Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-02-15
AMARILLO LOBBYISTS.

According to the Fort Worth
Record there passed through
the Panther City on Sunday, en-
route for Austin, the following
citizens Of Amarillo: w. H. Flu
qua. j. l.. Smith. A. G. Boyce,
NJ. c. Mobiles, Judge VIII Jeter,
Judge Sam Il. Merrell, A A.
Lumpkin. Judge J. l.. Penny. H.
Mitchell. George S. Williams, Dr.
\. W. Cunningham. Il. l.. String
fellow. J f. Hughes. Judge Q.
II. Nelson, II. b. Sanborn, Judge
Gustayus, Mayor VIII A. Miller
and John X. Shireman. Going
to appear before the committee
which has in charge the Bow
man bill, says the Record. and
seeming further inspired by
them it says
The Amarillo people are urg-
ing the passage of the bill be
cause. should it be defeated. they
claim the Santa F'e would proba
bly, build line connecting the
Southern Kansas with its main
line. tapping the main line at a
point ten miles south of Amaril-
10. and with this the Amarillo
folks see a possibility of having
Amarillo at the end of spur
road. over which all traffic from
Kansas City and the northeast
ern points from Amarillo would
pass. and which would increase
the distance over twenty miles.
THIS evidently means, although
not expressly stated, that ANA
rillois afraid of the "Washburn
cutoff which, while shortening
the main line, in which all Panhan-
die people are concerned, several
miles. might leave Amarillo out
in the cold" so to speak. It's
hard to say where it would in
crease the distance twenty
miles. unless upon failure of
this bin to pass and the conse-
1f1aut ad1D+iOn df the straight
through Washburn cutoff. ANA
rillo intends getting all her sup
plies from Northern markets
billed via Canyon City. The in
creased distance referred to here
cannot be explained in any other
way. a little hard on Amarillo.
to be sure, but what is sauce for
the goose should be sauce for the
gander.
1t would appear from the Rec
ord that Judge Penny was chief
spokesman Of this party and so
W clip from that excellent paper
a few Of that gentleman's state
ments and add a little comment
by way Of explanation which the
honorable Judge may profit by,
if he will
The Panhandle country needs
strong. acknowled railway cen
ter as a local market and distrib-
uting center. With this kind Of
city in the Panhandle it would
inevitably follow that the country
would get better rates than
would be possible without such
"a railroad center. Amarillo has
not been asleep these years that
have past. and now we have the
Santa Fe. Fort Worth d Denver,
the Pecos and North Texas, the
Plainyiew and Amarillo line Of
the Pecos road, the Choctaw. Ok
lahoma 4 Gulf road. and we are
going to have the main line Of the
Santa F'e from Amarillo TO Pan
handle City, for we are loaded to
the guards with arguments and
statistics that viii convince most
any old committee that it will be
TO the best interests Of the great
est number Of people to permit
the Santa Fe to make the desired
change Judge Penny.
The greatest number Of PEG
pie" Judge, are served best by
straight lines such as from
Washburn to Canyon City. and
not by triangle service, as the
Bowman bill provides for. And
as TO better freight rates, it's not
the number of roads reaching a
town that secure them-th there
are other reasons. Take San
Angelo and other towns along
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
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