Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-15
BRENNAN, ARKANSAS PASS
AND WACO.

1t seems from the letter OF Col.
Lott, president and manager ofthc
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail
way, to Col. Flint, of Waco, that il
is the intention of his company to
build TO Waco in the near future
and that the preliminary steps IN
that direction arc already IN pro
grcss +; survey is being made and
n line is being located from kennc-
dy junction TO Cuero, and grading
on it is to begin by the LIST of next
month. From Cucro to Waco will
he next in order. A direct line
would pass through Lavaca and
Fayettc counties, and thence
through Lee, Milan and Falls
counties TO Waco, n distance Of
nearly IT'S miles on an air line and
much Oft through sparscly set
tied and comparatively poor coun-
try. From Cuero to Brcnham on
an air line is only about so miles
and the line would pass through a
thIckly tettled section of Washing
ton and Fayetto counties, two OF
the oldest and most pOpulons
counties IN southern Texas. Brcn-
ham capitalists now have a survey
ing corps in the field RAINING a
q Inc northward for the Brennan
and Rrazos Valley railway, the
ultimate destination of which is
Waco. This is q local enterprise
and is solely in the interest OF
BRENNAN. 1t is estimated that
when the line is completed to the
International railway, 4 distance
of only 40 or As miles that from
%, 900 to $4,000 bales ofcotton that
now go elsewhere will find n mar,
ket in Brcnham. As soon as the
northern portion of the Brazos
Valley road proper is well under
way it is contemplated to build in
a southwcsterly direction, toward
Arkansas Pass. This southwestcrly
road is almost, if not quite, OF as
much importance to Brennan as
tho road up the river, and it would
seem TO be by far the best and most
feasible plan for the Arkansas Pass
extension from Cuero to como via
Brennan. By going to Giddings
and thence north comparatively
lpoor country is travorsed. Gid,
dings now ships annually from
5000 TO $500 bales of cotton, OF
and Ellinger in Fayctte coun-
ty some 10000 or $1,000 bales,
Brennan this season, ending Sep.
tcmber LIST next will have shipped
about $4,000 bales, and in extra
good crop years has shipped 49,,
900 bales. With the Brazos Val,
ley road completed to the Inter.
national We expect our receipts TO
reach from $4,000 tn 10000 bales,
and if special rates are secured on
cotton eastward By rail these fig,
ures may be and it Is confidently
expected will be very largely in
creased. Brennan has q first-class
Morse compress with a capacity OF
600 bales in 10 hours, so If need be
it can compress all tho cotton that
can be brought in by rail. As a
manufacturing point Brennan is
In her infancy. We have large
and well equipped oil mill, a manu-
factory of gins and gin machinery,
a planning mill, pillow factory and
some smaller factories. Our popu-
Iation is now nearly 1000 and the
assessed valuation of property is
in excess of 100000. By build
ing the Arkansas Pass extension TO
Brennan live business town will
be reached and there will be moth
ing in the way of extending the
Brazos Valley road on to Waco,
and through the richest and most
productive cotton lands in the
world. The Brazos valley is noted
for its large number of cotton
plantations it certainly possesses
every advantage ever the route
from or near Giddings TO Waco.
The managers of the San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass railway would
do wei! to have personal inspec-
ton made of the route from Bren-
ham to Cuero before building
northwardly from that point.
The Dallas News suggests as the
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