Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-03

ed to accept the position, m" ." 49,
elcction will have TO be held. lspfo-
posed nj The same time 10 suoul,V
proposltion TO the p.op'e ior c""ueu
lion To- Dallas With a provision VIZ.
they shall he exempted rom taNes n'
debts already incurred ny me wv y.
Dallas, Including railroad ana other
h ,nds.
james Wilson, injured ny being
Knocked from The Texas u Pgelilc RAJ,
road bridge last Saturday nlRht. IS sun
alive hut In u critical cpDdillnn; ne
INJURIES will 40 doubt prove fatal. He
cannot talk int,lligeDtly.
j, Mitchell the alleged coupterfeiter,
was Last night taken to Glenr0se,
Somervel county, to testify in HE eS'
animation OF other alleged counter
feit,r- at that place.
The board of appeals to-day finished
Its labors and adjourned. The valun-
lion of property on the city assessment
rolls was raised about Sl75, 00O.
The railroad mass meeting tonight
was largely attended, the leading bus
ness men of the city being present In
force. The following report OF the COM
mittee of public benefit was thor.
ouehly dis :ussed aud unanimously
adopted:
| To the chairman Of the titIlcn's meeting OF
! the city OF Dallas!
DEAR SIR:-Your committee of pub
lie benefit beg leave to submit the 'ol-
| lowing report, and SIX that 1t be
adopted rs the sense OF this meeting.
| II Is the judgment of your committee
that the enterprise of the greatest i'm
| portanre to the general business
| interests of Dallas, and
| that which will contribute more
10 its present prosperity aud future de-
velopmcnt than any other aud which
requires immediate action Is the con-
struction of AN independent line Of
railroad beginning at Dallas AMI eX-
tending in II northwestern direction,
and therefore submit The following
resolution ~ "A part of their report:
Resolved, that we, the cit zeus of
| Dallas, assembled rs committee OF
The whole to consider subjects OF pub
lie interest, do pledge ourss Ives 10
| guarantee The sum Of 500 0J0 a. "A do
nation 10 be gwen To- the first railroad
company that will construct and
equip n line of railroad for
one hundred 100 miles, beginning ut
tie city of Dalias and extending In II
northwestern direction. $50 900 In cash
to he paid when the first ten miles of
railroad ARE accepted by the railroad
engineer OF the state, and the remain
ing $40 900 TO be paid in instaliments
oi .3,333 33 Is each, "a each successive
ten miles al road is completed and ac-
cepted by said engineer; provided that
the entire one hundred miles shall be,
completed within two years from this
date.
IL it the sense of your committee
that the most just and equitable way
| ia which to raise Whatever sums of
money may be necessary TO donate To
such enterprises AS may be c0nsido rec
of sufficient importance to be encuur-
aged IN that way, is 10y the levy of Il
volunteer ad valorem TAX on the as
sessed valuation of all property stu
ated within three miles Of the court
house in the city of Dallas, as returned
To the county ASSESSOR said taxes to be
paid in monthly installments. and
that n committed Of five should he
appointed, to be known as the
public volunteer tax committee, whose
duty 1t shall be to make such assess.
ments and collections as may be nee.
essary, to have sums of money ON hand
rs may he from time required TO meet
the maturing obligations of the cit.-
zensi and IL is the expressed opinion
of your committee that there are few
II any persons, living in the territory
embraced, who are so blind to theiI
own interests and so void of public
spirit and who care 80 LITTLE for tn,
proper appreciation and respect of Their
neighbors and fellow citizens, wher
. bound together by
common tie OF self.interest, and all
) working unitedly for the greatest 600,
D OF the entire body, To refuse TO yield
hearty ncquicscence in the acts of you
tax committee, and like good citizen
Il contribute their part. We believe tina
e n tax levied in this way will be con
k sidered u debt of honor, ard IL will b
/ the pride OF every good citizen to pa
1t. Your committee desires to furthe
l. report that they have appointed sui
a committee of three, consisting ,
" Messrs. ;. j. Adams, j. Is. sscrugg
n and L.. NJ. Tillman, who's
duty IL Is TO correspuu
e with the officers of the Denver ~ Ne
II Orleans railroad company, and motif
II them OF the proposition that the cit
h zens OF Dallas propose To make for
II northwestern outlet; also sub con
.e miltee Of three consisting of Messr
II j. l.. Marsalis, A. Sanger and Jul,
II Schneider, whose duty 1t is to corr
r spond with the management of ii
As Gulf, Colorado IL Santa lee railrou
company, and ascertain what encou
he agement, If any, given by the either
x of Dallas, Rockwell, Greenville al
H. Paris, and those living along the lin
N Will induce them to exteu
their road from Dallas
t. Paris by way OF R0ckwu
lie aud Greenvil'e; also u sib.committ,
IL OF five. consisting of Messrs. w. {
Il, Neal, w. Il. Wright, G. w. Cans, v
lie IL. CASTOR aud a. j. Parker, who
duty II shall be 10 correspond with II
be g items of Rockwell, Greenville M
Paris, to ascertain how much they w
as each do in connection with Dallas
Of the way OF donations In cash anu rig
ry OF way TO encourage the extension
the Gull, Colorado x Santa fe railro,
or some Other standard gauge 70,
y, from Dallas TO Paris. All of which
Isl respectfully submitted.
on A strong delegation was prese
rs. from Cleburne, headed by Mai. Heat
10 They stated that Cieburne was deepl
To- anxious 90 join with Dallas In pushir
~, ANY road from Dallas To Browpwoo
,r, u " would run via Cleburnp; that q
he Gulf, Colorado d Santa Fe from ID /.
IN las to Cleburne was of little benef
ret and the people were anxious for 4
ne independent line. Maj. Heath prom
TO ised substantial support from N
en- burne, and his delegation was assur,
rs that any road started from Dallas
G. Brownwood should include Clebnr,
gu on Us raute.