Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-28

Wv" vi TIC cau Angelo, AOllene, Lien
rietta and Red River railroad returned
ana made their report TO citiz u >.
meeting held at the board of trade rooms
last evening. The following are the
oIncers and directors of this great enter
Prise: Ed. H. East, president. Archer
Chy; John Boyer, vice-presdeHt, A BIZ
iene; ID. NJ. Dewitt, secretary and
treasurer, San Angelo; a. ID Good
eonuRh, general manager, denrietta;W
| u. reynolds, Albany, Tex; Ed. S.
hughes, Abilene; J. w. Hill. San An
cello; j. G. Murphy, San Angelo; L.
Schwartz. San Angelo; w. b. Wor-
sham. Henrietta; c. w. Easley. Hem
| rietta.
Our citizens feel greatly elated over
! the early success of this great enterprise
as It opens up the best counties in Tex a.
/ Tor settlement and brings the products of
the great Southwest from 100 TO POO
miles nearer the Kansas City, St. Louis
ana Chicago markets. Abilene by OBJ
tanning this route, and making this con-
nection here at Henrietta, will be about
lU6 miles nearer the Northern markets.
| San Angelo will be some 225 miles nearer
and Will save twenty-four hours on all
szsEAT shipments.
minds of many as to the success of this
enterprise for the want of proper backing
and sufficient capital, your correspondent
nus taken the pains to investigate and
ascertain the standing of the gentlemen
who are undertaking this great enter
prise.
henrietta has already raised sufficient
subsidy to furnish the right of way aud
grade the roadbed to the Archer county
line. Col. w. B. Worsham. one of the
directors located here at Henrietta, has
large landed interests here in Clay
county, besides he can control sufficient
capital to insure the success OF the build
lng OF the line from Henrietta to the
Archer county line. G. w. Easily, q
banker, gentleman Of large means,
ana one of the directors, is taxing great
lnterest in the success OF the enterprise
aud Will do all he can toward completing
this line of railroad through Clay county
10 the Archer county line. Col. Ed H
East of Archer county, the president of
the company, is q gentleman of large
means and owns near $50. 900 acres of
choice lands in Archer county, and with
large capital besides, and his co-opera-
ton with the other gentlemen who own
large landed interests in Archer county
lnsures the success of the building of the /
road from the Clay county line to Archer
CITY aud on through Archer county to |
the ThrockmO-ton county line.
w. ID. Reynolds, director of Rey- /
nolds Bros, bankers at Albany,
who own large landed interests in .
Ihrock morton county, and besides hav-
iag large capital, and with other gen.
tiemen of Albany and the subsidy offered
by the citizens OF Shackelford county,
Will secure the success of the bullding
of the road through Throck morton and
counties TO the Taylor
county line.
AT Abilene the citizens are awake to
the great Importance of this valuable
railroad connection AMI John Bower and
I'd ). Hughes, directors aud gentlemen
)f large mems, secured, with the aid of
the enterpris ing citizens of Abilene, the
Guiding OF the line through TAYLOR
county to Abilene and on through
Runnels county to Tom Green county
inc.
At San Angelo D. NJ. Dewitt, J. W.
Hill. John G. Murphy and L. Schwartz,
directors, are all gentlemen of large
means and full of energy, and they have
promised 10 keep Up their end of the line
~ furnishing the right of way and grad
ng the line from San Angelo to the Tay-
or county lire through Tom Green aud
tunnels counties. Mr.. Frank Lerch,
ne of the weHithiest men in the south
vest, and one of the largest stockholders
Il this enterpr Sc, says he will see that
u1hcicnt capital is raised to build aud |
qulp this road from San Angelo 10 Abb
enc in the next four months. So with
nm aud Mr.. l.. Schwartz, gentleman
L large capital, and with the other gen
lemen associated with them there can be
o doubt about the success of this great ,
Enterprise from Abilene to SauAngelo. As
Don as this line is completed to San An
elo il will at once be extended south
est TO Eagle Pass. Already sufficient I
apital has been Offered to IRON and euuip
lssSssf Jas soon as the right of way is Z
GthfHed and the road grnded. :
Hon. A. d. Goodenough of Henrietta. .
director and general manager of this !
abroad, has had years OF experience in
he construction OF railroads, and hi.
with it means business and :,
) early completion is assured. :
The president, Ed II East, has called =
meeting OF the directory 10 meet at =
ort " orth on Tuesday, November IL, :,
hen all the prelIminaries will be made, 4
charter obtained and construction =.
I'm pany will be organized at once, and
: Decem Der l work will be in operation ;,
tween Henrietta and Abilene. h
Word has been received from the man. :,
cement OF the Gulf, Brazos Valley and ~
icihc that arrangements will soon be =,
AIDE whereby work will be commenced
tween Millsap aud Mineral Wells, and
so between Mineral Wells and Hem
eta. 81
Our railroad committee are in corre-
ondence with the railroad officials of G,
e Atchison, Topeka aud Santa Fe sys- :,
N and encouraging news has been re- %
lved that Henrietta can secure their al
stem from Purcell. 1. T., or their al
lin line southwest TO Henrietta via II
aver creek. III
AS Henrietta has now the Fort Worth M
d Missouri Pacific from the southwest III
extended to the northwest, and the IN
ssouri, Kansas and Texas railroad soon
be extended due west to New Mexico, co
the Gulf, Brazos Valley and Pacific oil
I'M the south TO connect here with the WI
icago and Rock Island from the north, oe
the San Angelo, Abilene. Henrietta TO
Red River railroad from Eagle Pass, De
San Angelo, Abilene, Albany, sic
rock morton Archer Citv on H. on