Year: 1867


Stock cattle. 1t is our Intention "a
purchase largely on our own ac'
count, and when Drovcrs sell 10 rs
there will DO no charge for using
our route. Our route will he open
for any and all who may desire Ia
use il, and no unreasonable or OK
orbitant charges will be made in
any case, As you suggested, we
shall either through our company or
individuals establish trading posts
at different points along the line
where Drovers can be supplied with
such articles rs they may need
We shall endcavor to extend militia
ry protection on tho line as fur
South as Red River. Wcare strain
ing everything in our power to Sc.
cure this, and have reason to think
we shall succeed.


Our agents, guides, and employees
will each be furnished with authenti.
Gated authority from our company
under the signatures of the officers,
so that no deception can bepractlced.
Now as to the suggestions in your
letter as to the route; desire to
say that they are good, and we shall,
so far as We can, act upon them
We are inclined to think, however,
that we shall be able to procure
sufficient protection from the mill
tary so as to make the route indi-
Gated in our circular of the 9th of
March perfectly safe. Should we
find it otherwise, we will lose no
time in letting our friends know it,
and indicate another that will be
safe. Just as soon as the weather
will permit we expect to 60 thro'
to Red River ,oih a military escort,
and fix definitely the lower end of
our route, and when so fixed, shall
take the necessary measures to let
it be known throughout Texas.


We hope, by fair and gentleman
ly dealing, to establish reputation
in the South and elsewhere ofwhich
we can be justly proud. and which
will insure us increased busines in
years to come. Our enterprise, as
yet, is to some extent an expert
mcnt; yet we entertain great hopes
of making it an ultimate success,
and do not feel at all discouraged.
If any information is herein omit
ted, | will regard it n pleasure to
answer any and all inquiries that
you or your friends may be pleased
to make; and again assuring you OF
our obligations for your valuable
suggestions, and hoping to again
hear from yoU


| remain,


Very respectfully,


Your most ob't servt.,


w. w. III. LAWRENCE,


Secretary X. Il. Stock Co.
To r. M. OvERsTREET,


Franklin, Ind,


The foregoing letter L give for
what it is worth. | can Onl Y say
that, as far as | can learn, the com
pany is composed Of high toned
business men, who are seeking to
establish a permanent business. If
conducted upon right principles it
will prove to be good thing for
Texas; for let all rest assured that
it is the only practical way Of get
ting her cattle to Northern market
successfully at present.


r. M. 0yERsTREET.


CIRCULAR.


Office Of the Kansas Lire Stock Co.


Topeka, March 8, 1867.


SIR: The undersigned take this
method Of informing dealers in
stock, that by an act of the last
Legislature of the State Of Kansas,
Cherokee, Texan and other Southern
cattle can now be driven into Kan
sas without being subjected to the
annoying difficulties that dealers in
Southern and Texas cattle were sub
jected to last year, on account Of the
spread of disease supposed to attach
to Southern cattle generally.


Under the act Of the Legislature
above referred to, a Route is being
laid out and established by the
Kansas Live Stock Company, west
of where the 9th principal meridian
intersects the southern line Of Kan
sas, over which Southern cattle may
pass without being nfolostcd, or their
owners reduced to the necessity OF
selling on the border, or hiring ir-
responsible guides at enormous
rates.


BY the time DrOvcrs can reach the
Kansas line, an Agent will be at
their Stations, ready to conduct any
and all who may choose to pass their
stock over said route, to Depot on
the Union Pacific Railroad, near
which there is plenty of water and
excellent grazing grounds, and from
which they can be shipped, with
safety and dispatch, to any point in
the East.


1t is our desire TO purshase this
season fifty thousand 100000 bead
of cattle for purposes ofpacking this
Fall, (and five thousand 1900 head
of working cattle, provided We can
get them as early as the 1st Of June.)
We are in a condition to pay
promptly the market price for cat
lie. whatever it may be.


Besides purchasing on our own ac-
count beef and work cattle, we are
in a position to sell all grades of
stock that may be placed in our
hands to dispose Of Farmers dc
string small lots, and other small
dealers, are looking to MS to supply
them, and in consequence thereof,
we shall be able to dispose ofall that
may come TO us very readily.


We are now preparing Corrals
and shipping Yards on the Railroad,