The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-01-26

the funds to secure a north and
south railroad. and can now an
nounce with certainty that not on
ly will the road be constructed, but
Lamar will be one of the principal
division points on the system.
The officers of the Denver &
Gulf Railroad. including the presi-
dent Mr.. F. A. Umsted. have been
negotiating with the Lamar Com
mercial Club. and have arranged to
commence building operations from
Lamar within sixty days. The
price agreed up was $4,000 cash
to be paid out at the rate of $5.-
600 for each 1-2 miles construct
ed from Lamar. and 20 acres of
land within mile of Main street
for shops and round houses and
yards.
The first meeting was held on
Thursday two weeks ago at the
club rooms and C. C. Goodale act
ed as chairman and Chas. Hoag
as secretary. 1t was voted to ae-
cept the proposition of Mr.. I'm
sted. and the following committee
was named to solicit subscriptions:
NJ. Strain. w. C. Gould. C. NJ. Lee.
w. s. Smith. J. NJ. Williams. L.
markham and d. b. Novels
The committee added the names OF
C. C. Goodale and A. Z. Bent
Active work began at once and
the committee were assisted by
number of our enterprising citizens
in the work. All classes united and
by Monday of last week it was
evident that the proposition would
win. On Friday the committee was
'aDie to announce the full amount
AS secured. and even since then
many new subscriptions have been
received.
After . busy week of hustling
the committee was able to an
nounce a SUBSCRIPTION rund OF over
$4,000 last Friday night at
subscribers meeting. and a commit
zee consisting OIL Z. Z. Goodale, A.
h. Bent. Z. NJ. Lee. ID. b. Novels
and b. b. Brown was named To act
rs trustees for the subscribers. "A
request was made that the suDscriD-
eis voluntarily place their suDscrip-
tions in their respective banks tn.
following day. and IL will give IA
good idea OF tine genuine Lamar
spirlt 10 reRoJI the Iact that oveI
sro.v0U mad been deposited d.
noon the next day.
Inc contract will be signed up
in a lew Gays but the details have
already been practically agreed up
on. and the company is Air sady
ilaking arrangements to begin work
rney have financed and will con-
struct ESQ miles OF the road from
Lamar southeast towards the Gull
OF Mexico before May /, 1911, and
in three years the entire system
from Denver to the Gulf will be
in operation.
The following list will show the
generous manner in which almost
the entire population of our town.
as well as a great many of the en-
terprising farmers of the vicinity
responded to the call of the COM
mittee:
C. C. Goodale. NJ. Strain. d. b.
Novels. J. X. Doughty, L. Wira
Markham. A. E. Bent. W. ]. John
ston Mere. Co.. d. E. Cooper.
100000
C. NJ. Lee. E. NJ. Mears. w. C.
Gould. l.. F. Adams. Strain Bros.
J. NJ. Williams. Chas. Maxwell.
tbanker). C. C. Huddleston. Davies
Hotel. Lamar Hardware Co., Geo.
A. Everett. The Lamar Lumber Co.
the Dickinson Lumber Co., b. B.
drown.
Manville & Filoon $3.50.
T. J. Sayler. $500.
$4,000
VIM. s. Smith, Mrs. w. l.. More
house, J. w. Bent, Geo. B. Merrill.
Carl & Hagaman. The Lapar Iu
vestment Co.. G. w. Idler, CRANKY
Hillyer. Lamar Seed Co., n. l.. Con-
woll. Silver Bros. F. Z. Irwin, Z.
Il. Pike and wife. j. NJ. Wright.
The Lamar Daily News, Stephen
Scott. J. s. Hasty. The Up-to-Date
Drug Co.. d. H. Bane. c. NJ. Hasty,
Charles Maxwell. (MilD.
A. Deeter. Right of way and $500
e25O.OO
H. B. Manville. Thos. Berry, ].
T. Lawless. E. J. Wagner. D. C.
Marker. Donald Mcintosh, p. S.
Lynch. Ray McGrath. E. R. Jones.
The Mcdowell Const. Co., The Ben
nett Nero. Co., The Brookshire
Trading Co., Leatherman & Leas--
ure. G. w. Burk, w. A. Packard;
DR.. E. E. Bartlett. Drs. Burnett
Bros, Ed R. German. G. H. Brown