El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-07
DEVELOPMENT
NEW RAILROADS
PLANNED IN TEXAS
Ohio and Pennsylvania Men
Arrange to Build Road 325
Miles, from Tucumcari,
n. NJ, to ROtan, Tex.

Austin, Tex. March THE Inter
state Development company has been
organized under the laws of Arizona
for the purpose of promoting the con-
structiOn of a railroad between either
Dallas or Fort Worth and Port Arthur.
This proposed north and south trunk
line will traverse a territory that is
rich in agricultural and timber re-
sources 1t will also pass through
number of important towns. The COM
pany is made up chiefly of Texas
men most of them being citizens Of
Lufkin, Tex, where the general OIL
ces of the road are to be located The
officers of the Interstate Development
company are Dr. r B. BledsOe, presi-
dent; W. N, Glenn, vice president; w
r McMullen, treasurer and Col 2. A
Mccarthy, secretary. They all reside
in Lufkfn. Arrangements are being
made for financing the proposed road
The promoting company viii devote as
energies TO acquiring right of way,
making necessary surveys and raising
bonuses along the route
The Lufkin. HemphiIl & Gulf rail-
road which is now under construction
viii soon be finished to Hemphill, Civ
ing that town its first railroad out
let.
Arrangements are being made by a
syndicate of Ohio and Pennsylvania
men TO construct a railroad between
Tucumcari, n. NJ, and ROtan, Tex, a
distance of about 325 miles 1t IS
stated that a. branch line will be built
to the Dawson coal fields in New
Mexico John B. Farwell, Of Chicago,
head of the Capitol Syndicate, which
owns more than one million acres CT
land in western Texas, has agreed to
subscribe $4,000 as a bonus towards
the construction Of the proposed road.
Towns along the route viii be asked
to subscribe approximately 100000 to
the stocks and bonds of the road and
large donations Of land from along the
route viii also be requested. 1t is re
ported that the proposed line Will
cross the PecOs Valley division of the
Santa Fe just south of SlatOn.
The Houston & Texas Valley rail-
road has amended its charter to pro-
vide for an extension of its line from
VelascO TO Bryan Heights, situated on
the west side of the BrazOs river.
The AshertOn & Gulf Railway COM
pany has applied to the state railroad
commission for authority to issue $780,
600 of bonds on 81 miles of its COM
pIeted line. 1t is announced that as
soon as these bonds are issued the
cons ructiOn of an extension OF the
line west from AshertOn to Del Rio by
way Of Eagle Pass, a distance Of about
100 miles, viii be started
A V Cole. of Brownsville. Tex, has
been granted a concession by the gov
eminent of the state of Tamaulipas,
Mex, for the construction of an extern
sive system of electric street railway
in MatamOras as well as for extend
ing the lines to other towns in that
section Negotiations are pending for
a transfer of the concession by Mr..
Cole to a syndicate of St. Louis men.
The state railroad commission has
been advised that arrangements are De
ing made for eXtensivS improvements
to the track Of the international *
Great Northern and 100 miles OF track
for the Texas & Pacific railroads and
for the purchase o. 1000 freight cars
and ten large locomotives for the first
named road