Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-25
Fort Worth Raises the Bonus for the
Northwestern Road.
springtown, Jaeksboro, Graham, Albuquerque
and Other Western Cities Can Count
on the Road Coming.

Ihere was body of happy men in the
offices of W. f. SommervilIe yesterday
evening at o. clock when the soliciting
committee added up the columns of
figures on the subscription lists to the
bonus of the Fort Worth Northwestern
and found that $40, l55 had been raised
The names signed to the paper were
so good that two presidents
of national banks said they would cash
the notes given at face value. When it
became known that the money had been
secured people on the streets and in the
hotels were jubilant, and decided that
Fort Worth was her old self and knew a
good thing when it was offered to her.
On monday Morning of this week the
Fort Worth Northwestern made q propo-
sition to the citizens of Fort Worth to
build eighty-five miles of road in twelve
months, to locate the principal machine
shops and main offices of the COM
pany in Fort Worth if the
people here would give a bonus
of $40, 900. Tue proposition was accept
ed, and after a number of those present
had subscribed, the committee went to
work to get the balance needed.
Many obstacles were thrown III
the committee s way the columns
of Dallas paper even being
used to make it harder for the committee
by stating that four men had guaranteed
the $40 900. Messrs. Sommerville, LLOYD,
Huffman, Chase, Sellers, Ross, Maddox
and others say positively that no number
Of men or one man guaranteed the
amount. But, notwithstanding the load
TO carry, the money has been raised
IN four days and two of them rainy and
gloomy. 1t is an honor to Fort Worth
and tribute to the good sense of her
people that the proposition was accepted
and the money raised promptly This road
reaches into country which has
long wanted rail connection with
Fort Worth, it occupies a territory COW
cred by no other railroad 1t will give
Fort Worth cheap coal, and this means
that manufacturing concerns will be
brought to Fort Worth. Presi-
dent Lawrence has worked
hard to give Fort Worth This
road and must have felt gratified when
the news was telegraphed to him at New
York last night that the citizens of Fort
Worth had promptly accepted his propo-
sition. The company has done considerable
work on the line 200 miles having been
located, several miles of right of-way Sc
cured, and altogether S23 200 expended. /
Mr.. w. f. Sommervllle, one of
the directors of the company,
who has been very energetic i'm
his efforts in behalf of the road and Fort
Worth, gives if as his opinion that the
gentlemen backing the road are fnan-
ciallY strong enough to build the road as
far west as they desire.
There seems to be a desire on the part
of the Dallas, Pacific and Southeastern,
the latest name for the Dallas, Archer
and Pacific, to build from Rhome. on
the Fort Worth and Denver, to some
point in Archer county unless
Fort Worth shall agree to let it
build the Northwestern, and some of the
representatives of the company say if
Fort Worth does not accede to the de-
mands of the company, Fort |
Worth will be cut off from |
all railroads and pocketed up. |
Fort Worth is notified that contractors |
are to go to work at once grading on this |
other road unless this other company |
is permitted to build the Fort |
Worth Northwestern Up to a
late hour last night Fort Worth
stnod pat on the proposition that she saw
no necessity to parallel the Texas and
Pacific to Dallas, that she did not de-
sire to injure railroads that had done her
good ana was only IN the railroad
building business for the benefit of Fort
Worth.
The Fort Worth and Northwestern will
not only be valuable acquisition to Fort
Worth, but viii be fine connection for
all other railroads centering here. Bv
with the Texas and Pacific it
will nave an outlet to New Orleans,
over the Texas Central and
Santa Fe the gulf win be reached,
by the Cotton Belt and the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas, st. Louis can be
reached, by the Fort Worth and Denver
the Rocky Mountain country. The
Fort Worth Northwestern gets
every possible connection at
Fort Worth it would get at any other city
in Texas, and some it could get at no
other city. 1t antagonizes none, for it
viii bring traffic to all of them
1t is probable that the necessary papers
viii be signed up to-day, and as soon as
the engineers and right of-way agents
can complete their work construction
will begin.
Now for the Texas Spring Palace.