Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-08

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Will Liz NHSIII IIIn
FROM THERAILROADS
HE INTI,iATEs THAT JUDGE REAG-
AN WAS DECEIVED.

In discussing tho recent newspape
I reports OF the meeting before the state
railroad commission at Austin Feb
70, as published ON the following morn
I ing, wherein II was intimuted that tho
! Dallas Freight bureau was indulgiug
| m brief season Of comedy not an
| hnuncei In either the small bills or thu
! programs Captain J. Farley. manager
! OF that bureau. IN conversation with a
] brace u reporters, said today.
! so far as the r"T orts OF that meet
/ ing are concerned. I want to say that
I the only thing therein to which we oh 70
| J"cted was the reported statement of
/ the chairman that the Dallas Freight
l bureau was attempting To- have IL
chang" made in rates which would
enable one place 10 do all the buancsp
or the state
'Oi course "A statement Ike this be-
ing entirely untrue, would have been
calculated To niurc DALLAS hy preiu-
diclnE the balance of the state urninst
her-hut We are advised tina, Judgo
Reagan states that he was INSTRUCTED
az 10 TINS statement, and that settles
II.
AZ TO tho fun the chairman and
some of the railroad traffic gentlemen
are reported tu have had at the ok
pens" of the Dallas Freight burenu
anu myself. Judge Reagan Is so wears
oId hnd as great and pure man. IL he
wishes 60 scold occasionally ana taKes
me for his subject ! don't mind.
AS To tine hand the traffic men tool;
IN II, ! was applying for carload rates
on gina hhu gih machinery of all kinds.
nay hni" ties, corrugated iron roof
ing and beams, columns ana glrdar.-
ana Tor less than carload rates ON an
pies ana vegetables. snddlery and hpr-
ness, furniture. horse ana mule shoes
wire nails sheet iron. wrought Iron
plpe. packing house products, as wei
as Tor reduction In grain and hay
rate.
We'll, the traffic men got the fun
we got tho rates, except ON paper and
grain, nnd We feel sure we viii pet
them right coon. We are willing nov
10 make deal with the railroads Ia
MATE thiS arrangement permanent
lueS 10 nave the fun of abusing US
and We 10 have tho rates.
when these railroad traffic mon
Were Directing to our paper rates and
MADE statements about the Dallas
paper mils ETC., that caused Judge
Reagan 10 be a little angry with us
JuIsing ny his expressions. they seem
10 have forgotten to tell him that thrv
had raised effective January f. Sos,
the classification on news aud print pa
per nom fourth class to third class.
causing loss to one house In Dallas
alone which handles $500 tons of Inc
paper year, and whose contracts are
made yearly In advance, loss OF
about s.. 900
II does not appear, also. that they
told Judge Reagan that the Dallas ma
per MN does not make this kind of
paper, or paper bags, which IL fact.
some OF these days Judge Rearan
VIII catch on that these railroad frame
gentlemen are working" him. and
when he does. II he rctnins the nerve
ana fire of twenty years ago (and
think from the way In which ne roos
tter me occasionally he has some iofu
there VIII be music In the air. in thai
commission meeting room.
y was not worried about our rates.
~ Inc meeting aforesaid. | noticed i'm
tho report thnt every question Judge
stedman asked was strictly business
Judge Perkins OF the Cotton Belt
road told the whole story. lie Ia re-.
ported 10 have said In order
to build up seaport like cal
Eeston II was frequently necessary for
the roads to make the long haul rates
less than the interve ming local rates
The roads arc doing that now on
merchandise from tho north and north
west We are going 10 get that sion
ped az soon as possible and win do
on we can TO see that II Ia not beRun
on corn. We do not want corn handled
70 GalNeston from Kansas cheaper
lhan from Texas to Galveston. We
want seaport at Galveston. but not
~ snch great cost to the state of Tex
"S' we don't want 1t that badly"