Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27
AN IMPORTANT MEETING
Looking to the Development OF the
West and Northwest.
Dallas to be Headquarters West and the
Northwest to Have Separate Organize
items and Headquarters.
Dallas News, April %.

tons and growing out or raploly ue'elOP-
ing prosperous conditions, induced the
Dallas board of trade with its usual en-
terprise TO send out Invitations early IN
the week to such well-known railroads
and developers of West and Northwest
Texas as whose names could be called TO I
mind at the time. To these invitations |
responses came. The action of the
board was taken with view
to the establishment in Dallas of an I'M
migration headquarters to the malnten-
ance of which Dallas proposed to con
tribute its share in order to help West
and Northwest Texas as we'll as itself.
Other invitations would have been sent
out but the names of persons to whom
they should properly go were not recol-
lected at the time, ard 1t was not par
ticularly necessary to extend wider III
yitation, as this meeting was only desired
to get the matter on foot, allowing the
parties who come here to lay 1t before
their friends at their res pectlYe nomes'
and by thus acquainting CT tizens OF the
West and Northwest of their success 10
bring about q general movement.
tended by the following parties from the
Northwest aud West, together with rep
resentatives from the Dallas board or
trade:
Mayor Buster of Weatherford, George
Byrne of Vernon, w. S. Decker OF
Claude, J. H. Parks of Clarendon,
Judge W. j Jones of Quanah, DR.. b.
Kelley of Bowie, w. S. Yost, w. b.
Stickney and Judge Swami of Henrietta,
c. G. Green and John Howard of Wlch-
tia Falls and John Hoeny and Henry
Sales of Abilene,
After considerable discussion as to the
manner of proceeding in the premises, II
was voted that the representatives from
the line of the Texas and Pacific, as @eh
as those from the line of the Fort Wortns
and Denver, were in favor of dlHersHt
organizations and separate headqua1sSsrS
in Dallas, if such headquarters cousQ De
established satisfactory to all parties.
This being the sentiment, an adjourn
ment was taken until p. m, with
the understanding that in the
| meantime the representatives from
| the different roads should hold sepa-z
| rate meetings tor the purpose or con-
ferring among themselves as to what
| they should do, as well as to make propo-
! sitious to be submitted to the general
meeting on its reassemb bling. The morn
| ing discussions were harmonious although
! differing in some material points as to
| details, but without in anyway Interior
| ing with the enthusiasm and interest IN
| the movement that commends itself TO
| the persons from the West as valuable
! agency to their efforts IN developing their
sections.
On reassembling at p. m. a lengthy
| of,,in ind lnnd n
as to whether the West and Northwest
should report to the meeting then or to
the board of trade to-day. The fact of
the adjournment of the meeting until
O'Clock was taken by some as an evidence
in favor of the opinion that reports should
| be made. Mai. Green said that be had
| q report to make to the meeting and one
to the board of trade. He reported to
the meeting that the people on the line
of the Fort Worth and Denver desired
! separate organization and separate
| HEADQUARTERS from the Texas and Pa
| cific. This report was adopted, as was
also one from the Texas and Pacific peo-
pie desiring a separate organization and
| headquarters.
The report of the parties on the line of
the Fort Worth and Denver was read
and handed to the secretary of the board
|
day. It read as follows and was adopted
in so far as it's requirements appertained
to the meeting:
Resolved, that it is the sense of the
representatives of the various sections
along the line of the Fort Worth and
Denver railway here present, that we
favor the organization composed of the
towns and counties along the line and
tributary to the Fort Worth and Denver
railway, with headquarters at Dallas,
with general manager in charge OF
such headquarters, for the purpose OF
advertising the resources of the: above
section.
Resolved, that we believe an equit-
able proportion of the expense of main
tanning such headquarters, with its gen.
eral manager, and to do such general
| advertising as may be decided on would
be that Dallas furnish a suitable room
for such headquarters, together with %
per cent. of the expense of such general
:, advertising and the manager, and that
the towns and counties interested defray
Il IS per cent. of such expenses.
| Resolved, that committee consisting
! of John Howard, George Byrns and w
b. Stickney be appointed to confer will
the Dallas board of trade to determine
upon the probable amount of money
necessary to be raised and to prepare {
: suitable motion setting forth the time
place and object of the proposed conven'
ton at Bowie.
Resolved, That we favor convention
composed of one representative from
q each town on the line of the Fort Worth
! and Denver railway and tributary there
' to, to be held at Bowie on the 5th day o
May, 1890, who shall have authority t
r act for his town in the matter of sppor
tioning the pro rata expense, as well 6
the selection of general manager TO
such Headquarters, and such other de
. tails as to organization as may be 1e
sary.
Judge Sayles offered verbal report
saying: We accept on the terms sub
9 mItted by the Dallas board of trads
9 proposition made to our section thaSfth
I Dallas board of trade defray quarter o
# the expenses incident to advertising GU
9 Western country. We do not exact an
a conditions of the board OF trade to pa
p for hall for US. We are willing to com
II in and share our part of the expense