Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-11
RATTLE or THE RAIL,

r. Il. George, travelling passenger
agent OF the Houston and Texas Gem
trail. Is serving as city ticket agent in
Houston during the illness OF Agent
Flato. VI neeh'
Charles l.. Ware, general lives,ock
agent OF the Fort Worth and Denver
has returned from Chicago, where he
attended rate meeting, which was nd-
Journed Friday on account of the death
or Traiiic Manager Sage of the Rock
Island.
ID. j. Keller, general freight and mas
senger agent of the Fort Worth and
Denver, Is attending the meeting in st.
Louis today which Is held to devise
Belt.
Colonel E. S. Jemison. president Of
dead.
The use Of "gumbo" ballast on the
Texas Midland is reported to be giving
excellent satisfaction Several miles
between Terrell and Greenyille are bal
last d with this mae ial, which is made
by burning the black soil of the dis
trict. 1t Is said to become so hard in
a short time that rain does not soften
it.
The Mckinney and Great Western
iahiNhN NbHlpdliS mas Dttll organized
TO build a railroad from Mckinney
via Decatur to Jacksboro. Texas, and
charter has been applied for The
directors are: ]. q. Long of Cleveland
Ohio; w. C. Clark OF Boston, Mass. /:
James McLester of Wise county, Texas;
$. ID. West of Kansas City, Mo, and o.
W. Cowan of Chicago, is president and
5. b. West of Kansas City secretary
and treasurer.
atanut,t, . -. A..
an agreement between the St. Charles
Car company and the receivers OF the
Galveston, La Porte and Houston rail-
way has been filed with the county
clerk, whereby the car company leases
to the receivers three first-class
coaches, three mixed coaches. three
combination baggage and express cars.
two caboose cars, fifty coal cars and
fifty box cars for $66200 of which
500, 06666 is paid In cash and the re-
mainder evidenced by two notes of
S22 ,O66.G6 each, due in one and two
years after date, respectively. Upon
the payment of the last note the car
company is to make n bill of sale for
the cars upon payment by the receivers
of the sum of SlOO. The receivers also
give a chattel mortgage upon the prop
erty.
w. b. Groseclose, assistant general
freight agent OF the Katy. came in
yesterday from Houston.
L, p. Davis, travelling freight agent
of the Cotton Belt, went out yesterday.
w. II. Weeks, assistant livestock
agent of the Cotton Belt, went out yes
terday.
A. A. Gibson, travelling passenger
! agent OF the Cotton Belt, went out yes
| terday.
! Colonel Jim Wilson. general agent OF
/ the Chicago and Alton, went over to
Dallas yesterday.
Leroy Trice. superintendent eastern
| division Texas and Pacific, was in the
/ city yesterday.
Volney Hall. claim agent OF the Texas
and Pacific. was in the city yesterday
w. L. Chew of the legal department
of the Texas and Pacific, was in the
city yesterday.
John l.. Sullivan and company went
west on No. Texas and Pacific yes
terday morning.
Conductor Brown of Marshall spent
| Sunday in the city. He Is passenger
conductor on the New Orleans Pacific
division.
Conductor ]. Foster OF the eastern
division, Texas and Pacific, is laying
| off.
Il. w. Campbell, trainmaster of the
Texas and Pacific, was In the city yes
terday.
]. B. Paul, superintendent OF the Rio
Grande division. was in the city yester
dey