Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-07

spending the past week in this city
| for his health. returned home yester'
| day. very much recuperated
Three trains OF Mexican cattle came
| In yesterday over the Texas and Pa
| ci1c. shipped to st. Louis.
r.. J.. George. the new travelling
| messenger agent of the Houston ana
| Texas Central. came in yesterday.
The Cotton Belt sent out four cars
| of exposition visitors TO Atlanta yes
| terday and local officials were conse-
quently very much elated.
A special meeting OF the Transcon-
tlnental and the trans Missouri J .
OF the Western Passenger assoeia.,on
has been called to make provision for
the funds necessary to run the as
sociation.
Rio Grande Western net earnings for
October We're the largest for any montn
In the history OF the company, and
the gross receipts reported for Novem-
Der are ahead OF those for the cores
pondlng month OF any previous year.
The Texas and Pacific, which has
been building to Denison for several
months, is completed to the city limits
II Is now definitely settled that the
road will be pushed to the coal fields
OF the territory.
President Roberts In an address at
the Philadelphia board OF trade BAN
quet said that over 80 per cent. of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad stock is held in
Philadelphia. % per cent. Is held abroad
and only 10 per cent. is held In this
country outside of Philadelphia.
Vice President and General Manager
Bradbury of the Lake Erie and West
ern in an interview denied that the
IQrfaa tNt al NJ
solicitation such as has been rumored
for some time. The denial was made
In positive terms, and Mr. Bradbury
said the rumors were purely out
gruwths OF vivid Imagination.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders or the Lehigh and Hudson
River Railway company has been call
ed for December IL. when 1t Is believed
the present directors will be reelected.
The report for the year ended June 80
shows: Gross earnings, Si3l,ef5; oper-
ating expenses and taxes. s2S72G2: net,
slii.2l3: interest and funded and float
ing debts, Si3l.323; surplus. slgsS5.
y pass clerk of the Pennsylvania
southwestern system was cnught plac-
Ing employees trip passes in the hands
OF a Columbus broker, and when TAX
en- to headquarters he confessed. The
passes were tf @ al from the middle OF
n book and given to the broker, who
counterslgned and sold them. they
being good over the entire system.
on the New York stock exchange
have been listed s66s. 900 additional first
mortgage extension per cent nifty
year gold bonds of the Missouri, Kan
5as and Texas of 1914. making the
amount listed Sg9S 900. The proceeds of
these bonds were spent to pay for ex-
tensions now completed as follows: st.
Louis and Kansas City railway, from
Green Ridge to Holden, 1913 miles, and
Southwestern Mineral railway, one
half mile,
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
In taking possession OF and operating
IT'S own dining rooms. has made great
Improvement In the service. There
arc now excellent eating houses along
the line at Nevada. Parsons. Savan-
nan Dallas. Hillsboro and smithyllle.
aud n handsome new eating house is
being erected at Sedalla and another at
Parsons At South McAlester another
house Is to be built. A good meal is
served at a moderate price.