Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-11
HISTORY OF A TRUNK
How 1t Was Dragged into Diff
ferent Courts.
THE LEATHER KNOCKED Of.
re Pightfal Owners Not Found-Tmo Guar
dams Have Been Appointed.
Tbe MISSOURI, Kansas and Texas an Ap-
n1ic.lnt for a Modification OF a Rui-
ing Cotton Pickers VIII
Pay the Freight.
s-eaI'to the Gazette.

s-ca..1 20 the Gazette.
,.-Ix. Ten. Sept. 19,-The Texas
Tr.s me railroad about which there has
hen me talk Of late in the papers passed
:; fla, ~, 4auds OF Federal receiver Sep
t,-rarr4. and thereby hangs tale. There
!. some little history Of a legal character
,.rra,trd with this road which boasts such
d. r.-au9Giug name. one would naturally
s.0r...,c hat "a road which appropriated the
r..... II she Texas Trunk line should ne
run. line in fact, operated and controlled
/. a powerful ana wealthy corporation.
ali dong Il large business. But such IS not
t.e.4--. On the contrary. quite the re-
,..... The name is the only bic thing ABOUT
r..uaaa The Texas Trunk IS about MY
,..,.r mics in 'ength aud runs from Dallas TO
H.. -u..u of Cedar in Kaufman county.
f-.... II. accounts tine road. which IS or was
r,ra. by = II. huccland Of New York.
i.-l..,el. prospcred. AMI for several years
Is Ir.. IN a bad condition. -Four years
a.u. Attorney General Hogs concluded that
-.,r.... was nor by any means doing lis
r.-. .r The public and not complying with
l........F us the provisions of its charter, dp-
p...l 80 Judge RaincN III Kaufman, Judge
.ftH. FIurticth Judicial district. for leave
tu Institute quo warralto proceedings
s..n-r the road with a view to the forfeit
r.....ra. Iu" proper showing WAS made
r.D.m- the bad and Inefficient condition
Of r.. rod1 Judge RaincE, who
/. 'wS. roHS not incline very
s.r..r. 'o stat" or judicial lnterier-
E.Dg --.'t inc IaAtgClAel ol IdIlTpiu', Tt
i.-es .ar Desired permission. ON what
.... rounds the Application of the AT
i.ru... -auera. was refused, it is not I'M
H. '- Boz. Ju'ge was party SWaScu py
Ttu r.ur'.e 'a'.ous Of those directly inter-
t-'.. .- 81. road. VINO derlaicn jhdI Ihcy
vr-s ..'A' 30 sell ont 10 huntington aud
t.a- ..oa II would be part o. Il powerful
corporation thai would improve 1t and orln@
ZIP .a 70 n"h state OF enclehcN. ms was
7ru .", a. '.." time. But 1t WAS al oun-
..g.he. rs the event proved. No sale TO
Huntington or any nodN else ever TOOK place
aua Eo improvements were made IN III"
condition oi the road, winch continued 10
e. FROM bad IL worse. III" decisive acton
IF '.n Jl4-e stopped al. prJceeulhss, ana
-Gapar eue crced right here Complaints
however, oi jhe miserable service OF the
TsI continued 10 roll III. ana once more
Ey1l. % wear later, me attorney general re-
f.-sri 10 make another effort TO put the
ruau .u nc hands u receiver Ihls time
lr applied to Judge Eurke 81 The
district court ut Dallas Tor IedYe 10
f.r quo Warraulo proceedings. ana III
The ueHu me nave receiver dF-
i'''' ~ w. s4-- ~
= after lu ullerdNt N@hJ rom llidI III
w-..l. judge Raincy looked at II, granted
lH.ye. AID ordered q rerelNershlP al once.
= receiver was accordingly appointed anu
tl.ugs went Il SWIM mnglE for i lew Gays,
b. uu-N irr "a .HW days. u" ROAD he4u an
r'G.r tiI,, .u is hann which i Proceeded
o. UaE with .ear@ eject It's attorneys
fled motion IN JUDGE Burke ; court asking
i.r a change of venue to kaufman county
Judge Haucl : court alleging mat owing
~ undue influence and the com OlnatOn
AGAINST d. lu Dallas county, lu4 justice
could mol Oe had. he necessary dmddNltS
were flied sufficient number oil clllzShS
icing found 10 do ali the swearln" needed
on THAI point. uder the .aw there was
uatld-g LETT for the judge but to order the
change o. Venue as asked. lie mao no dis
eye. .o- u lac premises, the law being man
G-tarE. Once IN Judge RdlncE coGrJ the
Taaa felt perfectly safe. The Judge AGAIN
seeing 10 necessity Tor interfering with the
Az alnuued the acton IN Judge bufke
court. dismissed the receiver and all pro-
rn"tlugs against the road. So ended chap
tel numper TWO.
Again things went on IN the Old, Slip
.a.. FAST ON. No sale of the road took
..-. and TO m1tcrlu- improvement III the
service WIS made. The patrons kicked, and
hsY. DU ErkiuE, beggiug the state 10 take
saa.- action. or 10 somclhin" 10 compel the
uH er- OF the road 10 give JhSiI oeiiet
Service. FINALLY, about month ago or
rl..e1oouts. Airorney-Geueral Culherson,
lrdaut.y fortified, hc thought, with
pr, rs and afidayi'S that the road was not
complying with the law. and was not per
frWHE It's duty 10 the public, applied TO
y-a-r Raiuty for a receiyership II was
2 -ge. tGa- the road WIS Al times perfectly
idle. not 81 train running. and no accommo-
to.s whichever afforded the public II ap-
Feared also that portion of the road from
O.. station IN kaufman called Kemp to Cedar
..st nor operated at ali. and had been So
i.,..t deserted ;hit the natives spoke de-
I.~.re'g OF IL IS Two strraks of rust and
r-..f ul Irlv" Again the judge refused
%. application. On Tuesday of this week,
e. 70 .orucy general learning that the read