Collegeport Article

H. A. CLAPP GETS VALUABLE GIFT

MISSOURI PACIFIC DEPOT DONATED TO COLLEGEPORT;
WORTH SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS

What can be done in any community provided that community has one individual possessed with quick thinking and a clear vision has been demonstrated in Collegeport.

Upon order of the government, in the latter months of 1933, the Missouri Pacific was granted a permission to abandon its branch extending from Buckeye to Collegeport and a few weeks later work of tearing up tracks was begun.

At Collegeport, the depot, a splendid structure was doomed for the onslaughts of the wreckng crews, whereupon a vision came to one of the town's first citizens, H. A. Clapp, who immediately went into action.

Mr. Clapp could not see any good reason for destroying a whole building and upon the conclusion of several debates with himself, started upon a campaign to salvage the building for the benefit of the town of Collegeport.

This campaign was very satisfactory. The Missouri Pacific was saved the expense of razing the building and the town of Collegeport has made the happy recipient of a splendid building all because one man kept his eyes open and his thinking machine going.

The following letter shows the result:

Missouri Pacific Lines

Kingsville, Texas

                                                                                                                                            January 13, 1934.

Mr. H. A. Clapp

Collegeport, Texas

Dear Sir:

Your letter of January 2 to Division Engineer McCord, regarding the railroad company turning over to you our old station building in Collegeport.

We have handled the matter with the management regarding this and they are agreeable to turning the building over to you as outlined by Mr. McCord, and this letter is to serve as confirmation of the agreement worked out by you and Mr. McCord.

Hoping that this letter will be of service to you in securing funds to carry out plans for remodeling the building, I am.

Yours very truly,

G. C. Kennedy, Supt.

Matagorda County Tribune, January?, 1934, Harry Austin Scrapbook 3, p. 41
 

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