Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14
custom and Texas Central
and It's History.
LIKE CONSTRUCTION.
..uudss Of Tho Early Trainmen-The
I,r Alonu It's Line-Thc hgriouI-
Ii Produols-lls officers
and Station Men,


,Le first roads to begin con.
"a m Tpxns was the Houston ana
Central. ii probably standing
ne list. for as far is known TO
mon here the Galveston, harris
4 san Antonio was the hrst
bnilding from Galveston TO the
Buffalo Bayou, where II was
the Bayou City would be
stopping seven miles from the
the present city of Houston.
Jonston was laid out the Houston
nc Central began work, which
Setme during the year 1851. In
~ the work Of construction was
hi and as all the supplies, per-
anne bv sea the supplies We're
erv uncertain In arriving. and all
INA be done was to use what
was brought in one cargo and
IN for the arrival Of another
d these circumstances the work of
'rtion proceeded almost as rapid
snail would crawl. and when the
II BIKE out the terminus was some,
= oar Nayasota. Here IL remained
rtter the war. and in fact nothing
Of was done on construction
#opk IN 1861 or 1868, when the
as again resumed In a desultOry
way and the road crept along
s mi until sometime during 1872,
built into the city of Dallas. At
N|ne Fort Worth was only a post,
"A one dreamed there would ever
val to Dallas mt the junction, Of
Hnity. The work was then pushed
Rpidly and In 1913, when it reach
River City and made that point
minus, the rapidity with which the
tad been built from Dallas was
bed something remarkable. The
Is remained at Red River City
De Missouri. Kansas and Texas
the Red river, sometime in 1875,
nson was made its Texas termi-
The Houston and Texas Central
Ibandoned It's Red river terminal,
4 Il moved back TO Denison. at
point 1t remains 10 the present
interesting "reminiscences are
old railroad men of the yicissi-
of railroading IN those days and
.als and ti1bulauons of the train
Texas at that time was rather
inated by the rough element and
Of trainman was at times
exciting and not altogether pleas
Honey was plenty and the spirit
enture was In the people. Money
ade rapidly and spent rapidly.
U did not care for expenses and the
An was not as important a person
N those days as he has since be-
Still the Houston and Texas
though penetrating the most
NJ sections of the state, yet had
fatively little traffic as compared
Pie volume of business of today;
were high, material was eXpen-
pd rnlroad operation was a costly
Is, The building of the road
tied Development and this is shown
~ Tact that the highest develop
20 be found in the state is along
pc, II penerates the heart Of the
agricultural section of the state
products are enumerated as fol-
on has always been, and is now,
+lei production and article of e1-
~ Texas. That raised here Is gener-
ID 2 superior quality and commands
prices 10 all markets. The yield per
A from half a bale TO hale--5OO
q the lOwlands yielding the larger
lOh' For the year ending July 81,
mere were produced In Texas
~ bales, Of which the Houston
te1as Central railway carried about
y, OF over - per cent. of the
crop of the state.
feyuent upon the production Of cot
suts one Of the most important in
~ OF the South, /. e.. the manu-
n Of cotton-seed oil. This oil is OF
Flor quality and extensively used
purposes where a fine oil is ncces-
ne yield Of oil is thirty-two gallons
OF cotton seed. After the oil has
sAuaeted from the seed, the ma
tsuluihlng Is pressed into a cottOn-
~ cake, which makes an excellent
ulnuOus food for stock. and is
Algey Tor export. For the mnnu.
\ 81 the oil and oil cake several
4 LIZ usare IN operation ON the line
HouSton and Texas Central rail-
INV ,as as a staple, is grown in the con-
lV'nern and northwestern portions
II s.ate, the average Weld being
sNehty-four bushels 10 the acre.
m some instances the production
KY rsned as high as forty-fve bushels
/ his rs grown in all parts of the state
~ susnels 10 the acre being about tbe
E PRODUCTION; in the bottoms Of
ituiy, brazos and Colorado. how
,ushsis~ reaches sixty TO seventy
~ Grown readily throughout tie
In6 a country tributary TO the Hons.
'sis,sAas Central railway, Welding
I'm 70 eighty bushels per acre
'snt..i u very certain crop through
n Ia iexas, averaging about sixty
XII" tne acre; as high as eighty
.eed oue hundred bushels have been
,e y very sure crop. producing nm
reo, VI twenty-five bushels DER mere
, aeS,giqieently torty-6ve. WV
a iees.--All varieties Of gnrden
! ae are produced In great aim.
H. Where IN the state. '"
n ~ great variety nre g,.ou,r T.,
carr as along the line of this
b cae anu attention in their oniti.
4 M D9t be productive of The beit
81 ttaiius II not surprising the
!. ueu ~ any Of the older
y y There are several species %
\ roaJ pe region of country tributary
oak w. consisting of pine. post.Sat
III. n"!hut, ash, cottOn-yvood 49,,
Il ra;s Iaek' liye-oak aud pecan
Other l ~ The raising Of stock
!. No ~ me Important industries M
comnotp" oruoh Of tie United S.ates
a aetS with il in this resnsct
co,npsrn sheep and hogs raised
shibiis" very faYorably With SINH.
I oe5rar.an other aud older states
usion v ~ are as follows.
~ oq and Texas Central ra;I,,..
,tnl T'ea.sham, receiver.
-Chsrl, eA4s and Northwestarn rail.
md W., Dillingham;, president n
les fnd Northwestern r.,I.o.a
laka, Dllingham, presido,t, iVe0T
H general superintendent a. ~
Tet 'nA' passenger agent. Hons
,lcr,' fis esrs' travelling freight agent,
Tx 'n'aal' commercial agent, Hous.
s y Christian, commercial 49,.