Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-15
ON TO HOUSTON )
An Air Line Road MIDWAY .,
Trinity and l'ra,, u,''''ai
Tapping Fertile Pie,s. :
From Railroads, Nv -
correspondence of the cs,s,,.

oo,respondence of the ea,e,,,
Jtwett, February IA
lor ihe courtesy shown m. a p. lndals
sertirn In your columns n 'iis BY O.
written letter to the h.u,my hrS
mer, and only repre, y,1h'uocfal, i,
had not dealt more spe saas 'be I,
detail with appropriate '.a,cca,,IlysbiI
Instances, population a.sllspl
etc, but 1t was writer proisas
room, amid the consian, ~ in lle u
incident to 4 session of tha 'tl'ul0a
when | had neither liu ,'e = ccufi n
nifty for the prapara,ie e u'r opDr.
carefully framed and elab b . Al,
| regret too that have u uo, sHtS
at my command to snnni no' tle d,
lacking in that letter. rfi n, TTla d
DONG at AN early dayI bn,' J.. ! Era9.|
submit the following reas0 vsesl y
faith that is in ms, con nd
proposed railroad direct f Iom y
10 Fort Worth, which nish , h !;
time for naming IL bad s guy. I
appropriately called lba am,llVa
Nnrth Texas Air Line raiIas ,aSe
First-ltwill be the shores; +
tween North Texas md , ~ lla
and Will put Fort Worth us 2
houston than Dallas now !, u'u
miles nearer to Galveston ,h ~
is by the G. C. & s + railros'aala
Second-lt will cross , ,bs (.
" Montgomery branch Of ,6a "
Fee, the | " G. ~, the r4s ns
Louis, the III & +. c., thus !
connection With all the n,la y
lines. uaia
Third-It will run from BoD,,,.
far north as Fairfield in - y
county, centrally through NV
country across which, on AN NY
1t is forty miles between rsilrn;a
IA country, too, that contains n 4.
ance all the essentials for tho y,
of n dens population. y
Fourth-lt can be built cbsa,.,s
any line of the same lepvlh X y
has ever been built, because my
no river TO bridge, and but oua ' NV
(Richland creek J, as far north !
eicana that will materially I'M.
cost of construction; and 6ecau.
culating ties AT :, 600 to the min y
llcient number to tie 1t fpn
We tn TO Houston can be M,
within three miles of the rIphtI,
in Leon and Madison counties
Fifth-The line to Paris IN Ia.
county, will put that thriyjp,
and contiguous territory sbg
miles nearer Houston than 4 81 L
by any existing mail route.
SiXth-The line diyerriDp /,
some point in Madison COUNT
extending into the mariis
pine and hardwood n,
of Eastern Texas, at some loIa
what is known as Bremonds \
will put The pineries aud pnirs
-" 80, .V ,i''a', ny U iine s1
' ah"n We, 1i'"i ny any EXISTING hks
a. ~, coiltrol the iuihptf ~
r. r,s a.a'v,,'env eau oe Veilael
i ~. nv w 'ue map "ilicn Why
.ial oorslcana, "ilich may Be y
.aheh as u OASIS OF calculated,
mites rom houston ny Tue "a
"nu .iiau Shepheru III oin ~
T9uh'y Is ABOUT nily-liVe nile
lou ION, hence every loOt o. !,
rom lliaI sectioh must tiava @l
W market nt I"rsicana;. Inc ~ 4
tIue Oh all lum0er that mona &
houston, ana the advantage
lance ny the internallonal Z
northern are nut little belief, y
Is no" Jar from shepherd 10 ois
uo"n the valley OF lheTnnlel
loo miles. Comment Is unuers
An IDEA OF the saving In o.
VIII be appreciated when II 80
nat IL Is nut a few n'ilvs lianys
from Corsicana TO Houston en
Shepherd Than direct by The "a
ana that 1t is positively 'sA
nearer from Groesbeck 10 Jt's
this county, thence 10 senlf'l
TINS county, thence to h"us'Ua
1t Is direct from Groesbeek loh'a
Their has been shipprd III
point this season between "
1000 bales of cotton, aud ls'l :
over q, O0O,every bale OF whlchta 7
l0S miles to reach Houston asa
% % a bale. whereas 1t i al l'Ss
TINS point to Houston about ipI
miles. Now when II Is lslI.
that this county has product,
year over 10000 bales o. c9lla
idea of our loss can be gained !.
this proportion of loss ana : ul -
lance to Fort Worth. .,,p
Facts like these can Dc NV.
indefinitely, but II is unnee
elaborate. | write WIN ~
personal knowledge OF ~" i
me country through w W huos,
of fira wrte .,,n mhe ,a ps9p to 'IS s