The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-31

| to the press reports Mr.. Ferris read
| letter written by Mr.. ] f. Strick-
| land and addressed to the commit
tee, the substance of which follows;
beg to re-state and further ad-
wise, that the Southern Traction
company will build one power sta
ton for this entire mileage, and that
it is contemplated that this power
house will be built somewhere in
Ellis county; also, that we have al
ready had made and paid for two
surveys to WaXahachie, one via Lam
caster and one via Ferris, and even
though our Boston friends, Messrs.
Stone G Webster, should build line
to Waxahachie via Lancaster, which
we do not question their good inten
tions to do, nor their ability to car
nv out their announced plans, whicG
we understand to be a line from
Dallas to Waxahachie and line
from Fort Worth to Cleburne with
the further statement that it is their
intention at some time to make a
belt by building from WaXahaehie
to Cleburne, this would not affect
nor change the plans of the South
ern Traction company to build ac-
cording to its announced plans eX-
cept that If the Lancaster line is oc-
cupied we, of course, will give the
Ferris line more serious considera-
ton. In fact, we have never decided
that it would not be best to build
via Ferris, even with the Lancaster
territory open, but | should say
that no effort has been made 70
reach a decision as between these
two lines.
For the information of your COM
mittee, and to whom you may re-
port, it is not my purpose to say,
nor to convey the idea, that the
Southern Traction company is going
to build an interurban to and thru
Waxahachie after another line has
been built from Dallas to Waxaha-
chic, without we can do so on prof
table and business-like basis, but |
do mean to convey the idea that it
is our desire and intention to devel-
op and build the Waco line through
Waxahachie, if we find it at all con-
sstent and practical to do so.
The committees recommendation |
with reference to the above was as |
follows:
We, your committee, recommend |
that a committee be empowered to |
receive definite contract from the |
Southern Traction company for che |
of the proposed road i
as announced to and through Waxa-
hachie with all proper safeguards for |
the protection of the citizens of
to be submitted to the |
club for further action,
There was some discussion of this
report after which the recommends
ton of the committee was adopted
1t was proposed to appoint new
committee to continue negotiations
with the Southern Traction company
but it was finally moved and car
ried that the present committee be
retained and given power to receive
proposition from this company and
from such other companies who may
desire to construct interurban lines
to WaXahachie,
1t was moved that a committee be
appointed by the chair to recon-
mend the appointment OF. COM
mittee to enter into a contract with |
stone & Webster.
Judge Dunlap moved to amend
that the present committee be con
tinued and given authority 10 per
form the functions proposed to be
delegated to new committee. The
amendment was adopted
The committee is as follows:
r. A. Ferris, chairman; s. P.
Spalding, ]. Lea Cannon, j r. May
hew and Geo. w. Coleman.
It is understood no time will be
lost in prosecuting further negotia-
tons with the Stone & Webster peo-
pie. They have assured the commit
tee that it is their purpose to bull x
a line from Dallas to WaNahachie
and they desire to begin active work
at the earliest possible date one
preliminary survey has been made
| into the city and thisis to be follow
ID by several surveys before the
committee will be prepared to take
up the matter of procuring right
of way. When this task is undertake
en- the committee will have blue
prints of each proposed route and
these will show the exact number of
acres in each tract of land crossed
between the Dallas county line and
! the corporation limits of WaXaha-
chic. When the right of way has
been secured and the necessary fran
chise granted by the city council
stone & Webster propose to enter
into a definite contract to build the
line and to begin work at once.
Warning to Railroad Men.
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