Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14

ana Houston In fks
The settlements M
days friuged the cos,, sAsi
quite naturally The MAJ.
construction, that nes'o
OF progress aud civilEe
Various railroad en,a
magnitudes were lnses
ried on with fuctneiIsss.' '
ing most frequent ae5
maintaining and for o,.....
for prescribing and d,e
with the advancem'e.s..l l
prosperity Of Texas
All railroads IN Te,o.
chartered by special ae,
history Of them wonlg
amount Of invcstigaiien
the interesting facts "a
here, would require an
tensiye than even ,ha
pass. ''1it
The recording Of railm.,
gan In the Office OF NJ w,
with that Of the Dalis.
Railway company, Gle5 \.
%, 1876. under the s
act to provide for Inc
associations that nav NJ
the purpose Of cOnstrp..,
and limiting the powers X
tious when so Organized
10, 1876. y
The ncorporators Of th.
II. Obcnchuin William a a
Pointer, $. i. Hollinesw,,e,.
lingswOrth. j. s. Stev,,r, /
wait. II. G. Mcclure. Nv 4 J.
Phillip Lindsey.
Since the day the recori
ter was spread upon A.
Book A" four biz volnS.
filed. making a chapter
Of railroads and railroad 4 4
is both interesting ard M
ter which tells better tlss
could, the story Of tbe 49,
velopment Of the great sisl,
The extent Of railroad co6s
the small beginning shown
without a parallel, for toi,,
forty-nine railroads In tha
extent of thousands Of ma
East, west, north aud sas
ate trayersing the vast eti,- \
almost bOundleas prairie
they come new ones and ~
and the more they are. tie
welcome, the more satisfasrI
ness they DO.
a glance into the seop,in
register shows that eva q
the year they are plentiful
The records for the pfese
the following charters flei
Rio Grande Northern rallwl
Horn station on the Tptp /
TO the Rio Grande. with "A
of 100000, filed Feb. g
Feb. "a the Chicago, ROD \
Texas filed an amendmeh, q
authorizing the construeton
from its main line through M
and Dallas counties, to ne 7
las. This was o valentine
Fort Worth all the time All
lie has seen how il ultlnaley
proper destination.
The Texas and Gulf M
Marshall to a point on the @
leo AT or near Sabine Pass |
with a capital stock Of 81
scribed, filed lis charter Mail
The Myrtle Springs rnin|
was incorporated March iG i
10 build from Myrtle Spnla|
the Texas aud Pacific ralf
Zandt county. Capital s.1d
The Gulf, Beaumont and ID
Railway company the 2lT
filed its articles Of incorr0ad
seventy miles north fpu
Capital stock, S500,O00.
In the location Of ailu'l
dcucc of facts goes 10 slN
Worth has been pecubAii
Senator Swnyne has jas
medium Of advertising tkk q
world in q manner most anu
the same time fOrcible,
IL was during n session d
the incident occurred. bil
moving along smoothly and :
tors were watching. full Of ir'
onward roll of business bn~
top Senator BOwscr's hl iEl
ton of u criminal couf, 4
county, and when it caule 3
Agnew surprised the senate 3
a substitute creating The ciE
rant and Dallas counties 3
solely for Dallas, giving nl
that there Is not suihciell Y
Dallas TO warrant three AZ
TurTnnt Is behind with hef u
would be asking the next lgl
a criminal court.
Senator Swayne took the hg
that while Tarraht county
with her docket, he repreMa
erous people, and althoueh
the court, the relief that tAhi
give, his conscience would
him TO support the subillis'
Fort Worth had already sioa
from Dallas that he thoir
time 10 halt. The theft hep.
stealing of the Santa ne "a
in quick succession came l1
Kansas and Texas, the roy
Denver. the Fort Worth ana }
Fort Worth aud New 0rlearss
continental branch of the y
tic, the Cotton Belt, and lis
least, the Chicago, lsoes =
Texas, all of which Should "
Dallas had they not been sa'
Worth. Not satisfied VITA "
quarters OF many HHlcu-.
ments, the NAPLES Grocef
Cord Grocer company VIZ
chants, in the last few VIZ,
Fort Worth, when they sao.s
To Dallas. A S4OO,OO biss~
600 900 packery, two lMt
banks, q large distillery' ~,
other enterprises, whlGh M
and expected to get fon
fcloniously taken from Isn W..
To return TO statistics, h9s'
tigation shows that there ~. y.
and in operation, the l0N'
IN Texas:
Austin and Northwestern""'
Brownsville and Cult
Central Texas and Norl,sg,ir-.,
Chicago, Rock Island ana
DeIIalb and Red River az, ~,
Denison and Wichita NAii'
East Line and Red River. e.,
Fort Worth and Denver W.
Fort Worth and New VilgsS
Fort Worth and Rio Oraal'
Galveston and Western r N
Galveston, Harrisburg an'
Antoine ,......f't' 'ii..t
Galveston, Houston ana ~
son. ....ss.'ss. ~
Gulf, Colorado and Sanla 4, n
GuIf Wocfarn TpXns ana tNN