The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 25, July 7, 1894 Page: 2
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THE TEXAS MINER.
FORT WORTH RAILWAY NOTES.
FonT WoRiH, Texas, July iHc^.
Fditorl'KXAsMtNKR:
W. I,. Chew of the legal department of the Pexas & Pacific
is m the city attending court.
P. S. Thome, general manager of the Texas & Pacific, spent
Sunday at Ye Arlington Inn.
Col. R. E. P. Cooke of the Union depot telegraph oHice spent
the Fourth in the c!ty of Denton.
Samuel M. West, scales and time inspector of the Texas &
Pacific, was in the city last week.
B. F. Darbyshire, general agent of the Texas & Pacific at El
Paso, is in the city on a business trip.
Tiios. E. Cerrin. special agent of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas, headquarters at Denison, was in the city one day last
week.
Homer Eads, commercial agent of the Missouri Pacific, head-
quarters at San Antonio, was in the city a few days last week.
T. 1). Cobb of the Southern Pacific at San Antonio was in
the city several days last week and returned to San Antonio Fri-
day evening.
Xack J. Reese, formerly baggage master at the Union depot
this city, is now in the baggage room of the Cotton Belt at Ft.
Smith, Ark.
Ed Hughes of the Western Union Telegraph company, Dal-
tas. passed through the city iast week en route to Quanah on a
business trip.
PC. Larimer, chief dispatcher of the Rio Grande division of
the Texas & Pacific, was the winner of the foot-race at the con-
ductors' picnic.
W. J. Taylor, general baggage agent of Internationa) &
Great Northern, headquarters at Palestine, was in the citv a few
days last week.
P. F. Yoakum, genera! manager of tne Gulf. Colorado &
Santa Fe, was in the city the latter part of the week, and went
from hereto Dallas.
Ceo. P. Herxinger. special agent cf the Missouri Kansas &
Texas, with headquarteis at Denison, was in the citv a few davs
last week on business.
The Missouri river is reported to be v<_ry high, and the pros-
pects are good for the highest water this summer thev have had
forvears—probablv since 1881.
A. [. Davidson assistant superintendent of the Gulf. Colorado
& Santa Fe, headquarters in this citv, went over to Dallas one
dav last week 011 a business trip.
Melon shipments have commenced now in real earnest, and
from now on they will go north in train loads. Five cars passed
here Monday for Denver and Salt Pake.
H. M. Fickenger, traveling passenger agent of the Memphis
& Charleston, with headquarters in this city, went to l.ittle Rock
on a short business trip one day last week.
S. K. Bullard, superintendent telegraph of the Missouri. Kan-
sas & Texas, headquarters at Sadaiia, Mo., passed through the
city Friday last en route home from South Texas.
The Railroad Station Agents' association was in session in
this city last week. J. T. Clements, agent of the Texas & Pa-
cific in this city, is presiding elder of the association.
Thieves had the unlimited gall to go through the residence of
Ceorge B. Johnson, chief dispatcher of the Joint track, last
Friday night. Of course they got nothing for their trouble.
A. B. Youngson. traveling representative of the Brotherh'-od
of Locomotive Engineers, headquarters at Cleveland. ().. was in
the city the latter part of the week and departed for San Antonio.
J. F. Hickey, the cow coroner of the Joint track, was over
the line last week looking up the pedigree of numerous cow
b.utes that had made the acquaintance of their engines in a '
business wav.
The State Railroad Commission don't seem to make an effort
to assert itself since the decision of the United States Supreme
court. Probably they are too busilv engaged in pushing old
111 <i Reagan for governor.
the Texas Brewing company is having a tine line of refrig- ;
e ator cars built at the shops of the Texas & Pacific at Marshall I
and at the Fort Worth & Denver City shops in this city."
cars being turned out are the finest of their kind ever s.
the state; in fact, they can't be beat anywhere.
