. Book of Texas . Prominent Texans R. Waverly Smith, Banker and Lawyer, John H. Kirby, Galveston Houston Geo. W. Brackenridge, Banker,San Antonio R. M. Johnston, Editor Houston Post,Houston. Photograph by Jensens Studio George W. Littlefield Stockman and banker Austin, Texas PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT 31 in Texas. To bolster up such indefensible practices freepasses were issued to every officeholder in Texas whosefunctions could in the slightest way embarrass the rail-roads in their exercise of arbitrary powers. GovernorHogg, who from the late eighties led in the fight againstunjust practices of the
. Book of Texas . Prominent Texans R. Waverly Smith, Banker and Lawyer, John H. Kirby, Galveston Houston Geo. W. Brackenridge, Banker,San Antonio R. M. Johnston, Editor Houston Post,Houston. Photograph by Jensens Studio George W. Littlefield Stockman and banker Austin, Texas PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT 31 in Texas. To bolster up such indefensible practices freepasses were issued to every officeholder in Texas whosefunctions could in the slightest way embarrass the rail-roads in their exercise of arbitrary powers. GovernorHogg, who from the late eighties led in the fight againstunjust practices of the railroads, said in an address in1901: I proved by the railway officials that the railwayline from Jefferson to Greenville cost its owners $7,000 amile to build it; that they got from the state 10,240 acresof land to the mile; that they sold this land for more thanenough to pay for building the road; that they issued $12,000of bonds and stocks per mile on the road; that they ranit many years and maintained it in fine condition; that in1880 they sold it to other parties for $9,000 in cash a mile,which included the stocks and bonds. The new purchasersimmediately placed stocks and bonds
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