The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-06

through have arrived nt the Follow
j ihg. which many competent men ttrn
nouncc olow But desire to put forth
no snrohargcd estimates. ! wish lo con
! fine myself 10 a reasonable calculation
Cotton, first year, 2a5 00o at
81 per bale. ........... s225 .oF
Beef Cattle first year, 1000 at
- per head, ............ So.oa
{ Passengers, first year II ,Ooo
at g. per head ......... ~o~
/ Barrels out first year. 10 900
at 80 cts per Dbl ........ j5,wW
Carrying I. ; Mail,....-. lo,oh
Total. .. ............ $1,000
Dcdac, running expenses and
repairs. ,......... 100000
s3uO.0n0
The above is, ! consider, very low
estimate for the first year. What u
would be in five years | would not pre-,
tend 10 calculate One million eight
hundred thousand dollars would com
plctc the road. with all the nppondarc.
for good running order The stock
would pay, taking The above figures as
correct, nearly seventeen per cent,
while the advantages Ia the country are
incalculablc II the capital Invested in
/ II did not Weld one cent o. II It required
every dollar Of the receipts from the
road TO keep it up--it would still pay
well
lint have railroads ever ye, failed "a
enrich country and cnligbten aud i'm
prove it's inhabitants by the rapidly
Of transportation aud cheapncs,, they
are open to all classes of society. They
bring markets, before distant and inac.
cessiblc, almost 10 our own doors Thoy
provide cash and ready sale for all
productions Of the soil aud the lahors II
the husbandman and many sustain and
enrich themselves by the investment Of
few hundred dollars, who are blessed
with such easy and ready transportation.
How long would il stop ~ tho Trinity
when this Is the only short and sale
route to the Pacific 7 When Texas socs.
which hope she may, that this road.
the first day the cars run through, will
enhance the value Of property To three
times the cost, shs would neither desire
nor receive further oxtraneous aid
From this one track would jlyurge
others, North md South, striking this
main trunk about the centre, placing the
whole country East, ami large portion
West Of the Trinity under Railroad in
/ huonee. VIII Texas subscribe and take
stock am thoroughly convinced ,hat
her citizens will take 5000 leaving
the people OF this state 10 take The other
half Texas is anxious to throw her
trade into New Orleans, knowing that il
to be the best market II New ORLEANS
nets she must do it quickly, ~ she viii
lose the trade OF a country Of more val.
ne ard importance to her than five rail
road in any other direction would give
her There is no time 10 lose \ few
say il cannot be built-if they will cast
their eyes over the United States they
will see what determination and perser
yerapco can accomplish II can and
will be done. Everything urges il, and
the people in this day Of railroads will
not permit such country as Eastern
Texas to languish for proper means 81
transportation A great hue and cry
was raised in 1899, when the first rail
roads was pu, into operation Many
said it would not do II such short
sighted persons had any influence, the
United States would not stand as she
now docs in these roads She now has
3o5 roads including branches extending
over 10000 miles and in the course Of
construction, over 1000 miles Tho en-
tire cost Of these roads was over three
hundred aud ten millions Of dollars A
this has been attained ia twenty-five
years What VIII DO their limits
They will find none, until every STATE j.
linked together by iron bands-vhen
visits Of two hundred miles viii be more
frequent dian now OF ten. believe,
comparing the rast with the cheering
future, that in less than four years, one
will leave this place spoud half the day
in Marshall, and return here by unset
That lie will sip his coffee IN the
morning in Shreveport, l2peh ut
Tyler, dance that night az wed
ding IN tho valley OF the Trini
ty, and got back here the next evening
10 supper In four days beef from the
Trinity, will bcieryed up on the tables
OF Kew Orleans, and all will 60 merry
as a marriage bcli
will answer any objections to this
point, by the the assertion that It is
iearer by one hundred aud thirty miles
30, and only about one hundred and
twenty miles from the Mississippi river,
through rich country deprived
Of the advantages Of permanent
navigation The obstruction to low
wr'~r .-s.Es.ira In Red River is at
the falls This can bo femesia,i u, -.
outlay Of 10000 in locks and dams
Some engineers thinks that sum viii not
be required With that difficulty obyi.
ated We will have much better and
cheaper navigation in low water. than
the Ohio river affords Cotton will ave
rage the year round one dollar rer bale
freight, cattle four ddllars per head
and up frcights 50cts per barrel II is
| impossible to estimate the value ui this
road, oven In dollars and cents hut
when We consider It's importance in o
social and political point Of view M'
can but be struck and charmed with
tho magnificent picture it presents
The government would annually save
It's thousands in the transportation o
troops and supplies to its eu'posts Il
would identify more nearly the Interest,"
Of the country at large, associate NAT
with man, and open new sources o
wealth to the cnterprlsiug Let TIN
subject ba kept before the people unit
the formation Of a large party iselieete,
whose nsm and object shall be The de,cl
opment Of tho slumbering resources o
this vast country, tia, our pos'eriiy ma,
enjoy the rich fruits Of our toll tina
generations unborn may be NOR
strengthened in their reciprocal feelings
aud this vast continent bound togcthe
In bands OF iron, that noash, but omn'l
offence can dissolve
u NJ JOHNSON
Vallandigham is among The sla'1
but his deeds are immortal Ant