Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-16
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-

way.
Yesterday we had the pleasure OF meet
ing in this city n. Holmes, Of Cincinnati,
the Southeastern passenger agent Tor the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.
This road Ii destined 20 be Of immense
benefit to Texas and all of the territory
along its line. The road is now completes
to Red River, over which it passes on a
large iron bridge, and by Dec. l, will be
completed five miles South of this stream to
Denison, Texas, which is the point Of juno
ton with the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad. At this place the va
rious branches will diverge, afford
ing facilities for travel to thousands
of people to settle this great State. The
advantage for transportation thus given
Denison will make it the center Of great
cattle and cotton market for Northern
Texas. 1t seems that it is natural for the
more hardy, and perhaps the more honest
labor to seek homes ia the West, which
soon will be thickly populated and have its
resources early developed, and its produces
hurled into the markets of the world by the
instrumentality Of great through railroad
routes, Denison evidences what impetus to
prosperous growth is given by a railroad
and its location being high and beautiful
with abundant timber adjacent and a pure
water supply, it has favorable
indications of becoming an important
city. The Kansas line of this road diverg-
ing to the West from Fort Scott, enters the
HGreat Neosho Valley" at Parsons. Hence
the line connects at Emporia with the San
ia Fe railroad for points on the upper Ar.
kansas river, at New Chicago with the Law
renee. LesvenWorth and Galveston rail-
road, at Mus gee, in the Indian Terrific
~, with the Ell Paso stage coaches for Fort
Smith and Northwestern Arkansas. This
branch also passes through the the thriving
towns of Humboldt, NeOsho Falls, Leroy,
Burlington, Americas and Council Grove to
Junction City where it connects with the
Kansas Pacific railway for Denver, New
Mexico and California. The company have
1000, 900 acres of fertile farming land In
the Neosho Valley whose picturesque
scenery, lovely atmosphere and
other desirable features are inviting much
investigation. We understand the company
are selling land at chesp rates, inducing
people to settle there. So ere long we may
see MOI only the great wealth of lexas, but
of the whole Southwest developed largely.
We need more railroads in Tennessee, too
many of whose citizens ara seeking west
ern homes. While inducing immigration,
let US retain our present citizens IN our
State. Speaking of the rapidlty with which
towns spring up where railroad opens
country and cheap homes are offered in fer
tile sections, the st. Louis Rdilacdy Register,
of recent date, says:
"Denison, Texas, which is to be the juno
ton of the two great trunk lines, the Miss
ouri. Kansas and Texas and the Houston
and Texas Contra, is decidedly lively place.
1t is vet less than two months old but it al
ready contains several hundred houses and
about twelve hundred Inhabitants. The
town is finely situated on a rolling prairie,
which is both healthy and fertile. the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, will continue
its line from this point 70 the Gulf, and as
soon as the railroads are completed vast
tides of emigration will doubtless pour into
and through it. Il was laid out by the
railroads and most of the land in the neigh
borho0d belongs to them. They are bound
to make it great city worthy Of its lCca-
ton. The machine shops of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad will be located
there and Vice President Denisou already
talks of Water-works, etc.
altogether it looks as though De1ison
would be permanent institution. North
ern Texas offers great inducements to set
tiers, vast numbers of whom are already
pouring in; when the junction Of these
roads is really effected, the country will fill
up rapidly. The business of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad is constantly in
creasing and surpasSes all expectations"
Everywhere we behold the benefits Of
railroads in populating the country, devel-
oping its resources and opening the ave.
nues of trade. Let us then give this SUBJ
ject the attention its importance demands.