Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-11
RATTLE OF THE RAIL.


William Doherty. passenger agent Of
the Santa Fe, spent yesterday In Dali
las.
T. v. Goode, general superintendent
OF the Fort Worth and Denver. ID up
the line.
President Touts OF the Weatherford,
Mineral Wells and Northwestern, spent
yesterday in the city.
w. II. Hurst, general agent of the
Fort Worth and Rio Grande, came in
yesterday from Brentwood.
The many friends of Charles Lware,
general livestock agent OF the Fort
{ Worth and Denver. will rejoice to know
/ that his condition continues to improve.
] Col. d. r. Keelcr, general freight
and passenger agent OF the Fort Worth
and Denver, spent Monday and Tues
day in Houston and Galveston. accom-
panied by Mrs, Keeler.
The following agents have been trans
ferrcd on the Fort Worth and Denver:
| A Campbell Of Chllllcothe goes to Chill
dress; A. b. Spencer of Childress goes
to Henrietta. and q. ID. Beard Is as
signed to Chllllcothe.
Mr.. A. u. Richie has been appointed
travelling passenger agent of the Van
dalla road with Headquarters at Eel
Paso. Tex, Vice Mr.. Archibald /. Eaton,
deceased.
The appeal Of the rice people has
been hardened to. and the Southern
Pacific has issued q tariff revoking
former rates on rough rice, and making
to IL cents less than the old rates, or
nearly i-2 cents per hundred pounds.
Mr.. ]. n. Wlsner has been appointed
general passenger agent of the Sea-
board Air Line, with headquarters at
Houston. Texas while Mr.. William B.
Clements has been appointed to the
same position with the same road
with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga,
vice w. /. Flournoy, resigned.
Through mail service was established
last Sunday between New York and
| Detroit, over the New York Central
and Canada Southern roads. This Is
the first time that mails from one part
OF the United States to another have
been routed through foreign country,
, and especial permission had to be nb-
F; tanned from the Canadian government
before the arrangement could be made.
) The directors Of the Lehigh Valley
r railroad have lately voted to establish
pension fund for the support or relief
( Of old employees, and to set apart for
/ this fund such portion as may be neC-
essary of the revenue derived from
. the sale of employees tickets. These
4 tickets are sold at half cent mile
e aud the arrangement was adopted two
or three years ago, after vote of
( the employees which showed that they
preferred these tickets to the pass ar.
d rangemcnt previously existing.
q Concerning the proposed extension of
q the Missouri Pacific from Atchison 10
st. Joseph, Kansas City official says
A THE road will be a practical extension
Of the Missouri Pacific from Atchisor
q to st. Joseph on the west side of the
Il river, following as nearly as practi.
: cable the survey OF the old Hall OF
Corkserew" road. The Missouri Pacific
. now uses leased line between Atchi
n son and st. Joseph on the east side OF
:, the river To AFFORD proper termina
/ facilities In Atchlson. the river blun
/ Just north OF the union depot will b,
II tunneled distance OF 1000 feet"
l. II the expectations of the contractor
n are realized, track laying on the Gul
- and Interstate will be finished int,
n Port Bolivar by December is. Tn
l. rad has contracted with Captain Il
Is II. Linehan OF Dubuque, Iowa for ,
transfer system between Bolivar an,
= Galveston. The intention now Is tina
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe will
IL extend Its track to the ferry landln,
% ut the foot of Ninth street. and tn
!" CUR and Interstate will use thos
tracks into the city. II Is hoped to b
:" able to inaugurate traffic on the lin
by January |.
H. The performance of a ten-wheele
I'd Lake Shore locomotive on the recen
or fast run from Erie to Buffalo dispose
Ia OF the last doubt as to the safety {
IN TINS type OF locomotive for fast run,
On and also shows that very large whet
or is not nm absolute necessity. Whe
IS this engine is compared with the Ell
al glish engines used on the Aberdee
st run. all OF which had larger driver
"a and larger cylinders, there Is ever
reason to be well satisfied with the PEI
% formance of the American engln
ir. and on the same day after this remarl
able run the locomotive took a regua
ne train west out of Buffalo without u
of Ing to the shop for the recalking {
ais hues or other repairs.
The Rio Grande Northern road hf
-, been completed and will undoubtcd
"a have an important effect upon the CO.
~ trade OF southwestern Texas The ne
,e line runs from Chispa on the Sodthel
,er Pacific to the San Carlos mines, di
lance of 20 miles. IA miles of whiC
re- have been built since June. The co..
ito structlon has been very difficult r
curing the erection of four steel brIl
,as es, many trestles and one tunnel
ng trap rock. Twenty miles has been Ia
WIN with CO-pound rails. The controllIr
interests are held by Pittsburg partl
the who are also interested In the i.velo
he ment of the coal mines. Mr.. G..
Va all a ~