The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-10
LOCATED AT LAST.
The Gulf, Colorado * Santa Fe Railroad
Has Purchased Property, and VIII Be-
gin ut Once to Buiida Magnificent Depot

in This City.
1t is done, the great transactions done.
The Gulf, Colorado d Santa Fe railroad
has, after II deal OF figuring for blind
definitely located its passenger and freight
aepots just where no one ever dreamed of,
VIZ, NJ the intersection of Murphy and
Commerce streets. For the past week
Chief Engineer Temple and his assist
ant, Mr. Banks, with their corps
OF engineers, have been running
lines here and there, though
the city agitaiing 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 as though they did not want to sell to
the railroad at any price. A survey was
nnna or, o. harwood t street, and at
became, ali Of a NAV sudden SI5en'
much more valuable than it had been be-
fore. So it was with Houston, Market and
other streets. 1t was the general impres.
sion that Market street would be the one
chosen rs the one on which the roads de.
pots would be located, and the one it would
traverse in finding an exit from the city,
ana when the news spread through the
streets as to what grounds had
been purchased people wondered at their
own stupidity thatthey never saw it before,
and especially was this the case with the left
hand spectators and the reporters vet
the latter Will never acknowledge that they
were left. They did know that something
was gong on in that quarter, but when
men OF undoubted veraCty assured them
that the ground had been pur.
chased for hotel site or for
the new Federal court building in
their simplicity, they believed every word
of II and consented not to fire" it until
yesterday, when they discovered the true
situation OF affairs, Mr.. Waiter Gresham
the roads attorney, and Chief Engineer
Temple managed the matter we'll so far a.
keeping 1t secret was concerned. Instead
of any OF the officials of the road hayinl
anything to do with the purchase of the
property, several resident business mer
acted for them in a quiet way, and none
who sold knew until last evening who they
had in reality sold to.
To be more definite, the property pur
chased is located as follows: The grount
for the passenger depot is located a
Murphy streets, and is l0Ox20O feet. Tn,
ground for the freight depot is directly op
poslte the passenger, on which new liver,
stable was being erected, and is 200 fee
square.
The right of-way to and beyond the Texa
Central road for the width of 20
feet, has been secured AM
deeds have been made /
the road for all the property purchased
The right-oi-way has also been purchase
from Judge n. NJ. Burford, which takes
to the branch that runs by the old Scot
mill. They have also purchased tn
rlght-ol'way through Colonel Aikens' plac
further on, and it is here that the bulk {
the switches will be built. The amount @
property purchased for the road amount
to about $4,000 in all. 1t is not known d
yet what character of depots will be bull
yet they will be OF brick or stone, and wi
be handsome buildings, and their erectio
will begin NJ once, and the track will b
extended to them as soon as possible, {
the road expects aud hopes to be in u col
dition to handle the enormous Gro
Of North Texas this season
Trains leaving the city will find egress b
switching back to the switch on Aiker
place, when in all probability it will ri
around East Dallas, and leaving it ON II
left join with the Texas Il st. Louis mario
, gauge near Trinity cemetery.
Several OF the parties who did the purcha
ing for the road, bought pro perry Tor then
, selves also. The stable which will be tol
down will be built on south CONNER,
4 street, opposite the St. George hotel, Il
& ground having been purchased for that pu
pose yesterday. The location of the road
o depolS gives general satisfaction.