu.
! am satisfied chat tIils San nuiy bp ~
tnincd b5 PERMITTING The railroads 90
form Pools n. iu that way TIE weaker
lines are afforded ample protection aud
arc not tcHWtcd % cut rates in order 20
secure a share of the business. Kate
wars aud cunstnuily changing Wuts az
az uuch II huc-brar. ] believe, 40 The
shippers ss they 1rc Go the Conservative
railroad companies Uniformity rai1er
tnan cheapness 30 transportation
charges is wh1t thcv desire.
RAILROAD APPROPRIATIONS
The n'attcr of railroad Authorization Is
quite Interesting. because there Is 90
business In which Authorizations are used
more than IN the railroad business There
~ scarcely ngmc or Term chat S not
abbreviated and 90 the unlcauod the
books of e railroad company are little
more than cypher.
The Railroad Gnzette contains AN in
terestiug article on railrond authorizations
u snys.
The American railroad man has made
many experiments in the art Of abbrcvia-
tlon much to bis own convenience. The
names with which the early locomotives
were decorated are now all or almost
all. dropped for numbers. and the names
Of the trains, which have long been sup.
pemenied by numbers, are fast following
suit. All the cars-thnt is all the cars
owned by railroads are numbered the
stations and sidings are all numbered for
convenience In making reports. the tele-
graph offices are designated hy letters.
aud the names Of railroads are nbhrovi-
ated 10 their initials and so are the numes
oi the railroad officers Indeed, on some
railroads, IN tclcgaphmg the name Of tue
"a Ia oil t..s D. q L.
anu the Initials of his title are used I'M
stead This must be q convenience ON
fo'us whose organizations are frequent
~ changed, as one can always address
telegram TO "GS' when Information
must bc given 10 the general supcrin-
tondcnt. even if you do not happen 60 re-
incnlcr the name OF the person occupy
ing that Office.
~ few years ugo there was presented
10 the Car Accountants association q
scheme Tor further nhhrctintiug tho init-
ais ot railroads for use ON their junction
reports. ctc., but this proposition. though
tentatively accepted. brought To light q
very marked strain of conservatism in
that body The car accountants were
used To- saving Il. s. o. hut Whom they
were asked tO 20 one step further and
Speak Of 30 they rebellpd They were
willing on their junction reports To-
show cars delivered tu the Big : but
when 10 came To B4' that would not do.
This would seem to Indicate that there
are limits even to nbbrcviotion.
'Iuin numbers are classified 10
certain extent As We al know. west
bound trains hear odd numbers and
castbnund trains oven numbers. This
should be easy to remember because.
first, the locomotive having been impaired
from England. train No / which should
have represented the first train in Amcri-
ru. must have been wcsthouud. ON al
most al rOuds the classification Is car
ried farther 10y the assigning of the lower
numbers to the important through express
trains and the higher numbers To local
passenger trains and to frcghts'
The article VIII n, Is quite lengthy.
discusses carefully tie authorizations aud
manner Of numbering stations \ NUM-
Der Of recommendation are made in the
matter of improving present methods
Cars are all known by numbers. ex-
cept the Pullman aud Wagner Shoppers
and drawing room ears, which are all
known by uames given them The writer
suggests in reference 10 these, that In
view Of the Outlaudish names that now
appear on these ears, it would be better
TO handle them solely boy number