The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-07
Departmept Notes.


, posed line commences at Marshall and
. extends through the counties of Harri-
son, Pamela, Shelby, San Augustine, Sa-
bine, Jasper, Newton, Orange and Jeffer-
I son, to some point on the Sabine Pass in
the last named county. The chief busi-
ness Office will be at Marshall, Harrison
county. The amount of the capital stock
is placed AZ $1,000, 900, with the right to
, increase or diminish the same. The fol-
, lowing gentlemen form the association
Horatio n. Thornley,, Robert III. Parks,
VIM. B. HOtchkiss, New York Robert
Q. C.. Garrett, Edmund Key, William M.
Johnson, f. J. Fry, Volney Hall, w. G..
Pierce, Charles NJ. Request, Marshall /;
Richard A. Abbott, Waukegan, Illinois.
The Texas Louisiana & Western Rail-
road Company filed a charter yesterday.
The line is to extend from the city of
Sherman, GraysOn county. to Mount
Pleasant, Titus county, through the
counties of GraysOn, FannIn, Delta, Hop
kins, Franklin and Titus. The capital
stock is placed at S5,0O0.0O0. to be divided
into &c, 900 shares of $1,000 each. The fol-
lowing gentlemen compose the company
Il. j. Brown, w. j. Murphy. Q. q. Blink
ley. Il. j. Patty, NJ. Schneider, George
Oatman, l.. f. Ely, j. w. Hearne, o. T.
Lyon, W. c. Eubank, c. d. Dugan. T.
Richards and A. b. Richards, of Grimes
county; W. B. Wise and John Martin,
of Paris f. Eastburn, Jacksboro J. M:
Lindsey, GAINESVILLE, and II. Reid, of
New Orleans.
The Fort Worth a. Rio Grande Rail-
way Company filed articles of incorpora-
ton yesterday. The line is to extend
from Fort Worth in southwesterly
direction to Brentwood, passing through
the counties of Tarrant, johnson or Par
ker, Hood, Erath, COmanche and
Brown to Brentwood. The capital stock
1 is placed at So, 1000, 900.
| Twenty miles of the East Texas railway
have been completed from Beaumont,
Texas, and yesterday the governor APP
pointed Gen. W. p. Hardeman, engineer,
The comptroller's office and the
treasurer's office will be closed to-mor-
row.
Yesterday there was filed in theoffice
| of secretary of state an amended charter
of the Corpus Christi, San Diego Il Rio
Grande Narrow Gauge railway company,
changing the name OF the company, Tex
| as & Mexican, and increasing the capital
stock to S12,0O0,000, ami for the construc-
ton of additional lines and branches, as
follows:
From Pena, IN Duval county, southerly
to point on the southern boundary line
of Starr county, at or near FL Paso de Los
Arrieros, through Duyal and Starr cOun-
/ ties, distance of siXty-fve miles
also, "a branch, commencing at Corpus
Christi, to Arkansas Pass, through Nueces
/ and San Patricio counties, with a branch
at or near Allendale, to Rockport, y dis
| lance of about thirty five miles.
Also a branch from point on the COM
pany's constructed road at or near San
Diego, to point on the eastern boundary
/ of Newton. county, at or near Burr's ferry,
through Nueces, San Patrico, Live Oak,
Bee, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton.
Fort Bend, Harris, Chambers, Liberty,
Jefferson, Hardin, Orange, Jasper and
| Newton, a distance of about three hun
dred and ninety miles.
Also branch from point on said line,
| at OF near Beeville, to San Antonio,
| through Bee, Karnes, Wilson and Bexar,
distance of about ninety miles, and
thence to Fredericksburg, through Bexar,
Kendall and Gillespie, a distance of
about fifty miles.
Also branch from the point of juno
| ton the branch to San Antonio aforesaid
at or near Beeville, to point where
| the branch to Rockport leaves the line
| through Bee and San Patricio counties
distance of about forty-fve miles.
Also branch from point at or near
San Diego, to point ut or near Burr's
| Ferry, in Brazoria county, and on either
bank down the BraZos river to it's
| mouth.
