Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-31
A BROAD GAUGE ROAD
HOUSTON EAST AND WEST TEXAS
wIDENs ITS TRACKS.
one Thousand Men Did the Work
festcrdns--The History ot the
Road--rirst Train 10 Leave
Houston mi. Morning.

.- Houston, Texas, July 20.
The Houston East and West Texas
railway Is broad gauge railway today.
The hegculcan task was accomplished
yesterday and 1t sool. more than ien
men to DO the JOB, The Accomplishment
OF this work means good deaf for H6us-
ton. 1t means another broad gaugo road
for Houston and another competing une
TO the cas-, aud west, This fact that The
iOad heretofore was not standard
gauge almoat entirely preculdcd (, fsonl
composition Tor through business, and
the work that was accomplished yester-
day almost means another railroad Tor
Houston, II means another competitor
Tor Eastcrn freight anu pamenger bust.
ness. With favorable connections Il VIII
become one OF the popular through pas.
stngcr routes to the East ii will be the
snort line TO Memphis Via the Cotton
.si' Morid,sn, Mlss'i and pr.ninsAam
principal points beyond those vltlcN
the ROAD rams through a nue territory,
And a. ihe history OF It's construct "a
s9 Intimately ,identincd with the careers
OF some of Houston'A most prominent
business men, O short Hketth OF the fnnd
an1 inc country through which a. runs
u here given,
The late Paul lireinond. she pioneer
railroad enthusiast and une OF ths build.
erA Of the frat railroad IN Texas. COM
ceivcd The Idea OF buuling the Houston
East ana West Texas road to connect
with the Houston and Shreveport nul-
way efter the construction Of the latter
road. which runs from Shreveport, l.n..
TO logansport La. ana was built ami
owned by Inn.
The houston Fast and wost TeNas was
chartered In March, isiS, with the follow
ms lucUrpumlom. raui inemond. n ".
House, Abraham Uroeshocck, Horny y
ttu., benjamin A. iotta, ~. ". Cave, h.
~ lttee. !. n iirAdS, EuStne pll.ui, !, =,
hopptis, Edward MlllN j. IL, Mitchell,
Fetcr Floeck, Juhb kennedy. ". i,
busrhlnh, ". u. Cleveland ana Jona
;iiealn. The construction OF inc rodd
was commenced by cuuntl Paul bremoul
w is,G and was ctuunutd until his
dcath, which oorut1od IA 1855, inc iinr
hdNihG been completed Aa far aH l4lauus-
port, distance Ut 10 miles from Nous
ton, Wheft q crtnep,nd with tLv ANUS
lon ana shrNopoi. road. Upon ,no
ueNth of CQunel brvmouu the road wAs
paced Ia Tie hhuQH 81 receiver, Iu4anu.
A. g hoWe beius appointed RECOVER ia
5un's n.y. Whleh oi,iee ne held upui
IN august 1907, the road was sold az
loteelpsute sale anu was huusht BY Co,u-
mel ~. :. Igmibuh OF NuW AorN VINO
j. a
f'hd under "a REPRESENTATIONS ugrctuunt.
AFTER she rrdroniunt OF co.moi Howe
illW the ltpeN arAhip m hltrcn 1876
Messfn. a. W, lloNney ana ll.ots Ample
ny were appointed receivers aud CON
lhned Up cnhtSr Of tue mjuuEoment vi
lnc iOAd unul Jtuo, lsJa, when thp iuad
was Wkon our OF gnn hAnds OF rpcalvHra
"hn turned uNcg 10 it, plesont uMuHts,
Tue hOussUn nart ana Must Esna lats
way company whieh IL otieered aA io,-
COWS. ~ .. Jvmlsun OF Nov YORK ,iTeaL.
uehti N C. nuNr, Viro president nui
Memorial mnnaggT ~, y Me.diun, Aro-
rotary anu uegaufeti Thomas Cromu,
snperntcndeht u. ". bowney. geuuuti
ifwsht Ailu patenRot agent; John d
lilh lrhnme iaT 8 i LuuEhlW, chief
Whptteher. John 10, tmlu0fne, dtVo.op-
hlent ana Immigration agent.
4ho inc pt r1utD NOS lmutt die NORTH
eaHh running nom iioastol to Siroyt-
plrt, La, distance ui ~ miles aud
behei iatos oitlt counties IA fcsua, maine
Harris, Montgomery, LIhcWv. Han
JAclntu, Folk Angelina, NauuglOchrs
ana Shelby and Do Soto ana caddu linr,
shes ~ sbpwana. whieh .cnds d ttlr
toty of lQ,blb square miles feeding tho
iaNWay wigh tie acrpuEc % puluvat on
aud the value Ia lan ni fohaaH