Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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Abilene. (Work stopped at Cross
Plains.)
Wichita Palls & Southern, exten-
sion to Cisco and Fort Worth.
Negotiations were abruptly stop-
ped on many other important proj-
ects. Our Stock and Bond Law was
recently investigated and condemn-
ed as retarding railroad develop-
ment by the Federal Railway Secu-
rities Commission in its report to
President Taft. The Railroad Secu-
rities Commission further reports
that railroad investments in the
United States are bringing an aver-
age of 4 per cent , per annum while
other lines of business are quoted
as high as 10 and 12 per cent. This
condition may have caused invest-
ors to hesitate in taking stock in
new projects.
It is not, however, the purpose of
this article to analyze the situation
or to discuss the merits or demerits
of legislation. Our functioji is ful-
ly performed in faithfully reporting
the results of our investigation.
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RAILROAD MILEAGE
MAPSHOWING NEW
LINES CONSTRUCTED IN
TEXAS DURING 1911
ISSUED B V
TEXAS COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES
^BUSINESS MENS ASSOCIATION.
MtfVCMlNtOM
Bo Name of Road
1 Stephenvilla North 4 South Texas»
8 Brownoood, North & South,
3 Gulf, Colorado * feanta Vo,
4 Port Worth 4 Rio Grande,
6 Kansas qity, Mexico * Orient,
# - Peooe 4 Northern Texas,
7 - Beaumont 4 Great Northern,
B - Wichita ialls 4 Northwestern,
0 - Angelina 4 Neches River,
10 - st Louis, Brownsville * NexioO
11 - Crystal City * Uvalde,
12 - Peooe Valley Southern,
15 - Port Bolivar * Iron Ore,
,14 - Croebyton-South Plains,
TOfAL MILES CONSTRUCTED - - - * -
19.7
60.0
15.4
16.0
40.4
599.4
Construction for 1912.
The year 1912 opens with many
bright promises. The K. C., M. &
0. is pushing forward to the Pacif-
ic Coast. The Port Bolivar & Iron
Ore Railway reports that active
work on its line will begin the lat-
ter part of the month. The H. & T.
C. Railway will build a line between
Stone City an^ Giddings. The Crys-
tal City & Uvalde will push con-
struction work forward. The St.
Louis, Brownsville & Mexico con-
templates a line from Victoria to
Bloomington.
We are now suffering for want of
10,000 miles more of railroad in or-
der to bring our agricultural and
mineral lands within easy reach of
the market. The following lists of
counties have not a mile of railroad
within their border to date of Jan.
1. 1912: Andrews, Bailey, Bandera,
Blanco, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran,
Crane, Edwards, Gaines, Gillespie,
Glasscock, Hockley, Kimble, King,
Lamb, Live Oak, Loving, Mason, Mc-
Mullen, Motley, Schleicher, Somer-
vell, Sutton, Terry, Throckmorton,
Yoakum, making a total of 27 coun-
ties and an area of 18,500.00 acres,
which is equal to the total area of
either Maine or South Carolina.
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much better than the cheap
and big-can kinds.
Calumet is highest in quality
—moderate in cost.
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World’s Pure Food
Exposition.
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“The world has always been full
of opportunity. It exists every-
where for those who, with hands,
eyes, ears and brains are seeking
to render service that serves.’’
Fort Worth.' Tex., Jan. 18.—The
Commercial Secretaries and Busi-
ness Men’s Association has taken a
census of railroad construction dur-
ing 1911 in Texas, ancTgives out the
following statements:
While our progress in railroad
construction during the past year,
compared with our opportunities and
necessities, is far below what might
be expected, our increase under the
circumstances is most gratifying. The
record for the past eighteen months
in construction work
ducing construction to this basis.: the most significant is that we are
Texas immediately turns turtle and1 entering an era of mineral develop-
rests securely at the bottom of the; ment. We find three roads search-
list. The following statement re-; ing for mineral tonnage—the Port
duces to an area basis the table 1 Bolivar & Iron Ore, K. C., M. & O.,
shown above and gives by States the! Pecos Valley Southern. The first
mileage constructed per 100 square named road is built primarily to
mjles of area during 19T1: transport iron ore to the seaport,
where it is to be shipped to East-
49 ern smelters, and it overshadows in
311 possibilities any political issue ever
26 unearthed in East Texas and open
22 up a new epoch in the industrial
20 possibilities of that section. The
18 opening of our ore beds indicates
16 that foreign capital has heard the
j sound of the miner’s pick and that
lts! we are entering a new world in de-
Qj_ j velopment. The Western roads
at 1 headed for the mountains, tap prov-
)n_ en fields of minerals and indicate
ejj that agriculture is to have a power-
£U_ ful rival as a wealth producer.