Thirty-six Chinamen passed through the city on the 29th en
route from China to Cuba. They were locked in a Central Pa-
cific emigrant sleeper and under guard of custom house officers.
Both the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the Texas & Pacific
have notified their agents to receive no live stock or perishable
freight destined to points beyond their own rails, on account of
labor troubles.
J. J. Muliane, for a number of years commercial agent of the
Cuif, Colorado & Santa Pe. this city, has been tranferred to the
same position at Houston. Mr. W. S. K. Parks relieves him as
commerc ial agent at Port Worth.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas has notified all ticket gent
to at once until further notice stop the sale of tickets, m ^
reached via the Northern Pacific railway, on account of th
road being tied up in a strike.
the Cult, Colorado & Santa Fe has notified all connections
that until further notice they could accept no stock or perishab.
freight for points on the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe. on
count of that line being tied up by a strike.
The conductors' picnic was a grand success. The Texas
Pacific, Rock Island, Fort Worth & Denver ( ity. Fort Worth
Rio Grande and the Houston & Texas Central all run speci;
excursion trains. After a day's fun at the picnic grounds th
spent a good share of the night dancing. ; -
Pat Carroll, for a number of years general yard master in th
city for the Texas & Pacific and later yard master for the Ct<
Colorado & Santa Fe, is defendant in a divorce case, his \\
Kattie Carroll, claiming desertion and non-support, also s
Patsy "boozes'* to a degree beyond her endurance.
The Rock Island has offered a reward of $500 for the ir
of the parties concerned in the dynamiting of it's bridge
Round Pond a few days ago. Since the reward was offer-
number of prominent citizens of Round Pond have foui
convenient to disappear for a time. The deputy United Sta
marshals are closing in on them, and it will only be a questior
of a few days until the guilty parties are unoer arrest. The
company has determined to push things to the bitter end. and
some ot the l)old train wreckers will find themselves behind the
bars soon. <
Quite an important meeting was held at Ye Arlington Inn las
Wednesday and Thursday by the representatives of the Texa
Stock Raisers and the Texas roads. ['lie object of the meeting
was to make Fort Worth the most important live stock market
of the Southwest, which is to he accomplished through the J
Worth banks who, through their Eastern representatives, w il'
enabled toadvance money to the stock raisers on their stock
die same as is now done by the Chicago commission houses
thus enabling the stock raises to give the l'e\as market the prt
ference. The live stoc k interests were represented by Presidt
Bush of the Northwest 1'exas Pive Stoc k assoenftion, and C. \
Simpson, president of the Fort Worth Pac king House. T
railroads were represented by Messrs. P W. Allen of the M
souri. Kansas & Texas. McCabe of the Chicago, Re
Island N lexas, D. B. KeelerofthePort Worth &Den\<,*
City. B 1. Booze of theFortUcjrth&RioCrande. K.P.Sar-
gent of the Texas & Pacific P. P Polk and P. H. Coodwyn of
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Pe. A. S. Dodge of the Cotton Belt.
H.C. Krake of the Missouri Pacith and ).H. Bartholomew of
the International & Great Northern.
AjAX.
It the country could choose between the McKiniev law and
the Wilson bill to-day the former would be sustained by a ma-
jority which would make the Democroticvictorvof i8cj2]ook
utterly insignificant.—[Kansas Citv [ournal.
WoRKfNCMKX who are striking for higher wages do not seem
to understand that high wages and Democratic rule are incom-
patible. Phe way to get high wages is to return the party of
high w ages to [tow er.—[Kansas Citv I ournal.
"Wno has turned victory and hope into defeat and humilia-
tion?*' The Sun asks this ([uestion. and in mi editorial of
nearly a column m length laysittoCrover. Pven if our Pres-
ident were as big as he tiunks himself, he could not have done
all that is truthfully implied by the headlines. He is being aided
by the free- 1 rade Senators.
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McAdams, Walter B. The Texas Miner, Volume 1, Number 25, July 7, 1894, newspaper, July 7, 1894; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200472/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.