Texas Almanac, 1952-1953: Searching Inside

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... to provide for these. Land Grants to Railroads. Briefly, land grants to railroads provided for sixteen... of Texas Railroads,"' by the late S. G. Reed of Houston. Railroad History six years and one fourth within... and again repealed in 1882. During these periods, certificates were issued to forty-three railroads on 3,627... for Railroads. Various counties and cities issued bonds to the extent of about a million dollars in aid... of various railroads before the law was repealed in 1874. They were repaid for these, as well

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..., three railroads. Division office of large utility company. Watermelon festival in July; Livestock Show... in February. *GUADALUPE COUNTY cof MILES VLS CO MLES On South Central Texas Upper... to rolling in central and southern parts, hilly in southeast. Traversed by Guadalupe River. Alt. 450-575 ft... developed. Intensified farming has taken the place of former large-scale ranching. Growing season 206 days

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... ARTICLE X.-RAILROADS. Sec. 1. Railroads Connecting at State Lines; Crossing; Continuous Lines.-Any... with railroads of other States. Every railroad company shall have the right with its road to intersect, connect.... *Article [Sec.] 2. Public Highways; Common Carriers; Duty of the Legislature; Fixing Rates.-Railroads... in the rates of freiht and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this State, and enforce the same.... Railroads to Keep Public Office in State; Directors; Annual Report-Every railroad or other corporation

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... industries manufacturing women's nylon garments, flour mill, food products; four main-line railroads..., barley, oats. Beef-cattle ranching in broken to rolling central and southeast areas. Some dairy, poultry

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... and general intelligence. The central idea of Willard Richardson, A. H. Belo and G.. B. Dealey was expressed... at better conditions in the Texas crop and livestock industries, better transportation on railroads

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... is generally called. The brushlands might be said to extend northward through the east-central part of Area I... and the building of such obstacles to grass fires as railroads and highways encouraged the spread of the shrubs

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... the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf and Indianola Railroads were completed. Partially destroyed by a storm... a DENTON PLAIN ADMIRAL ' V Co MuNstYI OWE'~,,0 A MEL~ LE A MILES 6O Central West Texas

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.... 21; Term of office, Sees. 3, 4 (also XVI, Sec. 14); Place of residence, Secs. 6, 7, 23 (also XVI... created, organized, IX, Secs. 1. 2, Freight rates, wharfage, etc., XII, Sec. 5; Land grants to railroads... of way to street railways X, Sec. 7; Land grants to railroads, XIV, Sec. 3; Appropriating for private

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...; Term of court, Sec. 5; Jurisdiction, Sec. 5, Quorum, Sec. 4; Election, Sec. 4 (also VI, Sec. 3); Place..., Railroads, Secs. 5, 8; Motor fuels tax revnues allocated, Sec 7-a; Rate, Sec. 9; Liens. Sec. 15; Release..., see Art. XI. ARTICLE X.-RAILROADS..........Page 376 Rights: Crossings, interchange of business. Sec. 1

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....) Highways: Texas Highway Department. Railroads: Railroad Commission of Texas. Mfg. Value: U.S. Census. 1947... bridges. Railroads. Interurbans. Underpasses. Overpasses, bridges. Airports. Notable parks.

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... 62,502 50,376 DITIES RAILROAD ASSETS railroads Total assets of Texas railroads... of revenue freight , carried by Texas railroads during 1949 was substantially greater than in 1946 and 1945...; total $334,068,631. - ., " FUEL CONSUMPTION OF RAILROAD. Fuel consumed by Texas. railroads

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..., 1895). Hogg had been elected on a platform demanding regulation of railroads. which had become... included that providing for "Jim Crow" coaches on railroads, reduction of legal maximum rate of interest... system of railroads opened the way for industrial development. It was about the beginning of the present

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.... of........... 242, 247 Tillotson College............ 443 Timber (See "Forest") Time, Central Standard... . .... .. 248 Track. Athletic Statistics. . 480 " Railroads .. 278, 279, 280 Tractors on Farms

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... degrees, 30 minutes north, is chosen because of its central location with respect to Texas and the Gulf... in the following calendar for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and other events is according to Central... Standard Time. All of Texas is in Central Standard Time, except El Paso and immediate vicinity and a small... areas observe Mountain Standard Time. To convert Central Standard Time to Mountain Standard Tune... subtract one hour f rom Central Time. To get Central Standard Time of sunrise or sunset, moonrise

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... Texas Railroads-Railroad Traffic There were 15,559.27 miles of first main-line track... .................. RAILROADS, B ---Mileage---- First-Main Total All Tracks. Tracks. S1,116.59 1,418.00 215.40... with 1915 (just prior to entry of this country into the First World War) for Texas railroads, as reported

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... with heavy loss. The road was not rebuilt after the war. North Texas Roads. The other two railroads... the centers of heavy "freighting" and river shipping. All of this section clamored for railroads ar t wanted

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... passed a comprehensive law regulating railroads, the first of its kind in the United States, although... line in Texas. Decline in Main-Line Mileage. Main-line mileage of Texas railroads at the beginning

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... construction, it was further provided that in surveying their grants the railroads should survey alternate... sections of land reserved by the state of grants heretofore made or that may hereafter be made to railroads

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... points in South Central Texas, including Williamson, Washington and Fayette Counties, but in no place do... the place, was pleased with its great beauty and bought the land from its -Spanish owners. The colonists... immigration of Germans into South .Central Texas over a long period. Czechs and Bohemians settled at many

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... of the State under any agreement or contract made without authority of law. Sec. 54. Liens on Railroads... juries; For limitation of civil or criminal actions; For incorporating railroads or other works