Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-03-01
DAILY PANHANDLE IN ERROR.

The Canyon City News, pub
lished at Canyon City, is one of
the directors to the straighten-
ing of the track of the Santa te
from Panhandle to this city.
Canyon City is not affected i'll
any way by the proposed straight
ening of the tracks, but by OPP
posing the Strengthening. Canyon
City hopes to be the proper place
on the line for the shops of the
Santa Fe. Because of this for
lorn hope, Canyon has sent her
best citizenship to Austin to
fight the proposed change which
the railroad and Amarillo have
asked the Legislature to make. -
Daily Panhandle.
The Daily Panhandle has ever
been fair in its editorial columns
and the misleading statements
above regarding the position of
the Canyon City people is rather,
The News is inclined to think,
more from ignorance of the facts
in the case than from purely
selfish or otherwise improper
motives. A general newspaper
with broad field of operation
before it. such as the Daily Pan
handle enjoys. cannot afford to
wilfully pervert the truth nor
can it remain long in error and
still retain the support of an hon
est and fair minded public such
as patronize our esteemed ANA
rillO contemporary.
The Daily Panhandle should
know, whether it does or not,
that Canyon City is NOT opposed
TO Strengthening the Santa Fe
tracks, but is now and ever has
been decidedly IN FAVOR OF
STRENGTHENING THEM. We de
sire to make this future trans
continental line-the Santa F'e-
four miles shorter than Amarillo
would have it. had she her way,
as the Bowman bill provides for,
And for the successful contra
diction Of this fact, nOtwithstand-
ing the dogmatic assertions OF
the Daily Panhandle as above set
forth. The News offers to any
one the round sum of 81 900 spot
cash.
For the further enlightenment
of the Daily Panhandle The News
will here recite little history:
Seven years or more back the
Santa Fe adopted as the proper
route line from Panhandle
straight through to Canyon City,
and then after purchasing the
road now proposed by Amarillo
to be taken up, from Washburn
to Canyon City became the Santa
Fe plan. In pursuance of this
design the Santa Fe had the line
surveyed from Washburn here
and issued orders for the gap to
be filed. Then Amarillo stepped
in and by payment Of a large
cash bonus and other cOnsidera-
tons diverted the Santa F'e, to
the great damage of Canyon City
and the entire system west OF
of here. over the Denver tracks
to her own confines. She, ANA
rillo. also secured about the same
time the Pecos Valley shops for
five years. This lease, for what
else could it have been, expired
some two years ago and since
then Canyon City has asked only
simple justice-her original UNI
derstanding with the Santa Fe-
her right, along with the people
of other towns west, TO 90
straight to Kansas City without
circling by Amarillo and paying
extra toll to say nothing Of the
delay experienced for the very
doubtful pleasure of seeing that
town.
The original Santa Fee plan
from Washburn to Canyon City
would straighten the line sev-
eral miles, while the pending
Amarillo proposition would crook
il several miles, and this fact
aya,vhodu SaamS IN lyuoW pYcpnt