The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-20
A NEW AND GOOD PROJECT.
MINERAL WELLS WIDE AWAKE
Bound to Have a RailrOad-W axahachie
Tap Via Cleburne, the Brazos VAL
ley and tho Panhandle "A
Dallas Line Preferred.

MINERAL WELLS, May H.-[Editor
HERALD. Since the return of our rail-
road delegates from Dallas our people
seem to have awakened with renewed
energy toward securing railroad con-
nection with the outside world, and
have determined on an entirely new
plan, provided we fail in our efforts to
induce the Dallas & Northwestern road
to build this way-that is by cooper
ating with the Waxahachie tap of the
Texas Central to extend their road this
way via Cleburne, thence to this place
and to Graham and Seymour, and
after biding o time, awaiting
the action of the man
agement of the Dallas Il Northwestern
railway, we shall put our shoulder to
the wheel, and If you are not up and
doing, we promise you the whistle Of
be heard in the Panhandle before the
Dallas 81 Northwestern.
1t is question OF only short time
whom we will have road running into
our town, either from Dallas, Cleburne,
or coming out directly from the Texas
& Pacific at Millsap, the latter of
which we do not wish TO adopt,
provided we can get road
to build from some other source
The route from Cleburne up the Brazos
river TO the Panhandle may appear TO
tn o casual observer an impracticable
line; wi en- one examines the map,it Will
not take "A man of ordinary sense long
to convince himself of the Feasibility OF
a road through this section OF country.
In the first place, by reference to the
mi a Inn
rect course from Cleburne to Seymour
in Baylor county, road would follow
up the Brazos river, the whole distance
having no less than 500 miles of the
BraZOs farms on tho west, and at no
time would be exceeding 10 miles from
the river, the valleys OF which are recog-
nized as the most fertile lands of the
state. am told by Mr.. II. M. Berry, a
practical engineer, and the former sur
veyOr of Hood county, aud now sur
yeyor OF this, that he Is well acquainted
with every acre Of land on the proposed
route, and he thinks the grade can be
made at an average cost of 500 per
mile.
We arc fully alive to the neces-
sity of our having railroad
taking hold OF this enterprise will
not have long to wait before they begin
to reap a rich harvest, as no road can
ever come in competition with them,
and the growing crops along and trib-
utary to tho Brazos river of itself would
furnish common Texas road with as
much freight as they could conveniently
handle.
We think it would be well for the Dali
las q Northwestern railroad TO investi-
gate this matter thoroughly before
adopting any other route, for should
they build on the upper or proposed
route, this lower line, which is as sure
to be built as the sun
shines, will intercept them in or near
Seymour, and the country from which
they would expect to getthe most traffic
would pour into the Golfers of the lower
route, and should Galveston mon be at
the head of the road, Galveston would
naturally reap tho benefits, though
should the management OF the Dallas x
Northwestern railway conclude 10
| amend their charter and by pooling
with the Gulf, Colorado d Santa Fe and
extend the line direct from Cleburne the
road would become paying insti-
tuition from the time 1t was extended 10
miles from Cleburne.
From the best information we can
gather the line of tho Gulf, Colorado Il
Santa Flo, extending from Cleburne 10
Dallas, Is not paying running expenses
and the company would only be too
glad to make any arrangements by
which the traffic OF their road would be
Increased.
Hoping the gentlemen composing the
Dallas IL Northwestern railway com.
pany will consider this matter well be.
fore they make move toward building
their line, am, very respectfully,
q. b, RAINEs.