The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-05-07
THE BUSINESS BUDGET.
INTERESTING RAILWAY NEWS.
Wabash Sued Georgia Bonds soid-Mex-
lean Securities Failures-Crop Re
ports - Cattle shipments
Stocking the Panhandle.
Railroad News.


TEXAS AND PACIFIC MEETING.
MARSHALL, May 6. -- Especial -
Messrs. Abrams ana Satterlee were the
only stockholders or directors present,
yesterday, ct the adjourned meeting OF
the Texas II Pacific railway company,
These gentlemen held proxies for ma
jority OF the stockholders, however, and
they transacted all the business of the
meeting. Az 20 what was done, depon-
emit sayeth not.
MISSOURI PACIFIC STOCK TRAFFIC,
DENIsoN, May Special. The Mis-
souri, Pacific has received worry extern
siYo orders FOR stock cars for southern
points, and reports traffic picking up in
other directions,
TEXAS TRUNK MEETING An ATHENS,
ATHENS, May g., Special, "A large
ana enthuAlastto meeting of citizens
was hold at ScOtt's hall to talk over the
prospective extension of the Texas
lFunkraliroad from It's present terminus
at Kemp to Athens. A chairman and
secretary were elected, and speeches
made by several prominent citizens.
RESOLUTIONS were unanimously carried
mat they VIII DO dllin their power TO in
duc3 1t 10 come here st once, and eight
oftho wealthiest oi'izons were appointed
a committee to attend the meeting of
! the directors OF the road, which takes
place at Dallas on Tuesday next Tor the
purpose OF comforting with them. The
people are very enthusiastic over the
prospective extension, and no doubt
Will give right-Oiway through Honder-
| son county and depot grounds.
FORT WORTH & DENVER.
HAROLD, May c. SPECIAL. -Four
trains of cattle were received at the
Harold stock yards during last night,
that were shipped by tho Roschies, of
San Antonio, and are destined for the
western part of the Panhandle. They
will be put on what are known as the
capitol lands, set apart by the state to
pay for tho building Of the state capitol
at Austin, now under construction, The
contractors, Farwell, Taylor &
Cos OF Chicago, have made
arrangements To stock them
ana this is the first delivery for that
purpose. There are 100000 acres in
| body of lana and IL is capable of sus-
tanning immense nerds OF cattle.
People are Hooking into this section
now and the new town of Harold is on
p boom. IL will doubtless have 500 or
6O0 inhabitants by the day OF the sale of
lots, May ~. Many people are
building now and will take
their chances of buying
the lot they occupy N the day of sale.
Tho railroad has not opened TOR general
business to this point and will not do
40 before Saturday. Yet many are too
impatient to wait until that time for
their lumber and are getting It hauled
on wagons from the last station. 1t
reminds one more of some mining
camp than anything else. President
Morgan Jones, Superintendent Frost
and Chief Engineer Law, of the Fort
Worth Il Denver City railway, who
have been here for several days, went
east this morning.
UNION PACIFIC VS.. WABASH.
81 LOUIS, May 6-The Union Pacific
railway company fled an intervening
petition against the Wabash railway to-
DAY to recover S9S,O76 alleged to be- due
II by the latter road for labor, material,
rental, etc.
MEXICAN CENTWtI.
BOSTON, May 6 The earnings of the
Mexican CenJrGi railway for April were
S3O6,2M. The subsidy collected to date
Is So, 1876, no.