The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-15
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burne-Iheir wOTla at That Point.
Messrs. Powell, Daugherty, and
Major Obenchain, three Of the dele
gates appointed to attend the railroad
convention at Cleburne, arrived home
yesterday. Our reporter had a CONVEX
sation with Messrs, Powell and Daugh-
erty, aud learned from them that the
meeting was largely attended by the
very best citizens Of the towns OF AL
yarqdo and Cleburne and Johnson
county. Before the assembling OF the
convention Messrs. Powell and Daugh-
erty conversed freely with good
many of the leading men Of Johnson
county who were present to attend the
| convention, and found the mall,
without II single exception, to
be veiy much in favor OF building
the line at an early day. They eigni-
fed their intention of subscribing
freely to the stock necessary to com
pete the undertaking and pledged
themselves that the citizens of John
son would do all in their power to
make the undertaking success. They
are very anxious for railroad commu-
nication with Dallas and were eager
to know the feelings and intentions of
her citizens in regard to the projected
line. They also expressed their de-
termination to build u road, said they
were in earnest about the matter, and
that if Dallas did not step forward and
help the enterprise, they should look
out for aid In other directions
aud build the road to some
other point. They expressed surprise
TINT a larger delegation from Dallas
was not present, Ms they had been led
to believe that the people of this city
and county were much in favor OF TIE
road. The convention closed its labors
by appointing u committee of fifteen
to meet like committee Mt the court
house in Dallas, on Thursday, Novem.
Der 20, to confer az to the best ways
and means Of building the road. We
hope that when this committee cor ." :
that they will be met in thGiGn ro,,or
spirit, and that our ,,,a oi,inana
of both city SYn
na,d or tha w '1aHG county will take
,a, also unt matter with will. From
& What we can learn the people of john
son mean business, and that if Dallas
does not respond, and that quickly,
they will lose the chance of the road
being built to this point, with all the
great benefits accruing thereby. a
meeting should be called at an early
day, and n committee of fifteen ap.
pointed to receive and confer with the
| like committee that will arrive from
Johnson on the twentieth of Novem.
Der. The matter should he attended
to, and the proper interest shown, or
else it should be abandoned, and the
people of Johnson given to under
stand that they need not expect aid
from Dallas.
The delegates from this city to the
meeting held at Cleburne were sent
without any definite instructions, and
Messrs. Powell and Daugherty were
not little astonished, after arriving
in Cleburne, to learn that company,
of which Mr.. O6enchain is president
and Mr.. Hollingsworth vice president,
had proposition before the oonven.
ton looking to raising stock and build
ing the road. IA no mention Of this
company was made at the meeting in
this city, ut which the delegates we're
appointed, Mr.. Daugherty told the
convention so, aud added that he did
not think the meeting held In Dallas
had this corporation In view and that
the people of Dallas certainly would
lend no assistance TO further the sor-
did ends of individuals, cliques, or
rings. A good deal of feeling was
manifested between the representa-
tives of the Obenchain company and
Mr.. Daugh erty in the meeting, which
will be seen from their remarks in the
report OF the proceedings of the con-
vention In another part Of this morn.
iDg's HERALD.