The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-21
The Texas Railroad.

The Texas Railroad.
IFrosn fhe n O. Republican,
Ne are net swift to publish bad
Hgws whell9its publication can do no
good and may do harm, but we are
prompt to lJlb our readers in posses
sion ef all tile good news we possess,
nat thatits pFsbHcatien will increase
III IS ssgssil4g hpt IN order that they
may be made as happy as cheerful
intelligence can make them. When
work on the railroad to Texas was
suspended some time ago on account
of some selfish quarrel between the
directors and managers of that impor-
tant enterprise we did not publish
the intelligence because we felt salts
fed that the stoppage would only
last for little while, and because we
did not feel disposed to put any OBJ
stacle in the way by an untimely re-
Election upon the managers. They
control our fortunes in some measure,
and this makes us respectful to them,
even when we feel most disposed to
chastise their taTdiness in fulfilling
their obligations to the community
that has trusted them with an impor-
tant agency. The New Orleans, Mo
bile and Texas Railroad company de-
serves severe censure for the way i'll
which it has delayed operations be-
tween the Mississippi and the Sabine;
but as this delay arose, as we believe,
as much through the agency OF our
people in depreciating their own
credit as through the contests III the
board of directors for the supremacy
of class interests, we do not feel dis
posed to hold the company to that
accountability which we should have
done had the quarrels been the sole
cause of the delay.
The trouble, however, is over, so
the latest intelligence informs us, and
the work that it was a public mlsfor-
tune to suspend two weeks ago, Is
now happily to be recommended un-
der the most cheering auspices. The
contest that was waged in the direc-
tory between Charles Morgan, wlfo
sought to have the road built from
Berwick's Bay, and Oakes .Ames, who
desired to extend the road direct from
Verlnillionville to the Texas line, has
resulted in the success of the latter,
and the Contributors who wefoeIjE; tged
two weeks ago in getting out ties and
grading the route west of Lake Char
les, and in that immediate vicinity
have received orders to proceed with
their men to do the work as rapidly
as possible. There is but very small
gap, comparatively speaking, to be
graded, and the contractors for getting
out timber are abundantly able to
furnish all the demands for ties that
the construction hands may require.
Steam saw mills have been erected in
the vicinity of Lake Charles for the
express parpose of furnishing ties, and
besides these there are several con-
tractors with active bodies of cutters
engaged in keeping the supply filed
to the utmost wants of the company.
In fact the effort i'll this respect has
been so great that some OF the con-
tractors are supplying, out Of their
excess, the wants of the Texas rail
GOutl CDHl lpaHics, ny ihdh1hS oillpilClieS
of ties to Galveston for sale.
It is proposed by the syndicate, as it
is called, which Oakes Ames has been
enabled to form to put all the force on
the road that can be engaged i'll or
der to speed its construction at once
to the Texas line. Work is to be re-
sumed at once by all the contractors,
and they are authorized to increase
their forces to the utmost extent that
the supply will admit of. Hands are
being engaged in Alabama and Geor-
gia, for whom transportation is sup
piled at once to the scene of active
work. Payments are to be made
promptly, and the business man of the
road is charged to see that the best
of men are engaged, and that the con-
tracts are complied with. Money i'll
sufficient quantities has already been
provided to meet all the wants of the
new management, and the directory
is united IN its disposition toeomplete
those dnties which it has heretofore
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