Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-04


TaE KANSAS err ASp 0uLT RAILHoAp'--
We publish 10 another part Of this paper
an article from the Houston Telegraph, In
which II 10 stated that an agent Of KAT %
sas railroad pointing In the direction OF The
Gulf coast Of Texas was In Houston, obtain
Ing information as 10 the probability OF an
eai " completion OF the Central road to Red
River, and of forming a junction at that
point with the railroad from Kansas CITY
II Is stated that the building Of the latter
DAD TO Red River is settled determlnR'
iion-that the company can command the
capital TO perform the work Immediately
and the object ofthe visit Of the Agent 10
Houston, is to ascertain how soon they can
expect to meet the Central road on the Nor
ihcrn border of Texas. He represents that
the business men Of Kansas look to the city
OF Galveston as their hest outlet to the mar
Lc,s Of the world, and hence thew are deter
mined 10 push forward the railroad to orr
northern border with rs little delay MS pos
sible. provided they can have assurance OF
as early completion of the Central road to
Red River.
The editorial,correspondcnt of the GAL
weston News, "w. b. writing from Calves
ton, Oct. l7th, also notices the arrival at
Houston OF the agent, and gives us some ad-
d'tional in 'ormNlon on The subject W. X.
saws that The gentleman ''comes rs q dele
gate from the City of Kansas, to consult
with the officers of the Central Railroad,
with view to its extension to Red River,
and thence to connect with a railroad now
being built from Kansas City in this direc-
lion, fifty miles of which are already COM
p,eicd' The Legislature of Kansas has
era ntcd charter for railroad from Kan
sas 10 Galveston, distance Of 500 miles,
125 miles of which, at the two extremities,
are already built. When the road is COM
pleted it will be the great main outlet to The
ocean for the products Of some dozen OF
more states and territories that will soon be
states, lying westward Of Missouri and on
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this route for railroad outlet for this vast
territory and its products are many, no
the least Of which is hat it is nearer tran
sit to the ocean by some GOO miles than any
other practicable route, and through coun'
try that is rapidly filling up and capable Of
sustaining a dense population. This rail,
| l,,,; fIa az af,fa io n
flow to it, as it has to the great northwest
eru states within the past twenty years.
The News correspondent understands
| that the gentleman above alluded to, on
his arrival at Houston, met with cordial
reception from Col. j. W. Huichins, the
President of the Central Railroad Company
who Immediately called meeting of the
Directors of the Company, who gave the
Kansas agent every assurance of their zeal
Gus and hearty coope ration in the enter
pI ise, which is of so much importance 10 the
whole country; and they also declared thci'
| feed purpose 10 use all thei, exertions tt
extend the Central road as rapidly as pos
sible.
We hope to hear, ere long, that this latte'
company have entered into contracts fol
the immediate extension Of their road in
this direction, and we have no hesitation
in promising them all The assistance from
the people of this section that is in theil
power We want the road; that is nc
knowledged by all, and if we can ascertain
what is necessary to be done on our par
TO facilitate the work, if within our power
we will do il. This we thiuk we Gun safe
ly promise.