The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1910 Page: 1 of 10
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CROSBYTQN, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS, SUNDAY; SEPTEMBER 18, 1810.
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H ';The foltewi'hg is a copy of a.
f letter received by a committee
of Alice business men from B. F.
Yoakum, with whom and his
sociates. they had been, negotia-
ting for the extension of the
Browhsville Railroad from Kings-
' -rnThls TStiat-t
. Yoakum announces a sus-
of the negotiations, aud
as ihe reason the enact-
so called Interna-
Northem claim
U. As throwing light on that
on from the viewpoint of
a railroad builder, the letter is
instructive. It reads as follows:
$gw York, Sept 8.—Gentle-
men: Last month ML T. Perkins
vice president reached a tenta-
tive understanding with you for
tto^nstiuction of an extension
eC tie Brownsville line into Al-
ice, this conclusion. having been
reached by the board of direct
ois after giving the matter con-
sideration for several months in
advance of Mr. Perkins' confer-
ence with you.
On the day Mr. Perkins sailed
from New York, he left with me
the draft of the proposed con-
tract, to be executed and for-
warded to our general attorney,
Claude Pollard, who was to take
' it up with you for execution. I
am therefore writing you, in the
absence of Mr. Perkins, so that
you may know the situation ard
not incur any expense of loss of
time in preparing for your part
of the proposition discussed with
him. The facts are lhat the re-
cent tow (known as the Interna-
tfonal and Great Northern bill)
by the Texas Legisla-
ture makes it hard for us to se-
cure the money necessary to car-
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evera reader ot tne Keview is waiting patiently for the reliable information as; to how
the Election went, and the Review in tnis matter has seen fit to Issue an Extra.
ever issued
. , „ . to give its
readers the best and most important news going, and at the first possible moment, and
for these reasons we have issued this Sunday Morning Special. We hope the Review
readers will appreciate the sacrifice on our part and accedt this issue for what it is
tended to carry—the Reliable and Latest Important News,
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enacted
construction that is time.
The cost of railroad construc-
tion and equipment is very diff-
erent from what ft; was In the
earlier days* when $16,000 or
^ per mile was considered
rerage cost These figures
1} remain in the minds of a
" many people; while in reali-
ty railathat cOuld then be deliv-
ered in Texas for from $20 to $22
' *-ir ton noW cost $34 and $35 per
, Ties that twelve or fifteen
ears ago conld be bought for
to 40c each now cost from 70
80c, and as high as 90c if treat-
th creosote. In earlier rail-
„„ construction an. embank-
ment fourteen feet wide was
considered safe and sufficient,
white today, in order to enable
us to hold ballast and construct
in keeping with the heavy carir
and locomotives* roadbeds and
requirements are generally eigh-
teen feet. Under present re-
quirements for: movement of
traffic railroads require ballast
which adds from $3000 to $4000
per mile, according to length of
haul. Box cars that could- be}.
coaches and locomotives, labor,
and, in factr everything, that is
necessary to construct and equip went
ITTLE attention is usually paid to matters 6f this nature and ire feel it our duty to
inform oih* many readers, as to why we have issued this Special. It is a fact that
eaSer of the Review if
This is the First Extra Edition of any newspaper so %• as we know
by any paper on the South Plains country. The Review mes «very effort „
^ A J ^ rtant news going, and at pie first possible moihei
i this Sunday Morning Special . We hope the
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MAJORITY FOR CROSBYTON
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railroads have idcreased propor-
tionately.
Pie average number^ freight
cars per mile of the railroads in
the United States is about nine,
and a railroad in the Southwest
should provide itself with at
least six freight cars per mile,
which alone calls for an expendi-
ture of $6000 per mile at a cost
of $1000 each, and when we take
into consideration cost of locomo-
tive, passenger equipment, ca-
booses, roundhouses, stations,
terminals and all things that go^
to make Up a first class road,
equipped to give the public such
Service as it demands and is en-
titled to, any. man who starts to
do theSe things for less than $35,
000 to $4>,000-per mile will find
on the round up tfcat. he is amp'
of money to complete his road.
