The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-09-05
RAILROAD SCHEME.
influential Meeting Held in the County
Court Room to Organize
Railroad,
And Committee Appointed to Receive
subscriptions and 10 Devise
Ways and Means.

Yesterday afternoon a number Of prominent
gentlemen Of this city met in the County court
room to discuss and determine the question Of
building railroad from San Antonio to the
gulf, to be called the San Antonio and Gull
Coast railroad.
The meeting was called to order by Judge
Mason. Mr.. A. b. Frank was then requested
to take the chair, but declined. Mr.. Henry
Elmendorf was then nominated, but declined.
Mr.. J. r. Davis then proposed Mr.. ID. c.
Robinson as chairman, and he was elected
unanimously. Mr.. W. Ferguson was APP
pointed Secretary. The call for the meeting
was then read by the Chairman, who said he
knew the country from the city to the gulf /;
that there we're no engineering difficulties Of
any size to be surmounted. There should be
no difficulty in building the road il the people
Of San Antonio would heartily cooperate, and
he would like TO know II they would co operate
with former companies organized to build the
road or whether they would build ii them
selves.
Colonel II. Gium said tina, II the people
Of San Antonio will go in with determine
ton to carry through the road, they will draw
the people living along the desired route to
join them. That II 10, 600 people were banded
together ii would insure success, men Of
means would be attracted, and every one
should come forward and pay his mite
though he was not rich man, he took great
interest in San Antonio aRd would subscribe
$4,000 himself on the spot.
Judge Mason then offered the following res
olu,ion
"That il is the sense Of this meeting that
the citizens OF San Antonio organize COM
pany to build line Of railway from San An
tonic to some suitable point on the Gulf Of
Mexico" and il was adopted.
Mr.. ]. Ballantyne Patterson said he would
like to know the reason why former COM
mittee would not trust themselves in the
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas railroad.
Mr.. A. B. Frank, who was one of that com
mittee, said ii was the opinion of that com
mittee, that it would be more in the interest
Of the people in San Antonio to buy stock in
that railroad, as they wanted cheap freights,
which they would obtain by buying up the
stock, that it should be controlled by the peo-
pie Of San Antonio, and Judge Lewis did not
make it clear whether that would be the case
in the Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas railroad.
Judge Mason then read a modification Of
Colonel Gillums proposal, and it was resolved
that company should be organized to build
a railroad from San Antonio to some suitable
point on the gulf
The Secretary then read letter from NJ.
G. T. Evans, a well known business man Of
Corpus Christi, in which he urged the claims
Of the proposed railway from San Antonio to
Corpus Christi.
A resolution was then adopted, namely:
Resolved, That a committee Of nine be
appointed by the chairman OF this meeting to
solicit subscriptions to the San Antonio and
Gulf Coast railroad, and that the co-opsra-
ton Of the committee appointed by the cid-
zens' meeting held at the Merchants Ex-
change, on August 80, be requested.
The chairman appointed the committee and
the meeting adjourned until Monday next at
4 O'Clock, when the committee will report
progress.