Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-11
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
CITY Engineer Has Started In to
Clean the Streets.
THE QUESTION OF RAILROAD RATES,
Sir. Rymershoifcr Talks On thc sub
iect-Dcnd BOy's nody found-be-
cruitiDg for Cuba.

engineer hts started IN 10 cleal up tue
elty. having increased his street cleaning
,oree this morning by tho addition of
several men and boys. though he is by
no means satisfied with the amount OF
money which he has at his command TO
curry on the work. The streets and al
l.ys fund had given out and the street
cleaning department had fallen into a
condition OF innocuous desuetude. but
Monday evening the city council appro-
uriatAd 5000 out of the emergency fund
10 clean the streets and the city engineer.
though 1t Is mere bagatellc. will make
Il 20 as far as possible. Tonight the
street sweeper, which has not been in use
for some time, Will be In commission aud
the accumulation Of sand and trash VIII
be removed, but that which needs atten-
zion most is the stagnant cutters, where
the LIQUID mud and accumulated trash and
debris have not. to say the least u whole
some appearance.
QUESTION OF RATES.
Galveston business men are still discuss
Ing the question Of freight discrimination.
10 a tribune reporter Mr.. John Reymers-
hoffer said today;
u have said time and again that Gal
weston was not enjoying the trnde that
she should because of the fact that this
nv mas beea Disseminated against In the
mnttcr Of railroad rates. Even without
deep water our commerce should have
been ten times what II is had we been
plycn equitable rates could demon
strato beyond the possibility of contra
dlrtion that this is so " I had the time
TO give you statistics of The trade In the
West Indies alone, the btilk Of which Is
now. enjoyed by New York but one-half
Of which could be cot trolled by this port
Il We had railroad ratessas favorable as
Vfai.t 1auN irfF NtaF f,r
the question altogether the fact OF New
York being more distant from the grain
producing region than Is Galveston. We
aidnt uced deep water for this trade:
our little steamer crossed the bar win
her cargo at II fest inches. and. while
Nc have done fairly well with the trade, 1t
has not assumed the proportions which
ne hoped for and which II would have
rFsumcd could we have procured reasona-
bic railroad rates
But the discrimination has not been
ty the railroads alone. y short time since
had orders from the West Indies for
packing house products. / asked the
packers for prices on same to be shipped
via Galveston. They declined to give such
prices, for thu reason that they were nl-
ready shipping via New York, that cham
mel having been established through the
ow rates given them 10y the railroads
Il think the people OF the West and
South should get together AMI bulid
North and South lines, which they can
control, or else secure the control OF
lines already built Neither the existing
lines. nor the State railroad commission.
nre free TO make such rates for us now
rs are equitable. These lines arc more
or less dependent upon the northern and
eastern connections; and they and the
railroad companies. desiring TO avoid
rate wars, which always result In more
or less detrlmont TO commerce, must CO.
f.r 10 Nyfa nf
AID make such rates as may be accept
nhle 10 them.
- think the building of our little Cuff
and Interstate road is step in the right
direction, Galveston should continue
TO control the line and extend II TO the
Mississippi river 1t will undoubtedly
prove an important factor in rate making
and relieve the present condition TO q
considerable extent
What effect do ! think deep water
Win have upon the situationf It is my
firm belief TINT deep water will bring US
more railroads and. With increased com
letltion, rates will be adjusted TO n pro-
per hnSis. This effect will not be witness
ed within n day or a year, hut in time
more railroads win come and with then
lower rates and an increased volume Of
commerce.
The situation Is grave enc and de-
serves the earnest consideration OF the
entire people Of the West and the South
The quickest, safest and surest solution
OF the difficulty Ii for our people TO built
nnd control their own railroads and
avn honefcl that the good work beEun II
mis- direction will be kept up until oui
aims shall have been accomplished"
FOUND DEAD.
Al iJA5 this morning Justice Finn Wal
called upon to hold an inquest on thu
body OF n man found dead at the south
ond OF Twentieth street ana the beach
Inc body proved to be that of n white
man about 10 years old. living on tie benci
fnee downward in small hole filled viii
water, evidently made nv the action o
me Taco, as the full tide was ten feet from
Where the body lay. The Justice was IN
formed by the mother afterwards tina
lie was subject TO epileptic fits for som
Years md had left the horse In which
she lived between Q and 10 o'clock thl
morning. The Justice found front th'
information riven BY the boys mothe
and the evidence given by AleXnnde
i'ies' who discovered tho body OF tn
deceased, that the cause of death was ac
Huentn dro"'ning, Tie name Of tho de
ceased was Albert Feather stone. The fathe
81 the unfortunate young man Is l.. p
reatherstone wcll known contractor O
,he Gulf Interstate railroad. After th
inquest the body was conveyed TO tn
residence Of the parents of deceased Of
bath avenue and Q.
THE TELEPHONE BUILDING.
Early In the summer the Southwestern
Leiephone and Telegraph company begai
me erection of n building at the corne
OF Church and Twenty-second streets an
me walls had gone up TO the heighth o
npout story and half when. abou
lnlfty days ago, work was suspended. TIL
reason why work was suspended wa
never definitely given out but 1t wa
inspected that lack OF funds had seine
,lns 70 DO with II. or 1t may have bee
Iaek OF material Mr.. L. *. Baker. man
sser OF the telephone company. wit
headquarters at Austin, who has bee
mere for several days. left for home As
evening and It Ia said today that wor
on the building will be resumed tomorro,
uhaer contract with J, W. Byrnes an
mat IT VIII be prosecuted with vigvr unr
'Ae building is completed.
TEN-cENT COTTON.
prominent receiver OF cotton her
SAID today; THE country merchants ar
ana have been bullish. and believe tina
VIII be but n short time before middlln
cotton Will sell In Galveston at 10 cent