Speeches and state papers of James Stephen Hogg, ex-governor of Texas, with a sketch of his life; ed. by C. W. Raines. Page: 30
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30 SPEECHES AND STATE PAPERS
remove its headquarters and general offices from New Orleans back to
Houston.
Following up these precedents, and the law that was passed subsequent
to their establishment, I have compelled the removal of the headquarters,
general offices and shops of every railroad in this State, which were located
in foreign cities and States, back upon the line of their respective roads.
They have been compelled to remove to San Antonio, to Houston, to Galveston,
to Dallas, to Fort Worth, to El Paso, to Denison, to Texarkana, to
Tyler, and to other places where they belonged under the terms of their
charters.
For the delinquencies, nonuses and abuses of its charter franchises I
brought suit against the East Line & Red River Railway Company and succeeded
in forfeiting its charter and had a receiver appointed to take charge
of its affairs. This is the first case in the history of this country where a
receiver has been appointed over a railroad at the instance of the State,
and it is the first one where a charter has been forfeited in this State. The
precedent is a just and wholesome one, which, in time, will result in great
good to the railroads and the public.
Without entering, my fellow-citizens, into-further details of the services
I have performed as Attorney General, which this occasion will not permit,
I wish to state that by suits and official actions duly taken I have compelled
most of the railroads in Texas, so far as the law would warrant to decently
repair, equip and operate their roads; to cease discrimination in many instances,
between shippers; to construct and keep in proper order suitable
depot buildings, and to otherwise perfom their duties to the public. In
the same way I have compelled the dissolution of many unlawful combinations
within the State that have been for a long time operating in defiance
of law. Included within these was the express association, insurance underwriters,
coffin combine, tobacco trust and others. I have represented
the State in numbers of cases in the Supreme and District courts against
defaulting sheriffs and tax collectors, delinquent land lessees and others,
who were due the State or sought to recover from it sums of money. I have
stirred up, through the efficient district and county attorneys, delinquent
tax payers and many others who refused to perform their legal obligations
to the government.
I have sued for and recovered of several railway companies lands which
I know, if there is any meaning to plain language in the law, that they are
not and never were entitled to. These cases are yet pending in the courts,
and therefore will not be here discussed. I have enjoined the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway Company in the ownership and use of $10,000,000
of stock of the International & Great Northern Railroad, which it claims to
own. If the records are true that stock was not only illegally held but is
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Dixon, Billy. Speeches and state papers of James Stephen Hogg, ex-governor of Texas, with a sketch of his life; ed. by C. W. Raines., book, 1905; Austin, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29400/m1/32/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .