Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-13
The Central Rmivr IT. itne.

" NV ''"l"' ht'IIOni' on Inc 18th inst,
an gives the following briei history Of this
Road and 'he Sors II In, done the ,psst
years -l... .......rrl..1
4 Sk4k's Eork.
AS q New YORKER, Boaton, man,
or some other hsa,hep Cli1ssSi flAt
read this letter, must vSetx ~ tlds
al Texas knows, that lheiJfoAstDls
y Texas Central comlnenGess ,as
Houston for an initial point and
runs to Hampstead, where it forks
like II par " iongs, the Central
road proper striking wy shrough
the body OF the State for The Rcd
river. This main road is now, being
pushed forward rapidly for Preston
300 miles from Jlouston-whsrs
it will meet the. Missouri, Kansas
md Texas road. Railroad coiiYmu.
ncation will then he complete from
Galveston on the Gulf ~ St. Louis.
and the Father of Waters will al.
most, like Othello, find his occura-
ton gone, FIR his iron rival, which
fears neither the winters ice, thu
spring flood, nor the summers low
waters, will have become the feeder
Of the valleys of the Mississippi and
tho Kansas. When the dry Of that
opening comes (f Galveston digs
out her harbor.) the merchxits -0t
Now Orleans may put up their shut
ters and chalk on their doors "lcbn.
bod, for ,be glory of their city will
have Departed and settled on oWr
own sHhdbank. ........
During tho year 1879 tBe road
was extended on the western Branch,
the completion of which We are eel,
cbratiny to Burton, thirteen milos
beyond Brenham, and thirty. eight
miles beyond the forking point at
llempstead, During the year 1871,
eighty miles have been added, bring-
ing us to Austin on the first train,
DsccihGgr 18th. During the same
year forty miles have been added
to the main trunk, which, as / said
before, is pressing towards the Red
river. And perhaps this Is tho prop.
or place to acknowledge an invita-
ton from President Baker To- par.
tlclpate in an opening excursion ~
st. Louis over these roads, TO taE6
place in December next, 1872, when
they will be completed. Providence
permitting, your correspondent will
be there and able to soar loflily en-
ough for that magnificent occasion.
The Contra! has thus completed in
the year one hundred and twenty
mlles=-forty on the main track, ard
eighty on the western branch. Bus
it has done more. 1t has added
twenty-four new locomotives (thir.
ty.ton cngines), five hundred and
fifty cars, and number Of passenger
coaches, and lots of other property,
costing the neat little sum of tour
million cash dollars. Now, rs your
correspondent takes it, this is u
respectable years work, and he be-
licve' it to be more miles of road
than has been constructed by any
othor c0mpany. lie would just
like to say that newspapers often
speak of roads laying II milo or
moro oftrack per day but tho read.
er will do well TO remember that
laying mile of track is not build
ing mile of road, by II long ways.
lie believes that the Central has
built more railroad during tho year
1871. than any other company in
the Kingdom of his Majesty the
President. They hope to reach
Waco in June, Dallas in April,
and tho Red River by December.
x !; \ X K
Wo should fail of our essential
duty did We not close with little
sketch of the Texas Central. It
was born when the State of Tcxa.
was three years old. At that timc
Texas was very little giant. She
only had Il population Of 200, 1000.
But boy only as she was, she had
whipped Mexico, and was looking
for very sturdy manhood. Near
ly n quartor of II century has passed.
Texas has gone through the fire Of
civil war, and from the singnation
ard d, ath incident thereto, she has
nomo to renewed life. She has been
born again, and the Texas Central,
her first railroad child, is steadily
adapting himself to the new and
enlarged condition Of affairs. There
are now 32S miles OF foad in work.
ing order, while tho capital stock
is but ss50,o00 The Directory
have, during the last ytar, expended
S4,OO0,DoD cash. The stern
Branch, us itls called, ia now com.
plctc, according 10 the charter,
which terminates at Austin, lis
laIlrs from Hampstead. The maiR
trunk of 355 miles, from Houston
to Preston, will be finished, as w
snid above, in one yrnr. Besides
these roads, there is another branch.
which we have not mentioned. call.
cd the NCrthwostcrh Branch. and
sometimes known rs the Waco Tan.
1t extends from Brcmond, ON the
main trunk, one hundred and forty.
three miles f'om Houston to Waco.
n distacc offorty-two miles. Thi,
will be finished by June. 1t isnov
complete, or nearly so, for half the
distance, which is to Marlin, in
Falls county. All the ro,d OF ia,
Central will be complete in 1ST2.
and will measure five hundred asd
twenty mills. The roads are well
built aud well worked. Ths sew
road, whose opening VIC cclsbrat., 10
the best we ever passed over in
Texas. From hedbettcr TO Austin
is remarkably smooth and free from
oscillation. ftt
The energy manifested by the
dircetors: W. Il. Dodge, Moses Tay.
lor, VIM. NJ. Rice. A. Groesbesci
Cornelius Ennis, w. A. Hutchins
Paul Bremond, w. II. Baker ,ndT