The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-03
LINE To PALESTINE
TO Be BUILT SOON
STATEMENT Is MADE BY PRESI.
DENT WATKINS OF COM
rANY IN CHARGE.
Says There Wip lie One Hundict
and Eighteen Miles of Track
to East Texas.

According to statements Of the
officials of the Trinity VALLEY Trac-
| ton Company an electric line viii
be built at an early date BY taat
company from Dallas to WaXGhachie,
| Corsicna and Palestine, WITH line
| diverging from the main line to En-
mis- Two surveys have been made
of the proposed line and the work Of
securing the right of way is now be-
ing carried on by a party in the
field 1t is expected that the con-
struction work will begin at an
early date Relative to the pro-
posed new line connecting Dallas
and the Southeastern points, Presi-
dent ] v Watkins said:
THE Trinity Valley Traction Com
pany was organized some two years
ago for the purpose of building an
electric railroad from Dallas to Pal
estine, passing through WaXahachie,
| Corsicana and Ennis. The company
| has already spent over $4,000 on
| the promotion of the line and every
thing is now ready for the begin
ming of the construction at an early
date owing to the large amount OF
detail connected with a proposition
of this kind there is necessarily
much time and money spent before
anything appears to have been
done"
Regarding the country to be trav-
ersed by the proposed line, Mr.
Watkins said: "Our line, which will
be 11S miles long, will pass through
one of the richest fruit and truck
farming districts in East Texas. The
traffic is expected to be very heavy
as is evidenced by the thickly set
tied prairie district and the excel |
lent terminal at Palestine and our
is making every provision |
by the installation of a first class |
plant in every respect
cat Palestine connection is made
with the |. & G.. n. railroad both east
and west and to the south by the
State Road to Rusk. AS there are
low no direct transportation facil-
ties for reaching Central and North
Texas, this line will furnish direct
inc for all that portion of East Tex
Is lying beyond the eastern termi-
lus. In anticipation of the heavy
-raffic We will install electric loco
motives and up-to-date motor and !
express cars.
The time to Dallas from Pales-
tine win be shortened some eight
or ten hours by making the run in
three or four hours. We estimate
mil hA n
$40 900, part of which the peo-
| pie along the line will be invited to
subscribe and are now subscribing
We are willing to divide our profits
| with our customers. Allowing Is
per cent of the population of Dallas
to patronize our road it will serve
population of $50, 600 people.
"Our company is composed of
home people who have spent their
money in the promotion of the road.
Having been at this work for some
time we do not propose to relinquish
our efforts in the least, but will go
forward with the work to its final
completion"
President Watkins said that all
| utNto5dl ali an mem - nav bNNii
made for the disposal of the con
struction bonds to be issued by the
company and the financial end OF
the matter was complete The fol-
lowing are the officers and board
of directors: President J. V. Wat
lins vice presidents, A. RaGland, S,
Kirkgard J. J. Sears; secretary and
! II Two
committee. J. V. Watkins, Dallas
A. Ragland, Dallas; S. Kirkgard
Dallas. Board of directors, J. },
Sears Aledo Texas; Mrs. Mary J.
Wait Fort Worth; S. Kirkgard, Dal-
las; w. w. CIopton Corsicana; w
d. Robinson, Corsicana: r. NJ. Nun
ly, Jacksonville; j. " Watkins, Dali
las; Ira T. Moore, Dallas; G. w.
Ware. Dallas. e. II. Connibear, Dal-
las; d. V. Wait, Fort Worth. In
addition to these there are thirty
eight who have subscribed to the
stock of the company, most OF whom
live in the cities and towns to be
served by the road.
Judging from the route shown in
the survey the line will leave Dallas
through Oak Cliff, provisions hav-
ing already been made for the entry
into the city proper and will leave
Oak Cliff west of Beckley road
passing near Wheatland, DeSota
leaving Lancaster to the east and
crossing the Katy at Sterrett and
going through Wahahachie it will