Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-22
FROM TEMPLE TO LLANO.
A Business Meeting at Temple at Which
the Road Was Favorably Discussed.

Special TO the Gazette
TEMPLE, TEX, April 21-In response to a
| call made on Saturday for mass meeting
| OF citizens, over three hundred of Temple S
| most influential and popular business men,
| together with visitors from different towns
aud villages adjacent here. met at the
Bayou opera house at 9 O'Clock this morn
ing, the time for holding the meeting being
postponed from last night to this morning
on account of continuous bad weather and
washouts on the roads, which delayed rep
| resentatives from being present until this
| morning at O'Clock.
The meeting was called to order by Tenn
porary Chairman j. W. Love of Saiado,
who in a brief address made known the OBJ
ject of the meeting-that of devising means
and plans for the construction of Ii railroad
from Temple to Llano and intermediate
points.
He requested the views of the citizens
of Temple, Salado, Cornhill. Summers.
Mills, Florence, Llano and Burnett on the
subject, concluding his remarks by pointing
out the vast amount of hidden treasures
and the wealth of the great country be-
tween Temple and Llano.
y motion was made for 4 permanent
chairman, and Capt. G.. E. Wilcox of TEN
pie was chosen to fill the Office, with J. D.
Crow as secretary
The following delegates on representation
We're present: e Z. Whitfield of Llano,
A. f. Hicks of Marble Falls, ]. w. Love
and DR.. Barton of Salado, A. II. Smith and
W. w. Morris, Cornhill. y. f. Hicks was
requested by letter to represent Florence !;
J. Il. Holland, Summerville
Each of the representatives addressed the
meeting upon the vast resources of the
country and the products of their surround
ing country.
Mr.. E. E. Whitfield made very fine
talk. in which he enumerated the products
OF the country and mentioned some of the
minerals found there. There is found iron
ore, marble, granite, stone and other min
erals.
Messrs. Love and Berton of Salado fol-
lowed with the products of their portion of
the country, being in particular cotton,
which averaged from five TO seven thousand
bales. They also announced having raised
$4,000, to be increased 10 $4,000 if necces
sary, towards building the road.
Mr.. a. F. Hicks, who represented Marble
Falls, by letter, represented Florence, and
assured the people of fair share of sup
port, and his remarks were very encour-
aging. He was authorized to say Florence
had raised $4,000 towards building the
road.
A. II. Smith of Carolina next following,
their principal product being cotton, hay
ing raised 0.G00 bales last season within
radius of five miles of that place.
After the representatives had concluded
their remarks the chairman appointed
committee of four from each town along
the proposed route to receive right-of-way,
have same surveyed at an early date.
On this committee We're appointed: j.
". Love, SaladO; j. w. Atkinson, Flor
ence; L. E. Whitfield. Llano; A F. Hicks,
Marble Falls; Capt. E. Hammond, Burnet;
W. w. Morris, Cornhill; L. +. Wade Tenn
pie; J. r. Hollan, Summerville: to which
was added, on motion, the name of Capt.
Joe Wilcox. who was also made chairman
of the committee.
The meeting adjourned till / 80 p. m,
when the above committee met at the Office
of Capt. Wilcox and formed an executive
committee with the following officers:
George E. Wilcox, Temple, chairman; A
+. Hicks, Marble Falls, secretary; J.. r.
Wade, Temple, treasurer.
The following assessments We're made of
the different towns: Temple, Sc, 900;
Marble Falls. $4,000; BertraIn, $50 O00
Salado. $50, 600; Corrhill, $4,000; Summer
vile, $1,000.
Llano, Burnett and Florence have not
been heard from on the assessment, but
from their Representatives remarks we are
assured of those towns as coming to the
front with liberal assessments.
The people of Temple feel as confident of
the road being built as though they heard
the shrill whistle and saw the fire horse on
the steel, which soon shall join Temple. the
prairie city, and Llano, the mineral city of
Texas