Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-06-01
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A. GrosufrcR, ESQ. Wee President lloGs
IA Texas C,nual R,i'roAd
Sir respectfully submit the
following general report Of ol"r'
u,iuus ia he department which has
been under my control since your
last Annual Meeting.
On the first Of May, ISL, the
Main Line Of your road was IN OPP
Grafton to Grosbccck, aud on the
S,h Of the ,am0 month the western
Branch was opened to GidllnSa (;
forty miles more from Grocsb}tci L"
Corsicana were completed on the
Main Line on the first Of Nuvcm
her las, fifty eight ml'rS on tie
Western Branch, from Giddln|s Il"
Austin, on the 10Th December and
eiybteen miles on the Waco and
Northwestern Railroad on the 2ith
of February. In all, llG' miles OF
road, which has been in successful
operation since the respective dates
above mentioned. In addition to
tie above, the track is now laid ANA
in good running condition To Il
point twenty five miles north OF
Corsicana, making total OF III
miles Of road built during the year.
In the construction of this length@ol
road, and including thirty miles al
ready graded and ready for the
rails, between the present end Of
track and Dallas about 10000 Gu
bic yards of earth have been moved
in excavation end cmbankments.
Thirty one thousand and thirty
seven lincal feet oftrestle and truss
bridging have been built, and also
on the new and old reads, thirty
Passenger and Freight Houses, as
well as all Platforms, Water tanks,
Turn Tables and Sidings necessary
for Immediate use in operating the
road.
Parties arc now in the fold loca
ting the line from Dallas toward
Red River. Tho route by the way
of tho Ridge is an exceedingly ia
vorable ono. But as the people OF
Sherman and Mckinney manifested
great anxiety to have tho road run
through their towns, and also viii
lingnoss to mako donations which
would partially rcmuncratc the
Company for the increased cXpcn-
ditures necessary to build by that
route, surveys have been made
with tho view Of asccrtaining the
comparative cost of tho two lines,
and tho result is that tho line by
the county aforementioned, is found
to he much more expensive than BY
the Ridge. Although not imprac
ticable, it is expected that all quos,
tons will be settled 50 that q final
location can be dctcrm ned upon by
Tie 18th of the present month. All
preparations practicable up to the
present timo had been made for
pushing the work after that date,
so that there will probably be no
interruption in track laying from
the present end of the track to the
final terminus at Red River, dis
tanco from Dallas (by Mckinney
and Shcrman) of seventy eight (TS)
miles. Contracts have been made
for graduation and all other mate
rial and work necessary to finish
the Waco and Northwestern Rail
road from Marlin to Waco, n dis,
lance Of twenty-six miles, with II
view of opening it for business by
about the lst of September.
On the old road new station
buildings have been built at Brcn-
ham, Chappcll Hill, Hampstead and
Bryan.
Considerable additions have also
been made to the shops in Houston,
but mostly of n temporary charac,
ter.
Extensive transfer side tracks
have been put in at. Hearne, Bre
mond and Corsicana, whero there
il a break of guage, and additional
side tracks at Hampstead, Navasota,
Hockey and Thompson's, amount
ing in all to about five and u half
miles OF iron laid for these purpo.
scs.
About two miles of iron have
been laid in making a connection
north Of Buffalo bayou with the
Houston and Great Northern Rail
road, and in laying connecting
tracks along the Bayou at the wa
ters edge, whereby valuable wa
ter front has been secured where it
is proposed TO build wharf which
will increase very largely the facil-
tiles for receiving and forwarding
freights by the Bayou. Proposals
nave DecH TeCc'Neu IUT DuiiuIHS lniS
Wharf and such Warehouse as may
be thought necessary. | think il
of the utmost importance that this
work should be completed before
the LIST Of September.
The Navasota Bridge has been
renewed by the erection in January
last of one hundred and fifty foot
span on the plan of posts Com
bination Truss" under contract
made with the American Bridge |
Company of Chicago.
At the crossing of the Brazos
rivor on the Western Banch, where
il is proposed to put up new
bridge consisting of three spans of
two hundred feet each, the masonry
has progressed slowly on account
of.difiiculty of procuring good stone
(6cfore tho track reached Austin,
and later from repeated floods in
the river.
The abutments arc now nearly