Also a branch troA some point IN
Wharton county to Galveston, through
| Wharton, Matagorda Brazoria and GAL
weston.
Also branch from point in Cham
| bers county to point at or near Sabine
Pass, through Chambers and Jefferson
| counties.
Also a branch, commencing at point
on the third line, described in Goliad
| county, to point at or near Tyler,
through Goliad, Victoria, Dewitt, La
vaca, Fayette, Washington, Lee, Burle-
| son, BraZos, Robertson, Leon, Limestone,
| EraaSf0na Anderson HanHersOO Chor0-
kee and Smith, total distance of about
eleven hundred and three miles. Surveys
| are being made on all of the above
| branches not heretofore surveyed.
| Thirty-five miles of the road east of San
Diego has been located and grading will
| commence in a very few days. The line
| from Corpus Christi to Laredo will be
| completed in about month.
Yesterday there was filed in the office
| of the secretary of state an amendment to
the articles of incorporation of the Texas
Il Mexican Railway Company providing
for a change of name to that OF the San
Diego Il Northwestern Railway Company.
| The governor yesterday appointed A.
| G. Britt special judge to try certain GRIM
| inal cases in the Robertson county dis
trict court.
The Cuero German Turnverein filed
charter yesterday. 1t has capital stock
of four thousand dollars, divided into
four hundred shares of ten dollars each.
| The secretary OF state yesterday COM
pleted the distribution Of the laws to
district and county officers.
During the month of June there were
paid into the state treasury 81, 211, re-
ceIved from the sale of school lands.
The comm ssioner of insurance, histo-
| ry and statistics some days ago employed
able counsel to assist the county attorney
| of Washington county in the prosecution
of well-known insurance man of Bren-
Ia I.,,,
| in operating for the COLORADO Fire In.
surance Company," and the "New
| Orleans Insurance Company" neith-
| er of which has authority TO do
| business in this State. From
| the facts before him the commits
| more than one case. The penalty is $500
| fine and three months imprisonment In
thepenitentiary, for the first offense, with
the occupation tax and office fees added
to the fine. Besides this, the agent in
such case is personally liable to the policy
holders for any loss under the policy Is
| sued in violation OF law.
Yesterday Judge Joseph Lee and Col.
N: l.. Norton, capitol commissioners,
| designated the following papers In
which advertisements are to appear ask
ing for bids to erect the new state
house: Austin STATESMAN, Galveston
Meas, San Antonio cypress, Houston
Post. Dallas Herxld, Jefferson Democrat,
st. Louis Republican, New York World,
Chicago Times.
The governor will to-day appoint
Judge ID. c. Mari, of Pleasanton, Atasco-
| sa county, district judge of the 38th Judi
| cial district and John d. Morrison attor-
ney for the same district.
The following gentlemen will be APP
pointed members of the Veteran Board |
Colonel Francis M. johnson and Judge
William l.. Hunter.
Yesterday amended articles of incorpo-
ration of the Texas Il st. Louis railway
company were filed in the Office
of secretary of state. By amended
articles the company is invested with the
and maintaining 4 continuous line of
railway, with single or double track, as
well as telegraph line, west of and be-
yond the city of Waco, in McLennan
county, through the counties of McLen-
nan, Coryell, Lampasas, Burnet, Llano, |
Gillespie, BlancO, Kerr, Kendall ,Bandera,
Medina, Uvalde, Zavala, Maverick, DIM
NIT and Webb TO u point on the Rio |
Grande, at or near the city OF Laredo, and |
there TO connect with any other railroad. |
Also the right of locating, constructing,
operating and maintaining branch line |
of railway with single or double track, as |
well as telegraph line, from some point on |
the main line in Medina county; thence |
through the counties of Zavalla and |
Maverick to point on the Rio Grande, |
at or near the town of Eagle Pass, there |
to connect with any other railroad. And |
also line from some point on the main |
line to Titus county, at or near Mount |
Pleasant; thence through Titus, Frank |
lin, Hopkins. Hunt, Collin, Denton, Wise, |
lack. YOnun Throckmorfnn Haekou Il