The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-06-02
THE M. K. 6 T.
AN OPEN LETTER FROM GEORGETOWN
AND ROUND ROCK.
Giving a Series Of Reasons Why the Pro
posed Route Should be Changed to Come
Via Of Those Places Instead Of
Copeland.

To Hon. Frank Hamilton, Chairman ClliZens
We. the undersigned citizens OF
Round Rock and Georgetown, respect
fully present to you the following
reasons for believing it to be to the
interest of Austin as well as ourselves,
that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
build their road into Austin from
Granger rather than from Copeland:
/. 1t is nine or more miles nearer
from Granger via Georgetown and
Round Rock to Austin than by the
Copeland route.
2. 1t would cost thu people o great
deal less for right OF way from Mcneil
to Austin than from Copeland (Which
is more than twice the distance that
Mcneil is) and Georgetown and
Round Rock would give the right of
way from Granger to Mcneil, more
than half of the way having been
already graded and now ready for thu
iron. Should Austin accept
the proposition of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas from Copeland they
will probably enter the city from the
east, when you will have to pay right
of-way up Fourth street to west por'
ton of city and for releases from all
owners of property fronting on said
street for damages to their property
by reason of the road Occupying said
street: besides, you will have to take
up and move your railroad to the dam
to another street, which will make adj
ditional costs, involving the purchase
of the right. of.way on the other street
for the dam railroad and delay in con-
domination proceedings for the right
of way through the city and damages
inc dent thereto, all of which will re-
quire time and large amount of
money, but should the Missouri, Kan.
sas and Texas come into Austin from
Mcneil it will be already in the
western part of the city where they
want their depot, and there will not
be any expensive right-of- way for you
to pay for as the road from Mcneil
would not be through expensive farms
nor cut surveys diagonally as would
be the case from Copeland.
3. The building of the road finn
Granger would insure the filling OF
the gap between Granger and Trinity
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
which would certainly follow it
up by closing the gap be-
tween Colmesnial and Cheyneville,
distance of As miles, where it would
have choice of routes through to New
Orleans by the Southern Pacific or
Texas and Pacific railways, thus
giving Austin through line by the
shortest possible route to New Orleans.
1t would give Austin through lines to
both st. Louis and New Orleans and
both shorter than by the Copeland
route, besides the Houston and
Texas Central will be shorter line
than the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
to the gulf, if they do build via
Copeland.
4. In regard to the legal objections
in using the Granger and Georgetown
roadbed and right of way will say
they can be overcome by the Missouri
Kansas and Texas chartering their
road over the Granger and George
town which will forfeit its charter on
December IL, next or it can be sold to
an individual who can transfer it or 1t
can be run as the Austin and North
western Is now run by tine Houston
and Texas Central, the Georgetown
railroad by the International and
Great Northern and many other
roads are now operated.
5. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas
from Granger to Austin would secure
the trade to Austin from section of
country that they do not now get be-
cause we now can only get to Austin
once day and we would then have
two ways of getting there instead of
one.
6. In view of the above facts we be-
lieve Ii to be to the interest of Austin |
and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
to build the road from Granger via
Georgetown and Round Rock, and in
as much as the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas have made the proposition to
Austin for road into the city that if
Austin were to submit proposition
to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas for
a change of route from Granger in"
stead of Copeland into Austin that the
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas would |
accept your proposition. The objec-
ton urged that it would be tap from
Granger would not apply as
well as it would to Cope.
land because the distance in
length of the tap would be greater
We ask your careful consideration of
our proposition in connection with
your interest on the subject.
Citizens of Georgetown-G. W.
Glasscock, Envy Taylor, M. B Lock
EFT, w. l.. Mann, A. A. Booty, w. f.
Casey. J. A. McDougle, w. e. Chap
man, l.. F. Chapman, Cameron & Nc
Lean, j. w. Hodges.
Citizens of Round Rock-Wm. Walsh
Il Co., Mays & Black, CAN'T & Wom-
ack, J. P. Key, s. V. Dooley, H. B.
Sheppard, M. Bernheim, j. NJ. farrell,
G. G. Bradford.
The people of Georgetown and
Round Rock are willing to give right
of-way on any line passing the two
places and making depots the same
distance. whether passing Mcneil or
going more direct, provided the right
of-way costs no more than by way of
Mcneil.