Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-03-22
GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA re
RAILWAY.

ell in tile BANNER on Thursda,
morning, about seventy gentle
men. all Business men and prop
erty owners assembled at thu
Court House to meas Mr.. kop
perl, President of the G., &
and S. F. Rariwav. and severa
of the directors, who came here
rom Galveston, for the purpose
of consulting with the people
The official proceedings of the
meeting are published else
where.
What is now required to in.
'ure the speedy completion oil
the road to Brenhan, is liberal
subscriptions on the part of the
people. No money is required
to be paid until the road is COM
pleted to this point. The d.
rectury OF the road are willing
to guarantee reduction of 80
per cent, on the present freight
tariff to Galveston and Hous-
ton, and to and from Brenliam,
tor five years after the compile,
ton of the road. BY way Of
illustration say that A & Co.,
pay ont $4,000 per year tor
freight, of this amount say $3.50
per year was saved on Calves
ton and Houston freights. the
firm could afford to donate $500
tor the benefit OF the road paya-
BILE on installments of one, two
and three years; at the expera-
ton eft the third year they
would be hut fifty dollars out,
and at the expiration of five
yesrs wonld have all their mon
ey back and two hundred and
fifty dollars over. The present tar
if on cotton is two dollars and
sevcnty>five cents perbaleto Gal
vestun;a reduction of 30per cent.
would he saving to planters
of 81 cents Of a bale, or say on
the total shipments of $4,000
bales per year little over
twenty thousand dollars.
The proposed reduction
in te:ghts, is, we think.
alone a sufficient induce
ment for every cotton and
corn producer in the county, as
we'll rs every business lin the
community to subscribe liber-
ally to the enterprise. No risk
is run, as no money i required,
and a note conditioned upon the
orms mentioned will beaccepted.
We feel satisfied that the
present management of the
company mean business, and
that so soon as they have an as
that the citizens along
the line of the roadswill do their
share towards its construction,
work will be prosecuted to
speedy completion. Once COM
pleted TO Brennan, the road
will be on a paying basis.
Below we give a synopsis OF
the remarks made by gentlemen
present in behalf of the COM
pany:
Mr. Leander Cannon said in
substance: As Major Basseit
has already stated the object OF
the meeting I would say that
[ have been elected by tho
Board of Directors rs agent to |
canvas the counties through |
which the line runs in the IN
terest of the road. Major kop, |
perl is present to confer with
he people of Brennan and is
to give anv informal
10 / desired. Forty five miles OF
the road is now complete and
in running order, and means
IN hand to construct fiveniies
more. An engineer has been
'ent to st Louis tor an iron
bridge which will soon be placed
across the BRACES river at Rich
nond. The contractor now
present, Is interesting himself
II the construction of the road.
think Galveston has done her
luty and am of the opinion that
he people OF the counties through
which it is proposed to build
he road should now lend their
assistance, 1t is expected that
3renham will respond literally
o the call as she is to be great
V benefited thereby. The con-
OF this road will reduce
from this point to Gal
eston at least 80 per cent. We
10 not expect any Ole to pay
ent of money until the road is
to Brenllam, but to
xecute conditional notes for
he amount OF their subscription
Ir Kopperl. the president of
his read, is one Of the largest
,nl-arS ond i,nnorterS ot onffoa