The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-11-26

sponsiblc company NJ may be able to give suf
fcicnt guarantees Of their ability TO commcnc,
and complete tho Same within rcasonabl,
period. And TO render the measures a. it'll,
Objectionable as possible, would suggest tha
o certain portion Of the stock Of the company
be divided into small shares, and that the priv
j ilcge Of subscribing for them be secured e
the citizens Of tho State, to the exclusion Of ai
others, for . limited period, say for ninety day,
alter tho subscription books shall have been
J opened Under such provisions, II our citi.
zens should refuse, or hil to avail themselves
Of so liberal an opportunity, they could not
afterwards complain OF n monopoly by non.
resident capitalists, who, am sure, will not
long undcrratc tho advantages of tho enter
prixo or value Of our lands.
II Aftcr tho surrey Of tho several routes pro.
vided for by Congress shall have bcca made
and reported on, protractcd and exciting
discussion, cngcndercd by sectional feelings
anil diverse views, will, no doubt, cnsue, On to
their respective Advantages and disadvantages,
and the constitutional right Of the Government
to construct tho road, Before this controversy
can be settled IL II be settled ut all, confident
ly believe, that Texas, in cooperation with
some OF her sister States inAthc south and
west, can furnish sufficient Inducements to
secure tho immediate commencement of the
work upon tho route havc Indicated and
command tho great prize for which the
northern, middle and southern sections are 80
eagerly contcnding.
!. Then 10 effect this inapprcciablc object, let
your wisdom and energies be promptly direct
cd. So far ~ the interests of our beloved
State arc involved, there is nothing sectional
or local associated with this great work. It's
benefits will be felt and acknowledged by all
within its limits, md every branch Of ihdustry
will DO stimulated and encouraged Should
partial or sectional feelings be found to arise
in your deliberations upon this subject, lot mo
besccch you, as legislators for q great and
growing State, to discard them, and lot your
actions be characterised by nm enlightened pa
triotism and an enlarged and liberal policy, n
| In view Of the fact that none Of the pro-
| posed routes for tho Pacific and Atlantic rail-
way, whose survey has been directed by the
General Congress, will cross this State,
would, therefore, strongly recommend that
steps DO taken, at an carly day, to make = sur
yoy Of such routes within this State a. shall
be deemed advisable; and that your Honor
able Bodies mako suitable appropriation to
cover tho expenses connected with tho sur.
vcys so directed TO be made.
In commencing 80 earnestly AS have this
great work, l would not he regarded rs over
looking other enterprises necessary to connect
our Gulf coast with oil proper points. For
regard tho connection or tho Gulf with the
interior portions of the State and other parts
of tho Union, M secondary only IN importance
to the great connecting link between tho At
lantic and Pacific oceans.
Already some twenty or moro charters have
bcon granted by the State Government for
railroad purposes; and, so far as az, advised,
i with few exceptions beyond the enc hereafter
mentioned, they have boon unattended with
tho practical results anticipated, notwi,hstand-
ing tho liberal Inducements offered Under
the provisions of thesc diaercnt charters,
about twenty millions of ages OF the public
domain have been contlitlQnSly appropriated.
II Is now quite certain That but two OF three
roads, al farthost, wiIl,s6o eons,yuotod under
these charters, and ri this amount of public
land is, for tho time being, tied up, aud ren-
dercd useless to- tho country, with tho still
moro injurious t6ndcncy Of delaying works OF
great public utility, by driving read capitalists
| from the fold.
Consideration of these facts has convinced
mo that IN our zeal for internal improvements,
wo have heretofore granted railroad charters
too indiscrininately, and I may say improyi-
IDENTIFY.
! therefore, .rccommand that no Railroad
Company shall bo incorporated except such ns
arc clearly Of primary Importance TO an OK
tensivo section of the State; and which
would givc tho safest gnnrnntee Of lis nl,;iit.
| to faithfully comply wish tho torms Of tho
charters. g
/ Although tho charters granted 10 them
were liberal in their provisions, regret TO
say they have, with somc exceptions remained
as dead letter upon our statute book and
that tho results have fallen far short Of the OK.
pcctations conceived at tho timo they wcrc
I granted, ttnffords mo pleasure, however, to
bo cnablcd to inform YOU that tho "Buiialo,
Hraxos and Colorado Company" havo already
4 completcd tho frat twcntv miIoS of tleir ROAD