Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-02
THE RAILROADS.
An Interview wiihPresident Hurley Oh
the Santa Fe and New Or
leans Troubles.
Another straw-sais OF the Fort worth x
New Orleans Dsnied--sherman
Awake other Notes

corning the entrance Of the latter into the
city.
0Mr. Hurley what was the frst indlca-
ton you had that you would have trouble
with the Santa Fe folksP'
Hurley; III went down TO Galveston 10
see Mr.. Snyder about obtaining his con
sent TO allow our construction trains 10
pass over the Santa Re track for a mile
and a half out Of the city to
point where we proposed to cross
the Santa Fe and then strike ior
T.ipscomb street. This consent was
granted during the period Of construction
Tor 500 per monh Mr.. Snyder asked
me why we did not come In on the santa
he track. He cited the fact that In ne
east II was a common thing for two rail,
WAYS to enter a'city on one trick, ana
said the Santa re track was capable OF
accommodating oil the business thoi
would be done by the two roads IN
Fort Worth for years to come.
/ / told Mr.. Snyder that we would be GLAD
To take his proposition under consider
alton. or nv return 70 Fort Worth a
three years contract was drawn mp by
Mr.. Pendleton providing for the New Or
leans coming 10 on the Santa Fe rack,
the consideration being $500 per month.
Thi3 contract was forwarded TO Mr.. Sny-
der. He wrote thar the conEGct was not
satisfactory and that he would draw up a
contract. In the course OF week or 80
received a contract drawn by Mr., shy
der. II contained proyiso that the New
Orleans road should bind itself to observe
any pool that the Santa Zee should make
In INV talk with Mr.. Snyder al Galveston
no mention was made Of the New Orleans
entering into any pooling arrangement
We replied that we could not possibly
: sign such contract, as by agreeing 10
such terms we would not be carrying out
our promises to the citizens Of Fort
' Worth. The city council had granted US
right of way over LipscomD street.
when the proposition to enter on the
Santa Fe track was made we al once gave
70 no our rig 4 Of way on LipscOmb street
and petitioned, and in due time received,
right OF way over jones and Grove
streets. While things We're In this s1lte
we received Snyders contract winch we
d could not sign. Now we had surrendered
II the route we first proposed to take over
. Llpscomb street and had already partially
secured depot grounds on Grove street,
J, The only course left for us to take was to
y buy our way 10 the lands we had pur-
= chased back OF Jones street. This we
~ have done, meeting every obstacle thrown
y in our way. The twenty elght acre strip
~ which the Santa FL people claim was In
, tended for side racks is held by them In
y fee simple, and Is not right OF
u way. After we told Mr.. Snyder that we
~ could not sign HIS con tract and had asked
:, him for right Of way, the Santa Fe offered
W to sell us .he twenty-eight acre tract iol
~ $1,000 few weeks later we made then
a. an offer Of $1,000, which was refused
!" Their offe TO sell TO us for $4,000 was
81. maue mUer the Gulf, Colorado Senti
I'd Fe had sold out TO the Atchison, Topek,
rc Santa Fe, and ii they had in
90 tended TO reserve hat y gEYug'
~ for slde-tracks they would. hdrdl,
- have made proposition TO sell
~ We had condemned by three disinterest
4 ed parties and paid for right OF wa.
:, through this strip, the same rs " ih
- land belonged TO a private individual
u our right OF way through this twenty
~ eight-acre strip is about seven hundIe
" feet long, aud for it we paid $500, tn
~, price fixed by three dlsinterested persons
VI The Santa Fe claimed that $500 wa
II not enough and on that ground asRe
~ for an Injunction. To set this aside, W
We deposited an additional 5000, TO whic
% they claimed they were entitled
i,S we bought our right Of way from w
i uo Huffman, ID. Portwood and Mr.. Burgis
From here TO the point of crossing, abo,
$50 feet we are on the Santa Fo grounl
ne We cross them at an angle OF eight d
'NN grees and nine minutes The Santa
:, is trying to claim as right Of way grour
3sas which does not belong to them at a
re- The place where we propose TO GRO
sho the Santa Fe below the stock yar
Sne Is the place first designated
Engineer Sherman OF the Santa Fe. / /
Al ceived letter in February from N
va u Snyder, written from Galveston a
ows dated the 27th, In which he said
cap NJ Shorn,sn an tba gronnS aud m
~ agree upon plan that is feasible aud So
for both companies
80 This letter also alluded to our crossl
= % at Midlothian. Our engineer did mt
,. Mr. Sherman about the 10th OF March q
- % the place designated by him for |
crossing was about 100 feet south q
uys- switch at Folks stock-yard, the identl
talu place where we are now trying to Gro
on the strength OF this agreement W
Mr. sherman, we went ahead, bought {
right OF way and did our grading, gol
to an expense OF at least 500
At this meeting with Mr., Sherman asl
him whether ne MAD authority 10
where we should cross the Santa Fe.
replied that he had such suthority, {
that he was sent here
that purpose by Mr.. Snyd
MIR. sherman at that time had no OBJ
ton TO the angle at which we proposeC
70. g. cross. 1t is not rs near right angle
we would like, but 1t Is the best that
be done, aud is entirely safe, The Sa
pay, Ee Is now making application for an
,roat junction, claiming as right of way gro
,,,,, on the west side OF the New Orles
which cannot possibly be
ing any use TO them for slde-tra,
'oON' They TO day potitIoned the city cou
~ for right OF way over four streets
~ land, Hattie, Annie and Tucker.
!. either side OF Annie and Tucker str
y ue we have bought ground west of our r
"oi' of way for side-trscks, The Santa Fe
titions for exclusive right on these sire
Were such right granted II would be
-. tamount 10 shutting us out from our
lnn9' ground which we have purchased
laIuI side-traek and depot purposes.
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