The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-06-26
The Southern Pacific E~s:aEscoHi.

The prospect for the successful r~"iap}"-
ton of this long discussed }r?i"ct seems
to grow brighter. Aside from tie
Grand Trunk Line, recommended by the
late Commercial Convention, there a9c
two companies already in existence push
ing on for FL pa-o. Bat recently the
New Orleans. Mobile, and C~hatlan0o-r
Railroad Company have disclosed thr:r
intention Of buiI;jn@ a road fron Ills
city to FL pA-o, a"t %HrT',~ O: the roVj:.
are now b. Ing maie. Tnr &? "rssrot
original deSi4n Of THIS company w" +:
build the II bile and Cha:taHo4-; rv%t
and it was even "ravelv asserted th4t
they were not equal to this IN Irta,i:~.
The vigorous manner ii WIFI l. lie w."
Orleans and Mobile division has b.Y.
pushed forward is a sure ~,4ra:t,r t..
their enterprise, but it has uow t::..
pred that they leave Tie rra"#:.. !yY q:
the road beyond Mobile until after the
line fir, m here to l'rx4S shall llrvr b. ii
finished. The capital @tor'; t.. ;i.;~ CT.
poratioa is said to he: iI3.UJt,O ii spa;
from extensive !anl grants w'l:riI il has
received, and it rmhra>"S ~lc:l Ml,l a.
Mr. Raynor Of N"w IotA, i'rssi 1,nt.
pakes .tm"< Of Ma <ar!"1s,:;<. >ir t;1iS-
woll ana Tx SrN.tor Morgan III New
York, and Judga Gardner OF .lI1s.achu-
sets. This end Of their vJu t. j. matcri-
ally different from that heretofore Deem
ed best. 1t fellows the course of the
Mississippi to Observation-Disclosures strikes
West through |erm:lIivnville to Houston
and San Antonio, from which point they
will ultimately extend it to the Pac:lic
by way Of FL Paso. II the capital ct
this Company be as large as is supposed,
they can readily reach the Pacific at an
early date. The other company to
which we referred above, is the "Ncm-
phis and FL Paso." This company was
chartered by the Legislature of Texas
in 1856, and their road is to commence
at the Arkansa, line in Bowie County,
Texas, at the Western terminus of the
Cairo and Fulton road, and runs west
ward to El Paso on the Rio Grande. a
distance of I'll miles. Some IS miles
of this were graded when the war broke
out, and interrupted operations. Since
then they have been laboring a~ssiduous-
ly, having increased their capital stock
S40,O0O,0 900. Engineering parties
have recently been placed upon the line,
and laborers collected for grading. The
right of way to the Pacific given by the
House Of Representatives Of the United
both in the 4Oth and 41st Con-
gress, and though the Senate has taken
40 action on it, yet a majority have ex-
pressed their design to support it. The
State OF Texas has granted them 1920 :
'cres OF land to each mile Of road and a
reservation across the State, extending
n width, eight miles on each side of the
inc. The completion of 800 miles of {
DAD would give them 100000 acres \
# every rich land. Il
The route ofthis road is through the y
pastures and most fertile grain q
egion of the world. Goal beds abound !
long the line, and large depots of copper, >
cad, and iron ore are known to exist. +
lere then, we have two formidable cor: u
o~rations striving to reach the Pacific y,
.ope first, and the competition will shar- !: i
the energies of each. The New u
Mobile and Chattanooga compa- e.
y certainly have advantages in point Of II
lclities Tor transportation of materials !,
nd amount of capital. Should these IL
70 roads be built as far as Ell Paso, =:
icy will probably unite in constructing ~
trunk to the Pacific. However, should IL.
te ''Grand Trunk Line" from San I
lego to apoint near the Brazos River NJ
Texas. receive the approval and assis- Al
nee OF Congress at its next session, a.
.ese two feeder roads from Memphis and Ill
ew Orleans vii! enable the work to be al
'mmenced4 Immediately. Meanwhile az az
ere is yet another direction from which VI u
ew Orleans may expect a Texas Rail u
ay. Mr.. Charles Morgan the purcha- III
r ofthe first 80 miles: Of the Opelousas IL:
ad at the recent execution sale, finds "
mself in an anomalous condition. His VI
would he Of little value should "
hers build a railway to Texas. His r
%terests now are to extend to the Sabine. III II,
ID finding that the old Opelousas Com. al
my. are not disposed to accept his terms o ~;
Tered for that purpose, he is asking aid J 70
Texas. Should he fail there, he will ~
obably turn to Northern capitalist. ~ ~
'nsidering all these facts it is very VI
obable that we are soon to have a III
''uthern Pacific Railway, and it is GER "
that New Orleans is to have a Texas
ad.-A. O.. Price Current. ,... -
IS PENNsYLvANIA Posr No. 10, w
THE,GRAND ARMY OF THE REprDLic ia