The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-08
THE LOCAL NEWS RECORD.
ABOVE RAILROAD COMMITTEES
Meets Citizeos of Dallas at the MGR.
chants Exchanged New Manurac-
turing Enterprise Court
Items Religious Notes.
Railroad Meeting.

Messrs. w. A. Mason and Frank
Thomas, prominent citizens of Bowie,
Montague county, on the line of the
Fort Worth & Denver City railroad,
who were delegated at mass meeting
OF tho citizens of that place to confer
with tho business men and merchants
OF D.llas, looking TO the building of q
railroad from this city TO
hat point, arrived in the
city yesterday morning and
were received by number of citizens
in the Merchants exchange building,
where the matter was discussed, pro and
con, aud an exchange Of opinion had.
The meeting was made up OF our best
business men, aud the meeting was ono
OF unusual interest.
The visitors were presented by Presi
dent White, OF the exchange, who briefly
stated the object OF the meeting, and ia
troduced Lub GWO gGuJlamen.
MIR. Mason, took the door and having
Eoie Ed ~ the raiholds centering here,
took UP The history OF the old Dallas IL
Wichita, now part OF the Missouri
Pecilc Which Dallas essayGd TO build 10
Wichita, = ated IL had stopped ri Dem
q
Bowie he said was on toe line OF the old
Dallas Il Wichita survey and q road
butit from Denton to Bowie would tap
one Of tha nnost countries in
the world. lie had learned from tho
newspapers that other routes TO the
northwest Wore being discussed, buC
that IN his opinion building from Dem
ton 10 the northwest was the most foas-
1bi9 and best plan. However,, a line
a. % HHan 3 la
Roanoke, In Denton county, and or Ia
the northwest with Bowie iu
sight, would 30 o good reute
and would pour wealth into tho lap OF
Dallas, This route would tako ia the
rtch Olear creek valley, aud reaching
Bowie, would bring a rich trado TO Dal.
las from That SECTION creator than that
of Denton, Collin and Tarrant com.
bined. would also command the
thrifty tr4d0 OF the Cherokee natiOn
ard Dallas would handle tho largo
quantities OF cotton aud hides
that now go elsewhere ton
81 market i0I instance Gainesville. This
with road 60 B9wi0 would all come tu
Dallas as BJwl0is 10 miles u0aror the
nation than Gainesville.
rue route from Denton ~ all settled
up by thrifty farmers. They wanted
commercial intercourse with Dallas,
wanted 10 bad, aud the property cw,
ners of bOwia wcro oven willing 10 do
nate half OF their property TO secure
ssch a DAD.
Mr.. Thomas followed In a Gomproheu-
sivo and descriptive speech Of Bowie
and tho country contiguous. lie IA
vored tho building Of a line from Den
ton tu Bow =, distance OF II miles,
and stated that a satisfactory contract
could be made, IN his opinion, with the
Missouri Pacific Railway company, in
the event of such an extension, that
would protect the same. This
would, In his opinion, DO build.
ing 100 miles OF road as
10 would require that many miles for
Dallas to penetrate tho northwest. The
country around Bowie was rich In good
bltuminous coal and strata, 42J5 inches
thick, had boon discovered within few
mtles Of tue town. Here was fuel L r
Dallas, the coming manufacturing CITY
OF north Texas. Smithys used this
coal and pronounce IL as good as that
which comes from MoAllister, in the
Indian Territory. The people and
merchants OF Bowie were long
since tired Of the high freights from
Fort Worth, over the Fort Worth IL
Denver City railway. There would be-
no charge tor right-oi-way, and no felt
confident Bowie could raise 100000 or
more 10 aid the enterprise; that they
would do moro In dollars and conts, in
proportion TO their wealth, than Dallas
would dare do.
Messrs. }. S. Daugherty, Mayor
Brown, w. J.. Hall, Prof. Cummins and
w. White, president of the exchange,
made responses. They stated, In sub
stance, that no definite organization
had as yet been elected, yet they were
pleased TO meet the committee from
Bowie aud exchange ideas with them.
President White assured the COM
mitteo that Dallas had deter
mined upon building road to
the northwest aud that at an early day.
IL appears TO boo the sense of the major
ity that tho road should bo built by the
property owners taking shares ia the
enterprise. The business clement and
property owners are in earnest,