Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-10-29
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A meeting Of The eorporslors Of the
Southern Transatlantic Railroad vas held
yesterday atnoon In private psrlor Of the
st. Nicholas Hotel, There we're presenter
dov. Throekmorton, Of Texas, Gen, John @,
Fremont, Gov. Woodvin Of Arizona, Gen.
George 2. Buell, U. =. A., Gen. sherred,
Gen, Hunter, u, s. A., Col. John ". For
ney, Col. saylor, Of the Texas Legislature,
Gen. y. W, Rice Of Iowa, Coli. NJ, Daniels,
Of Texas, the Hon. r.. y. smith, supsrin-
tendent Of the Public Schools Of Kentucky,
aud President Of the Cumberland and
Ohio Railroad. Col. 8. W. Morton Of Ken.
lucky, Gen. George Nancy, Of Tennessee,
Col. Smith Of Kentucky, Major Corwin Of
Washington, Judge J. NJ, Tebbeits Of Wash
ington, the Hon. J. b, Bowman Of Ken
lucky, George l.. Johnston Of Kentucky,
Alex. whiting Of California, Major Gener-
al Corse Of Chicago, Marshall o. Roberts,
Emanuel d. Hart Of New York, and 9th
ers. The meeting was called to order by
Geh. Fremont, assisted by Gen. Morton q.
Hunter Of Indiana rs Vice President, John
d. Defrees, Esq acting rs Secretary. Gov.
renresep,a,iye of The corporation in the
Cincinnati Commercial Convention, to be
boIdon I,o, an p n Var, N o. Rob.
.r,s Jobn u D.srses Judgo Tebbets Gen,
Mnney and ] n Bormapo were appoint-
ed . Tommi,,es for tho collection Of sub.
scrin,ior,
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hHet Saying .nn' NC ree'.e'eu nm 40
hau NOT haa su','c,en. ',,no ,n " pIvpau aanhs
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,en, ior 'ne ihi'rlnn''oh y, M "mv u,"a wv
interest IN 'he success 1i ,ne % en'.,I., I'll, ,h,
mat 'he peoP'e ot ieNno hnu .ons ie' ,"s
deepest ih'eres. VI 'hc con',.us,iyu ., ha,s ~
rniirosu 10 .hc rac'nc ooean ,n,o"Sn a, .ns
o.a'e' anu oeneVea " " o wy
cheapest, ana most Practcno.e ,'"e "o,'s, o.,
the continent. Inc Representative "en y,
ieIas--those VINO nad speomhy u've'ou
their attention 70 ,he suS!eo..n"u '.s"
great y strengthened ,n .his viz" y 'ns
report maze oy CaP'. m"rcy, VI "o " o.
A., many years sihce' "neh no Wns ch"iBeu
with this WORK oy tne "ar pePnr.nsn',
since the days OF Una. rePUr', Us eh'oou'e.
by the then secretary OF war III ms rvpor'
to Congress- commercial men, cap'"',s's, ,
and statesmen have regarded INC my
through ieIas ns Tue lrue n.e ior sae"'
commerc'n. h'gnm"y no,pa' ,"o 'o;.,.,.,ae . ns
AT an early day IN 'hv Ns,s'",' ~. -, VI
Ioxas upon this suoJect' 'hro"s" w. .n
fuence Of the lamen'ed senator husk' an
act was passed setting asiue Two ueerees "
the territory IN lexns' eAenu'ns ron uio
eastern to the western ooiaer VI ,he oue'
distance OF noo'i! .oV niles, .hu reeo.s'
ing the nnhppropriateu "n"' III ,"'e ',
ritory from location ana chtry, anu srnn,-
ing twenty sccuohs OF the same " 'he ih''0
for the purpose OF a'u'ng III .ne oonst'u0
tion OF this great WORK hai'roAu'"s a,
that time was IN i's iniahcy IN ,eHhs' anu
indeed not developed ana unae,s,ooa 40
now in any portion OF tne oh,'eu o'H'es.
Capital did not take ho,u o, .he pro'e0. p.",. "'
was expected, anu the ue"'h oi "'n; N"' !,
tended greatly 10 dishear,en thSse "no n"u
lnbored to enlist the a,a OF tne seneral
Government In Its oeh"i'' anu mere WnS !"
failure IN the eh'erP,'sv. 'uossi"o;.y
tho Legislature char,ea o'her n"es' VIZ" "
view to the Accomplishments Vi '"S e"n'e
end-one line 10 connect .hrc"sn hne'sln M:
Texas with the MississiPpi niVel u" rAo' NM
burg, ana the othef :hro"gh Horoo," !" oH
rs, to connect with Memphis. 10 oo'n
these lines we're granted, uhue! s."orni
law OF the state' 10 sec,,ons y. innu P.r
| mile, and TO the iat'er iihe' 'ne "eh'Pn!9
| and I'll faso, reservation ol 'he p"on'
| domain OF IL miles IN wid'h was grah'cu,
| out OF which 10 oota'h 'he MINUS gwen ioI
| its construction. IL was contemplated W
the Legislature th"t tnose TWO 'ines, 'ne
one terminating al .'cAsnu's anu Inc one
at Memphis, wouid iorm connection "i'er
penetrating 'westwardiy mo .ne in,er'o,
! Of the State some Zoo or ooV m',es' 'hough
such was not expressed IN ,he cnar,er OF e'-
ther company. The people OF Nortnerh
Texas organized the Company OF the Mem
phis, FL Pnso and Pacific line, and, unaid-
ed by capital ont OF the State, had, before
the war, completely graded some 5O or 6o
miles of that road, had the cross.ties on
the ground for portion OF the same, ana
had made contract Tor obtaining the IRON
for the first 90 miles, and portion OF the
rolling stock was delivered on the road.
On account Of the war this was all lost.
Since then strenuous Efforts have been used
to resuscitste the work, and the charter,
under which the meeting Of the gentlemen
present has been convened, was granted by