The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-18
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
Galveston, Brszos and Southwestern WIN
Soon Commence CONSTRUCTION.
WANTS ATERMlNAL TO HANDLE TRAFFIC
Casually Remarks that n Faculties
Can Not Re und nj Galveston rcxas
City May nc selected.

galveston, Texas, November Ill p
Featherstone, secretary Of the Gulf and
Interstate. and promoter of the Galveston.
Brazos and Southwestern railroad, saws ac-
tive building operations on the latter road
Will soon begin. He is going to lay a
proposition before the city council. which.
he hopes. will receive' the earnest consider
alton, not oaly OF tho aldermen. but Of
all citizens interested in the development
Of Galveston
In speaking OF the matter today Mr.
Feathcrstone said:
II hope that the people OF Galveston an
preciate what an important transportation
line this will be. We will go through
Galveston. Brazoria Matagorda. Wharton.
Lavaca. jackson. Dewitt Gonzales. VIII
son, Guadalupe and Bexar counties. tap
ping one of the finist agricultural regions
on earth. These counties In 1896 raised
more than 100000 bales OF cotton. Not n
pound of this cotton now comes To this
market without passing through Houston.
The building OF our railroad will increase
agricultural development In those coun-
ties to a great dlsgree and will give TO
Galveston a local trade larger ami more
important than any Ii now enjoys. Why,
lust think OF the possibilities of sugar
cana raisinE over in that Brazoria and
Matagoria country when our road is built.
The business the Galveston, Brazos
and Southwestern will control will be new
business for Galveston. Every one knows
that But We do not expect to simply do
a local freight business. Our plans are
more comprehensive. We want to be in
a position to handle through freight. We
want to get into the CITY Of Galveston
and we want to make a good transfer
connection with the Gulf and Interstate.
This is simple enough on the face of 1t
and l think the mass of the people would
like to see our road come in, but 1t seems
to be difficult matter TO get into this
city or get through 1t with freight with
out being subjected to charges that make
1t very difficult If not impossible to handle
business at profit We don't intend 10
be at the mercy of some competitive line
that now has an entrance into the city
What / want to nut bsfore the people
OF Galveston is plain business PROPOSE
ton. We want to come in here and we
will be glad to do so If we can make ar
rangements that Will give a fair oppor-
tunity to us to handle our traffic, but we
are not dependent entirely upon Calves
ton. The gentleman who owns Texas
facilities we want and-has rendered to us
all that we could ask In the way OF in
ducenients to make that point the ter
minus of the Galveston, Brazos and
Southwestern. 1t is only seven miles from
Texas city to Bolivar and the Texas City
channel is deep enough for transfer pur-
poses The chances of the making of a
deep water channel up to and beyond
Texas City are fair. AS far as present
conditions are concerned Texas City Offers
come advantages that are worthy OF
study.
az propose to lay these facts before the
city council and at the same time make
a proposition for a right OF way into this
city for the Galveston BRACES and South
western. will net ask for ANYTHING more
than is fair ana lust. We want to come
here. for it Is here we have our In
terEsts, but we must be able to do on
business here without being subjected to
prohibitive charges or we will have 10
look elsewhere"