The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-01-03
LUBBOCK is Wide AWAKE ON
FORT WORTH-PLAMS RAILWAY
THE COMMITTEE Is KEEPING THE PROPOSITION WELL
IN HAND AND ARE VERY ACTIVE
OTHER MATTERS OF GREATER IMPORTANCE
Dozen Railroads Into Lubbock Would Ava" L"ue o
School, Are Allowed to Fall Below the Requirements
Of the City. Must Have Better School Facilities

what is Lubbock 'loing ahoue the
Railroad" .-t.s
That Is a question that Is asked
hundred times every day OF various
ooarbers Of the Board Of directors
"a Officials Of the Chamber OF
Conuerce. And Il is right that the
question should be asked u you
live in Lubbock you shouiu pS
,erested in the problems OF l'unuo.s .'-.
and the railroad proposition ,
one OF them-as matter oi '"s.,
for the immediate present, u h on
~ the smallest problems OF tne toNn' own
:, 10 not meant by tnat that the ran,
- developmcnt Of the town anu
.e~,ton IL not OF utmost importance
=. anvthing Of that kind but thht
,te railroad proposition as a deilnlte
nossibility for any part of TINS sec
- 4. from twelve months 70 Two
go, aUay and there are hair doz-
,,r-,i,t.T,as that are moi only hIss-
ont today, but have been mere i"i
one or two years already
The first Of these in point OF I'M
portnnce, present ana tulure .....,
si,v. those lack Of definite solu,ion
h going 20 cost Lubbock more .nau
two or three railroads IN poIhl =.
nonulation. development and stanulnB
n the state and section, - tne sehool
n-obIen. There is not citizen "a
ihe city that can take a visitor pas
49, srSool buildings and tell him the
,,,e Conditions inside without reel
mo ashamed of our showing alohs
that line.
7, costs money 20 build school build
;,g. but II "a going 20 cost us more
thsn money 10 fail 20 build them ana
that In the very immediate present
Trkbork tq IN a worse condition
tom a srhooi equipment standpoint
,h.r anv one of thirty cities IN the
s..,e between the 5000 and b.OooI
population mark as shown ny ~
cont uuestionnaire sent 70 'n'sse
schools BY the Chamber ot Nonmerce'
We have less money invested N pro
portion % our population ana have
made lcss provision for lhe iutut.
thar any one of this entire hst oi
towns and that IN spite OF that tac'
that We are rated, from scnoias,is
ssandpoint higher than more than 70
out of the thirty heard from
But In regard 20 the railroad de-
.,otor,,.,f There are q few minor
details of course, that it Is not wise
~ publi.h but the general facts thus
far are AZ follows Through the m
itis.ive ~ the Fort Worth Chamber
~ Commerce, lead by Us President
NJ Massey, movement that hna
beer brewing in the minds OF every
tovp In West Texas and more es-
peeially the Plains for many years
srd along the line 81 which there
was much discussion previous 20 the
war. broke loose IN fuh force some
thirty 10 forty-five days ago, follow
ing = statement IN the Fort worm
papers that a meeting would be cali
ed in January for the purpose OF con-
sidering the construction OF Fcrt
Worth Plains railroad connection.
Every town in West Texas and on
the Plains wired the Fort worth
chamber az Commerce for the meet
inc 10 be held in their city. The
same number Of owns began 70 hold
meetings. send wires, write letters
and otherwise SIR up a white hot
heat Of interest in the proposition.
MANY Of them have put out maps,
hue prints. pages and pages of ar
sument. hot air and dope showing
I,s, whv. when and where the road
..s going to build--includirg their
own town as a matter Of course.
feV of the towns have gone 30 FAR
"a 10 get their feelings hurt because
sor,e other towns would not endorse
their idea Of the routing, etc.
Iubbock's action up uutil this date
t.s been as follows: Wire the Fort
worth Chamber Of Commerce our
s,,nnort and invitation 20 hold any
.ose,in0s they deem advisable at this
city: write the Santa Pc General Ot-
flee a letter ~ confidence IN their
best consideration Of the proposition (;
write each town in West IeNas an
invitation to meet in this city, pro-
vided the Fort Worth Chamber OF
Commerce saw III 70 have the meet
ing here, and assure them at the
same time that Lubbock would be
represented wherever the meeting
should be held; appoint a railroad
steering committee composed OF y.
4 Slaton, Chairman. Gam Arnett,
s,d 4 o. Jones, in addition 90 the
President and Secretary of the Cham
her N Commerce, these men are 10
k.ve complete control Of the situa-
zion until a definate pronosition l.
,sadv 10 nut before the citizenship :;
assisted in calling and holding the
Fir., District meeting on the Plains
Al Rails last week. an account of
which i in another part of this pa
per; and otherwise keep In touch
With thesdevelopment OF the siiaa-
tion.
To summarize the present sitca-
tien a. this anmittee and the Off
sials q the ov.ni,aiion zee ~ the,s s.',