The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-09
ROAD IS TO BE BUILT
|. and G. N. Has Come TO Terms with
The People of Anderson.
iIlf CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED
Road Is TO Run from Navasota or Stone
ham to MadisonviIle Via Anderson.
Fifteen Months to Complete It.

Palestine. Texas, March s.-rhe commit.
tee Of citizens from Anderson and Madison.
vhlc, Grimes county. who have been here
waiting on the officials Of the international
and Great Northern with view OF extend.
ing the road TO their section, were sue.
cessfu' as contract was signed here to-
day and it is an assured fact that the road
win be built
Anderson, Texas, March S.-rom Bnfang
ton, VIII Hell and Or. Fred c. Johnson
returned this evening from Palestine. where
theN acting with committee from Mad
sonyule. secured contract with the Inter.
national and Great northern Railroad com.
pany, under the terms of which road is
10 be built from Navasota or Stoneham. at
the option Of the company, to Madisonyille
via Anderson The people are greatly re-
jolced thereat and the committeeman are
being given royal reception.
The committeeman desire through The
Post to publicly thank General Manager
Trice and other officials OF the road for
their treatment at Palestine
The Texas. Northern aud Brazos, the road
on which Dr. johnson has been working so
long, will become part of the lnterna.
tlonal system and the doctor is considered
true prophet in promising the people of
this section a road IL he had to build It
himself
Navasofa, Texas. March s-Captaln r.
+. Burlington DR.. # b. Johnson and VIII
Hell returned at noon today from Pales.
tine. where they mad been for several days
in conference with Mr.. Leroy Trice, second
vice president and general manager Of the
International and Great Northern Railroad
company They had hardly stepped upon
the depot platform before The Post cor.
respondent, who had been lodging street
talk and rumors for week. was among
them TO ascertain authorltatively what had
been the result of their visit and for con
hrmation Of information received from
other sources The gentlemen had no hest
fancy in giving reasonable information and
Captain Burlington remarked: Eyes the
contract is signed, and l have it in my
pocket right here"
Further conversation with the travellers
ELECTED the statement that the railroad
company had agreed and signed contract
TO run the proposed road from Navasota
or Stoncham through Anderson to Madison.
vile Anderson citizens obllgatng them
selves 70 furnish the right Of way.
The company IS to have six month";, in
which to complete surveys and furnish
citizens profile Of the route, citizens to
have twelve months in which 10 secure
right OF way. aud the road to be completed
to jacksonville within fifteen months from
the signing of this agreement, the road
guaranteeing fulfllment Of the contract
The time limit for the building and com
pletion Of the road is more thnn is thought
by any one to be required Mr. Trce stat
ed TO the committee that he would bccin
the surveying Just as quickly as he could
organize another surveying corps and not
waiting till those now employed are Olsen
gagged.
The road reserves the right to build
from Navasota OF Stoneham hut IL IS the
expressed intention to build from ths city,
the provision being made simply TO insure
reasonable treatment from Navasota And
they have little fear Of getting it, because
Navasotu's treatment and dealing with
The company to date has been more tnaa
alnable aud satisfactory. ON tn, other
humid the citizens here denling directly
with officers Of this company have more
than once been deeply impressed with -"
uniform fairness ard reasonab'eucss Of M
Irce aud his assistants
Navasota people appreciate the splendt1
work Of this Anderson committee aud viii
he found with their shoulders to the wheel
helping r every way the great project
Madisonvlle people acted at Palestine
in conjunction with the above committee.
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In connection with the above item 1t
may not be nmiss TO state that the country
to be opened up is very rich one, which
has long been without proper facilities for
development. The road may not stop at
jacksonville, it is understood, though there
is nothing definite enough to serve as ba-
sis for further statements.