The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-17
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The ouif, Colorado a santa ~ Railroad
iias Purchased Property, and wiii Be.
nin 1T Once TO iiaild - Magnificent Depot
IN This city,
1 llt Il done, tho great TRANSACTIONS done.
The Gulf Colorado Il Santa Fe railroad
has, alter deal OF figuring for blind,
definitely located its passenger aud freight
depOls lust where no one ever dreamed Of,
VIZ, Of the Intersection Of Murphy and
Commerce streets. For the p1st week
Chief Engineer Temple aud his assist.
ant, Mr.. Banks, with their corps
of engineers, have been running
lines here and there, though
the city agitating the real estate market at
whatever point they appeared, Property
owners, or at least many of them, were
wild and imagined vain things. They asked
fabulous prices for their property, and let
on US though they did not want TO sell TO
the railroad at any price. A survey was
made of HARDWOOD street, aud AT
once pnCS, . the property on that stree street
much more valuable than il had been be-
fore. So il was with Houston, Market and
other streets. 1t was the general impress
sion that Market street would be the one
pots would be located, and the one il would
traverse in finding an exit ron the city,
and when the news spread through the
streets as to what grounds had
been purchased people wondered at their
own stupidity that they never saw il before,
and especially was this the case with the lett
hand spectators and the reporters, yet
the latter will never acknowledge that they
were left. They did know thai something
was going on in that quarter, but when
men of undoubted veracity assured them
that the ground had been pur-
chased for a hotel site or for
the new Federal court building in
their simplicity, they believed every word
Of it and consented not to fire. it until
yesterday, when they discovered the true
Situation of affairs. Mr. Waiter Gresham
Temple managed the matter well, So far US
keeping it a secret was concerned. Instead
of any of the officials of the road having
anything to do with the purchase of the
property, several resident business men
acted for them in a quiet way, and none
who sold knew until last evening who they
had in reality sold to.
chased is located as follows: The ground
for the passenger depot is located at
the northeast corner OF Commerce and
Murphy streets, and is 100x20O feet. The
ground for the freight depot is directly OPP.
posite the passenger, on which new livery
stable was being erected, and is 200 feet
square,
The right-of.way to and beyond the Texas
Central road for the width CT 20C
feet has been secured and
deeds have been made to
the road for all the property purchased.
The right-of-way has also been purchased
from Judge N. M. Burford, which takes it
to the branch that runs by the old Scott
mill. They have also purchased the
right-of-way through Colonel Aikens' place
further on, and it is here that the bulk Oh
the switches will be built The amount OF
property purchased for the road amounts
TO about 10000 in all. 1t is not known as
yet what character of depots will be built
yet they will be of brick or stone, and will
be handsome buildings, and their erection
will begin at once, and the track will be
extended to them as soon as possible, as
the road expects and hopes to be in a con-
dition to handle the enormous crop
of North Texas this season.
Trains leaving the city will find egress by
switching back to the switch on Aikens
place, when in all probability it will run
around East Dallas, and leaving it on the
left join with the Texas q st. Louis narrow
gauge near Trinity cemetery.
Several of the parties who did the purchas-
ing for the road, bought property for them
selves also. The stable which will be torn
down will be built on south Commerce
street, opposite the st. George hotel, the
ground having been purchased for that pur-
pose yesterday. The location of the road s
depols gives general satisfaction.