The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-18
on 40 CLEBURNE.

re srlid. Men Of Dallas pstrrniass
o. ssrurr "a NfTro Gauge 10 Inat
PoiAt.
A meeting Ras held by our e.tizens /
yesterday u take action Do the pFopos-
"a construction Of q narrow gauge /
-ailf1ad 90 Clehurne. II vas well % /
tended, aud Tue Herald was glad % I
.ee 20 many Of our bgaiatas mon pres
eur, gho seemed 70 tate much Interest
90 ine proceedings. This road Il Of
vital Interest TO Dallas. II viii
run through tne, rich country, aud
viii pat lie into aud open up a trade
a. vast aI II Will be- profitable
The committee Of fifteen appointed
Is composed Of some OF our lead.
ing and most enteTpfising cIti1rns,
and represents large portion Of the
wealth Of the city. They take hold Of
the movement with a firm determine.
ton 10 push II rapidly through.
The people Of johnson county can
rest assured that this committee will
cooperate with their committee In the
proper spirit, aud exert themselves to
the utmost to secure the completion Of
the road 81 as early a day as possible.
We are indebted to SIR. J, T. Hender-
son, secretary, tor the following oil,
eial proceedings Of the meeting;
Pursuant to a call through the daily
papers, a large mum bfr OF the bes, aud
most Influential business men Of the
city met In the F.remeu's hall At four
o'clock, Saturday ait, rnoon, Noyem.
Der II.
ColoLel ". D. Darlington was called
10 the chair, and J. r Henderson re
ques,ed to &c. as secretary.
The object Of the meeting being to
appoint committee 10 meet dele
CATION from CIeUurue, at a convention
TO be held in this city next Tuesday,
November 20lb, q. O'Clock pm, In
the courthouse, Tor the purpose Of dis.
cu-si1s the feasibility Of building
railroad between Dallas aud Cleburne.
IL was moved aud carried that the
GUAR appoint committee Of fifteen,
which he proceeded 20 DO. The com.
mittee consisting OF the following gen.
tlemeu.
jules Schneider, 4. Sanger,
y. UNmeu, 4 V T0mpkins,
+. l.. Malsu.s, " ]. Keller,
" s.. Rogers, W. &, COuuor,
Co.9ne! Jo,hn! Kerr \. +, Handle,
Captain q, .EWiAk, Thomas Fieid
Captain .. J. Adams, Dr. Cornelius,
Colonel ". T.. hughes.
1t was moved aud carried that the
chairman OF this meeting be added.
A motion was then made aud car.
ried justrnciing this committee to ap-
point from their number a sub com
mittee to confer with similar one
that might be appointed by the Gle.
burne delegation
Slr. Daughcrty having attended the
meeting held at Cle.urue on the 18th
instant, as a ltl gate from this place,
was called upon 10 give his opinion as
to the views and sentiments Of the
people Of Johnson county la regard TO
building the read. He said that the
people wanted road from Cleburne
to some point on tie Texas and Pacific
and that they preferred Dallas; but If
the people Of Dallas did not come for.
ward and help them, they would apply
90 For. Worth for all, which he be.
iieved they would readily grant. He
tated that the people of Johnson were
wide-awske to the enterprise, and were
willing to donate or subscribe literally,
aud that they expected the people Of
Dallas to do likewise, as their interests
equally demanded 1t.
BY motion, the secretary was in.
structed to notify the delegates OF their
appointments and the time and place
Of meeting.
Captain Shepherd suggested that the
committee investigate the difference
between the cost Of construction and
operation Of q narrow guage road aud
a wide gusge.
He also made the following motion :
That the committee be instructed to
confer with the gentlemen who have
the charter for building railroad
from Dallas to Cleburne, and ascertain
whether it will be possible to act under
that charter or be necessary to get new
one
Colcnel Stone offered "a a substitute,
that the committee be put upon its
merit without instructions, which was
carried. After which, the meeting adj
journed, subject to the committees
call.
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