The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-19
TEXAS a ST. lOU,s RAILROAD.

The Proposition aud agreement Sub
miutsu by the Road, Etc.
The proposition along with Q paper o
agreement, received by the committee sp
Don,ed BY citizens meeting to confer will
he Texes s. St Louis nsrrow.gsuge rail
road, In regard to bringing it from Noun
Peasant " this place, WAS allowed by tn,
oommi.lee to be psrused by HERALD re.
nrssr yesterday. Feeling that thi
q ma ter in which every
citizen is OF should be personally
Interested the committee have asked Mr.
MINUS, president of the board of trade, II
call meeting of both the board and citl-
Isns, to be held at the same time and place
u discuss the matter and decide ~ TO wha,
sclion they will take in the matter.
The proposition ofex-Governor Hubbard,
st,rney fort road is IS follows:
Nessrs Lemon. Scruggs. Witwer, Ervay,
Alamo and others committee:
1entlemeb: After our Cot ference this eve
ming, and in response to your request that the
Texas s. st. LOUIS railroad Company shall
nbmit anal proposition rs 10 what that
company expects Of tour city and people In
the following:
/. The Texas & St. Louis railroad com.
many wilibuild branch lice of their rail.
rs from Mount Pleasant, Texas to the city
Of Dallas, Texas, within two Years,
in consideration that your oi.izsus
will gusrantee and donate TO the
said company the right of way
Of one huudred feet in width from tho eastern
La, ,f 10 10 ha n,tx -
Dallas, and to their depot grounds within
said city,
,. That YOU donate 10 said company such
depv, grounds 80 shall DO accepted by SAID
oompsny, / herewith transmit d
paper if m Chef Engineer Stephens, of our
company, designating the amour! and locs-
.lop Of SUCH depot grounds and terminal ia
cities as Will be acceptable 10 our COM
pany. -.
many twenty thousand dollars, in addition TO
the foregoing, secured aud pro nised BY "a
form Of subs ,rption and obligation herewith
submitted. Said subscription shall be guar
su,evd, tn It is, the am unit not collected on
Ae same to be paid by such gu4rantors
s. our company may accept. We will
bind our company to perform tee w.rk, and
shall expect not mere subscriptions, but
security that what W, ask shall be paid In
good faith. We expect to compele this
branch 10 twelve months. l am authorized
BY my Company TO say SO to your ciiizsns.
We viii obng tie our company ~ c mmeDce
wrk in Dallas county within slxty days
afer the contract is made. beg " assure
your city aud people that this proposition i,
an ulllmaium, and tue yieiuiUg and re-
duclion in the amounts Of depot grounds,
and amount of money donated, heretofore
required, is concession which We have
made In reference to your earnest and ex-
pressed wishes. No more concessions eau
be made. l AIN, gentlemen, yer, respect
fully, RIB HUBBARD,
General Attorney T s. s. l. Il. K. Go.
The agreement, or contract, that accom-
panies the proposition reads rs follows:
For aud in consideration of the benefits
hereafter to be derived by US by the con>
ltfucslon of line of railway by the
Texas ard ST. Louis railway company, from
spelnt ut or near Mount Pleasant, in Titus
county, to the city OF d alas, in Dallas coun.
y, In the state of Texas, ION the terms
herein alter mentioned We and each of u,
hereby agree and promise TO pay to the said
Texas q St. l. us railway company or its
authorized sgents. the several sums Of money
set opposite TO our respective names and
signatures.
The said railway shall be completed and
perstd by sAid company from the point
Above designated to the ely of Dallas
within two years from the time that said
Company shall enter into contract, 10
Wluug,. accepting the donation and obga.
uon, Md shall in cons,d ration thereof,
obllbste itself to build said railway.
we iuHrer agree and promise to pay to
ssd company or its authorized agent, out of
.ne several sums hereby ~ b. paid by Va
respectively, such monthly assess
msh'' as may be called for
oy 'ald company during the actusl
constitution Of 'hs said railway within the
n'h!s oil the county of Dallas Such ASSESS
.uehIs 70 Do made ON estimaieOt the engineer
IN charge OF said construction, and We will
evn.lhae 10 pay such NO ltnly assessments
.ne'eas'es maie during The further construc.
noh Vi SAID railway IN Dallas county. We
,u''ner sgrse to secure, purchase and donate
sus fsa1'ot, way Of one hundred feet 10
Nu'n Tor ssld Railway, free Of costs, 10 SAID
oo"psny, from tho said count, line of d. Has
county 10 such depot grounds within H.
corporate limits Of the city of Dallas, as ma,
W purchased by US and accepSei by said
eomp,ny Wesgree to purchase and donHe
san company tree Ut Coat, with warranty
GlulIe to ZANE, suitable depot grounds and
hsnsof'wsy thereto mud to tho cotton com
press as shall BE- satlsfact ry to said compa.
ny; dradnI to commence between Dallas
%a Inc county line within sixty taya after
@e contract has been entered into BY the said
Mvay company, and to be continued until
e'mpleled.