The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-17
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ing ia deep interest in the proposed
( lias.
A few delegates from Dallas we're
/ present.
The convention was called to order
a. Il O'clock, BY Major Heath.
Judge Burroughs was elected to ell
the chair.
The chairman called upon Major
Heath to state the object of the meet
( lug, which he did in a fsw brief and
pointed remarks, saying that they had
come together 20 consider the PROPOSE
ton made by the company TO build a
raiire sd from Dallas TO Cleburne.
He then called upon Major Oben
chain.
Major Obeuchain responded and said
I u was not necessary Ia occupy time
1 10y speech making a. to whether the
I people waited railroad or not. for
We all agree upon that point. but the
thing 20 do j. TO consider whether the
/ proposition that bad been tubnitted
would he accepted or not. Il ,.,,ld he
saw other delegates from Dallas pres.
ebt aud would like 90 hear from some
OF them.
Mr.. Dsugherty arose aud said that
he had never heard of suy proposition
having been Submitted, nor had be
ever hearj of any company having
been organized 10 build this road, until
he arrived in Johnson county, sud
that he would like to hear who this
company was composed of, aud what
they had proposed TO do.
Mr.. Hollingsworth said the com.
psuy was composed of Major Obsn-
chain, himself, aud other gentlemen
OF Dallas, with Major Obencbain as
president. lie was very sorry indeed,
tnat the young man had never heard
OF u company that had been In exist
anee about year, with their articles
npon the records OF the counties of
Dallas and J ohnson, and for the benefit
OF the young man he would state tie
propositions, though that had all been
stated TO the people la meetings held
at Alvsrsdo AMI CIeburne. He thea
stated that the company had offered TO
build the road II the people Of John.
son couaty would subscribe fifty thou
sand dollars, aud the people OF Dallas
would give them twenty five thousand
I d0llars- They dill not ask the people
/ Of Johnson county to pay Anything
until ten miles was completed ready
( for the cars, at which time they would
give the people of Johnson county a
( mortgage on the ten miles completed.
/ and ask them for ten thousand dollars.
I then they would complete ten miles
more and mortgage as before, and re
ceive ten Thousand dollars more, and
so on until they reach Cieburne, at
which time the people would pay in
I the last instaIlment.
1 Mr.. Daugherty then said he did not
rec how it was possible to build the
road with so little money, as Mr.. Pox>
I ell, who was a practical civil engineer
had just come over the line, and gave
IL as bis Judgment that the road would
cost from s35B, 900 to $4,000, unless
they used the Texas and Pacific road
across the Trinity river and bottom /;
and ~ they propose to give the first
mortgage 10 Johnson county, that
stopped all possibility of raising mon
/ ey on 1t abroad, and he would ike to
hear how they would build il.
Mr.. Hollingsworth answered by say
ing that is our business, and We do not
tell our business to other people.
Mr.. Daugherty being called upon to
state what DalIss would do toward
building the road, replied "That
Dallas was very anxious to see the road
built, and that under proper manage.
ment Dallas would contribute literally
10 the enterI rise, tut under the man
sgement Of the company now making
the proposition, that he did not believe
Dallas would give nything, because il
was his opinion that tue people of BAL
las did not have confidence in this
company's ability to build TIE road /;
that Dallas was wesried with compa.
MES trying to bnild road that were
not able To do it that it WAS his opin-
ion that it would take the united effort
OF Dallas and Johnson counties to
build this road, and that he thought
they should select the best business.
men of Dallas and Johnson counties
60 place at the head of it, so as to in
spire confidence in the people
Of the respective counties, and
II they had TO go abroad to borrow
money that they would command the
respect of capitalists (which he did
not believe the present undertakes
could do.
Mr.. Obenchain then arose and said
he must repel such an attack, aud ht
did not know what the gentleman
, meant, but he supposed he and hi,
engineer friend felt sore because they
could not get into the Dallas and Wieh
its road and that they we're now tryin,
70 force themselves into this. He sale
he must admit that great deal OF tn eli
= capital was tied up In the Dallas ans
wichita, but for all that they coult
u build the road 10 Cleburne.
= Mr.. Daugherty said If they eoul,
not build one road he did not see hoy
: they could build two.
Major Heath arose and said tbey
. would like TO hear from Alvarado, a
e they had sent a committee over ther
e to confer with the people OF Cleburne
:. Colonel Ewing WIS then called fol
u and responded with good and er
thusisstie speech. In the middle {
y his speech however, just as he VIZ
saying thst he was afraid the preser
company might get few miles bui
and get stuck down here in the Me,
quite Flat aud never get any furthe
he was interrupted with the suggestio
NJ that committee might be appointe
Ell 10 confer with the committee fror
M Alvarado.
k Afisr the appointment thetwo con
10 nitt.es asked the delegates fro,
N Dallas to meet with them in An q,
joining room.