Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-06-20

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asIsly sssaTing the reader that the Goa
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Il is HsessssEy, ih order that the eonpa-
ny eau 60 ~ EuroPs and procure all The
monsy they need, that sone Legislation
should be had, They eau get money nos,
bat rot % sueh advantageous terms as
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u thea, sLieh sill ia no wise jeeTATdiEs
the interest 81 the people OF the State, and
which souli enable them 10 build tho
road much faster than they eau nov, Il is
certainly 10 be hopvd, then, that &c soon as
= Legislature meets, the needsd legislation
gill b. had,
The section Of road nov under contract
thirty niles 10 Calvert wlll he completed
aud "a running order during this year,
Dallas will then be siihin about $50 miles
u tho snd Of the road, II nelhing nov
forcsesn prevents, the year 1859 viii see
lou VI more miles put under contract aud
built. A trip TO the coast will not then
be the serious undertaking IL nov l., and
shat an immense Impetus Il will give TO
the growth, prosperity aud wealth Of our
much favored section Of the State
Docs IL ever occur 10 the minds OF the
people Of that part Of the State through
which tho Central Railway passes aud will
pass, the Immense benhis, commercially
aud peculiarly, which will be derived by
them from the completion Of the road
Let them sit down aud estimate for them
selves, how much II will add 10 the value
Of their lands, 10 the population OF the
country, 10 the commercial importance Of
the great wheat region which this road will
peneiraie,-lct them, ! say, make few
figures on this subject aud II appears TO
me, that they will see how much reason
they have TO encourage aud aid this enter
prise to the very farlhest extent Of their
ability. lam well aware that our people
are poor-ihey have no, the money to con
tribute,-it requires money and great
deal of Il TO build q railroad; but II is In
their power, in more ways than one, TO en-
courage the road. Our people have lands
pleniy of them, that are to-day almost val
ucless,-lands along The line IF The road
can be made available as n means OF rails
ing money, and how good an investment
would the donation OF n quarter or even
bnlr of a mans land on the line be TO him
self MS we'll rs to the company The bal
nnce of his land won d be immediately en-.
Lanced in value to the exiext OF four and
| five times its present nominal value, I'M
mediately on the building or even survey
of the line. Let our people think OF this
and cease to abuse and raise objections tc
the company rs monopoly. IL is true
the company benefits itself by an early
completion OF it's liuc, but to how much
greater extent does it benefit the people
and the State?
| have said nothing Of the additional
advantage to be derived, by the connection
Of this road with the Kansas roads project
ed from the Missouri river in Kansas and
st. Louis in Missouri, TO be run Southwark
TO point on Red River, where such connec
ton can be made, thus making our section
between the Trinity and Brazos rivers the
grand trunk highway on limo $50 miles
west of the Mississippi river, and running
parallel with il, from the Missouri River
to the Gulf Of Mexico, at Galveston. 1t il
we'll known to our people that the whole
line Of the Central road TO Red River, lies
through rs rich an agricultural region as
exists in the United States. "On either
side lay the unexcelled alluviai bottom
lands of the Brazos and Trinity Rivers
and between them, along the course Of the
road, tile most fertile and beautiful uplands
ever beheld or cultivated by man. Aloue
the whole line the soil will produce in the
highest perfection, cotton and corn, as
we'll as q great variety of vegetables and
fruits of less importance. And from Red
River South, for 200 miles, it is not an ex
aggeration to say, that there is not in the
United States any section, except perhaps
portions of ca lifornia, that can equal il
in the production Of wheat, rye and barley
and for stock raising of all kinds it has nj
equal" .......
I will not lcngthen this letter any fur
Their at present. set out with the inten
ton of giving our people the truth as re
CARDS this road. will close by copying
from pamphlet just issued by the Compa
nv. n statement of the traffic and business
Of the road, eighty miles in length, from
September list 1860, 10 September LIST 1867
in specie. The total figures foot up
iross income, 81 OS5,674,95. Running ex
penses, repairs, losses, discounts and taxel
paid the United States and State, County
and City, Corpora .ions, 1885,, 1864, ga, show
ing net profit of sos, 720,4l, every dollal
of which has been expended on the roat
in rebuilding and making it first clas
road, and continuing the constructions
No executive officer Of the Company draws
any money for his services-it is all in
vested in the company, for pushing on thu
road; and Of course, no dividend has eyel
been de clared on the stock nor ever will bt
until the road is completed to Red River
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The CENTRAL RAILnoAD.--We learn tina
the good people of Bryan city are puzzled
to know where the Central Railroad is 60