The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-01
na,,.. ANA c,-s.rae NARROW Gauge

halfHs and Cfebarne MARROW GEuse
20 the Esiitol OF the herald
From present indicstions the people
of Jahnsan and Dallas cocuties will
shortly oe called upon TO do somethia az
toward the building of "a narrow gauge
road from Dallas To Ciaturne, aud i,
might not be eui of place just now IT,
direct attention somewhat 10 this par
iicuiar roed; ,nat, unfortunately for tins
road, tue expesiene &c of the people, W no
have already lent their sid 10 such en-,
terprlses, has been most unsatisfae-
toTy-5;heir Investments usually are
manipulated, absorbed aud swept
away.
Now. this need not necessarily be
the case in building road from Dali
Iss>to Cleburne. and "A departure from
the usual private or exclusive way OF
organizing railroad companies would
conae rearer iasuring the speedy COIN
pleticn OF tue road than anything that
can possibly be done in the usual way,
according to nur experiences. Insteati
of the nSiisi number of directors-gen>
orally from ak to eight would sug-
ge4t net less than fifty. | would have
them composed of the representative
men Of Johnson and Dallas COUNTIES,
ana floESiVaN SOlllo utNOHu
johnson county. In the city of Dallas,
CiebuTBe and other towns on the line
OF the road, ! would have every
class represented In the directory, and
ali slnBg tina line between the towns /
would have the people represented by
farmers, the latter having a reprpsen-
tation of fully one-thirti OF the whole
directory. To these fifty men the PEG
pie would look for the proper manage
uent of the rpad aud the protectioa
of their investments The farmer
would hardly distrust the management
Of the directory while he feels that he
Is represented by honest farmers, aud
tie merchant would feel that his in
terest WIS secure in the hands of nler-
phaDts. and so with other classes. ]
think IT Is conceded that the ordinary
coat of constructing narrow gauge
road {rsipstly from tire proceeds Of The
sole OF It's heads at prices ranging
from sixty-iise TO ninety eeats on the
'foiiart is about seven thousand dollars
Der mile, all complete aud ready for
business, wtlietl lie more than this tossi
ought 20 cost lay ~ least one thnusanu
per mile i would have the directory
appoint So executive board, CIR n board
al trustees, TO perform such duties as
the directory ia ght Indicate, and make
monthly REPORTS 10 the directory aud te
the people Through The newspapers ]
would propose to the farmer, or any
one hicng the line, to make him one
of the 6oaad Jide owners Of the road, 10y
issuis < him stock as fast "a be easns il
in grSding, furnishing tiss, bridge tim
Der and ether services / wo- Ill
sugenst to the people OF Dallas
an5Johnson COUNTIES not 80 donate fifty
and twenty five Thousand doliars re
spectively, but 10 see that the board il
honest aud capable, aud invest the
amount il stock of the road with the
assurance that If the building and
operating railroads is profitable that
their Investment Is a good one II the
people had assurance al fair d saIing, i;
would be easy 70 guess whether an ia
Gividusl would donate one thousand
dollars, or take two thousand dollars o.
stock as AN investment The road
ought 70 start out with something like
the following resources: johnson
county, Instead of deusting fifty thou
sand dollars would, ia reason, take
seventy bve ;houssrd dollars of stock
Dallas, il stead Of donating twenty five
Thousand dollars, Woul,i take thirty
and others aiese ttge i!ae would ~ asi.-
the rea,i, for witch they would take
seventy five ti1nsand dollars, which.
would be equal TO that much money
paid in, ana other services rendered.
along the line, amounting to ten thou
sand tioltafs more, tor which stock
would be received, would be equal To
that amount pail ia cash. The sixteen
sections to the mile, a, seventy Ave
dollars per section, would amount 10
about sixiy-three Thousand dollars,
making the sum of two hundred ard
sixty Thousand dollars. Their the
amount OF bonds necessary to com
plete the road could not reasonably
exceed one hundred Thousand dollars.
with seven per cent interest, payable,
say in ten; fifteen and twenty wears.
fBie would he an annual interest
st S7o0l, tu be paid out Of the net earn,
ings Of the read, the balance being APP
Piled to the sinkiog fund and divi
ueods In favor of stockholders. Tap
ping well pop1leted country, hereto
fore not occupied by a rs road, this
would hardly prove lers ftin,n cratfvs
than the Jefferson and p.it. aarg mar
row gauge road. A correspondent q.
one Of the Dallas papers, writing from
Jefferson, says; Since tbs ops ling o,
the season trains have been running
only TO DAngerfield, thirty three miles
| and vet the receipts are lar beyond tbs
expeBses.u And he atifls aWha,
would yeu think OF q little road Tiki
this earning nearly = Thousand dollar
= week. aud that. too, within wagon,
ing aistanee of the city p, One would
snpppse that the lime would CONS
wtieu people wotid refuse to donat,
biindiy half they have got to railroads.
IL seens that heretofore the peopfs
have Keen inclined 10 regard the huild
ing of railroads. ~ beyond their com
prehension or their right to inquire
into. bat la this instance Il il not eni,
their right, bat their duty to know
how it is done. and there is no doub
tzit that directory OF fifty efIlriep
men would keep them re.ted. Ifrail
Er ada are prod able In the hands OF ,
few. there oagta toshe no reason VIII,
this road should Bo8 prove uore. profit
asles PROPERTY HoJ.pER.
Thc Gospel OF MERIT.
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