Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26
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At the request Of citizens OF Fort
Worth. Representatives Of the Rock ISL
and railroad visited the city yesterday
TO confer with n citizens committee about
the extension Of that road to Fort Worth.
A long conference was held yesterday
afternoon. in which the city was rep
resented by lending business men and
the road by Messrs. Lowe and Parker
The latter said that they had already Of
fered more to secure an entrance into
the city than they believed the land they
needed to be worth, and declined 20
make any further propositions After
protracted discussion among themselves,
the citizens proposed to make an effort
to secure the rght-of-way for the road,
for q sum slightly in advance Of the al
lottancc by the road for that purpose.
This offer received the assent Of the
Rock Island officials, and they left the
city last night with the understanding
that they should be informed 10y tele-
gram next Tuesday evening whether the
effort by the citizens to obtain the right
of-way was successful.
The aggregate Of the difference now
existing between the Rock Island and
the land owners from the county line
to terminal point In Fort Worth Is
$4,000.
This Is the sum for which the citizens
have TO provide within the next two
days, or abandon all efforts to get the
road. This is the third attempt on their
part to make terms with the road which
Is now hating at point from which
II can diverge 20 Dallas or run to Fort
Worth with about equal convenience.
Two plans have been adopted to bridge
over this difference Of $4,000. One is
to secure reduction In the prices Of
the land owners, and the other IS to
obtnin subscriptions to a guaranty fund,
10 be used II necessary to make up the
difference between the road and the land
owners.
1t is believed that large reductions
should be made by the land owners. This
Is no time for dallying, and the truth
Is, that some Of them are endeayoring
TO reap fancy prices for their lands and
are not unwilling to hazard the loss Of
the road to Fort Worth for selfish pur-
! pose TO those word of caution may
| he seasonabc Undcr the terms of the
pending agreement, IL the Rock Island
comes 20 Fort Worth, the citizens will
furnish the right-of-way for specified
sum, and the burden of extortionHto
prices would fall upon them, not upon
the road. Happily. the law provides a
way for the equitable adjustment OF
such cases, and we fnpcy that there
could be no specdicr method of knock.
ing the wind and water out of fictitious
real estate values than condemnation
proceedings begun by the citizens In the
public interest
In taking such course the citizens
committee will have the hearty approya
of the public, aud since every dollar aboy,
the sum the road agrees TO pay mus
come from the pockets Of the people
1t is TO be hoped that they win resolutcl
refuse 10 pay one cent more for lam
than It's fair value sold under ordinor
circumstances,
In view Of the protection afforded b
the law, and Of the natural dlspositio
OF the landowners TO deal more liberan
with the citizens themselves than wit
the railroad, there should be no dih
Guilty in securing signcrs to the guarant
fund.
The committees which have this matte
In charge arc;
Soliciting committee for guarantC
fund.- g. Mccarthy, Major X. y
Van Zandt Martin Casey, Captain NJ. ]
Lloyd, w ]. Bailey A. w. Caswell.
Right OF way committee-H. @, Holl
way, b. b. Paddock, NJ. G. Hurle
n, d. Burbridge. VIM. Camps, II. v
T,llant,
Now, all together; a long pull,
strong pull; let the packery deal
supplemented with the Rock Island.
What glorious announcement th
would be for next Wednesday mornin
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