To round out our system in
Texas so as to traverse large sec-
tions now remotely located fronv
existing railroads,, and waiting
for them to aid their develop-
jbent, we have considered the
construction of from 700 to 800
and at ^5,000 a mile for
g, equipping,
bought a for from out general plan. To Huffd and
WO: tor JSQ0 each today vcostj'S| - •" "Jpi
rom $900 to ,$1100. Passenger
mileage, cost approximately $550-
000 to $800,000, as there is not
much bridging and no heavy
work to encounter, and Wouldn't
cost up to the general average on
a large construction mileage. As
we go north from the Gulf Coast
of Texas we encounter a broken
and more expensive country thru
which to construct, thereby in-
creasing the general average
cost . • ;■
I know nothing of the merits
of the controversy between the
unsecured creditors of the I. &
G, N. R. R. Co., but from the
Texas, which I read daily, there
seems to be no doubt but that
this bill was introduced to pro-
tect such creditors; and whether
or ndrftyfas wise for the legisla-
ture to undertake the collection
of these bills ac the sacrifice of
the credit of the State railroad
securities, I shall not undertake
to discuss, except to say that I
am in sympathy with the Spfrit
and intent of the statement
of Senators Hudspeth. Senter,
Hume, Watson and Adams had
spread upon the journal as thetr
reasons for voting upon the bill,
wQUldkhe gist of which statement m:
000,000, the majority
of which would be spent for Tex-
as labor and Texas materials and
Supplies, such as commissary,
fee, etc. The line frfim Kings-
Alice is a. part of
twen
,ry to reach Alice would with-
out including additional equip-
' necessary for.] that new
"We befieve the bill to be in-
equitable, unconstitutional and a
menace to the prosperity
progress of the State."
I know nothing about the equi-
tability or the constitutionality of
the law, but I join with them in
!ng that every man, woman
in the SHto of Texas
vereely affected by any act
ents the .forward move-
development / of re*
sources of the resources of our
great and yet undeveloped State;
and if this law does have the eff-
ect of retarding railroad construc-
tion in Texas, the State, as a
cold business proposition, will
loose many times the amount of
the claims in controversy with
the creditors of the I. & G. N. R.
R. Texas needs double its rail-
road mileage, and should secure
it at the rate of not less than
1,000 or 1,600 miles annually un-
ehat mileage has been construct-
ed, and when this addi,ionaI
mileage has been furnished, in
some way there will have to be
found investors who will furnish
$420,009,000 for building and
equipping this new mileage.
This $420,000,000 invested in sec-
tions of Texas will mean enhanc-
ed values running into so many
hundreds of millions of dollars
that I shall not undertake to
give the figures. Th&e new
miles of railroad, making availa-
ble as , they Would tne pre&nt
outlying territory of Tsxas,
would become the strongest poss-
ible agency for increasing our
population, Under conservative
management, Texas
made to increase its population
twice as fast for the niext ten
did for the last ten
are so many agencies
and enterprises at work for
development of different sections
of the , United States that un
Do What You Can
for Crosby County
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to Oo His Part
Cannot every person
least every family do something
now to advance the development
of Crosby County? What it
needs is thrifty, enterprising
settlers with means sufficient to
establish themselves here
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wpatiOnithsse
are opportunities along , all lines
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in town atfd country; opportuui-
ties large and small, for persons
with much capital and
with little, but all should
some, enough to finance
tbeyji&dertake and not -
take more than they can ;
complish. n Enough people to
populate the plains could bet^
their condition by coming here
now, and there are no doubt -
enough such who would if tj\ky
hs^d knowledge of conditions; the
object should be to introduce the
people , to the opportunity* to
bring thmntogethi^,
here who are aewi^lttiior
know of such persone'^S^^wK^.
their name and address to the C
B Live Stock Company, interest-
ing letters and litterature
be sent them and efforts made to
acquaint Ihetn with thecharacter
and advantages of Crosby Coun-
ty, and easy terms made foi
them to come here and settle^ v '
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It will cost you nothing to
this and much good may
Make the effort
If any one has in mind other
methods for the advancement of
the County and good of. its peo-
ple let them be known
the Review.
Keep doing something
Crosby. 1
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STAFF CORRESPONDENT
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Mr. Armstrong of Cone waa
seen on the Streets the first of |Sk^|
the week disposing of the remnant
of a big load of those fine melons
that make a fellow's mouth wa-
ter. This all goes to show that
Mr. Armstrong's melon patch is
very near the house w else he
has a good dog.,
A very enjoyable social \
given the Baracas at the. Surgi-
ner home Friday evening.
The delicate form of little-
English was seen eozing
town one day this week.
a good example of " the
of pure water arid gent
yrs of West Texas.
drug store at* Crosbyton; *
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received with much- gratification
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White, Frank E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 18, 1910, newspaper, September 18, 1910; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242205/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.