The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-07-27


walked up and pot a hurry on
themselves. This IA n day an,
time when Il Is possible 10 vet
something for nothing. II thInp
IL worth having II IL worth work
ing for. Now II Tahoka wants
this mail line she can get II. foi
the simple reason that all IN,
counties west Of here favor Ia.
hoka for the terminus becaus,
we are nearer and consequent,
the cost of TRANSPORTATION less.
But we must take the initla.
tive. Brownfeld nor any of the
towns west of us, for that mat.
ter, is going TO force the route ON
US. They will lend their support
to the town that offers them the
connection TO the out side world.
Now let's see what this route
is worth TO the town that gets
il. 1t not only means that all
passenger, mail and express traf-
fc will be done through that
town, which will amount to more
than the route will cost, but all
or nearly all of the trading of
this western territory will be
done at the terminal of this route
which will also be their shipping
point.
To secure this route will cost
between $3.50 and $500. The
returns to the town that secures
this route will amount to several
thousand dollars this fall. Lynn
County News.
Gentlemen, the Lynn County
News has walked up. and he
states that Tahoka is the proper
point from which the mail route
from the Santa Fe to Plains and
other points west should branch
off. 1t is quite natural that he
would think that. He urges his
people to be up and after it.
That's good dope, but Lubbock
has already been after il, and
the people in all the towns affec-
ted by this service have heartily
endorsed the route from Lub-
book. and rather favor the Lub-
book route TO tnat from Tahoka.
1t is worth going after for sure.
and that Is the reason that the
boosters for Lubbock were after
II. The News states that the Ia
hoka route is the most feasible
of the two, because il will not
cost so much 10 operate il. The
News does not take into consider
alton that two offices, Slide and
Meadow, would receive service
by the the Lubbock route, that
would receive nothing from the
other line. The News says that
all the counties west OF there are
in favor of the Tahoka route.
Now the News editor is guessing.
They are not in favor of the Ia
hoka as is evidenced by the pet
tons that came in from the diff
erent points along the line 10 the
chairman Of the committee OF
this town. Everything points to
the early establishment of the
route from Lubbock west. We
have the people on our side and
the postmasters of the different
post offices believe that this is
the proper route. The business
men and professional men believe
that 1t is the proper route, for
the reason that the merchants
get their goods from the whole
sale houses at this place. They
have larger stocks of goods in
every line 10 select their pur-
chases from which they want TO
do their trading at the railroad
towns. They have better rail-
road facilities than Tahoka, and
then the mail service will likely
be better 10 this town as Tahoka
is on a branch line while Lubbock
is on the main line of the Santa
Re and the terminus Of the Cros-
byton South-Plains railway.
Lubbock is the place for the peo-
pie of the counties west 10 get
their mail from. and they realize |
L by the number OF signatures
,p tho patitiopa