Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-12
BOWIE.
Something About Railropds nud How ljnd
Bowie wants Them.

Bowie wnnth Them.
Bowtt, 1'EX, March II, 1870
70 tho Editor Of The Gazottoi
The unsettled condition OF tho various
railroad enterprises IL enough TO make
tho weak knee quake, Every burg and
hamlet all over the country are on the
qu ylyo, and q dark cloud hangs omlnous.
ly over all Local interests aud feeling
are running high, aud efforts OF connect
ing towns are assuming proportions That
would be commendablc pluck and enter.
prise IN much larger aud wcnlthler towns.
The proposed extension OF the Missouri
Pacific west from Gainesville has fully
aroused our people, and their earnest ac.
ton TO secure The road Is an ON.
phatlc denuncati0n OF the oft.repcat.
cd declaration that railroads aro
rnlnous and oppressive TO the
risbls, privileges and happiness of any
people. by our course VIC rather say
that railroads are the great factors Ia the
development Of the wealth and clvlliza-
ton OF the country. In our great cray
ings for moro railroads, we forget tho
oppressive and tyrannical dcspotlsm of
railroad corporations We forget the
nigh tariff and the unjust determinations
imposed upon US We forget the grind.
Ing he'll that bears down upon the poor
wage worker. All this We forget, and
so forth with outstrotched arms 10 en-.
brace every project TO build n railrond
into our town or country We not
only pour forth IN eloquent strains
all the great resources Of our commun.
ity, It's great natural advantages, etc, but
we pile up out thousands OF hard.enrned
tR Ia
posterlty thing which preys upon the
society Of man IN thousand different
forms and finally uproots the peace md
happiness Of the whole country. IA IL
not strange indeed that men grow fran.
tic In their ondeayor 10 secure ono OF
these cursed highways. No other enter.
PRISE stirs mp tho enthusiasm Ike pro
lectod railroad and there Ia no other vyay
70 account for It but to acknowledge that
IL Is worth more thanulI other ontcrbrlseg
combined The railroad first and then
all things else, great and good, will be
added, This Is what we think and our
work proves our faith Our country ia
chock inll of railroad enterprises ana
negotiations. The base OF operations A
hard to locate. II ~ u Kind OF promlscu.
Gus scramble In which 1t IN n most dlni.
cut thing to have even n remote idea of
results From the best data at hand " Is
quite rational 10 suppose that tho Mis-.
souri, Pacific Will be the frat road TO
penetrate our borders nnd rush into the
heart Of one OF the finest railrond
countries on the American continent. The
only lhlng IN doubt about this extension
Is the beginning point There aro two
proposed routes, ono from Denson TO
henrietta, another from Gainesville TO
Bowie Vim Montague The latter IN by far
the more practicable, as IL ~ shorter and
penclrnteS one OF the finest counties In
ltNas, ana has It's terminal point In one
OF the most extensive CualHclds known
TO the Southwest, We have a committee
looking AFTER our Interest and expect TO
nave our claims duly considered by the
oolhpanNHhd competing towns viii ind
piucky llltle competitor down this way.
BACKED, as We are, by very hrOnd
and unoccupiGd country west. wherein
hfc several good towns looking ont
Tor railroad facilities, we wifi he
abie TO mako strong night with Graham
und Jaebsboro, on the line Of The rxten.
SION, ana numerous smaller towns Ia
come 10 our relief We can offcr The MY.
sourl Plcihc $75, 900, which win be
powerful persuader 90 cause Them IA
point this way. Then II will be a mntter
OF short time when the Atkinson, Topokn
\ santa Flo Will come TO us. The Dallas
Northwestern win be lonely without ua.
ana VIII pick up llfo enough 10 move tins
way IN tho near future thtn win Fort
Worth forget her neghbor TO ths Enst
ana turn her green eyes to her fair rival
In the Northwest.