The Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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'he Polk County Enterprise
THE PAPER FOR THE RsOPLE *
L. VIII
LIVINGSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1911.
No. 9
lUMONT-WACO RAILWAY
CHARTER SENT TO AUSTIN
.mpany Incorporated to Build Between Voth
and Milvid and v Thence to Livingston.
Immediate Purpose is to Complete
Line From Voth to Milvid.
M The first definite steps toward
jjthe construction of a railroad be-
tween Beaumont and Waco have
fbeen taken in the organization of
he Beaumont, Waco & Northern
ailway, whose charter will be
led at Austin today. Thenapi-
il stock of the company is $75,-
000 and the incorporators are J.
.F. Keith, C. S.-Vidor, "J. G.
Reaves, B. ,S. Woodhead, W. P.
Hobby, W. B. Dunlap, B. R. Nor-
vell, John L. Keith, B. Duetser
and Kilbourn Moore. All are res-
idents of Beaumont, except Kil-
•jbourn Moore, who lives in Gal
veston. Mr. J. G. Reaves, for-
:erly of Kansas City, figured
hiefly in organizing the compa-
ny. /The officers of ttye company
are J. F. Keith, president; C. S.
Vidor, vice-president and treas-
rer; J. G. Reaves, vice-presi
'dent and general manager; B. S.
foodhead*, secretary. The ofti
sers and W. P. Hobby, B. R. Nor-
ell, John L. Keith and Kilbourn
roore are the directors. Ten
sr cent " of the capital stock has
een paid into the treasury.
The immediate purpose of the
-ompany is to take over the log-
ing roads of the Keith Lumber
company and the Miller-Vidor
Lumber company and convert
them into a first class railroad by
constructing a line over the twen-
ty-two miles now intervening be
tween the terminals of the two
logging roads. This will consti-
tute a railroad forty-four miles
long, extending from Voth, ten
miles north of Beaumont, north-
westward to Milvid, where the
Santa Fe’s Somerville branch
will be crossed. The distance
from Milvid to Livingston, the
present southern terminus of the
Beaumont & Great Northern
(Carlisle’s road), is twenty-five
miles.
The Keith Lumber company’s
logging road is chartered as the
Beaumont & Saratoga Transpor-
tation company.^ It extends
northwestward^ rom Voth, where
the Keith saw mill is-docated, a
distance of twelve miles. The
Miller-Vidor Company’s rOad is
chartered as a railroad under the
title of Riverside & Gulf railroad.
It extends from Milvid, wherfe
two logging roads and its opera-
tion after consolidation. With the
two mills already in operation,
one on either end of the line, the
the company’s mill is located,
southwesterly a distance of ten
miles.
The Keith road and the Miller-
idor roajJ, are headed directly
or each other and the distance
etween the terminals is twenty-
wo miles, which represents the
mmediate task before the incor-
ratdrs of the ^Beaumont, Waco
Northwern railway.
Mr. Reaves, who is the moving'
pirit: in the organization of the
w company, is convinced that
is distance of twenty-two miles
d the work necessary to bring
logging roads up to first class
idition can be ^accomplished
'th $100,000. This he expects
obtain either by sale of the
stock or the, sale of bonds. No
bonuses will be asked of anyone,
except to the extent that taking
stock or loaning money on bonds
may be construed to be a bonus.
The tonnage now handled on the
two logging roads makes their
operation profitable and when the
lines are connected up and an
outlet is supplied at Voth to the
Southern Pacific this tonnage
from the Miller-Vidor company
will be largely increased. Hence
the promotors of this project are
contemplating that it will be on a
profitable basis from the very
start. >
From Milvid northwestward
Livingston, jjbhe southern ter1
minus of the Carlisle road, of
which the northwestern terminus
is Trinity, the distance is twenty-
five miles and the promotors of
the Beaumont, Waco & Northern
are confident that Mr. Carlisle
will extend his road to Milvid by
the time this company 'Connects
up the two logging roads and
brings them up to'first class eon
dition. The logging roads are
standard guage and are perma-
nently built and fairly i subs tan
tial railroads already.
