Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-03
hts for IT. B. Scutt g. Co.'s Smooth and Barbed
Mates made on Mill Work. Correspondence solicited
ennip q railroad.

equip railroad.
rne line of road proposed runs
through Montgomery county, along
the dividing line of Walkerand Grimes,
through Madison, by way of LeOna or
near there, to or near Centreville, then
through Freeatone, Navarro aud Ellis
counties to Fort Worth, with a line
from or near Centrevilie by the near
est approximation To an air line To
Paris, in Lamar county. Also line
from some point in Beona or Madison
county to >ome point in Polk or San
Jacinto county ON the Bremond mar
row-xauge road.
The purpose of the line TO Fort Worth
is to afford u shorter line than any now
existing from the great Northwest 10
the coast, with view to extending the
line beyond Fort Worth out of The
state about the northw west corner, and
of the line to Paris to afford shorter
line, by many miles, from that section
of the state 10 the coast, and To connect
at Paris with the line of the st. Louis
d San Francisco road, now building
through the Indian Nation TO that
city.
The purpose of the live to Bremond's
road is 10 put the pineriea and the
prairies i'm direct communication, aud
when IL Is stated that the line VIII put
the lumber mills of the East lOO miles
nearer the prairies. say ut Corslcanu,
than they now are by any eXistipg
lines of road, its value will be appfe-
ciated.
The concurrent Judgment of every
intelligent man who has ever mad the
matter submitted to him is that the
proposed line is the most advantageous
one now open in Texas, and have a
letter from one of the principal STOCK
holders and leading officers OF the
Santa Fe road, in which he says III
substance that in all probability, II
some other company does not occupy
the territory, his company VIII, us
soon as their northern extensions,
which are their urgent need, are COM
pleted,
Some,of your readers may want 10
know WHY there Is any delay IN the
matter, and an explanation may not
be unintercsting.
The laws of Texas wisely provioe
that no charter shall Issue Tor u Iaii-
road until 81 900 stock is subscripeu, l.,
good laith, for every mile OF ROAD, ana
5 per cent. of the amount Is actuaiiy
paid in TO the directors; TINS lor .he
purpose of preventing the cnarCer,nS
of wildcat companies without cap''ai
to occupy valuable territory.
Tho proposed lines OF road cover
about $40 miles; hence $o4o'9oo oi
stock must be subscribed, In good lai,h,
and per cent, or $2T 600, be actually
paid In before the company can ac'
auire legal corporate existence.
The charter fees OF 500 on the hIst
500 900 of capital, and 80 for each
subsequent 81, 900 ID not matter OF
much difficulty, the necessary STOCK
being subscribed.
IL will be readily seen that II wiil re-
ouire much time and labor to get the
enterprise on foot, but the outlook ~
encouraging. am told 1000 niiie
will he donated in FreestODe county,
and $1,000 mile from Houston 70
Montgomery; and that Navarro coun,
| ty will do well, and that Madison alia
| Leon swlll not be behind their sister
counties in proportion to population.
It needs no argument 10 snow Inc
value-I might say, the vital necessity
of the road to this county, ana ihdeeu'
I tn most of the counties along the Inc;
I have devoted considerable time ana
labor to the enterprise, and SHAH con-
I time my efforts as long as there APP
nears 10 be "A reasonable hope oil sue
cess. aud sincerely hope every cili-
zen WHO desires to see our county set'
fled up and advanced In every way
will lend to the enterprise 'heir pes'
efforts. Yours truly, ,,.,,
NORMAN G. KIrrhEL.