New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-04
NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS RAILROAD.

NEW U6LEANS AND IOAAo hAAhnVoD'
The people of this city and Houston.
Texas, are deeply interested in the COM
Dletion OF the railroad that i, now N
course or construction between tho Two
places. The company that ia, unier-
taken the work and is to rer-:Ee state
aid as il progresses. also ha, an interest
at STAKE IL is completion. and VIII tie apt
70 push il SO as to comply with the !aw
giving STATE aid.
The advantage, OF the road completed
between here and Mobile-a lInE n the
great railroad system that :, eyteriin9
from New YORK and the Eastern states TO
the Pacific Ocean,, already .e.t anu
the continuation of this connection by
The completion OF the link between here
ana Houston VII add still greater bene-
fits. not Only t. New Orleans and the en-
tire country through which It viii pass
between here and Texas. but to Houston,
which i, rapidly becoming the great rail
road centre of Teas.
We are assured thai section of the
New Orleans. Mobile and TeXa, road, eX-
tending from here TO Donaldsonyire. VIII
be completed and in running order by
the middle Of next month. if 40 untore
,een circumstance occurs to proven. the
prosecution Of the work by the company.
Other SURVEYS have been made between
there and the Sabine, and ii Is confidently
expected the company VIII complete the
entire road between here and Houston
within the time prescribed b. say
within eighteen months.
The day that this road i, completed
will be a glorious one 10 both Ne"
Orleans and Houston. As it viii pass
through large sections Of Louisiana and
Texas it will necessarily benefit all the
country through which it passes. 1t will
cause settlements to spring up along Its
line and enhance the value o. lands that
are contiguous to the road. Millions of
acres of land in thi, State aud Texas, that
have never had ploughshare run through
them, will then invite the hand of in
dustry to their cultivation. Land is
cheap-in fact, it is almost given away Ill
portions Of these States: and since slave
labor has been abolished free men are
invoked to come and make homes for
themselves. and when this and other
roads that are contemplated are com
Dleted and convenient markets afforded
tor produce immigration will pour into
these States from Europe and the Northern
and Western States of this country. We
are blessed with a climate and soil that
abundantly recompense those who by the
pillow would thrive, and the time is not
far distant when this Southern country,
under the impetus given to IT by free
labor. will become dotted all over with
thriving nome5teads ana tiourishins
cities, towns and villages.
Houston i, already experiencing the
benefits Of railroads. l. is improving
rapidly. Among other buildings, there is
III couloe "a tono'l w 'io1 81 'Hi' 'e -
masonic temple, said to DE magnificent
structure Hebrew synagogue and
Catholic cathedri.. Texas is becoming
rapidly populated with hardy yeomanry,
and as she has more territory than all the
New England States, her trade will build
up many cities, and chief among them
Will be Houston. whose destiny is closely
linked with New Orleans. the metropolis
OF the South and Southwest.