The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-21
CIyIzENs' MEETING.


The Meeting OF the Committee and
Ctttnens ON the exAs d 50. Louis
Marrow. Gauge ReNa- Speeches made
Another Meeting Tonight.
Pursuant to the call of President McEnnis
of the board of trade. meeting of the citi-
zens to hear the report Of the committee ap-
pointed to canvass the city in regard to the
Texas 3 81. Louis narrow.gauge railroad,
with view of bringing the road from Moust
Pleasant 10 this city, was hello at the board
Of trsdo rooms last evening. Owing to the
meegre attendance tho meeting did not take
any decisive steps, but adj 'urned over 70
meet TO night At 8 o'clock, in the hopes Of
procuring better attendance. There were
only fourteen persons present
at the meeting, and of this number three
we're members Of the committee in the per-
sons Of Messrs. Adams. Lennon and Wit,
wei, aud tour were newspaper reporters.
Colonel w, w Lssk was called to the
chair, and Colonel II. O. Stevenson was
made secretary Of the meeting. The chair
explained that the meeting was for the pur
pose of considering the proposition OF Cow
| ernor Hubbard to build the Texas u st
Louis narrow gauge rosd from Mt. Pleasant
| to Dallas.
Capt Lennon addressed the meeting AID
stated that he had heard that the peuple
were anxious to hear from the M citing
though it did not look very much like it,
| judging from the small attendance. The
committee hal labored hard AID Governor
Hubbard, attorney for the road, had made
the committee what he said was his final
proposition, VIZ: right. of,wsy through the
county, depot grounds and $40 600 bonus
The frat two propositions were reasonable,
but he did not believe the people
would be willing to contribute The
bouts. The committee had desired to feel
the pulse of the people on the matter, but
they had absent themselves from the meet-
ihg Perhaps they had read the PROPOSITION
OF Governor Hubbard published in the
GERALD, and had made up their minds.
| The committee were to make their report
to the directory of the ROAD by the 25th
inst, as the directory met st 7, Ter on Inc
9Th.
Captain S. j. Adams said that he had
done all BIO could in the matter, and had
abored earnestly 10 secure the road,
not outstanding some parties had
falsely cii culated the report
that be WAS opposed to the road. He
criticised Governor HubbHrd's course in tho
matter aLd stated that letters had been re-
| ceived from President Paramore, OF the
road, in which he only asked for the right Of
way and depot grounds. After this Governor
Hubbard, the attorney for the rVs,i, visited
tho city, and asked in addition to this, $20,-
600. IL was reported that he and Captain
CASTOR had gone to st. Louis to SEQ p esi.
dc T aramore. They did 10 such thing
Captain CASTOR was on ris way
to New York, and he himself went
TO s.. Louis on bu,iness, and they CHANGED
" meet President Paramore ard the bring
ing OF the road t, Dallas Was discussed, when
that gentleman said that he WAS opposed TO
subsidies and what he wanted was right of
way ard depot grounds. Governor Hubbard
then charged that they had ignored him,
because they talked with President Psrs.
more. The Newspaper reporters. in their
eagerness for n, ws, had brought
about an unpleasant feeling on
the part of Governor Hubbard.
There were men Of means In the city who
were abusing the committee for not doing
something, and they were the very men who
were the slvwest 10 contributing to such IN
enterprise. If the p ople of Dallas would
sgree to .bs taxed per cent. to build the
road, he would lot them tax HIM at the rate
Of 8 per cent.
MIR. w. g. Sterrett, of the Times, in a
briet spstch rpelled the assertion of Cap
tain Adams that the newspapers had in any
way deferred the road.
Mr.. Witwer said that Captain Adams
had eSnrpsspd his sentiments and ha mn ors
cd what he had said.
Judge Alexander White was called on and
made most interesting speech, painting
nut the gres. advantages Of railroads, AND
urging the people to throw no obstacle IL
the way, and lit could be gotten ON reason
! able terms, to secure the road.
Ga motion the meeting adjourned to mee
tonight at o'clock.