The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15
Our Houston Correspondence.

Our Houston Correspondence.
HOUSTON, (Tsxas.) Dec. 81, 1853.
Fd'sd9e @the Pdcifc Railroad Blu By NE Lgilature-TN
SowA1n Route Adoptsd-Compart uiA NE Bestor Ian
Inc Port' Of GalOson and San Disoo-7a1M efaN
Team COrtvaa, do.
The great Pacific Railroad bill passed the House OF Rep
ressntAves Of this State, Saturday last By vote Of
seventy ons 70 thirteen 1t had previously passed the
senate Dy Avote OF twenty two TO four and il esnss
quenty completed
send you copy Of the bill, that you NAV "a how
rssoutsy and effectively the Texans are wokinx TO a
cure for their State the Pacific Railroad tits veil unaar
stood that this bill meets the entire appreciation Of Gan
Rusk our able and indsatgabls Senator Who has ada
himself personally familiar with almost every rod Of
GROUND between the Sabine river and San Diego on the
Pacific and knows whereof he may srm in this respect
in the senate Of the United States Gen. RuAk has
Gently completed tour Of rsoonnos sanos far west
the Pssos whore he was met BY Judge Ankrim and his
party from Fl Paso who were on similar tour; 20 that
what Gen. Ruak may the Senate in regard to the
"southsrn ROUTE for the Pssnc Railroad Tin reference
10 It's intrinsic advantages without regard to comparative
sdvAntages ought TO b received doubtless win be-
~ ascerainsd fact When comparative advantages a.
for instance between this route and COL Bsntons
buried, double-5witzerland routs, come to b made,
the Texas route the grand chain Of railroad between
the Atlantic and Pacific will b. able TO exhibit claims
whose superiority, In the matters Of distance grade
Avoableness Of climate wealth Of country trsverssd
Asd produetiveness, which will leave the Benton pro-
ject futteriDg ON the summit OF the Rocky Noun-
tsps Colonel Fremont may again lose two.thirds Of
bis in exploring the desert wds north Of 30 deg
Ss 1ound who viii BE- vup to 10. tSsr
by attempting to follow bis explorations With
railroad is practic' ly just ~ absurd to attempt TO
build Colonel Bentons rail oad 1t would be to At
tempt build railroad from north to SOUTH right
through the Swiss Cantons; and recent letter Of Col
Benton, touching the unfortunate Gunnson's Surveying
party makes this plain You have published the letter.
lin which Col Benton says that portion Of his route IL
p,r it, The stalworth Colonel said truer thing
To construct railroad through the upper Sierra Nevsda
the line he hes would Be just about like construct
ing road through the everlasting glaciers Of Mont Blanc,
and back again BY another route. II Col Benton
persuade the American Congress- to pAronze his plan
p,p easy obstruoted cheap route through Texas,
the parallel of 80 deg then COL Benton be set down
the prime magician Of the age, and the American Con-
es sy be down the easiest gulIed association OF
Your readers may think write thus because am .
Texan. Well, do. write thus because as Texan, l
believe know how superior route for the Pacific rail-
road 10 all Others, and because know, also, all
about the scheme of Col Benton and how prspossrous
nia sttmpt to force great national railroad through
country where and ice must obsruct the running
for three months In the year when 1t can
be easier better cheaper and quicker Oar qucier) CON
stfucted througha country where neither Ice
interrupt tbs running Of trains for single Gay in the
yefr aud where the agricultural and mineral th
the land is absolutely wonderful Do not the
absolute sterility of thousands miles of Col Benton
covered up for thousands Of miles BY snowf Do we In
Texas not know all about the country north Of thirty
Pacific, quite well Col. Benton knows it; and
do not the people OF this Union and their
gessnativ', IN Congress kn'x It. tOos rather
grsndloquent representations Of the mpenstrabs and
impractioabe route of his railroad to California and Ore
gon Not bit of it. The people of the country know
re Colonel Benton about his route and laugh
Att asa scheme to be accomplished not less than hun
more manageable To build . railroad to California and
Oregon Colonel Benions plan and route, now would
be 'ruly like building railroad through couple of
Sv itzerlspds.
But need not trouble you with these comparisons,
nor With any compsrisens think you viii agree with
OF which seDd you likely to be conducive regards
the Pacific Rarosd. This action, believe yeu will ad
init, secures the Pacific Railroad to Texas. The advau
tsges of grade, OF climate, Of almost initiate productive
ofsoil mineral and cuursl which the road
viii pass and OF ohespsess OF construction, must
the arst connection OF the Atlantic with this Pacific
through Texas. The first railroad that connects the
Of these oceans viii be that which reaches from
San Diego the Pacific, to Galveston the Atlantic,
Gulf Mexico The distance between Galveston and
San Diego less than thrteen hundred miles and Gal
weston is the best shipping and trans ship ling port In
TEXAS SUCH starting points these decisive Trade
vii always seek its best and cheapest outlets and nles
and San ego will always furnish these for
You will 1T PEI ceivs Whist immense priv es are
rAEted TO the company who may be successful 10 con
| OF
this road a-d you will also what guara treason.
Aa g. srsntees) Texas s1acs from those
Contract The contractors place three
tnd dollars in the treasury o: this STATE pledge
their buIld 1T least fifty miles Of the roai ia eig teen
rio,ths. This is just and reasonable. The mpany
which cannot CARLY perform this condition ought
have the centrao The condi Ion is enable Just
the part of Texas and Tot unreasonable inst
contractors Texas tn tne Quilt and spesi
possible and TO this she made liberal
and magnificent provisions She has made them Ia good
faith cd viii exact good faith from those who wish TO
avail themselves Of her liberalty. such Erastos
Corning Mr. AcAlpine, Mr. Morgan, Gen. Clark, or
Mr. Forbes of Boston, should propose for this great
ac have but small doubt that they would be
received by Gov PeAse, OF Texas. He In common with
his wide constituency only asks for the building OF the
read. and think he would be glad to give the contract
TO the class Of gentl.msn have named Thy gen
tlsmen not asyst connected with the great New York
Pacific Railroad Company, POI ton Of whom now
here In the vain hope that the legislation OF Texas
be shap 30 Is TO recognise them. Nothing of the
kind win be done. the OF y Pacific Railroad bill that
Texas contemplated passed. and ,any oqu
IL favored by it, any legislation favong any CON-
pAny clique be obtained The field is left open Men
Of character and Influence ant capital Will receive this
contract No others because the Texas Legislature
Is ho et and In earnest and has not passed this bill
| benefit mere speculAtors j.