The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-19
BOARD OF TRADE.
ITS RAILWAY COMMITTEES WORK.
Proposition OF the Texas Trunit--Let'
ter OF yice.PresideHt CabeIi Asking
for Depot Grounds ana $4,000
The Board Answers the
Gulf, Colorado a. Santa
Fe Proposition.

inc Texas Trunk rhlIrohu' lue lelter lulu
before it read as follows;
OFFICE or TEXAS TRUNK II. Il, Co,,l
Dallas, Texas, sept, Is, 1850. !
To j, s, Daugherty, esq Chairman Com, OF
Board OF Trade.
DEAR SIR THE Texas Trunk railroad
company, which | have the honor to repre-.
sent, commenced work in December, 1879,
and have continued to survey and locate
their line, looking to the Gulf Of Mexico, at
Sabine Pass, rs the principal terminus OF
their road, and at the same time to connect,
by branch road through the counties of
Jasper and Newton, with road leading to
the Mississippi river and New Orleans.
About thirty miles OF grading has been done
on the Texas Trunk railroad, leaving about
four miles Of grading before reaching kauf-
man. We are also putting up bridges and
distributing ties for twenty miles on the
grade, and will CONNER CO laying down THERON
as soon Ms ii arrives The iron for ten miles
has been over three weeks on the way, and
may be expected daily. | mention this To
YOU in order that you may know what we
are doing, and in order to make myself fully
understood in the proposition | intend to
submit for your consideration. You are
aware of the fact that tho Texas Trunk rail-
road company is tho only company that has
expended dollar in its construction which
has its principal offices, headquarters, etc,
ut Dallas.
The Dallas e Wichita, which Is now ab'
Borbcd by the Texas " Pacific, had the prin'
cipal office at Dallas, but Of course 1t Is at
Marshall now, as the Texas " Pacific rail
road has its principal offices and machine
shops there. Tho Houston " Texas Central
railroad has its principal offices, machine
shops, etc, ut Houston, and unless the Chi,
cage, Texas ~ Mexican Central railroad
company locates their offices here, the
Trunk road is the only road that desires to
keep her principal offices here and locate her
machine shops, etc. Therefore, in order that
this should be done. and that wo may have
proper facilities offered us to enter the city,
we expect that the citizens who are interest,"
cd will. extend to us helping hand, and will
show by their acts that they appreciate our
efforts 10 build n road that will give TO Da!-
las an outlet to the gulf one that will give
to her the New Orleans market-the best
cotton market in the world besides penetra
ting the great cotton. iron and lumber-pro-
ducng counties of Dallas, kaufman, Hen
derson, Anderson, Cherokee, Angelina, Ty-
Ter, Rusk, Jefferson, Jasper and Newton
counties, of untold wealth, all OF which will
pour a great portion of their vas. wealth in
to the lap Of the city of Dallas, and
in few years make her the
largest and richest city in the state
Having said this much, will state if the
citizens of Dallas arc anxious to have the
benefits of this road, and are anxious that the
freight and passenger depot should DO in'tho
city, and that tho machine shops, round
houses, etc, should be permanently located
ut Dalas, they must assist us to get into the
city, and also assist us in the purchase OF tho
land necessary for the same. therefore
propose that they give the Texas Trunk raile
road company tho right OF way into and
through the city, from where the Trunk
road crosses the Texas " Pacific railroad,
and depot grounds of at least five 10Y acres,
and twenty thousand dollars in cash. Five
thousand to BIO paid in ninety days
after line and depot is located in the city
limits, the remainder TO BIO paid after the
shops are located aud twenty miles ofthe road
is in active operation, and running into the
city depot. The notes to be placed in the
hands Of three trustees, selected by the citl-
zens, to be held in trust by them until the
company performs its part Of the contract.
The Texas Trunk railroad company, when
this is done, will run its read into the city,
and establish its freight and passenger depot
within the city limits, on n line TO be selected
and surveyed, and will locate
the machine shops, round'housCs, etc,
on the lands west o, the iair grounds and
where the Trunk road intersects the Texas "
Pacific railroad.
Now, it is important that YOU attend to
this, for | will state to YOU unless this is done
our shops will be located elsewhere. We
have delayed calling your attention to these
facts, and making these propositions TO you,
until the present time, for tho reason we
wished to show that any donation you might
make would be bestowed on meritorious
company, and that every dollar donated
would be expended in the city of Dallas, and
for the purpose for which 1t was given.
respectfully ask that you appoint COM
mittee of at least I've citi2eus, who arc not
members the Board of Trade, and who are
interested, to cooperate with your comm
tee. Yours most respectfully,
w. l.. CABEII,
Vice-president Texas Trunk railroad.
After the reading, It was moved that the
communication be received, and that the
president of the Board of Trade be requested
to appoint y special committee of five on the
Texas Trunk railroad Adopted.
GULF COLORADO X SANTA FE RAILROAD.
The committee also framed a reply to the
letter received from William L. Moody, of
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, in which his
company was strongly urged to bring that
road 10 Dallas, and all the advant. ges this
city now presents and will in future inevitable
afford as feeder to it.
MEETING OF THE BOARD.
A general meeting Of the whole board
will take place at Craddock's
opera house. at s o'clock Tuesday night, for
the purpose of considering railroad matters.
COLONEL L. BoUDNoT,
the eminent and celebrated Indian orator of
the Cherokee Nation arrived in the city last
night and will be presented to the board,th
mayor and city council ard citizens, and in
vlted to address them. 1t understood be is
mere Tor the purpose of inducing the Chi.
cago, Texas u Mexican Central to pass
through the Indian Territory after it crosses
Important Announcements.
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