Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-02
I,psHALL'S PROTEST.
,,.orous and Indignant Dee.
n, .,l.u 81 Rights on the Part
ii the People OF

Al ihc People OF
III harrison County, aud the
nat Led TO Their Complaint
3, tbe Texas and Pacific.
TEX, Sept. Lon the %
" ,sss the citizens of Harrison
s,he city of Marshall met in
sera.house in this city for the
nkipg steps to compel the
neiac Railway company TO COM
IAN contracts with this city aud
IA As IL Is not generally under
.A,t these contracts were and,
.,use for complaint our people
hec space In your valuable pa
.,nIaln, which we will do in as
manner as possible. The readers
AM see the cause OF these com
.od We do not fear their verdict.
.pfol Thomas A. Scott, the presi-
4 NJ Texas & Pacific Railway com
.nre,o Marshall. The charter of
m.d caIcd for its general offices to
q or ssr Marshall
,nooDle seeing that the verbage of
III sksder would permit some other
M this city TO be headquarters
Il M road held a meeting and APP
4, IA committees TO wait on Col. Scott
4 ,gfrtaIn from him what would be
z .sry 10 induce him to establish his
:. ou,rters, shops and general offices at
&eIrof Marshall. To be brief, they met
d scctt and the following is the sum and
.ynce Of their contract. The county
Iirison was to give the Texas & Pa
n Railway company 100000 in inter-
anng thirty year bonds. The city
4 donate TO the said road a piece OF
i as designated by Col. Scott him
n Hhlch, upon measurement, con-
a d fraction over siNty-siX acres of
Nd. The county issued the bonds,
i company received them and sold
The city purchased the sixty-six
N oIland and made a deed to the COM
loF the same and presented them
u te deed all conditioned that the
ticlt general offices and main shops Of
company should be established and
aiRed at Marshall.
b shops were built upon this land.
general Offices were established here
H. and were maintained here until
when u. NJ lloSie was made vice
1sdtnt and general manager OF the
y ( Pacific Railway company.
@ anlmus shown by Mr.. HoXie to-
5doE city was lnexplicable. We had
flSls Of the road.
~ audltors and freight departments
|enosed from this city without TWEEN
rh previous notice. This put our
posed Of our very best citizens, was
|chled towait onMr.IloXie in regard to
NlloSal. Mr.. lloNic assured the com
e mat II was onlya temporary move
and that where me man was moved
u. ume, the time would shortly come
~ promise was apparently satiSfac-
our people, who at that time had
ny dea! OF confidence in Mr.. Hoxie.
aul necessary to say that it has never
complied with. but, on the other
y more Offices and more men have
Y moved away until now nothing is
wy The general superintendent and
llllnets' For these few our people
w intend to pay the handsome price
" ABOVE. We, too, are "here for the
y -thnigan llke-and we mean to
sMaa.
4, noAie's next move was to get more
LUX ana II appears to the average
W. - tlls neck of the woods that IL
XVI PERSONAL gain and not for the
Issal
rau'el owned by private citizens of
|, uy IN which was located, free of
Y ue railroad passenger depot and
'' * once, was burned about the time
H nuale came into power here. These
~ aaa lease from the company for
N pflod,
n ". E'used to grant these citizens the
,Ssss lhey had enjoyed for the reason
MOO, sas might be put in the build
Il FsTa, as Mr. IL. stated, was the
y NE railway company, and by
n ,s We on the part of our citizens, |
0, ~oesll they were doing the railway |
I s o,sy ahyor, the owners of the prop |
s az % their rights to Mr.. ii. for
y ,,. y Mr. Hoxie built a nice
N y y, lne ground and, be il said to his
N /, v vlere is a saloon in the depot. |
N f-lhs ~ trains do not stop at this
\, IVY IVY are stopped at lunch stand |
Y one hundred yards above. and