With the distance between
Voth and Livingston connected
up, practically half of the dis-
tance between Waco and Beau-
mont will be bridged and those
concerned in the project and who
have given it deep study arp cqn-
fident that the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railway will build east
ward from Waco to Trinity and
complete the connection and take
over the entire project. At any
rate the line from Voth to Living-
ston will be pushed through as
fast as the construction work can
be completed and eventualities
will take care of themselves.
Eventually Mr. Reaves expects to
see the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
extend the line from Rotan thru
Roswell to TorrenCe, New Mexi-
co, where connection will be made
with the line to Santa Fe, there
connecting with the Missouri Pa-
cific, which will complete a thru
ine from the Pacific to the gulf.
But that is a somewhat rembte
project, although it is not so far
removed but that it may enter
actively into the speculation.
For the present, however, the
corporation chartered today will
begin actual work as soon as the
preliminary matters can be ar-
ranged. The Keith road and the
Miller-Vidor road will be absorb-
ed and work will start at once to
connect them up. The extension
of |he line from Voth to BeaUA
mont is a small matter and will
not concern the company for the
time being, but the connection
will be made far in advance of the
completion of the line to Living-
ston.
Narrowed down,’ the project
represented by the Beaumont,
Waco & Northern is the consoli-
dation and connecting up of the
saw mills will be built along the
road. It will also run through
the oil field in Hardip county,
and aS the Keith road diready ex-
tends to Saratoga, another oil
field, there is prospect of consid-
erable business in addition to the
leg and lumber tonnage.' <
But this is the beginning of the
much-discussed Beaumont-Waco
railroad, and when these logging
roads have been connected up and
put / in thorough operation the
biggest part of, the Beaumont-
Waco line will have been secured.
Carlisle will readily extend his
road to Milvid and westward froih
Trinity until he meets the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas. In the
meantime the International &
Great Northern will be encoun-
tered and another attractive
proposition is introduced there-
by. The International & Great
Northern has been trying for sev-
eral years to get into Beaumont
and it is believed that once a road
is started from Beaumont in a
northwesterly direction, the In-
ternational & Great Northern will
get interested.—B£|umont En-
terprise. .
Thanksgiving Closing.
We, the undersigned, agree to
close our respective places of
business all day, Thursday, No-
vember 30, 1911, same having
been designated as a Nations:
day of Thanksgiving, and we re
speeffuily ask that the Polk
County Enterprise give notice
through its columns:
J. W. Cochran & Co.
F. Michael.
Davis^prothers.
Ivey & Peters.
Planters Mercantile, Co.
C. J.- Gerlach & Bro.
Hickman & Fain.
Greer Mercantile Co.
D. G. Burgess.
M. S. Cayton.
C. C. Pajfoe.
Polk County Enterprise.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MET AND
ELECTED OFFICERS FOR 1912 FAIR.
Take, Up Matter of Having Exhibit at
itable and probably a couple mote ”*•** I C.,L.L.t. C_----IT----
Texas Land Exhibition. Farmers’ Union
Asked to Select Members For
Executive Board.
CONFEDERATES TO
MEET SATURDAY.
Basket Dinner Will be Served.
Livingston Band Will Fdr-
nish Music. 'v
The Ike Turner Camp will meet
lere Saturday, and arrangements
are'being made to giye the old
Confederates a good time on that
day. The meeting will be held
in the court house, and Hon. J. C.
Feagin has been selected as
speaker of the day. A basket
dinner will be given the one sol
diers, afid the Livingston Band
will render music on this occa-
sion without charge. Messrs,
' fain & Ca.vton will give a free
show to the veterans in the af-
ternoon at the Happy pour The-
ater. Our citizens want to see
that the Confederates are well en-
tertained, and they will do all in
their power to make the day a
pleasant one for them.
Mrs. T. M. Sawyer was shop-
ping in Lufkin Monday.
The Executive Board of the
Fair Association for 1912 met at
the court house Monday, the
following members being pres-
ent: C. F. Fain, A. M. Turnbull,
J. D. McLeod, J. I. Prrrish, A.
S. Smith, L. F. Gerlach, J. S
Evans, Sr., I. N. Snell, T. J. Hor-
iier and’W. L. West.
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Captain J. S. Evans, chairman,
stated the object of the meeting.
