The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-25
WILL Be BITTER FIGHT
The Hartman and YOakum latereSfS to
Wage War on Texas Soil.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat pub
fishes q dispatch detailing red-hand-
ed war between Hartman and Yoak-
um interests in Texas. II says:
THE Colorado Southern will not
obtain an outlet TO the gulf through
building an extension of the Trim
ity and Brazos Valley or the construc-
ton of another line If +. H. HART
man can prevent IL. Mr.. Hartman
Is opposing every move that the Haw-
-Yoakum syndicate is making to-
ward consummating their railroad
building plans in Texas Advices
have reached here from New York
that he sought In every way possible
10 block the extension of the Trim
ity and Brazos Valley 10 Galveston,
and for completing other lines Of
this railroad system In Texas. In
this. however. Mt Tfarrifnau was de-
roatef and It is fact that Mr.. Yoak-
um and his associates now have at
their command $4,000. 900 for use
in carrying to fulnllment their rail-
road plans in Texas.
When il became known that the
Trinity and B-aaos Valley lines had
been acquired b. the Hawley- Yoakum
syndicate. and that IL was to be eX-
tended and become part of the
Colorado Southern system. the word
was given out by the Southern Pa
cific people that a cutoff line Of the
Houston aud Texas CerrraT was TO De
built from Mexia to Navasota, ira
yersing the rich valley Of branch
Of the Brazos river. The route of
this proposed cutoff line was ad-
joining that which had been origin
ally selected for the Trinity and
Brazos Valley extension toward
Houston. In order that there might
be no conflict In the two routes the
Trinity and BraZos Valley abandon
I'd its Nayasota projected line and
started out TO locate a new route to
Houston from Mexta II had only
got fairly started Ia the survey when
the Southern Pacific engineers began
locating the line for the Houston
ard Texas Central parallel to IT,.
abandoning the Navasota cutoff pro
position
The building of this parallel line
by Mr. Hartman and associates is
The least part of their plaas for
fighting the Hawley- Yoakum syndi-
cate Incl ientally, the fight Is to
he waged just rs strongly against
the Rock Island and Frisco. An
important move by Mr. Hartman
and associates In the pending con
test was taken when they obtained
a charter under the laws Of Kansas
a few days ago for the Denver, Kan
sas and Gulf Railroad Company. u
is announced that the latter com
uany wtll build a road from Dem
yer. Colo. 20 Trxarkana, Texas, pass
ing through Kansas. Oklahoma and
Indian Territories This proposed
road will obtain connection with the
Houston and Texas Central lines oi
the Southern Pacific uy the con
struction of an extension OF the LAT
ter road from Deuison. Texas, north
to Oklahoma City The Texas and
New Orleans or the Houston East
and West Texas. the other north
aud south lines Of the southern Pa
cifie. viii be- extended TO eonnec
With the proposed new line. The pro
posed Denver line viii traverse
territory that Is now occupied by th'
Rock island.
ia addition 80 the builliug OF thl
road. &c is reported thar the H1rri
man interests contemplate buildlnl
into St Louis from Oklahoma Cit
or Denlsou. Texas. The proposed ST
Louis line Will. for the most part
parallel the Frisco