Selections From The Splinters - Volume 7
Transcribed by Johnnie Welborn Jr.
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- The First Railroad in Texas (P. Briscoe)
- Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado
- Harrisburg and Brazos Railroad
- Contract and Agreement
- Building of Road
- Locomotives
- Brazos River
- Eagle Lake
- 1st Passenger Coaches
- Telegraph Line
- General Office and Shops
- Many difficulties were met in Early
Texas Railroad
- From Galveston News, Sunday December 16, 1928
(First Stockholder tells of GH&H - One of Original Backers
gives History of Pioneer Work.)
- Before Civil war
- First officers
- Show Progress
- Eagle Pass Extension
- Interesting things connected with older days
- Steamship Lines
- From History of Galveston, Texas by S. C. Griffin, 1931.
- Prio to CIvil War
- Mallory Steamship and New York & Texas Steamship
Line
- Cotton Exchange
- From History of Galveston, Texas, by S. C. Griffin,
1931
- Giving the need and organizing of it.
- Deep Water
- From History of Galveston, Texas, by S. C.
Griffin, 1931
- Gets Federal Government to take over the
work of keeping deep water in the channel
- Houston's Hosstile attitude towards
Galveston Trade back in 1872 forced Island to promote construction
of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
From Galveston Tribune, Saturday, June 23, 1928
Telling of the Yellow fever epidemics, the rival cities and
construction of road to Belton and latter into Houston.
- Epidemics - A complete Record
From Galveston News, Tuesday, June 4, 1889 - Ben. C. Stuart,
in the City's Story - Giving dates of the epidemics, population
and deaths.
- Growth of Texas Railroads
- From Galveston News, Saturday, December 30, 1905
- Paper read by Mr. R. A. Thompson
- Value of the Railroad to a community
- Building in United States
- The Early Railroads of Texas
- State and Other Aid to Railroads
- The Present Railroad System(1905)
- The Santa Fe Railway
- From History of Galveston, Texas, 1931
- By S. C. Griffin.
- Necessity for a railroad; early directors; financing;
act of March 8, 1879; sale in 1882 and George Sealy
President; other men associated with Mr. Sealy; Gulf
line passed under control of the AT&SF in 1886.
- Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Early Issues of Capital Stock,
- By Elinore M. Mc Donough.
- Being some notes on stock subscriptions and stockholders
of the Company prior to its reorganization in April,
1879.
- Section 1 through 18 pages
47 - 50
- First Meetings June 13,
1873 through October 8, 1874 pages 50 - 53
- Meetings Nov. 27, 1874 through
December 23, 1874 including a list of stock holders
pages 53 - 56
- Meeting of the Board of
Directors held on Dec. 28, 1874. pages 56 - 60
- Meeting of the Board of
Directors held on Dec. 8, 1875. pages 60 - 64
- The Board of Directors,
at a meeting held on August 14, 1878, and the Stockholders,
at a meeting held on September 16, 1878, voted the
issuance of $2,700,000.00 in bonds etc. pages 64
- 68
- Friday, Oct. 25, 1878, "The
President stated that he had received from the County
of Galveston the Fifty thousand dollars due etc.
pages 68 - 70
- GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA
FE RAILWAY COMPANY, EARLY ISSUES OF CAPITAL STOCK
(continued)
- EARLY ISSUES OF CAPITAL
STOCK (continued)
The Commissioners for Organization
- EARLY ISSUES OF CAPITAL
STOCK (continued)
Some of the first Stockholders
- EARLY ISSUES OF CAPITAL
STOCK (continued)
Some of the first Stockholders
- EARLY ISSUES OF CAPITAL
STOCK (continued)
Some of the first Stockholders
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