Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-29
ON TO wAXAHACHIE!
Cogent Reasons Why the Road Should
be Built without Delay.

Alter months OF urging, after weeks
of hard and earnest work by many
of our enterprising citizens
the Fort Worth 4 Waxa-
hachie Trunk Line materlaliges.
A meeting OF capitalists and other cit
liens was held yesterday, and def.
mite proposition to build the road was
made. Messrs. Roche & Hurley say
that for $65, 600 from Fort Worth, $25,.
600 from Waxahachie, and $4,000
from other points on the line,
and with the right of way,
they will build, equip and
operate the road from this point to
Waxahachie, giving I'D an outlet to
the Central. That our business men
will seize the opportunity cannot be
| doubted that the road will be built,
must he accepted as foregone conclu-
sion. In an interview with two
| of the prominent cotton
men OF this city yesterday, the
true condition of our cotton trade and
the great danger to our commercial
supremacy was plainly set forth.
l"Without an outlet or connection
with the Central, the roads will pool
our life out OF u.s. was remark
OF one. Last year we received
L., 600 bales OF cotton, Dallas 10000
bales, and Waco 10000 bales. And
why? Because Waco had the Narrow
Gauge, which gave arbitrary rates OF
freight, and cotton which only brought
8 cents In Fort Worth sold for % cents
in Waco, because there was 10 cents on
every 100 POUNDS OF cotton in freight
in favor OF the Central City. Dallas
WAS favored by the roads running
there while Fort Worth was in u
pocket, owing to the close pool exist
ing between the roads centering here.
For twelve years / lived on
the Central road" said one OF
the gentlemen alluded 70, land
j never knew the road TO maintain a
pool. ! could always get favorable
rates. To illustrate, last year 500 bales
of cotton awaited shipment at Caruth
station, three miles north OF Dallas,
and the Central gave rate Of $l.l0,
while the rate from Dallas, a
shorter pull was 81 20. Why was
this? Simply because Caruth was nm
arbitrary point and the other roads
could not claim pool. The cotton
was shipped from Caru,h station and
$3.50 was saved on the 500 bales. Let
Fort Worth build the road to Wax,
ahachis; let IL be owned Ionly In
, part by Fort Worth men and the Cen
trail can say it Is not in their systen
and an arbitrary rate will be given
J then the fifty cents or more on q bale
, will be given to the pro
Queer and cotton from Jack
j Parker aud Wise counties
i which went to Waco last year will
: come here.n II was the opinion O
both gentlemen that war bcsweer
Russis and England would help ant
not depress the cotton trade, for En-
F, gland received 100000 bales o
0 cotton yearly from Egypt which
= would be cut of not al
a result OF the Anglo. Russian wa
4 alone, but also on account of the In
+ teInal troubles la Egypt now goini
on. The thing for our own farmers u
i do was TO plant increased acreage II
B cotton; there would be a market for Il
g at good prices, then let Fort Worth
get her outlet making her indapend
Q emit OF pools, aud she would comman,
d the market. Not only will on
J. cotton trade be secure but tn
other trade OF Waxahachi
and the rich country along the lin
will be brought to our merchants
doors. "On TO Waxahachie,n let tn
young giant make one effort more, IL
r the road be built at once and the fu
! ture will be assured,