San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14

NO NEED. Of A
GRANDFATHER
Palestine Witness Tells
Commission 1t Should
Be Left Alone.
IA MUCH ABUSED ROAD
Hearing Resumed at Austin
On Proposed Railroad
Merger.
A MUCH ABUSED ROAD

"su"' AeA'' apr" if'-lnc LIZ
y. railroad doesn't need godfather.
stcpfather or grandfather" but will
make money IL loft nlope nm ler i,s
present management deciared ueorge
a. Wright, business man Of Palestine,
the first witness To take tho stand
L.. a.. h...; a.. ,n,,,;.,,;.n
"n. 'ne nsa.s un 'ne "pp''ea''""
OF the Gulf Coast Lines to purchase
the road was resumed before the Texas
R,;,r,od Conn,;ss;o, ,bis r,or,;nc
nN,..
MT wright, Is a naive Oh faies'ihe
and thoroughly familiar with condi-
lions On the road. Mr.. Wright to,k
oo.,s;on r;t;o;.. T,ornr,u Eav
ouJ T,,a " IT. E.,.,o NJ haJ
taSt;f;nJ .d,or.s,,, 60 ,hn conJ;t;on .f
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,,..-;an .een IL, $500. .nd
ssas ' : a,.es.a pa ioare s 'os "' ~
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'a,nea ,h',
E',Is 800 ~ I;;ass 80, - mo,J ~ u
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r,,,an 20; r., 49,. arot NJ
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49, na"d q .a5sotho,. '',tenfathor or
, mon .as 49,, ana - tSa
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VI. SAM MN. iii; on. " wy
=, "m. asseiI $50, ~ eaiin"t =. .i'.
, ,ud ;,tn~a.t Mo .h. ~. road hos
po pnies.;n anu oJ mt .or ,i Ua ,.n'
farrsd nonst;noIlvs ~ those who woniI
ler,el cau ts any 10 .nosu who "ou'"
o'eiiiue TIL MI S Iusu"'
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ouusv e ranA -snu'eMs, ,; i.pi LIS
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souu .ha. ~ mas a.n,,iaS H. 49,.
nilssioner S!awn o. .t snI t;,y,io
.ioh' ei.ihs ihe iaS' Ina' VIZ:
mas oeeh uIoMeu enI "pp.S 81
pI.s.h,ins tneir 49, M ;'tsuoI,s 80
9ut ,nu. ,nI a .S .;u,, 70 sho
usinanulhs .la. e"e ~ n,
9,I,ces anu shops OF tne s;,;o 81
Laics,Inc pe one y, ,ne eoi'ui''O"' Va
tne merger II srah.eu. o,
q. r. Ans!s; psun . LII ,ha sec-
es.a'e man VI ta'essl ;. ""i ~, Tho
Gnu Milness nj ieeiesu no ho,aI
L aiestihe peopie hau tvih ~ ~
10 make an oiilce puhuihs ioI ."e
u. n. WINE tne lo,u vas Inuv. e.
eminent -con.rol anu s..In aie ioau al
option oh IL "ne" ieuei" e"i''
ceasep' p..,
DraWs Derh IIe'ure. con
ms, ne said' cose ,ne oMnel l;.; go,
uou. Later ne salu raies,lne ci.lIe's
Duilt - OF ~ houses 10 .ahe .ale y.
general ottiee enpioyes anuclpa'i.s
tnat the shops wou,d pe returhe s.,.," ~
Palestine In l9io. beginning IN lo5o,
however. nc sald' the OFFICES gra1uaiS
We're transferred 10 t1oustoh- oue VI
thirteen offices required TO DC MAIN
tanned at falestine unuer ,he s,a'u,e.
nc SAID, there are now ohiy si1; ,he
other seven being at houston; IL inc
sc ~: moves. he saId, IL would mean
the taking away OF ooo cmployes' anu
about 5000 inhabitants. peing one
third OF the city's population. he drew
a dark picture Of the cItys future
without the l.-G- \. shops and offices;
The city and county. he asserted would