Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-09-08
STATE RAILWAY
SAVED and PUT
IN GOOD ORDER
ROAD LEASED TO SOUTHERN
PACIFIC FOR HALF OF
NET INCOME.
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At'sTlN. Texas. Sept The Texas
state ruilr,nd. which iva years axe
was offered ter junk, has been sa'N"s'u
ana saved. and instead ot IT, patrons
cling derived ~ ullruad service, tsN
have been provided with main Nnr'
u.rnnnrnt train iacihtirs, And the
state haa saved large part ot ~"
lnrs that would have been sustnlnrd ny
iuuking the ruad,
A lease has been executed by the
luard of managers. under which IN"
nuih.rn Pacific system aSsuu's olH'
ration ct the read let tive NeafA y"
lcar an LOSSES. constantly mnintan
and furnish adequate train service ana
nav tho state half The net proii,s trvn
its upr,ntlun. This l,as, was submitted
Ia tho legislature Tor approval nnd a
ltn Was PASSED in thv S,uatc In less
than an hour mtlfying and appro\ins
il. The governor als0 approved the
lease when /, WAS laid h,iOrc him,
/ The state railrUad tUVtrss ~ miles
uf Chcrukcc and Anderson counties
: l,tw.,n Rusk and Palestine, and ~
,hc lease In operation viii he lalvs
tines shortest line a. Dallas and Nwth
/ central T,NaA u onenS tu fSlVsiin'
and AL the towns along the Texas
] state railroad tht,o more dcvpwate'
uorts beaumont. port Arthur and n
hlnr pass. and al the territory TIA
verscd hv the southern Pacific Tins
from New urlcous to san lfantis
and as system II c,as,Wisc S'r,''nsou
hnva.
Whl, this r,ad had constantly hS'
sixty Ia rlgh,V Thousand Gvll1rS
wear under state wsratiOn untl placve
In IN, hands ~ thu b,arl II utauogyt'
last March. its iosSvs w,te Instantly
stuppsd by the t,ord Twenty nv
thousand d,pggs WAS appropriated "
r,bulld "a, lns. and tbs rsbuhdlnS IA
r,,n dou, and ua,d Tor. bat "a" toar'
reported "a the lvgish'utv that u IA
over sSe.uoo GA hard,
Lynch Davidson. lieutenant gVNcrao
~ Texas ~ chairman ~ tbs lsord 81
r,anarvrs. and has rivtn M isrs'ss'
| attention - ,hc buil,hng up and ds
I pos.,l u the rUad sinc~ q MAS take'
cut ~ ttc HANDS ~ the rytsno cvt'
nission. Tn vshcs r,sauoess u IN
heard arc JuhR \. G,yuu S ts'tur'on'
ana 4. e. pOyhsm "a n,hold R''h an
rallry0a men.
Approval ~ thu Ss,'ate Was gsvV'
L. the hsl~e ~ the vDsctmsut u
sea, yai law ratifying ,hc cVn,rsct viii
N a few minutes after Z WAS s0,
; nt,,cDi The re.soru of the hcard q
r,anascrs. v0,srtns H. o.~rottonS an
, ,hY loas, ard DISPOSITION f thc tot
rad Vas ais0 sccen;,a BY ths S,na,
; and nrtntci r,te ,hs ilGvuah
! n Na~sh. 'tsi. when ths hs'orJ Ors
! visited 49, towns along m state rui
/ road. the ms,y,hers fonad ~, tbs
communities woula p ruined ~ n
? r,moval ~ the ry0a Mr.. laNtis'
: Sall. \ larry faYt - ,hs lind = cule
: waited in ,On,atcss. ard SnanN vaSlaad
q ,cnlas,ss arc Shignsd ever the Hn
zach Near. n Was falSd u this ssrVt'
Nrre denied ths crun vcghl - hst an
ara aArnx the hss rVadsrsd alnies
vaiasless. n. s.il Ths Ci,y q .Hahv
tire would havs HSeW.se sustvyvd D
. cau~e cornr-,sive ffeight RATES wcai
, aave N~sn ws,hslFuwn ard one Inv rate
IA, lato esfyct. acvord,.g - Mr.. N
vi.aSsr AMI trad accsSs O. pallas an
Sort Worth denied that citv.
tn. bard q nlanag,rs rsported
; N. lesisla,ure that q had et~rats
: ir,d.r a csns.sisrshla btudisap ~
q >r..vins til lahor % an the cvnVic'
= r.ven Il hv IT, law. bar that dsspi'
7 this L had vut the rad in,o suf
? I rrr.fitf.ir that trains aey nov hsin