Captain Evans was nominated as
president for the next fair, and
many compliments were paid
him for the success he has made
with the two past fairs, but after
Captain Evans made a protest,
that they not elect him for anoth-
er year, and thanking them for
the honor, the nomination was
withdrawn, and Mr. T. O. Walton
was then nominated and elected
for president of the next fair,
and a committee composed of A.
M. Turnbull, L. F. Gerlach and
C. F. Fain were appointed to see
Mr. Walton and ascertain wheth-
er or not he would be able to
‘serve.?55* W. L. West was nomina-
ted as manager and secretary,
and upon vote was elected. J. L.
Manry, W. S. Lister and K. W.
Jackson were elected as the fi-
nance committee of the executive
board, and they will have charge
of soliciting subscriptions for fi-
nancing hhe next fair. ‘ J. I. Par-
rish was appointed to notify the
secretary of the County Farmers’
Union, requesting him to write
the secretary of each local union
in the county asking them to each
elect one member from their un-
ion to serve as a member of the
executive committee of the fair,
and that they notify Manager W.
L. West of such selection.
A. M. Turnbull was appointed
to look after the exhibits that
Were left from the past fair, and
to tear down the booths and other
constructions and store the lum-
ber away until the next fair. _
At this meeting the proposition
of buying space and having an
exhibit at the Texas Land Expo-
sition, which is to be held in
Houston from January 15 to 28,
was discussed, and it was unan-
imous that we put forth every ef-
fort to have an exhibit at this ex-
position, as it would be the great-
est advertisement our county
could ever get. Mr. C. F. Fain
was appointed to see the business
men and explain to them the ob-
ject of this exposition, and also
explain to tl^em about what the
cost would be to'the people for
laving an exhibit. *
The meeting adjourned to meet
next Monday,Nov. 20, at 3 o’clock,
at which time all members of the
executive board are earnestly re-
quested to be present.
important. Now we want to try
once more. As Tuesday is not
convenient for some of our num-
ber we ask every woman that is
a member of the club already or
that wishes to join us to come to
the school building on next Wed-
nesday, Nov. 22, at Ip. m., for
the purpose of transacting some
very important business. Mark
your calendar, tie a string around
your finger, or adopt any other
means for keeping this meeting
in mind.
At the meetinar on, Tuesday of
this week there was not a quo-
rum of the regular members
present, so we were obliged to
defer the work fojr another week.
Mrs. L. T. Sloan, Pr|es.
' Mrs. W. W. Leggett, Sec.
1 Card of Thanks.
I •
To the many friends who made
possible to me the winning of the
cash prize in the diamond ring
contest of Hickman & Fain, I
hereby extend my sincerest
thanks and heartiest apprecia-
tion for their support, trusting
at the same time your co-opera-
tion will continue until the close
of the contest, Dec. 23, at which
time I also hope to be victorious.
Thank’you, each and every one,
Gratefully/"
Teena Smith.
Protracted Meeting in Progress.
The protracted meeting began
Sunday at the Methodist church.
Rev. C. C. Bell, who is conduct-
ing the services, is a very able
preacher,, and his; sermons are
appreciated by all who have heard
him. The singing^ which is con- <
ducted, by Mr. BlSdsoe, is very
fine, indeed. We learn that there
will be no morning services, but
instead the services will, be held
at 2:30 and 7:15 p.'in. Everybody
should attend the meetings! they,N
will get much good from them.
Commissioner’s Court in Session.
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The Commissioner’s Court met
in regular session Monday and
have been transacting business
that comes before their court.
They have been considering
straightening several of the pub-
lic roads anditnproving same.
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Mother’s Club.
We have made three attempts
to have a meeting this month. It
is the regular time for the annual
election and a meeting is very
J. R. Richardson of Leggett
was a business visitor to the city
Monday.
Mrs. B. W. Johnson, who has
been visiting her brothers, N. P.
and R. R. Whisenhant. returned
to her home at Orange Saturday.
Someone will get $5.00 in gold
at the Happy Hour Theater. Will
it be you?
Dennis Rowe visited relatives
at Moscow Sunday.
Several from here attended the
football game at Houston Mon-
day.
Read Enterprise want ads.
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West, W. L. The Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1911, newspaper, November 16, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth660575/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.