Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-07-04
Leatenworth, Lawrence nna
Galveston Railroad.

TO Ottawa, and at least 80 miles are
expected 10 DO completed this year,
We do not know the full extent of
the endowment of the ruad, Int We
are quito certain that il is one of tho
most splendidly endowed roads in
tho country. For lis completion TO
the Southern line of Kansas, 40
miles south of Lawrence, IL receives
Gi0O acres of government lands per
mile, The company has also li5,-
900 acres Of Kansas State lands the
Senate has Just ratified treaty,
giving II additional landed interests,
and the Usage treaty, lately conclu.
dcd, gives IL eight millions of ncres
of the best of the best lands In thu
world II is TO receive one million
dollars from some of the counties in
Kansas through which IL passes.
a considerable amount of county
bonds has already been placed in
its hands. Mr.. Sturges, the Prcsi.
dent, is heavy capitalist, inaucn.
tial with tho capitalists ofthc coun.
try, considerable number of whom
are interested in the road, which,
we may here remark, has other
means of construction besides nil
those we have mentioned, hut of
which we do not know the details,
President Sturscs, Judging from let.
ters of his that we have seen. is ex.
tremcly anxious that the road sbouId
be puscd forward but this has not
been done rapidly heretofore because
certain ARRANGEMENTS oiviny IN,
company complete control of its
endowment were first to be mod,.
These arrangements as wc undrr.
stand the matter aro now ohont
concluded and we are dccidedlv or
opinion that tho road will boron,,or
be built at the rot, of M lcost I'M
miles n year. Indeed oltLon~h we
do not Know that il will bc so vct
we believe that tbo Konso. r1ad
will meet the Texas Central in tbroc
years from this timc ncrL,ns avon
sooner, inasmuch os we know tbo
western pcoplo concerned oro nv.
tremclv impati,ni of dcIov in nal
ing that connection and have strong
reasons for bcl,cving tLot tho ob;ocis
for which the comnonv has boen
waiting are occomnI;shed and tLot
it, too, is now in favor of nusb;no
forward as ropidlv os nossibIo T.
would NOT surnrisc nc tborofnr. IF
it should berca fl OPP construct cons;d.
erable more th,n ono hnndrod m;les
a wear. That thc rood will bo hu;It
seems rs sure os that tho TovoS CcnD
trail will reach rbc noxt station and
that it will he buiIt very r,nidIv
appcars TO us TO be scorceiv lesa rcr.
tain. The advantages TO bc derived
from connection with the Texas Cen.
trail are so much greater than nnv
that could possibjy result from do.
Law, rs to impress the Kansas coin.
pany with tho Importance of spced
in it's operations and therefore wa
look upon the fact that il bus recent.
" gone ahead ofits present terminus
about n hundred mil,s, to sccure
8 900 600 acres of rich lands in the
fine valley of the Ncosbo os nm in.
dication that more than the cxnccted
fftv miles will bc huilt hofnr, tho
close of this voor Tho comnony
cannot afford to DELAY. Itrepresc,,tS
it is true, The wish of the pcon1c Of
Kansas to omen nm TO immirutjor
that portion of their State tLroncb
which it runs. but this is n second.
arv matter as compared with an.
other desire of which it is tho rcp.
rcscntativc-that is the anxiety of
the West to have railroad connec-
tion with the Gulf As The Union
"v'io .;,',,,ani nsal'roIu proccGus' .n's ahN
10y Wl.c, ,,1oio"ses, p1c""sc tne great zen
.i .ia, " ;sL ost .Gols Eps Snus' ",tnUut conhec-
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nioicy vi Ihe ue'ic rolu. IL lhere-