We wish to Thank Johnnie Welborn Jr. who is transcribing Volume 7

• Introductory Remarks (This is not a History)
• 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
        • Names of ships
    • 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 Hostile 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 Railway - Charter
    
    • Secretary's No. 1233
      From Chapters - Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company and Auxiliary Companies dated June 30, 1914.
      Authority given to named commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions to the capital stock; and organization of the road; and covering state donations and length of charter, etc. 36 - 41
      
    • Tenth Amendments , Secretary"s No. 1233-J admenments Section 8 41-46
      
  • 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
        • Supplemental listing of all the stock issued prior to the sale.
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 13 - 39
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 40 - 65
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 66 - 91
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 92 - 120
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 121 - 147
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 148 - 170
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 171 - 193
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 194 - 210
        • supplement (cont.) cert. 210 - 230
    Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
    • Some Early History
      Brief outline of the financial affairs of the Company from its incorporation up to the date of its acquisition by The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co. By Elinore M. McDonough, March 26, 1927.
      • Act of the Legislature, May 28, 1873
      • First meeting - June 13, 1873, etc., Early History Continued
        Contains brief description of the happenings at meetings of Board of Directors.
    • Early Reconnoissance and Preliminary surveys
      • Letter from Braxton Bragg to J. P. Fresneius August 14, 1874, Concerning bridging the west Bay.
      • Letter from Braxton Bragg to C. B. Harris, September 1, 1874,
        Routevia Caronkaway Reef on West Bay to Columbia, bridging the Brazos RIver, to San Bernard, to Caldwell.
      • Letter from Braxton Bragg to J. P. Fresenius, September 18, 1874
        Advising him to take over the party of one route to Columbia on the Brazos.
      • Report of Braxton Bragg to the President and Directors, October 29, 1874.
        • At Deer Island
        • Aat Caronkaway Reef
        • Columbia
        • Brazos and San Bernard
        • Bellville toward Caldwell
        • Brenham
        • Value of surveys
      • Letter B. M. Temole to J. P.Fresenius dated July 2, 1877
        • Brazus River to Belton, 82 miles
        • Table of Estimates

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