sentences:  It was not until Stokes became involved that the project got started with only months left on the bond.Stokes brought in General James H. Ledlie, a former Union officer in the Civil War, to direct the project, and crews went to work, only to bring the line within of the Austin town limits with less than a day left before the deadline.An emergency meeting of the Austin Town Board extended the town limits by , allowing the last rails to be laid just minutes before the deadline.