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1* ! Hore Railroad Pointers;Henrietta Independent.Henrietta has been selected asibioSec-idn.ioniecthe “gate city” into Texas by the Rock Island, the Union Pacific j and the Chicago, Burlington! Quincy railroads. As will be remembered, the right of waythe Territory) bill of the m mentioned road, passed both houses of congress at its last ses- i sion. In August of Jasi year, a | branch of the C. 13. Q. finder the„ «| name of the Kansas, Colorado and ! *•7 Indian Territory railroad wasj U*t. chartered under the laws of Kan-1•'i jsas, Henrietta being mentioned fis I the objective point. On tbe 5th of j this months charter was obtained ; for a branch of tbe Union Pacific from one of several points in Kan sas to Fort Worth, Texas, via' Henrietta. The Santa Fe has ig-; Inified an intention of building’4,; down to Henrietta from a point ofl j its line in the Territory Northeast ji0D( 6f here and on in the direction of j Abilene. The Union Pacific com-; pafiy has declared its intention of [ extending one of its lines from this jcity to Eagle Pass and on to tbe;j city of Mexico. The Rock Island5,; will dfinbtless absorb tbe Fort/ Worth Western and go into Fort ! Worth from Jacksboro, its main i line extending on south to Bur- i, | nett, where it will absorb the Aus- ;1 tin Northwestern and on to the ‘ gulf by way of both Austin and 'San Antonio. With the Missouri ] Pacific and the Fort Worth Dea- ‘Iver roads already here and the cer- f *x* j taiuty of getting the others above { j meutioned in tbe quick future, it l lesiissafe to assume that, in a few j ni-1 years, with the other roads that o he ! will naturally 66me to us, Henriet- c ta will become 6he of the most im- i portant, if not flie principal city in c the state.✓slalearmeatonr)
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Abilene Taylor County News
Abilene, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 29, 1887
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