Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-10-03
THE MACHINE SHOPS.

Straws show which way the
wind blows. The following
from the Caldwell Regfste,
should be carefully read and
pondered upon by the business
men and property owners of
Brenhsm. 1t is not all credita-
BILE to the county of Washing
ton that it should be singled
out and characterized as the
most illiberal county on the line
of the Santa Fe railroad an
enterprise that is destined to do
us a vast amount of good. 1t
certainly does not speak vol
umes in onr praise to have it
said that but three men-one
white and two freedmen grant
ed the right of way through
their premises. The city of
BRENNAN gave $4,000 towards
securing the right of way
through town and had the line,
been located further west than
it is the cost to the company
would not have been near SO
great; with that we have nothing
to do; the representatives ofthe
company selected the line that
best suited their purposes and
while we are not prepared to
say the individual. property
owners whose property was
taken acted with distinguished
liberality, they only done what
most of men would have done
under similar circumstances
get the best price they could.
They were dealing with a cor
poration and not with an indi-
vidual; and individuals are not
likely to make sacrifices for the
public good.
What has been done cannot
be undone, and we do rot see
that the company is justified in
blaming the citizens of Wash
ington county and the town of
Brenham-taking all as a class
for the actions Of individuals
with whom they have to deal.
BRENNAN wants the machine
shops located here; every bus
mess man, every mechanic,
every professional man, every
workingman and every proper
ty owner in the city, as well as
every farmer within market dis
lance of Brennan is personally
interested in securing the loca-
ton of the machine shops at
Brennan. The location of
these shops will add from 900
to 1000 persons to the popula-
tian of the place where located.
Taking the lowest estimate, say
500 persons and there is enough
tomake quite a respectable sized
Texas town, and it is a number
which if added to Brennan
would do much towards making
it city like as well as adding to
its business interests in every
way. Shops and dwellings are
to be built and the men engag-
ed in the work are to be sup
piled. Much more might be
said in this behalf, but we think
whe have already said enough |
to make the matter plain. 1t |
rests with those directly interes-
ted-thatis the entire commun-
ity-to take decided and i'm
mediate action looking to the
establishment of the machine
shops at this place. If reliance
is to be placed in the utterance
of Mr.. Graham it is high time
we were besitring ourselves:
Capt. Gresham, attorney for
the company, has been with
the surveying party most of the
week. He expresses himself as
well pleased with the co-opera-
ton of the people of Burleson
county. Says only two coun-
ties, Austin and Burleson, and
two towns, Bellville and Cald-
well, have shown a disposition
to assist the road. and that
those counties and towns will
not be forgotten. Thinks the
machine shops will be located
at Bellville or Caldwell. Only
three men in Washington coun-
ty, one white man and two ne
groes, donated the right of way.
Capt. G. is delighted with the
natural advantages of Caldwell
it will be one ofthe larg-
est business towns between
Galveston and Bolton. We
hope and believe the people of
our town and county are. fully
awake to their interests, and
will render the road all the as
sistance in their power. - -.