The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-11-13


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GRADER. J. s 5iddoas J. r. Aldre.lee.
j. y. Nered''h. 4. Trippett. W. L.
csrrick. H. Ncl.a,u and =. G. Wise.
me charter members named the fol-
lowing persons ss directors y -.
I H9wkins. n. w. GRADER. w. II. Get
zendaner, John :; Williams. s A.
CHIT, c. y. Pickett. and n. n Dunn.
From these the Following were elec.-
Ell as officers undcr the terlporars
organization: II ". Graler. pre- Vi
dent; W. n. .;st rurrnaf. vice yresi-
I dent: b. r. hawkins. secretary;
John G. Wil'ians .treasurer. Al
election was ordered to be held
March the etn 10 .ieciic whether
Waxahachie sbonid tate $4,000 of
he stoek OF the proposed road The
election favored the issnanoc Of
bonds TO the ahosc amount, and on
Monday, June tho srh, permanent
! organization was effected. as fol.
lows: Directors, IL W. GRADER, Jchr
c. Gibson. john G. Williams. b. F.
Hawkins. II. Il Dunn. VI. +. Patrick
ard w. II. Ge ;elIaner, who elect
ed the following officers: II. W.
GRADER, president: John &. Gibson,
vice president; Jola 6. Williams,
treasurer: b. r. iii.wk' rs. secretary.
| Many obstacles had been encounter
ed and overcome to advance tho pro-
ject to this point, bnt not yet had
the road become an assured fact.
here were rouesI PAGES ahead: ard
the limited number o. people in
Waxahachie All vicinity made the
proposition ap2aa- to be stapen-
CT Waxahachie and vicinity were cx-
| ceedfngly anxious TO have the good
people of Ennis co operate with
them and construct direct line
from Waxahachie 10 Ennis, ard con-
ference committees met, and Wax
abachie committees plead for the
eorsummation of a deal of this kind
but the Response came. If EuEis
| joins you in this movement, you VIII
Ennis refuses 10 help. you VII not
| be able to build the road" and for
long while it appeared their pro-
phecy would be falfillel, and during
the lull, it IS ciaimc J, when Johr
c Gibson, vice president, would be
driving thro ugh the streets of En-
MS, parties along the route would
tect. foot, foot, initiating as near
as possible the whistle OF loco
motive when trying TO frigtlten some
one from the track. This method
OF ridiculing was exasperating To
Mr.. Gibson, and infused him with a
spirit of determination, and on his
return to Waxahachie he proclaimed,
.1he Waxahachie Tap must be built"
ard it was built; but not to Ennis
but to a connection with The IIous
ton & Texas Central railway at
Garrett to the great Inconvenience
o. the travelling pubic After vot-
ing bonds to the amount o. $4,000
and securing subscriptions with
which to construct the road. tie
contract was let to Roche Brothers.
in honor of breaking the first ground
grand barbecue was given in which
thousands of people participated.
The place selected for the rt2nic and
barbecue was along the meanders OF
Waxahachie creek aboat one mile
below Waxahachie, and ABOUT where
the great oil tank of the TriEitS &
Brazos Valley railway now stands.
John C. Gibson being the Oldest
member of the board Of directors
wag selected to turn the first spade
OF dirt; this he did ate" TIE address
Of President II. w. Grabeg. VINO re-
viewed the history of the enterprise
and complimented the people for
their liberal contributions 10 so
great an undertaking. The werk
was then formerly turned over 10 j..
c. Roche. of the firm Of Roche
Brothers, contractors, who received
the same in a few well-timed re-
marks. pledging himself 20 push
the enterprise to rapid ecmpleti IN.
These ceremonies took place or East
Jefferson street, on The spot OF
Ground selected for the depot, across
tho road and almost directly IN
front of te DR.. ]. C. Fears old home,
recently owned aud occupied by j.
r Wilson and family. but row own
a. and occupied by Tom Srierson.
After the ceremonies NJ this place,
the immense crowd repaired to the
pionic grounds where they were en-
tertained for an hour or more by K.
8 Bynum. we believe, the most bal
liort and dignified young man We