[Letter from Henry Sayles, January 4, 1911] Page: 1 of 2
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- ~Abilene,T xts,Jtn.4,l9fl;
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I ktow from p"rronal obot"vation. .ade by, /. Trmbull that he esteems
U nig;hly and s 'eat oonidtrat,;on fcr your views. :) Pan1 can t ttp
to Uv.r Trumbull bet t ?r than you can tnd explain h true chart-toter of.
eMn "ryan andr his Ihoughts in regard to public r.tters affectin.,-ailroads
Of oou3rs <Cu will rnake it plain to 7:ri. Truxbull, t1t unV. the r'ty ail
1 Y -adShae d trnned to xtnd nltimato1y i te Cxross PlAhns branch into
Abilene. ttt we could not expect them to settle thin ques tion now at our
Anstanoo and thxa you undirstoon frOmf rae that thin was practicalLy said
by Jr.PTruabull and that the only {uestion wrto the t Inns to tbb fixed byr
ti z ilrocd. f That e have no dSirm to' hasten' the ralblM 1w th A 4 41zr
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n azutnggxoyr of Abilune s cI plaoe' on (ho extension referred to. ITor
do we uut to get any b'ter torIs thzxn have hvretofore boon practically
-creedto between the 'people of Abilne and the officials of the Texas
Centre . \hilo ;w in no P:asure claim any rights,mor-l or iggal,fron this
understanding arrived at with the former management that if this arrange-
mnt is still agro.a3ble to the Yaitr P- ilroad that it would be tr better
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for both the railroad and Abiltne t: name'Abilun as a point on the 1x-
tension in, the 'proposed consolidation lill. Whatever may be 3rTrumbull'sa
vicw . I should like to kXOT them d if you de - it best to tr'3at it as a
$ nrictly ptrLan4lf f.omtauftic.,tinrom 'you I il do . 1 t-11 to h ar-
rom you ;t you very earliest convenience that I tty'relidve my mind of
a situation that I feel greatly perplexed about.
.i/- .Yours very truly,
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Sayles, Henry. [Letter from Henry Sayles, January 4, 1911], letter, January 4, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1155362/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.