Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-01
MEMPHIS MASS MEETING.
Resolutions in Regard to the Fort Worth and
Denver Railway Adopted at a Gath
ering Of Citizens.

MEMPHIS, HALL Co., TEX, Aug. %.
county this evening at the courthouse
Judge j. A. Lafferty was appointed
chairman and Ben n. Kelly was chosen
secretary. The object of the meeting
having been explained, Ben FL. Kelly
offered the following resolutions, which
explain themselves:
To the Honorable Chairman of the Hall County
mass meeting at Memphis assembled:
Whereas, the people of Hall county
being greatly in need of a railroad town
station and trading point accessible TO
the great majority of her people; and,
Whereas, the people of Hall county
having selected point on the Fort Worth
aud Denver City railway easily accessible
to two-thlrds of the people of Hall
county; and,
Whereas, the town of Salisbury being
located in place that is shut of from
the people of said county and is so COM
pletely encircled and surrounded by hills
and mountains, creeks and cauons, etc.
that it is almogt an impossibility 10 make
trading point there; and;
Whereas, being humans and citizens
of the United States and of Texas and
Hall county, and believing we had the
right 10 ask for conveniences and accom-
modations from q railway company or
common carrier, we saw at to petition
the Fort Worth aud Denver City railway
officials for switch and depot at Mem
phis, point four miles west of Sails
bury and easily accessible to our people,
said petition containing lis names of the
citizens of Hall county, protesting
against having the canons of Parker
creek to cross in getting to the railroad;
and upon encouragement from the said
railway officials and the pressure of the
people of Hall county demanding q
market, the town of Memphis was COM
menced; and
Whereas, the cruel and unrelenting
war opened upon our people by the Fort
Worth and Denver City townsite officials,
having not been confined alone to the
town of Memphis, and the obtaining q
switch thereat for the accommodation OF
our people, but having gone out of the
sphere of common decenoy and by all
kinds of misrepresentation, fraudulent
devices, etc. have gone before the post
Office department and protested with
groundless facts and false statements
against the establishment of a postoffice
at Memphis; and
Whereas, the honorable, renowned
and truth loving officials and their allies
having seen fit to accept the false state
ments of said officials in preference to the
petition of over one hundred citizens of
Hall county and other petitions from
them time and again presented; and
Whereas, the people of Memphis and
Hall county did offer to give 10 the Fort
Worth and Denver Railway company
ample amount of money and property to
build depot and all necessary switch
facilities without any expense to said
railway company; and
Whereas, the said railway company
having ignored all propositions and
overtures of the people of Hall county
and through their official General Man
ager Meek positively refused to give the
people of Memphis any switch or depot,
giving as reason therefor that sit
would injure Salisbury therefore be
It resolved:
l. That ini the oppressive acts of the
Fort Worth and Denver railway COM
pany and its officials and their allies,
our people are mourning great ineon-
venIences and sustaining unparalleled
wrongs.
2. That the great uujustnsss and ty-
raunical acts of the said railway officials
refusing to acknowledge or respect duly
elected seat of government, the place