rcj_ The effect of our construction up-
on commerce and trade is equallj
as far-reaching. The new mileage
has reduced distances from our Gulf
ports to the Pacific Coast 400 miles
! and has forced a downward revision
ng in rates favorable to Texas trans-
it continental trade. Its local effect
tlje has been to recast the trade terri-
£C_ tory and shift supply ‘depots to the
west. The passing of the prairie
of schooner and the coming of the
ten steam engine have been quite a
a transformation in transportation to
ine a considerable area of our State.
®n_ Who Built the Roads?
jen
To the students of Texas prog-
i a
j k ress, it is of some importance to
know who built the roads. The fol-
tne
lowing classifications by systems
on-
are taken from current reports and
lack offical confiirmation, but the re
ports are as reliable as could be
ear
. secured in the limited time at
ind , .
hand:
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mex. 16.0
Fort Worth & Rio Grande . . 38.4
Total
Fm glad you telephoned,
Fll be right over."
Angelina & Neches River
Port Bolivar & Iron Ore
Crystal City & Uvalde .
Florida . . . .
Kentucky . .
North Carolina
Arkansas . . .
Oklahoma . .
Georgia . . .
Texas .....
The dread of sudden sickness on the farm is
to-day robbed of half its terrors. The tele-
phone call t9 the doctor assures first
aid; brings help “in no time."
Total.....
Grand total
is somewhat!
marred by the abrupt abandonment j
of several important projects and th i
disappointment is further aggravat-
ed by the fact that we now have on-
ly one railroad construction gang at
work in Texas — the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient, between Granad.
and Alpine—but there is a ray of
hope brightening the new year in
the roster of prospects that are an-
nounced for 1912.
Our 1911 Mileage.
The mileage constructed during
1911 is shown on the accompanying
mpp and totals 599.4 miles. The
roads engaged in construction worlt
and the mileage built by each line
are shown in the table on the mar-
gin of the map.
The Railway Age credits us with
423 miles and the Manufacturers'
Record with 427 miles, but as de-
tailed reports for Texas are not fur-
nished in either instance, we are
unable to locate the discrepancies
between their reports and the fig-
ures we submit. The Railroad Com-
mission’s report shows 506 miles put
in operation from June 30, 1910, to
June 30, 1911, while the mileage
shown on the map covers actual >
struction during the calendar year
1911.
The information upon which this
compilation was made was obtained
It is significant that. 528.8 miles if
railroad or 88 per cent was built by
system roads and 70.6 miles or 12
per cent by independent lines. Half
the independent mileage is credit-
ed to the Port Bolivar & Iron Ore
Railroad, which is a mining concern
as we have heretofore noted. A
study of the railroad map of Texas
will also reveal the further fact that
most of the trunk lines building
have been filling in gaps with a few
feeders appearing now and then.
Only one line, the K. C., M. & O., is
blazing a new trail through the
State.
To the close observer of business
affairs this condition presents an
alarming situation. It is the first
time in the history of Texas where
railroad construction has been con-
ducted almost wholly by trunk lines,
and if it means that the independ-
ents have quit the field, and cer-
tainly no other interpretation can
be reasonably placed upon it. then
railroad construction is ahout over,
for system lines are as a rule not
extensive builders, and in any event
no trunk line could be expected to
parallel its own territory. Neither
would one system undertake to en-
croach on the feeding grounds of its
neighbor without due hesitation,
and if we are going to build rail-
eliminates distance, for the tele-
phone bridges the miles to doctors
and friends, and dispels the feeling
of isolation and loneliness as nothing
else can. Send to-day for booklet.
