Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-04
Efforts, by publications, dsciimina-
tons and intimidations 10 destroy the
value oil our property

never did before. and do not
propose Ia go through such siege
again.
have an abundance 10 make my
family comfortable, even Ii lose all 1
have In the road, and IL the city and
state, for whom l have laboyd, pro-
pose to neglect the enterprise in the fu-
ture rs they have In the past, pro-
pose to retire from their service, or at
least will decline the herculean task
of building the road under the con-
tract now offered; and ] will add that
IL the building OF the Denver & New
Orleans road Is given up--if wenre not
to have In the near future short line
to the Gulf of Mexico--it viii put
DANpER UPON ALI. MY CHERISHED
HOPES
for making this great commercial
and manufacturing city. My property
viii then be for sale cheap. III we are
To rely upon present constructed rail-
roads to bring goods to us SO cheap
that we can command the trade of the
Rocky mountains, we rely upon a
broken reed. III we expect them 10 do
for us what the Denver 4 New Orleans
road will, If completed, In order to
prevent ils reconstruction, we amply de-
ceive ourselves. But IL you win agree
TO cooperate In securing legislation,
and in protecting the rights OF our
property against the
CONSPIRACY IN TRIPARTiTE AGREE
MENTs
aud pooling contracts 10 destroy its
value; ifyou will agree TO aid In cstab-
fishing such u reputation for the enter
prise as Will show II 10 be such altman.
cial investment Ms its merits undoubt-
eddy entitie II TO have; ifyou will agree
not 10 support SANDER and niisrepre-
sentatipn 10 injure the good name and
he credit OF the enterprise, | will take
the contract for myself and associates
and exert all my Influence 10 extend
the road, as soon as practicable, to ~
connection
WITH THE GULF OF MEXICO,
aud MS soon rs II is completed, railroad
determinations against your city will
be rendered Improbable, aud there
fore viii cease. Your custom Louise
and bonded warehouses will b. large
and full Interpretations, aud yulil do
nestle tiade will be wonderfully in.
creased. Your hotels and sl.lnar re-
sorts will be crowded, and thu f0wth
of your city will be rapid beyond pre-.
cedent, untll IL becomes the largest be-
tween Chicago and San Francisco.
Loud applause.l
INpoRsiNu THE PRoJElr,
The following resolutions were then
| presented aud reaG.
whereas, the geographical position
of the state Of Colorado is such that
her mines, mountain pleasure resorts,
| grazing ranges, agricultural valleys
aud health giving and sustaining eli
mate are attractive beyond COMPARE
son to the investors, pleasure and
health seekers and stocknlcn
of the. world aud particularly 80 to
those of the Southern states; and
Whereas, the varied products of
the Southern states will find contin-
ned and increasing market (more prof
liable than any they now have In the
state of Colorado; and
Whereas, the bullion, ores, beef
mutton, wool and other products of
one state are now compelled to nav
transportation charges for two thou
sand miles before reaching tide water,
and the markets OF the world, Mt New
YORK, and all merchandise and travel
bound from foreign parts to Colorado
must pny the same tribute; and
Whereas, tide water Gibbs and flows
less than thousand miles from the
city OF Denver, and lines OF railroad
are now built from the port of Calves
ton out towards us for 400 miles; and
Whereas, the Denver Il New Orleans
Railroad company have built and are
operating l25 miles Of railroad, and
have, or are about, 10 let contract for
the construction OF their road to q con-
nection with the roads already built
from Galveston towards Colorado; and
Whereas, an immense and profita-
Die traffic will mt once be drawn 10 this
line OF roads, when completed, from
the transportation OF cattle from the
breeding ranches OF Texas to the graz
Ing ranges of Colorado and Wyoming:
the transportation of Southern pro.
ducts to Rocky Mountain markets
the transportation Of wheat, potatoes.
Ice, coal, coke, bullion, ore, and other
products oil Colorado 10 the seaboard
the transportation of sugar, coffee.
silks, wines and other foreign pro-
ducts from the Gulf To Colorado mar
kets; the transportation ct Southern
ers To our Rocky Mountain resorts In
the summer, and Coloradoapilto South
ern resorts In the winter; therefore,
he II
Resolved, that the chamber Of COM
merce nnd board VI trade Of the city OF
Denver are In favor OF the construc-
ton OF the said Denver d New Or
leans railroad as soon Us practicable.
and hereby pledge their hesJty sup
port mud cooperation to the attain
nlent OF that end.
The resolutions were attentiyely La
tened 70 and unanimously adopted.
ADDITIONAL. ENDORSEMENT.
Mr.. Mcnamara presented the follow
Ing resolutions from the committed on
railroads:
To the Chamber Of Commerce
Your committee on railroads 10 whom
wns referred the prea bbse and resolu-
lions regarding the d icision OF the su-
pretne court In the case Of the Denver
a. New Orleans railroad w. the Atchi-
son, Topeka Il Santa Fe, have had the
same under consideration, and beg
leave 70 report the following preamble
and resolutions rs a substitute there
for, and recommending them for pass-
age:
Whereas. 1t Ii generally admitted
fact that the construction uf a direct
railroad connection with the Gulf or
Mexico IL the most important COM
mercial need, rot oniy OF the etate Of
but of tho entire vast region
OF country lying north and west Of 1t,
becauseit would shorten theirrail haul
70 the commences 81 the Atlantic ocean
from five to twelve hundred miles
over going TO New York; and