Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-11-13

ile san nicpo aui tiia sonther
Pacific ani Ai.aniiu Railroad Con
'p-ny, and a curIa AL Ensnuis
nnW "a work sugrrl ing anA siakia.
uul lAe line of rnal irsa Han n'rg
eastward, over tao S'rrras to lh
Plains, unloF lhe lireeiiun of 'al
/ Thomas $, Se,lgWi1k, ihe Englnvor
in-ehief ani the suprr,nicndcncs o
hen, Morton g. ilunirs mrmhe
ul ,he last Congress ii'lm lhd.ana
nnd general agent ug she company
I for this work, Tho a. ossing of a.,
/ Slerras iurua ont lo 10 ah oaslel
task than anticipated,
Tho company has likewise obtain
eel control of tho Charter lflhe Ari
zona Railway COMPANY, authorized
10 build a railroad irom Fort inn,a
cntwarl, to the boundary Gl AcW
Mexico aud Arizona. distance "l
i've hundred miles, hy lhe most DE-
rect route, and To connect Wllh nny
railroad from Guaymas In Sonora
to Santa Cruz, on or near the border,
only somo two hundred miles dis,
TAM, The Charter OF the Arizona
Company was grated hy tho Ter,
rltoriIl Legislature. and li1s been
confirmed by Congress. Wore has
bcen already commenced under the
direction ofGOv. Goodwin, the Pres.
ident Of the company, for the bridge
at Fort Yuma, the only narrow aud
practicable crossing OF the Colorado
and ella rivers (being four hundred
feet Widc aud between rocky en-
bankmonts,) for several hundred
miles above and below that point.
a contract ofunion with the Nor
folk and Great Western Railroad
Company, under Tho Presidency OF
Col, Flournoy of Danvillc, whose
line runs through the southern tier
Of counties in Virginia TO Bristol,
has been executed by tho Memphis,
I'll Paso and Pacific Railroad Com.
pany, by which that road becomes
the terminal link of the Southern
Transcontinental Railroad, and by
which the site of Virginia City, l..
023 acres in extent, on Elizabeth
River, adjoining the L. S. Navy
Yard, and belonging to the Mem
phis, FL Paso and Pacific Company,
may become second New York,
for the depth of water in tho river
is thirty-thrco feet and more for
three miles along tho whole front of
the site. Negotiations are on foot
with tho remaining companies along
the line, to effect n similar union,
with the assurances of Ultimate sue
cess. The Memphis and Little Rock
line ofroad is already in accord with
the through limo.
A General Board Of Regents, tdH-
sisting Of tic Presidents and the
Executive Committees of the sever,
al roads composing tho Through
Line, has been instituted to lcgis-
late and decide upon all questions
the interests Of the consti-
tucnt companies alike, and this
Board, so far as il is constituted, has
held a meeting, and elected General
Fremont its President, with the IT,
tie of "President of tho Southern
Transcontincntal Railroad" invest
ed With power to execute the dccis-
ions of the Genera Board, &c. This |
arrangement is intended to effect a
harmonious working Of tho whole
Through Limo. Westinghouse the
seat of the sessions cf the General
Board.
1t is the purpose of the Memphis,
Ell Paso and Pacific Railroad Com
pany to prosecute its existing APP
plications to Congress, next winter,
for legislation, TO enable it TO carry
out, as far as, Congress can grant
authority and aid in the promises,
It's grand design Of completing the
Southern Transcontinental Rail
road, and opening up a direct com
by rail across the con-
,inent, between San Diego and Nor
io!k, the chicfobjective points And
his company is confident of success
n all its appointments, because they
unreasonable, just, and in harmony
With the policy Of Government to !
lid, in every legitimate way, the
york material reconstruction.
With these hints before YOU, gen
lemen of the Convention, it is not
90 much, | hope, to expect from
-our enlightened body, the adoption
# resolutions squarely endorsing
he Memphis, FL Paso and Pacific
Railroad Company. and its projected
southern Transcontinental Rail-
oad, as an enterprise meriting the
ttcntion of Congress in a national
,oint of view, and rs entitled to
quail favor with other Transconti-
ental roads. And may l not hope, (
90, that your body will take states ;
nahlilSo views of the whole question
f inter communication by rail be-
ween the A tlanticand Pacific coasts,
nd resolve in favor of the Northern
'acifc, as well as the Southern Pa
ific road 4
1t was my intention 10 be present
nd share in your deliberations, rs
delegate from the San Diego and
'ort Yuma Railroad Company, but
am dcbarred this pleasure by un-
xpccted circumstances, and hence
bis brief statement of the situation !
( the great enterprise. with which
am personally connected as & Di-
cctor and Hcmbcr ofihc Executive
Of the Memphis, I'll Paso (
nd Pacific Railroad Company, and
s its Secretary. The interests Of
ur company, which are in unison
lith those ofall the Southern States,
-iIl be ably represented by its Pres {
lent the Ifon. b. H. Epperson, Of !
'exas- and by its Treasurer and I