Hereford Reporter (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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HEREFORD MAY BE THE TERMINUS OF THE CHOCTAW RAILROAD
VOL. I. NO. 7
HEREFORD, DEAF SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS, APRIL 6, 1901
$1.50 PER YEAR
CHOCTAW, OKLAHOMA
& GULF RAILROAD
Wants to Build Their Line Into Hereford and
Secure Some of Its
IMMENSE CATTLE SHIPPING BUSINESS.
They Want the 150-Mile Limit Amendment Pa sed—A Meeting of
Hereford's Citizens Held Last Wednesday aud Committees
Appointed—Resolutions Adopted and Ordered
¿Sent to Our Representatives.
Last Tuesday Messrs. Wither-
spoon and Gough received the fol-
lowing communication from R. E.
Montgomery of Fort Worth, who
has been prominently identified with
railroad building in this section of
the country during the most of his
business career:
Ft. Woetii, March 31, 1C01.
Messrs. Witherspoon & Gough,
Hereford, Texas.
Gentleman :
It seems to me that your people
should make some effort to secure
the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf
Railroad into your county.
I have seen the officials of this
road frequently in Little Rock, the
Territory and Philadelphia, and I
know that they would like to make
their terminus somewhere beyond
Amarillo at a point nearer in the
center of the cattle shipment
country.
While the present bill before the
Legislature, which provides that
lines not to exceed 115 miles in
length may connect at the state line
with some foreign road and be
leased to this foreign road and not
be obliged to maintain general of-
fices in the state, is championed
and urged by several railroads and
communities in this state, yet that
part of it making the length 115
miles was framed by and is being
supported by the Amarillo people
because it practically would make
the Choctaw line stop there. The
Choctaw people, however, are
anxious to have this length amended
making it 150 miles so that they can
build into your county and not have
to stop at Amarillo. And it seems
to me that with a little effort on
your part that you could have the
bill so amended as to provide for
150 miles insieai of 115, a d tact
of course it would be greatly to
your advantage. I know I am
right about this because when I
went to see the Choctaw people I
urged them to build into your
county as being in the center of the
cattle country. I saw Mr. McLoud,
their General Attorney, while in
Austin the other day. He told me
that he had asked for 150 mi!c3 but
was afraid that he would have to be
content with 115 miles.
Yours truly,
R. E. Montgomery.
Taking their usual course in such
matters these gentlemen proceeded
Stringfellow-Hume Hardware Co.
(llffcorpo rated)
WHOLESALE ¿$9 RETAIL DEALERS IN
Bain and Mitchell Wagons, Barbed
Wire, Hardware, Water Supplies
Implements and Windmills.
STORES AT
Amarillo, Canyon Qty and Hereford, Texas.
Jack Harwell
PROPRIETOR OF
The^Hereford*^ Saloon
....SPECIALTIES....
FINE WINES, WHISKEYS
AND CiGARS
Judge L. Gough called the meet-
ing to order atvl upon motion T. J.
Davis was elected chairman and F.
L. Vanderburgh secretary.
Judge Witherspoón read the letter
received from Mr. Montgomery and
concluded with a short talk to the
effect that if it was possible for
Hereford to induce the Choctaw,
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street scene in hereford—dewey avenue, looking} west.
to inform the business men and pro-
gressive citizens of Hereford of
the contents of the above letter and
called a meeting of the people at
the court house on Wednesday
afternoon.
At about three o'clock on Wed-
nesday all who could get away from
their business assembled at the
court house for the purpose of ar-
ranging some plan of action in
order to gain the enterprise.
Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad to enter
her gates we should leave no stone
unturned to gain the desired ob-
ject.
Judge John E. Ferguson was
called upon to express an opinion
and said if they desired to build to
Hereford and make it the terminus
or even build on further west, it
irould be a good thing for the town
and county. On the other hand if
it was their object to build the road
on further south it wou'd be a bad
thing as such a procedure would
cut Hereford off from all the
southern trade which she is n<.w en-
joying.
Judge Gough then gave hi;; views
of the proposition and said that ac-
cording to his interpretation of the
letter they would not build any
further south as they would then be
running over the 150 mile limit, and
that it was his opinion that if they
did not make Hereford thf-ir termi-
nus they would build on further
west, as he believed E! Pa3o was
their objective point.
T. J. Davis then spoke and said
there had been a great deal of act-
ing and counteracting between the
Santa Fe and the Choctaw, and that
it was his opinion that if the latter
road came into Hereford they would
use a joint track with the Pecos &
Northern Texar, to Roswell or some
point on the latter's line, and then
build into El Paso.
After much discussion as to the
good or bad effects of having the
road enter our little city on the part
of all present a motion was made
and carried that the chairman ap-
point a committee of three to draw
up a set of resolutions and send
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