The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-03
rne sou.hera Pacific Railway.

WEDNESDAY,. .........JuLf Q, 1917.
The Sosathern Pacific Railway.
Colonel J.. w. Forncy, who IL one OF the
directors. writes as follows from Texas con-
corning Tom SCOTS grandest undertaking:
At this gateway Of the grandest material
enterprise of this or any age LET me give the
general reader an idea Of the work under
taken BY Colonel Thomas n. Scott and MS as
sociates. "The Texas and Pacific Railway
ComJanF" finds finished to its hands sixty
six miles of ~railroad--fr0m Shreveport, on
Red river, to Longyiew, Upsbur county.
Texas-which is doing a good freight ana
passenger business. This Is the line here
fofore known as tho Southern Pacific, ana
extends from Marshall, Texas, through
a magnificent region to Ill paso del Norte,
near the boundary between the unitco
States and Mexico (; thence TO the Junction OF
the ella and Colorado rivers OF the west
at Fort Yuma, and thence to the maSulnccht
harbor of San Diego, OH tue racine coast,
which is laud-lockcd, and large enough lor
one thousand vessels to ride with ease on lis
bosom. There is another branch, the Trans
Continental. which begins at Texarkana, i'll
the county Of Lafayette, Texas. ten miles
west of Fulton, Arkansas, and extends
through a most fertile region OF country to
Fort Worth, in the county OF Iarrlnt,
Texas, where it joins the main line, above
described, and the two together pursue the
route to the Pacific on the ~thirty-Sccond
parallel. To Fort Worth. after visiting the
towns of Marshall aud Jefferson, Colonel
Scott and his party will proceed tomorrow,
when we will stage il one hundred
and seventy-fiye miles across country,
reachin. the railroad ut Dallas,
whence we proceed through Houston
and other places to Galveston. There We
board the Morgan steamer for New Orleans
and 90 home, which, with the good fortune
that has so far attended us, we hope to reach
by the 10th or 18th of July, Or a little over Il
month since we left. This is n long route;
when completed we shall have travelled
nearly five thousand miles by rail, steamboat,
stage. and ocean steamer. Colonel Scott and
his chief engineer have been continually
occupied during our trip consulting maps,
laying out routes, providing Tor materials,
worklneu, &C., so that when he reaches Mar
shall, the threshold of his work, he Will give
his orders clearly. Colonel Henry q. Steb-
bins, vice-prcsident OF the company, Is now
in London negotiating the first loan, which,
under the prestige attending this grand
SCntnIC, W tt bc EASILY sNSti'p
BY uniting the two lines referred to, char
tered by the State of Texas and by congress
sional enactment included under the title OF
"'The Texas and Pacific" Colonel Scott Sc
cures all the lands and bonds voted to the
said Texas roads by the State Of Texas, equal
in value to over twenty millions Of dollars.
This is exclusive of the subsidies of Con-
gress of public lands in the Territories be-
tween Ell Paso, in Texas, and San Diego, in
California.
The distance from the eastern boundary of
Texas to San Diego is about 1000 miles, or,
including the TranS-Continental road and its
branches from TaXarkana to Marshall, about
1000 miles. There are no engineering diff
culties of any kind to be met with there is
no practical difficulty in regard to fuel or
water, and the country generally presents
more facilities for the construction of q
railroad than can be found OF 4 line
of equal length on the Western Con-
tinent. Comparing the different estimates Of
costs of this line, and comparing all the csti-
mates with the estimated cost Of all the other
roads in the United States, there can be no
doubt that this road can be constructed in Il
first-class manner and thoroughly equipped
for business at Il cost, us before stated, not
exceeding $4,000 Of bonded debt per mile.
To aid in the construction of this road the
United States has made a grant of its lands
in the Territories of New Mexico and Ari-
IONA and the State of California, in all not
less than 5000, 900 acres. in alternate sec
lions, along the route of said road.
Besides this development of business is the
actually existing business awaiting transpor-
tation, and already adycrted TO, in Texas,
chihuahua, Sonora, New Mexico, Arizona,
and California. Mr.. Greeley, who travelled
extensively in Texas in 1871, estimates that
in 1880 she will have il population of two
millions, and that her industry and enter
prise will have far outstripped the increase
OF population. 1t is estimated that ut least
100000 emigrants have arrived within her
borders during the past year, and that there
will be shipped from the Red River country
alone during the present year $1,000 head of
cattle, 100000 pounds of beet, 100000 pounds
of tallow with hides. 225 900 bales Of cotton,
and large quantities Of wool, and that the It
ceipts from all sources will not be less than
$50, 000, 900.
OF the through trade between California
and the Atlantic, and the trade and traffic of
the Eastern Continent, this road, from its
superior advantages. already adverted to,
must inevitably secure Il large proportion.
The gross earnings of the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific railways combined, for 1871.
the second year of their through business, It's
officially reported, amounted to I'll, 100000, |
or which amount 10 per cent. was local buSi-
ness mainly created by the railroad itself,
and about % per cent, OF nearly nine mil
lions and Il half Of the above sum-, was net
profit over operating expenses. An equal
revenue on the Texas Pacific, estimating its
total cost ut say S75, 0U0, 900, would give Il re-
turn Of over II per cent. rs the net earnings,
und the amounts will expand in an eycr-ir-
creaSing ratio as the country is settled and its
developed.
/ have now given you IN outline of the
last project with which Colonel Scott is idcn-
titled. Its magnitude is almost beyond COM
prehension its prosecution and completion
worthy of the loftiest ambition. Needless
for me to say that u young and daring
leader looks to no pecuniary reward. That
he has already secured. He now aspires TO
the higher object of reiniting North and
South in the bonds of increasing commerce
and lasting peace.
Romance I'm Renl Tifc--CHandestine
Marriage Of u Prominent Young Gem
tleman and Lady.
Society circles were treated to a startling
sensation yesterday afternoon. 1t was to the
effect that q beautiful and accomplished
CnOnu laby and q we'll knnun vn,pr oo,flo