Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-09
THAT CATTLE TRAIN,
CARRY ING THE FIRST SHIPMENT
OF TEXAS LIVEsTOCK,
Arrived in New York in Excellent
Time, and There Was Only a
small sbrinkage.

An Item that is of more than passing
interest to slockmen. is the remarkably
fast time made by the train OF cattle
which left Ardmore hast Saturday at
2.i5 D. m. for New York city, The local
Santa Fe office received a telegram stat
ing that the train reached New York yos-
terday at Az u. NJ. the running
time being 100 hours aud - minutes,
less fifteen hours consumed in feeding
at Cincinnati. and for transiers made
necessary because Of the small tunnels
not admitting the mammoth Hicks stock
cars to pass through them.
The actual running time made by the
trnin was ~ $40 miles per hour making
tho 2OOO miles in ninoW-iour hours and
thirty minutes.
fine condition. with only a shrinkage Of
lsss than 100 pounds to the animal, which
L Inc same as Is estimated Oh shipments
to Chicago.
In the next two weeks a train Of fl
teen cars OF cattle viii bo shipped by the
Gulf Colorado and Santa 70 from Lo-
meta, Tex, 10 Now York The cattle
viii average 1I22 pounds 10 the animal
AMI were ca-nfcd by Reigcr n Dunn OF
AtldlhuNs la y"
ON the Lometo ranch.
' Nandsy evening there will arrive from
the 6li86 ranch two train loads OF cattle
a., the Union stock yardg, Inc average
M III or he cattle Is 1900 pounds. The
| 80 viii he slaughtered at the Fort
| SGnrth hacking house for the New YORK
market and will be shipped IN reirlgefn-
yrhese shipments are experimental ana
initial which now eve assurance lnnt
.,.iibin n wear they win become common
n',.',,, D" said Mr.. Pennington. Con
tsrnine. he said. These eApenmenis5
-, Ron cz,rrled on IN small way nnti
- have demonstrated That u ~
1at oniv practical but prontable 70 snp
| i5o,as heef 10 the New York anu ioIaiAn
r,arlets when they stand upon their
,nerlts as Tcxps cattle. pc perl ~ ~
w. ,,-jtb any Eastern native bred anu TED
~ Tsor wears the brand 81 Texas
| ~, loon up0n Texas cnttio nnd more
hh sso gnne into auamniine yards 81 me
ia M sompnred with the stock IN
epu"e. I've divisions and have sold for
- nrices on account OF theiF suppvseu
D Interior quality - c.o... "
About one year aeo MI neaqrke W
eirpson % Boston zane ~
ioot over the cattle interests ana siseI
loo- .,,,riense OF years ia the markets %
Az A. tsssi and Europe. aal upon the ranges
,ss KIN, ti.s cattle question from a prac'
SUI MA financial standpoint came V
~ conclusion that there was no eAitny
lss,r Why Texas cattle should no5 %
IN n EuT0pe a1i European innfNed \
hieh a price and q as goou ga
al,,s-e as any Of fhe Eastern nntlf
,s,tie. be became satisfied after seaL'll.
citlln' y, f-..fisY, tf.qt FrIra was The hef'
.,l,nr and fattening held thai there ~
~. enly h Tie Uliied States. pnt N INC
world. ,, .,....+. ,-s with the nat.
go al the country better results
u ~ obtained here Than fise Nnrie'
~ 80 srm "a bis osnyietioas. ~ mas \
d.. sita himself caritaaili.'. ir9gn ~,
80 VIC have spent a htehme % ~,
if@nrbrcring business ena Rui.li437' -. ~
~, Worth packing honse hne SOL
IL ,rhens he propose. 10 o,nia w
market 81 there y ~ ths bnite'
800 49,. n ail classes Of stock
N, shipment that he hAs uale; no,
Nv stock aud OF dressed pefi, ~.
-s nnnly convinced mn ~ ..t
n.oss fhat tlqy are on the fifhl 49,
=. ssrtnne fdr thelrreiyes AAl . w.
ios revNution in The I've s'oeA in'
dusiry Of Teras