San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-12-16

and to hear reports from tn
various committees.
President Martin called tn
house TO order at 1870 and intro
dueed Col. G. S. Jones to deliye
The annual address. The Colone
spoke of the good work done b,
the Board during its SIX months o
existence and what it proposed t,
do in the future; after calling at
tention to the organization anC
work done by the new milling
company, and of the great benefit.
to be derived by farmers and bust
ness men by the establishment o
the new Touring mill with capac
ity of sixty barrels per day and al
organized capital of $4,000. lie
said that the next move and the
important question for our people
to consider at once was railroad
connection with the outside world
The BYLAWS were then read by
the secretary, and on motion the
order of business was suspended.
when DR.. Sanderson of the men,
bership committee reported the
names of eighteen new members
and recommended that they be
elected which was done at once to
give the new members chance to
vote.
On motion the old Board of Di-
.rectors were reelected to serve for
the next twelve months viz: J II
Martin, n D Lidstone, John Seid-
ers, George Harris, E L Rector,
G II Hagan and W B Leverett.
The Railroad committee report
ed progress, and recommended
that a committee be appointed to
raise funds for immediate use.
The Entertainment, Finance,
Advertising and Printing, Immi-
grafton, Streets and Roads, Man
ufactures and Membership COM
mittees made their reports and
the reports were adopted.
Resolution by G. II. Hagan re-
curing members to pay one dol
lar each by Jan. 1st and fifty cents
per quarter thereafter to meet the
expenses of the association, was
read and adopted and a motion by
Col. Jones to strike out that por-
ton of the Bylaws in conflict with
the foregoing resolution was also
adopted.
On motion av1.amittee of three
John Seiders, Tom Ward and Ed
House were appointed to raise
$3.50 to defray the expenses of the
Railroad committee. Adjourned.
--z.-. sss=-----
During the last year about 5000
acres Of farming land were opened
up and put In cultivation. With
the new roller mill going up our
wheat market will be enlarged:
this will of course afford an oppor-
tunity for opening up more land.
As our town provides markets, our
[ gricultural interest, which are the
substance and support Of any
will develop and improve.
Our custom has been that the
wheat producers would slip the
surplus to other markets, and our
grocery men would purchase their
aour in foreign markets. But
nov the two mills will be able to
supply not only our local market
but command a large trade outside
our own county. SO as we deyel-
op enterprise we afford means Of
developing our county, as our coun
ty develops we allreceIve a proper
Tomato profit. Therefore if we
could get a railroad a marke. for
all products of the county would
be opened up. More stock would
be raised, because the means for
shipping would be better and cas-
Ter. Soon every acre OF tillable
land would be in cultivation. Our
county would prosper, new indus
tries would develop, aud with the
natural advantages we have our
county would be among the lead
ing counties Of the state. This
railroad is not an impossibility. A
stock company here with $4,000
capital could put the railroad here
Two propositions could be submit
ted. The one to the Gulf Colora-
do d Santa Fe road and Goldth-
waith, the other to the Southern
Pacific road and Llano. These
propositions with a $4,000 capt
tai woulI put the road here. With
q railroad here land through the
county now worth from 8 10 SO
per acre would increase in value
to $40 to S25 per acre, while town
property would quadrHple lis pres
ent value. Therefore a railroad
stock company here would by no
means be a wild cat speculation,
but an investment with paying re-
suits. Business men Of our town