. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. pal inhabitants of the country beyond theConchos could not afford to wait thai long for their mail, and theSecond Assistant Postmaster-General, at the earnest solicitation of theinhabitants, and the contractors, agreed to increase the compensation100 per cent if tlir trip Could be made in thirteen da) s, which was FORT WolMll AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST (.25 easily accomplished. This contract was one of the matters of con-gressional investigation of the Star Route Steal during the adminis-tration of President (Irani. Deputy United Sta
. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. pal inhabitants of the country beyond theConchos could not afford to wait thai long for their mail, and theSecond Assistant Postmaster-General, at the earnest solicitation of theinhabitants, and the contractors, agreed to increase the compensation100 per cent if tlir trip Could be made in thirteen da) s, which was FORT WolMll AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST (.25 easily accomplished. This contract was one of the matters of con-gressional investigation of the Star Route Steal during the adminis-tration of President (Irani. Deputy United States Marshals scouredthe country for Chidester to summon him as a witness, but were neversuccessful in finding him. The mail left Fort Worth in a Concordcoach drawn by six horses and ran to Thorp Spring in Mood County,where it was transferred tO a surrey with two horses. These wentas far as Rrownwood, where a buckboard and two bronchos took itthe remainder of the wa\ . if the) were not interrupted by Indians andoutlaws, which at that time infested the Stack Coach This stage line continued in operation until the extension of theTexas & Pacific Railway west of Fort Worth, when it was dis-continued. Street Railways On September 6, 1876, a franchise was granted to a company com-posed of J. P. Smith, K. M. VanZandt, W. A. Huffman, Morgan Jonesand George Noble for a street railway from the court house to theTexas & Pacific Depot. The contract for its construction was let toMorgan Jones and the work commenced on November 17th. The firstcar ran over the line on Christmas Day, and Mr. Walter A. Huffmanofficiated as conductor. The cars were about the size of an ordinarystreet omnibus and were propelled by one mule something larger thana West Texas jackrabbit. That the business was not very profitableis gathered from the report of the first years business, which showsthat the gross receipts were $22 per day. showing the transportation of440 persons each day. In 1882 there was a s
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