Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-13
TOM GREEN COUNTY.
The Recent s ,le and bease of School
Lands-Proceedings OF the
Railroad Meeting.


San Angelo. April ll-At the sals md lease
OF the schnnl lands here last Saturday there
were 10000 acres sold and leased. Nearly all
ms amount wa, leased az eight cents IA
acre but few waterei sections being lea, ell
There were few-p recloas few though
that went over the nj imum price liked by
The land board one dry section was Knocked
of Mt 2pA cents and one section of watered
land sold as high as A.. ceuts per acre. This
high bidding was caused by rival oclymen,
not because the land was worth ins,rinsical.
ly that amount, bat because parties were
trying 10 drive one another out OF their
range and In a Few Instances land was run ur
ON parties who had land inclosed. The
amount OF land eased and sold This term
dwindles into insignifcance In comparison
with the last sale. and show beyond
doubt that The land board has made
big mistake. a large number OF parties
who applied for lease are men who have their
range located, and wanted TO lease up the
| Sc altered sections In TINS range. The land
| board have nothing TO exult ever: on the c on-
trary. they may resi- assn red that their poll.
| cy VIII not work In this section.
In n few instances some bids were made for
| lease on SATURDAY by parties who did not
have an application fileh ON Friday, though
other parties hau applied for them, and in
abou Two Instances apple tons for actual
| SGT iers were flied on saturday who raised
| the bios OF those applied for the dav before.
| IL certainly was intended by the recent rul-
ings of the land board to allow every one 10
bid ON the land, provided an application had
been made by some one The day before, and
| the application and affidavit Were
required in order 10 blnd the actual
settler TO the requirements made
by the board In order TO purchase rs uctua
settler. andit makes no difference whether
nled on the day of sale or the day before
Tom Green county Will not send such "a larg,
delegation Ia Austin this time 10 attend til,
sale Of school lands as before.
| w. cunningham aud vile left this morn
ing for Galveston. Mr.. Cunninr ham viii stol
over at Austin - attend the school land sale
| Probably one or two other land agents wal
leave here IN "A day or two.
The following are the proceedings OF tn
railroad meeting held here last tuesday:
Pursuant tOnotice gwen IN the Tom Gree
Times Enterprise, n meeting OF the citizen
of san Angelo was called TO convene at tn
cOutJ house NJ O'Clock y. M, 10 Golfer W q
"A committee of gentlemen from Colorad
City, consisting of j. A. Peacock, George W
Smith, Clay Mann and w L. Lewis, In regar
to the building OF the colorado CITY, San Al
| CELLO " Southern railroad.
The meeting was called to order by Judg
spence. w. A.. Ellis was elected pt rnanen
chairman and Charles a. Daley permanen
secretary. Hon. george W. Smith OF Color
do City explained the object OF the meetin
to be 10 obtaiu from the citizens of san Al
pelo and Tom Green county subscription
, for the Colorado City, san Angelo ~ Soutl
ern railroad. lie very ably advocated Ihu
the interests OF Colorado ity aud san Al
, CELLO were not autayouistic hut Identical /
+ the construction OF this railroad.
p. Z. Lee, II. Cariledge, j. a. Peacock an
: others made speeches.
A motion was then made by Judge Spence
4 and carried, tina n committee Of nNe,
: which number the chairman should i
4 one, 10 canvass San Angelo an
the county OF Tom Grequ for subscription
: to the railroad. W.. Week. NJ. Is. Fullian
. b, schwartz and Frank Letch were M
4 pointed toact In connection with the cha
4 upon said committee.
4 II was moved and motion carried, that II
r contract 10 be signed by subscribers be
i amended as TO read, THAT the depot of sa
/ | railroad be located on the north side of III
o river and within half Al mile of the cou
r house."
III was then moved and carried to adjour
A to meet again next Monday evening.
@ W. b. ELLIS, CHAs. a. DAIl.Ef,
d chairman. Secretary.