The Southwestern Telegraph &
30SS&, Teleph°ne C°- «
DALLAS, TEXAS
Location of New Lines.
Bringing the railroad to the farm
not only reduces the cost of trans-
portation and adds perpetual value
to future products, but materially
Come to Texas.
An idle empire of acres is beck-
oning the farmer, the laborer, the
iiiumo*1
■AM*
from officials of railroads, commer- ket seven million acres of virgin
cial secretaries, county judges and soiL an area largely in excess
verified newspaper reports. I the total area of either New Hamp-
According to press reports, Texas shire, Vermont, Massachusetts o:
leads all States In the Union in Maryland. We no longer have farm
mileage of railroads constructed dur- lands 150 miles from the railroa:
ing 1911, but detailed figures are The greatest distance from any giv-
not announced. The Manufacturers’ en point in Texas to a railroad
Record submits the following figures date of January 1, 1912, is 60 miles,
on Southern States building 100 in Sutton County. The following
miles of road and over: counties have during 1911 heard the
first whistle of a locomotive:
Texas
, 427.7 I
Florida..................215.2 i County— Acres—
Oklahoma................144.0 j Collingsworth.......... 550,400
North Carolina...........124.8; Crosby................ 629,760
Kentucky................124.5 Crockett..............1,920,000
Georgia .................107.5 j Menard . .............. 568,320
Arkansas.......,........115.5 Reagan............... 761,600
j Upton................. 761,600
This result' on it3 face appears to j
be a very satisfactory showing, but i
an area basis of comparison is a
much more intelligent method of de- The trap teaches us many impor-
termining comparative progress. Re-,tant lessons in progress and one of
Total
..........5,191,680
Santa Fe.
G., C. & S. F................98.2
Pecos & Northern Texas.... 60.0
Beaumont & Gt. Northern . . . 15.4
Pecos Va’ley Southern ...... 40.4
Crosby ton & South Plains .... 42.2
Total ................. 256.2
Cotton Belt.
Stephenville, N. & S. ijLxas.. 63.5
M., K. & T.
Wichita Falls & Northwestern 22.0
K. C., M. & O.
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient 113.0
Frisco.
Browuwood, North & South . . 19.7
roads in Texas, we must at least en-
courage independent operators.
Why the Independents Quit.
A general depression in railroad
building has been felt throughout
the country, but the reports receiv-
ed from builders indicate that the I.
& G. N. bill has had more to do
with discouraging railroad construc-
tion than any other single factor.
The following roads report abandon-
ment of construction projects due to
the passage of this law:
Quanah, Acme & Western, from
Quanah to El Paso. \
Brown wood North & South, 20
miles constructed and work stepped.
(Later sold to Frisco).
Gulf, Texas & Western, from
Jacksboro south.
Chicago, Weatherford & Brazos,
frm Weatherfrd suth.
Temple & Northwestern, from
Temple north.
Texas Central, from DeLeon to
increases the value of the land.
There are fourteen thousand miles
of steam railroads in Texas. We
need forty thousand additional
miles.
Almost; Tost His Life.
S. A. Stid of Mason, Mich., will
neer forget his terrible exposure to
i a merciless storm. “It gave me a
j dreadful cold,” he writes, “that
j caused severe pains in my chest, so
! it was hard for me to breathe. A
neighbor gave me several doses of
! Dr. King’s New Discovery which
brought great relief. The doctor
; said I was on the verge of pneu-
| monia, but to continue with the Dis-
coverv. I did so and two bottles
! completely cured me.” Use only
this quick, safe, reliable medicine
for coughs, colds, or any throat or
lung trouble. Price 50c and $1.00.
i Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
I All Druggists.
manufacturer, the capitalist, the
railroad builder, and all useful cit-
izens to nature’s heritage; to a
perpetual harvest and a land of sun-
shine and flowers.
Blamed a Good Worker.
“I blamed my heart for severe
distress in my left side for two
years,” writes W. Evans, Danville,
Va., “but I know now it was indi-
gestion, as Dr. King’s New Life
Pills completely cured me.” Best
for stomach, liver and kidney trou-
bles, constipation, headache or de-
bility. 25c at All Dealers’.
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1912, newspaper, February 8, 1912; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730594/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.