Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-28
Other Towns May Fail, but the
Word is Not i'm the Lexicon
of Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth Rio Grande Railroad Subsidy Raised
and Now viii be Heard The Cry Of
On to Burlington

used to considerable public speaking He
had made more speeches In The last two
months probably than any man in Texas
lLaugh;er.l As 10 railroads he had ever
commended that they were necessary 10
the development OF country, and he
was not of those who believed IL neces.
sary TO abuse them in order to get ofllce.
Had itnot been for railroads Fort Worth
would not to-day be the city she is. Con.
tributons in the way OF subsidies were
growing trine monotonous, but be was
willing to give It another trial. Tie had
subscribed once since supper, and thought
that enough--tiu tomorrow. [Betore
the meeting adjourned Mai Jarvis made
another handsome donation and retired
amid loud applause.
Then the subscriptions began to pour
in so thick and fast that It was difficult
to keep up with them. Every an-
nouncement Of doubled subscription
and there were not q few--waa received
with burst OF applause. la the mean
time a committee had been appointed to
canvass the house, and while they were
at work
CAPT. n b. PADDOCK,
unable TO Withstand the pressure Of uni
versal call for him, assembled the stage,
and made very happy and appro-
PIRATE talk, aboundirg In spark
tfnU hutnnr 40 ,..O a.. ,stt
sense. He said he had subscribed about
twelve months Of his own time and sl8,-
600 Of his friends money From January 0
TO October L he had made daily speeches
in New York. A friend OF his had fold
him before starting "Go to Wall street
aud try to get money 20 build railroad,
II you want all the conceit taken out
OF you" He was not discouraged, how
ever, and though the remark was verified
he did not lot the project go, Last April
q syndicate offered to build the road for a
bonus OF s7b, 900, but owing to the strike
the syndicate disintegtated, and the
scheme was failure. This did not
cause him TO despair, and no oraced up
for another effort, aud this time success
crowned his efforts. Would Fort Worth
do her par Here was company
asking only $40 600, or about one-sixth as
much proporiionately as had been given
TO other roads. The benefits II would
bring were well understood by all. A
gentleman representing the syndicate was
here tonight awaiting results. II the
money was raised he would wire the
syndicate iustanter, and work would com
mence ct O'Clock the next morn
ing. [cacers long and continued
This syndicate was backed By
enormous meens--they could build a rail-
road to the moon II right Of way was
furnished. lLaughter.l They had nothing
TO do with any other railroad in Texas,
aud would benefit Texas and Fort Worth |
by bringing here an entirely new combi-
nation Of capItalists--me whose means
were not inferior to Jay Gould's. The
road did not simply mean the construc.
tion o. line 10 Brownwood.
Then Capt. Paddock read letter from
member OF the syndicate, inqulring
about Investments in Fort Worth proper.
ty. lie could not say that the road would
not be built If the bonus was not forth
coming, nor could he assert that IL would, |
but when this was done, as soon as e
road could be located and right Of way
secured, The contract wpnld be let
and construction pushed vigorously.
They had guaranteed TO build twenty-five
miles by July /, but be Was prepared %
state that great deal more would be
hnlshed then BY the time this much Wa
built at least quarter Of q million OF
dollars would have expended, mostly !
: Fort w0T,h, aud f0r this her people
Sere asked tf'r only $4,000 or q fourth
Of the total subscription.
Tbir.ssn years $40 10 published nfP