Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14
HOW HOLIDAY GOT STARTED.
A Story Of Pluck and Perseverance, Worthy
Of Emuialion-The Line Of Today
The New Columbian Lin
lied, ETC., Etc.

I uual the bonds OF the AtculsOu. loNehu
aud Santa Re. but with poor success.
lie e. He'd q mass meeting Of the people
of Topeka. and told them DO was ueccs-
sary that be- should have few hundred
dollars Ia order that be might return TO
the East, anu remain until the matter
was settled. as he had abundant reason
for believing that success was just with
iu Dis reach. and chat another effort
Woult put the road under construction
with au assurance Of sufficient funds for
completion The hat was passed around
and tie sum Of SltO contributed. This
was hardly a drop in the bucket Mr.
Holiday then asked the people Of Topeka
q meet at . o'clock the LvXt afternoon
az the sume place. and ~ bring their
teams, pl0ws. spades, shoyels. hoes and
other implements Of like character aRd
he would SHOW them what - do
At the appointed time an immense
crowd was present armed with every
conceivable tool thut could be depended
upon for stirring the virgin soil Mr.
Holiday led the way out ON the prairie.
There were no center, location or slope
stakes IN sight. no survey had been made
and no indication of the liue or the
amount Of hll only the bare prairie-just
this and nothing more. Three poles were
procured and white rags tied 10 the tops,
and with these line was run FOR a
quarter OF "a mile, IL begun on the open
prairie and ended there. Mr.. Holiday
then told the gang 10 dig aud they dug
As a railroad hll, the result Of their
work was something wonderful 90 con
template 10 looked more like @ dump
'., $500 ~ 'a' p.ta '"i va i,oi li. 800 .l
80 H., - A. eIt ~ "" ~ ~
IA ILL ''I.' wv i'' WI, '4''.'
md Ten, tba, 49,, ~ % ~, M NJ 80
of the hll varied from u TO II feet m
width. But that was all right. Ground
100, 100 l 'soNn ~ ui 5,,, tA'.ii9ou'
t,,,.1,,'i ,t., ~ PNt'ie ""
,n'e 'lv WIZ N4 ttoulub h1u
Ir" M.,n i"ttfc IgrIS ul uet 'ue
,ifrnt,. a., zoe o., ,,,J "'eu -.
~ - w tiu' Ith','' "ilu ne lctuluti W
VIZ i.usN re az NOT nave any surplus
'ui'ouut vi "tMui 70 pow M ON WINE
h.Fp'ta NJ VIZ, wv, ~ III e""lh ne Woulu
Ht'g " u'Vil'S 70 pYllu tHc SHulu Il OF
'os y" Nv - t',' w i,u.l y"' re was sue
IsHaiul any an y 10" weeks returned IRON
BOSTON Wllh the necessary arrangements
e2upelra. work was resumed with a
Nlt,' unu louay ON Oh the most magml-
N'Nt IutWNE a!alelus lh the world NnndS
~ monument 70 ING energy oil a mnu
MuO uHu no wealth mt VINO had never
IN IN Heu 'He tAialeu'e Oh huch Woid as
ial,,
Inc Wohd knows what the Santa Fe
~ toduy' livery schpol boy knows 10
reaches IRON Cilcngo 70 the sea at
rlsco on the west az Gunymls, In old
MeAleo To the tlty or Mexico on the
SOUTH anu 20 the Ciult Of Mexico at
galveston. From Chicago 20 Pu bio and
| Denver the 'Thuuderbolt' is known as
one OF thr fastest trains in the coustry.
ana PROBABLY the Fastest running west
oi the Missouri river.
ne santa l'c system has always been
a hra'y advertiser Of the country through
winch u runs nnd as a result the state
l nNnUIlI
l lrNn9pmehl mas boon unprecedented In
/ thr history OF any of the states Kansas
was the pct OF the Santa Zee and at
| every opportunity ana IN season and out
/ ol season the merits ana attractions of
Kansas hs u place for the homcscekcr
were set forth The Kansas of today is
me enid OF the Atchison, Topeka and
Nhnut re, yet like many other children 30
is weary of It's parental curr and is logis-
lhlng against u and all other roads iu
every conceivable manner
Inc Gult, Colorado aud Santa Fe.
which rs the Santa ice route IN Texas, Is
another sample of what may result from
a small beginning. Originally projected
! 20 run from Galveston 10 Santa Fc the
| line was built 10 that direction az far as
| San Angelo, Then the question OF deep
| water aud the consequent diversion OF
| tr0lic OF tue Gulf from the transmissoun
| territory came under consideration and
| the line was changed, the company build
| ing north from Temple TO meet the Gulf
| branch Of the Atchis0n. Topeka and
| Santa Fe system, and this became tho
main line. After the lines had met at
/ Purcell and the road was opened for
| traihc from Kansas City 20 the Gulf the
| Chicago extension was pushed through
| hnd the line from the lakes to the sea
| hy continuous rails was an actual real
/ iV. Then came the financial depression
and the narrow escape FROM panic,
| which was experienced by all the people
Of the country irrespective of location,
and It, aided aud abctted 10y the anti
| railroad legislation epidemic, which like
the yellow fever, seems TO be epidemic
/ az times and which must be allowed TO
run its course, came mp and the work of
railroad construction ceased. The ter.
minus still romans nc san Angelo, but
| there is now prospect the line will be
extended TO Pecos to connect with the
/ Pcroa Valley railway,
Tho management of the Santa Fe has
always been an extremely liberal one
aud especially SO under the admiuistra-
| ton of President Strong and General
Manager Robinson, When Allen Marvel
loon me presidency he pursued the same
| liberal policy. These were western mon
~. full sympathy and touch with the
| West and Us needs aud the wishes OF It's
people, and as "A result the road has be-
come thoroughly unidentified with the
| spirit Of western progress Mr., Rein
te ~