The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-15
COLUMBIA. S. G.
Sunday Morning, September 15, 1872.
For President of The United States.
HORACE GREELEY. OF New York.
For Vice president
Across tho Contincnt,


rings aud Aagellation of sooundrels, to
notice great enterprise, which, within
tho next last'uns. probably, will give to
the commerce mud travel of the country
another great trans s-continental railway,
viz: the Texas Pacific Railroad. This
projected road has been chartered under
Acts of Congress, to be constructed
from the Eastern boundary OF the State
of Texas to tho Pacific Ocean, commenc-
ing ut Shreveport. La., and running
through Texas and the Territories of
New Mexico and Arizona, nearly along
the thirty-second parallel, to the port of
San Diego, in Southern California. It
has boen largely endowed by the State
of Texas. in the way of lands and bonds,
and tho Counties anI towns of that State
along the route have made it liberal do
nations. The United States Govern
ment has given over Is, 900. 900 of acres
OF public lands to it's aid. The road is
to be built rapidly, the basis of the en-
terprise being sound and good, and the
being we'll in hand. It will traverse the
State of Texas 700 miles. On the 1st of
October, contract is to be let for tho
construction of 500 miles Of this dis
tance, beginning at Marshall. in the
East of Texas. to which railro nd
already runs from Shreveport, to be
completed by January /, 1874; that is,
in about eighteen months. It is pro-
posed, also, to commence the work at
several other points in the interior of
Texas. Colonel Thomas a. SCOTT, the
President. (the great railway potentate.)
a couple of months since, visited Louisi-
ana and Texas, examining the latter
State, more particularly, for distance
of 300 miles, over which he travelled in q
wagon. Accompanied by Colonel George
Williamson, of Shreveport, he has re-
Gently been on visit to the Pacific
coast, to initiate the enterprise at that
end. He has been warmly received at
San Francisco and San Diego. where he
made short, practical addresses, in which
his plans were succinctly developed.
From Texaskana, on the Eastern section
of Texas, connections will be formed
with st. Louis and Cairo. by way of
Little Rock, and by way Of Memphis to
Louisville, Cincinnati and all points
accessible by the existing systems of
roads to the North Atlantic coast. At
Shreveport, it will form connections
directly through Vicksburg, Montgo-
merry, Atlanta. R;chmond, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia to New York
and New England. More important
still. perhaps, it will connect from the
same point with New Orleans, Calves
ton, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington,
&c. The outlet to New Orleans and
Galveston will be shorter than any other
line that can be built, because it runs
directly, in that connection, on the
thirty second parallel. The Government
has incorporated as branch of the
Texas Pacific Railroad company to
build road from Shreveport to Now
Orleans, comforting upon it subsidy of
twenty sections to the mile. Colonel
Scott proposes to put engineers into the
field at once from San Diego, the West
ern terminus, so that actual work can be
commenced from that point in four
months time. He urges upon the
city of San Francisco and the peo-
pie of California that they should be
earnest and quick in securing prompt
and thorough connections with this
great road, which is to be operated as an
open highway to all roads that will como
to it. He does not ask for any dona-
tion. He only asks the San .Franciscans
that, when they do build their connect
ing road, it shall be 80 placed, 30 con-
neoted, and 30 equipped, that all the
commerce Of every line that will come to
she borders Of the State. on the South
ern line, cnn reach them without detri-
ment and without discrimination. All
he asks is reciprocity from one end to
the other.