Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-08
rnnEr D0CUMENTs
"Beatfng ON The contrN cr' Besuecn tbs
TIA r. and CITY % Marshall

US hTitAAt.i AtAtt ~ lfA'Q =
10 the Editof Of the Gn1etie.
In the slinmhlcr' column OF yester-
days Dallas News is an article on the
subject Of the existence 81 a contract be-
tween the Texas 4 Pacific Railway coiu-
pany and the city OF Marshall and comfy
OF Harrison. We viii pass over "Rum-
blcr's" sneers at Marshall FOR being SO
presumptuouS as TO claim her rights and
come at once 70 lacts.
The article Ia question contains the fol-
lowing paragraph
"rhe Harrison county people allege
that they voted 100000 10 the road.
They voted S300,000 20 the road, and
the other Si00,0on was thrown ia by the
people OF Marshall IN lands. Just after
they voted the amount and the road came
there there was kick against the appro-
priatiou on the ground that the election
was carried BY fraud, to-wit That the
negroes, who paid no taxes, and dlsiran-
chised rebels had voted for the measure.
After u lawsuit the question was settled
against the town and county. The bonds
were issued and there was q default ON
the interest More litigation and then
there was a compromise of 30 cents ON
the 81 on the original debit
This is, perhaps as fair statement as
Marshall could expect. The words. cal
lege that they yoted,n might have read
"gaye,n for the .sRumbler'i has kept M
with 'the Timesm too well not to know
that $780, 900 of Harrison county bonds,
payable In gold coin, having thirty years
to run, and bearing per cent. interest;
and, In addition thereto, sixty-six
acres OF ground Selected by Col.
Thomas A. Scott aud purchased by the
city OF Marshall) was given to the Texas
& Pacific Railway company. lie might
also have known land still not have been
extraordinarily wise--that in considera-
| ton Of all this money and land the Texas
& Pacific Railway company agreed TO per-
manently establish its eastern terminus,
its general offices and main machine aud
car-shops at Marshall; also to build the
New Orleans branch OF the road from
Marshall to New Orleans.
There was no "klck,n rs alleged by the
Rumbler, because "negroes and disfran-
chised rebels" voted on the subsidy. The
railroad company occupied and appro-
priated the SiXty-six acres OF ground, and
erected thereon its machine-shops, round
houses, depots aud general offices. Then
the said company applied to the county
court OF Harrison county TO Issue the
| HeUi,VNp VI UAlNS4 1nOu ttAlhN bAAN l1N-
suit or ssSick,n as the rumbler chooses 10
term II. Why was this kick? Because
taxpayers of this county protested agains
! issuing bonds because the road had no
built the New Orleans branch as 1t hat
; agreed to do. The company then CANT
, before the county court and claimed "tha
] il had made Marshall its eastern terminus
} had erected its machine shops and ca
, works at MarshaIl that it had made th,
: headquarters aud domicile Of the road a
: Marshall, and had established there TIN
: offices of all the departments - ALLEGED
: tthat IL had complied with the contract
4 aud prayed the county court Z
0 issue the bonds.m See count
: court records, Harrison county
Il The county court issued the bonds IN
o took the promise OF the road that
/ would In the future construct the branc
|, 20 New Orleans, leaving the main line
# Marshall. As every one knows, the Ne
d Orleans branch leaves the main track ;
d Shreveport Junction. The compromls
s. of so cents on tie dollar, Of which u
n Rumbler speaks, was a transaction
y which tke Texas & Pacific Railway cor
If pany was unknown. The company hi
II received the $500 900 IN bonds, and so
1, them TO third parties, with whom q
a. compromise was elected, The Rumbl
h continues close hunt by the Rumhl
N finds this to be the only contract ev
th entered into by the Texas & Pacific roi
rs and the Harrison county and Marsh'
3, people. It was entered into In 1879, al
N between the Tom Scott management Al
10 that county, as follows
h. "Resolyed by the Tom Scott board
Or directors), that the general offices Of {
s. company for the state Of Texas, includl
ar the Office OF the land department and e.
d. iuration bureau, be located until otht
ly wise ordered at Marshall, and that
a proper working organization of the 50
u, eral departments under the charge OF I
I'd general superintendent, land comm
lie sioner aud emigration agent shall
of under the immediate supervision and
he rection OF the vice-president Of the co
he pany." !,
Of rent search made OF every record a
SIS this is the only document that the prese
,r, managers of the road have ever been AZ
nj 10 1nd bearing on the contract betwe
of the old regime under MI rom scout,
TO then owner OF the road, and the people
he Marshall. The Rumbler calls II a &C
to tract--he does this IN compliment 10
eg Marshall people.
ed The Runbler has made a CLOSE hun
and "Goy. Brown has had diligcnt scar
of made OF every record" and the abe
zen uresolution'' is the 'only document
present managers have been able to q
bearing on the contract.1 Gov. Brow
employees may be unable to lind any on
nth documents unless they be INSTRUCT
where to huut-but will GOV Brown
that he does not know of any other do
re ments bearing on this subject We.th
no.. II the Rumbler is really on eel
DO huntn for documents bearing on the G
tract. we may do him a service
publishing the following correspondent
80 which are correct copies, and the or
iac mails can be found when wantcdi
ing MARSHALL, TEN, Jane rs. lsl
eth col Thomas s., scott President Of thc TEX
, 4 Pacific Railway 1ompany, philadelphia
md sIR-Pursuant to your request,we .
ate present to you, TO be laid before
to. board of directors for the Texas Pac
as hallway company, written statemen
sed the agreement made at Mrs. Kings no
Iith In this city, on the I'D inst, betw
cell Yourself, on behalf OF the Texas 4 Pac