Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-30
the DALLAS TRAFFIC BUREAU
,,rroRTs TO UNITE FORT WORTH
WHOLESALE MERCHANTS
m HANDLE THEIR FREIGHT
OVER SOME ONE RAILROAD.
DELIBERATIONS YESTERDAY.
RAILROAD MANS EXPIRES
SION ON THE SUBJECT

VAS published exclusively an account
"A 40. efforts made by Captain John
r. Da,t,s ,rramc Pureou "a
.farIey VI 'ie
organize cornplhe among the "hole-
sale merchants of this city whereby
~. .o,ov r,ipht handle the freight of
MS oeeNS' -. -, -,
our merchants anu ~ W Pio''i-
ised to secure Houston and Galveston
.o,as the freight to be shipped over
oor,at, railroad 10 ba ia
some oie
termined'
Cautain Foley and some of the Fort
with merchants wore in close cons,,I-
"o,'i nv ~ 49,. s.ss,.s. 49,.
tatlon mere an uaS Ses'ei u"S' "u'
nothing has been diVulged to any out
aldo marty as TO the results OF their
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uel'pei "'iO'
prominent ralirohd man nus the
folloving to say on the subject:
A. orgorizotIo, ,monr the merchants
-. ~ I,.,,a. NEE,
OF DallaS' hhoMn us sle D1iios lam
bureau, ny Oahu,ns tneti,oeis' Z, $3.50
err SO that tnvit ColiD liz, n'iiuu' ny,
wou!i rpu'' VIII tiis uiiteient - am an.
associatlohs lhteIesteui nave eHaeayoI-
ed 10 force transportatioi coIi'pn iiiI 70
reduce the present class anu Cohiliou-
ny rates from uehned territories mo
Dallas 70 me same hgures as inc water
rates based on ocean transportation,
which now NV OBTAIN 70 houston anu oal-
weston. rms, LOT IhaHy REASONS appar
ent 10 rahsportalloil peopIe uIu 20 must most
merchants, Is almost an iihposslplllty,
the eohniCtihg interests being SO great
that nothing IKE RECOMMENDATION can
be counted upon as probaollity But
at the same time Transportation COM
panles' nol ohiy awe 20 their own m
terests' put Wlllihs ana anxious 10 los
yer tine JoDpihs cehters OF horln leNhs'
nave AZ lhelr iate rneetlhg taken the
matter up anu ehueaVoreu 70 iorlhu-
la'e some system OF rates that could
enable norm IeNas points TO reach tur-
Their out and not meet near their very
doors me competition OF chicago, ST.
zone Of the plans submitted was to
Draw INTO line all common points, shut
ing out all points except prominent
ones IN southwestern Texas west OF
,ne santa re ROAD, az the same time
raising houston ana Galveston rates
ana lowering the commodity rates into
the less than carload TO the common
points 1t seems that this could not
De adopted unanimously. Another plan
was TO let the common point line stay
ana to make very material reduction
- '''' o - 'N AluNN "a "a piVi-
uonate advance in less than carload
rates
AS IS very natural II the first prOpo-
eltlon had been accepted 1t would have
eut out a good many of the smaller
,ooiong points and they, OF course,
WOULD nave considered themselves very
pauly treated, and while Dallas would
nave pcen greatly benefited at the ex-
pense OF the other points, 1t would have
been by no means satisfactory TO them.
There Is no doubt that a consider
tble advance in the less than carload
rates To what are now Texas common
Loln,s would greatly extend the field
~ Whleh an North Texas jobbng CEN
,sis could extend their trade. and to
us the observer well acquainted with
me situation, should be the object for
MhiGh they should all unite and con-
tend,
/, nothing less than the Galveston
anu Houston rates put in for the ex-
g.uslNe benefit Of Dallas will satisfy
lnelr merchants. II does not look at
present as though II were possible
.ney could be satisned,as all lines inter-
esled would have to agree TO their pro-
p9silons
me following letter has been re-
yyINeG mere from prominent jobber of
"eatherford;
From the standpoint of a country