The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-27
IN The RAILWAY WORLD.
Proceedings Of the Fort Worth Joint
Car Association Meeting.
THE INSPECTORS ANNUAL STATEMENT
o"mmission Hearing Reconvenss Today
Another Road Projected From Kan.
aas City to the Gulf.


Car association of Fort Worth, held in
Houston, January 81 furnished The Post
by Secretary L. II. Osborne, will be found
OF interest to all interested in the m,.
chanical and operative departments of
| railways:
| The meeting was called to order by the
president. Mr.. E. w. Hayes. superintend-
ent OF motive power and machinery OF the
Fort Worth and Denver City railway.
and Mr. T. II. Osborne. general foreman
Of the car department OF the St. Louis
Southwestern railway. was appointed sec
rotary. The following members and WIS.,
itors were present: Il. w. Hayes, super
intendent of motive power and machinery
OF the Fort Worth and Denver City rail-
| way, Fort Worth; Frank MCGEE foreman
OF the car department of the Fort Worth
| ana Denver City railway, Fort Worth:
John Doyle. master car builder of tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway. Den
ison: George A. Hancock, superintendent
or machinery OF the Gulf, Colorado and
santa Fe railway, Galveston; p w. Far
reli' general foreman of the car depart
| ment or the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe
railway, Galveston; S. II. Tuggle, superin-
| tendent or motive power and machinery
or the Houston and Texas Central rail-
! way, Houston; James MCGEE, master car
| builder of the Houston and Texas Central
railway. Houston; Thomas Inglis, master
| mechanic of the st. Louis Southwestern
| Tyler; I. II. Osborne, general foreman of
the car department of the st. Louis South
| western, Pine Bluff, Ark; H. D. Gal
( praith, master mechanic OF the Fort
| worth and Rio Grande railway, Fort
| worth; "A. s. Grant master mechanic of
| the Houston East and West Texas rail-
way. Houston: G, w. Butcher. superin-
tendent of motive power and machinery
OF the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail-
way, San Antonio; B. r. Hanson, master
mechanic of the Texas Midland, Terrell.
| +. Hufsmith, superintendent of motive
power and machinery of the International
and Great Nortern. Palestine; j. r.
| Cade, master car builder of the Southern
| Pacific railway. Houston; j. H. Master
son. chief car inspector of the Southern
| Pacific railway. Houston; Chas. O'fsrien.
| chief clerk of the motive power DEPART
ment of the San Antonio and Arkansas
| Pass railway. San Antonio; j. C. Will
| Jams. foreman car repairs of the Southern
| Pacific railway, San Antonio: j. A. Hang
| lin. master mechanic of the Hot Springs
| railway, Malvern, Ark; w. j. Bentley
| foreman of the car department of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway.
Houston; c. NJ Mileham. master Mechanic
| or Streets Western stable car line Chi
| ccgo; Il. X. Thompson. general agent of
| the Canda Cattle Car company Fort
| Worth; j. S. Patterson, Galena Oil COM
pany, Franklin. Pa; NJ. C. Moss, joint
! car inspector Purcell l. T.: j. W. Hog
| sett, joint car inspector. Fort Worth
The minutes of the last meeting, held
Jai uary 10, 1895, at Galveston, were read
| ~ the secretary, and after the name OF
Mr. 7. inglis, master mechanic of the
| Cotton Belt. which was omitted as pres
| ent; was added. ME same were approved.
The president. Mr., Hayes. then stated
that the association had sustained the loss
of one member by death since the last
meeting. and appointed Mr.. James MCGEE,
Texas Central railway, Mr. G. a. Han
| cock, superintendent of machinery of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway. and
| Mr.. John Doyle, master car builder OF
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway.
as a committee TO draft proper resolii-
tons Of respect for the late Samuel Irwin,
| superintendent of the car department of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway
with instructions that they make their re-
port az the afternoon session of the as
| ISOLATION.
The president. then stated that In ac-
cordance with the minutes of the meeting
held at Galveston on July 10, 1895. the Fort
w
| for the purpose Of hearing the remarks
| and suggestions from the organization of
the Texas Association on Interchange of
| Cars.
Mr.. Hanson. master mechanic of the
! Texas Midland railway. stated that they
| had had some trouble on their line with
| rigid trucks leaving the rail-. and asked If
! any of the other members had experienced
the same trouble. After giving the as
| sociation n description of the trucks 1t
| seemed to he the sense OF the meeting
| that the trouble was not with the trucks.
| but must be on account Of the condition
OF the track at the point where the car
The matter Of cars being rejected on
account of being equipped with Butler
draw bar ATTACHMENTS with tai pin was
brought up and thoroughly discussed by
| members from the Houston and Texas
| Central and Missouri Kansas and Texas
railways, and Mr. Thompson Of the Can
| da Cattle Car company. the objections to
| the same being that the construction OF
the attachment had q tendency to shear
off the key in the tail bolt. allowing the
! the track. Especially was TINS the case
with cars equipped with the master car
builders vertical plane draw bar; as cars
| with this attachment would he heid up by
the link should tho key give, out, and thus
avoid falling upon thS tradk oc; A ne o, nes
| ton was asked "Can cars equipped with
| the above named attachment, and being
in good order be refused Under ,r nc mas
1
the meeting was that they must be ac-
| cepted. The secretary then read clrcu-
| lar letter sent out by the president. Mr..
| Hayes, on this subject, and ali lines IN
! the Fort Worth association recalled their
| orders and would now accept cars
| equipped with the Butler attachment ana
| in good condition. with tho exception OF
the Missouri, Kansas and TEXAS railway way;
| Mr.. James MCGEE of the Houston ana
Texas Central railway, then offered me
| following resolution; BE II resolved,
That IL is the sense OF this, meeting. SO
| hong as we are working under the mas
| ter ear builders rules. all cars winch are
| in good order must be received ana ne
| iivefed to our CONNECTING, lines, az which
| time the responsibility Of the dellverhs
| road shall cease, regardless OF any pit
| ticular cars or construction of same inc
| resolution was adopted. MI,
The Cotton Belt railway then s su6lr tse
| two cases for an expression from tne
reetinr- One, wherein ono Of their con.
Meeting lines had removed a par snn,, o,
" heels from a Cotton Belt car, on August
| 20 lsq5 on account of worn nanges ana
| appiied two new wheels and second hana
| axle, and made bill for same. On August
% two. days later. the wheels We're to,, re,
| n,oved by another foreign line on account
Of defective journal they also making q