DH Wrote:
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> From a reader's comment to the original article:
>
> "I am a native of Sanderson, and resided there
> when SP (now UP) re-located its terminal from
> Sanderson. Because an unincorporated town of 900
> had little chance to raise the money required to
> undertake a restoration project of this magnitude,
> several in the community, including Tex Toler,
> Hazel Gully, then County Judge Dudley Harrison,
> and I began to look for outside money. We applied
> for, and against all odds received, a $500,000
> Texas Department of Transportation (TEA-21) grant,
> which would have required about a $70,000
> contribution from Terrell County. I wrote the
> grant at no charge to the County. All was going
> perfectly until Judge Harrison was defeated by Leo
> C. Smith, Jr., who, driven by his destructive
> nature and ally Lloyd Goldwire, caused the grant
> to be refused. Kenn Norris was initially
> supportive, but caved to pressure from Judge Smith
> and opted too to refuse the grant.
>
> That was the only chance for the depot to be
> saved; it is too enormous a project for any local
> organization or for Terrell County to attempt. So,
> the "end of the line" for this structure, the last
> remaining of it kind, was reached in 2003, and can
> be attributed solely to two enemies of historic
> preservation - Leo C. Smith, Jr. (now a Bangs,
> Texas city employee), and Lloyd M. Goldwire,
> whereabouts now unknown."
>
> In a word: Local politics and certain people in
> the county killed it.