Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-22
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Farther Development of the COTTON
Fraud Schemes -CammacRs four'"
Letter to Easton.
, Citizens Meeting TO Consolidate Tic
Cattle Interests of rexas'
Calling a Halt in Railroad Bn'iding-A
Local Sqnnbble.

Calling Halt in Railroad Bn'idi"g-A
Local Sqnabble.
special TO the Gazette.
Dallas March 2l.--The fourth letier
Of Comnlacli to Easton as published III
the Times this evening, IS MS toiioWs'
ST.. LOUIS, May Z, lsS5.
Dear Colonel: -Ycurs 20 Forwarded
from Atlanta. Am glad that you nave
seen that fellow. No, do not think
any questions would be asked IL the
shipmen,s were rushed too fast. sup
pcse he shipped 800 bales on Monday
and o0O bales on Friday. That would
be 500 bales per week he really snip,
ped. Suppose he got a duplicate SET o,
| bills of lading for same COTTON anu
gave them 10 his other banker; theh
| duplicate set to some third banker,
YOU see he would get away win ltoVV
bales week lie would have TO reaiiy
shin 500 bales. Each banker wouiu
| think that the 500 bales was ms, II
| they are in the habit OF inquiring,
which don't think they do. ana tns
| fact he really shipped 900 pales wouiu
| establish him as "A cotton shipper. ou
| the original shipment you could send
copies of bills of ladiDgs, billing TO
your agent. But oa the duplicate ana
| triplicate sets no one would know Oh
| them but you and b. l wrote you
Yesterday. ! see nothing in the way
| to prevent it from being success.
| About hiding for awhile, ! would not
come here. | would meet you ana
your wife in lIi-Paso. You could go
Z a
strike for Lower California or remain
in City Of Mexico for several months
and then make move-Get q sheep
ranch or do what we want. 1t would
be an easy matter to LAY low" for Il
| while.
We know too many people here,
although you could get here Monday,
! at "A. m. If your train was not laid
out. You could make quicker time Ia
| III Paso. Buy ticket To Fort Worth
and nav fare to FL paso from Fort.
I could make all arrangements in
short time after the thing opened.
We'd put the "bulhn of the money
away first.
Find out what Garrison wanted with
me. Tell him you can try TO find out
for him If he wished to know particu-
larry and say you will always accom-
modate him in any way you could just
TO see il you can find out why he
wanted to know my whereabouts.
don't know why he inquired
unless it was for another fellow.
Address me in your next, under
cover, to w. IL. Ford, Chat
tanooga. | will be there
ly Saturday if train don't jump
rack on the l.. IL n. roid. am con
fident that you and | should get be-
tween $40, 900 and $4,000 for our share
if he only gets away with 10 coo OF
10000 bales, and when everything Is
busy people have no time 10 watch
every man 5 business. II will lie a splen-
did scheme and | want you to study ii
over and over every day and II there is
anything you don't understand / can
soon make it clear. Should you get an
agency il could be worked for a larger
amount. These small towns have
banks and do big business in that
line, but Dallas, OF course, has more
money and several banks and | am
anxious now to hear what old Samue
has to say for himself. Yours,
/; Ii. b. G.
! A mass meeting of citizens Is Gale,
l. to assemble at the Merchants EX
change Mt 3 o'clock tomorrow after
:, noon, 10 take steps to consolidate lib
i cattle interests of North Texas at Dal
las. The matter has been subjected {
- mutual consideration between leadin
citizens of Dallas and n number of tn
largest cattlemen for several month
past, and it is understood that after
quiet canvass at the late conyentio
Is of cattlemen in this city proposition
We're formulated which are 10 be pre-
scented To the citizens tomorrow. Th
move Ia regarded as an important on,
u, and the attendance will no doubt |
'e large.
u, Speaking of railroads, an experience
"a man in that business, intereste
ie in an important new project, cha
tered several months ago under III
y Jaws of Texas, gave 1t as his opinio
y that there will he little or no constru
u ton in Texas during The year lsS
Ii that he had been engaged in an eflor
with influential associates, to start o
III eratlons on his line, but had discovert
~ the fact that New York, Boston IN
IL other Eastern financial cente
and also foreign capitalists cannot |
a. induced to invest in new railroad e
he terprises; they think there are
many miles of track now in the Soul
OF west as Is necessary, and that In
- should he called In building until il
migrants and internal development
no make "A demand for more roads In Te
III AS. He also says that il il given o
: rs fact on Wall street that the Tex
OF Il Pacific road operating expenses Il
ne past year has run over Il million and
is half ahead of It's earnings, which hi
made Eastern capital cautious of ne
ventures.
The street railway war Is resolvir
itself into the old west of-Lalnar sire
"a fight over again In II new shape. III
Messrs. Keller proprietors of all q
lines now operated In Dallas, say q
new belt company is in the interest
holding trade in the Old business ce
ars ter aud 20 prevent as far AS possib
ars progress of enterprises to the ea.
to- They say IL II becomes necessary {
nut them TO do SO IN self-protection tn
IN Will tear up tue seven or eight blocl
'k, now operated west of Sycamore sire
III, on Commerce, san Jacinto and Ma
street lines, Purchase new right of W:
les Ior II centerIng or junction of the
n. lines ON Mainland Sycamore streets IN
lai do what they can to pull business IN
ial enterprise 10 the eastward and the
OF II necessary, they will construct
10y belt line around the proposed BE-
Ira- company line; will have the outsj,
ny wheel OF the wheel within whee
tx systems. The Belt officials VIII,
asked about this threat only said III
~, .hey hoped The Mes.rs. Keller were