Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-13
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rHllroud, IN pursuance of tho fixed
course Of Tho Union to give bur pco.
pie all the information on the sub.
Jcrt Within our reach. Tho State
Oi Texas has douu Il grealdcdl t0
got this hilFoad built. Sho has
gwen the company n bonus OF SlO,.
900 II mile, with tbs reserved priNt.
logc Of substituting lbr this mcnuy
subsidy II land grant which, whilo
il will be OF great advantage to the
people in tho way of tightening
taxation, will doubtless bs iioro
valuable than tho direct bonus,
Texas has done all this to have the
road built, and to have IL built i'm
m~ed'otcly. Is she going to bc dis
appointed in the accomplishment
oi tins great work? Is the very
magniiiccncc of her bounty to bring
about this great consumation to be
the bons OF contention which is 10
thwurt her wishes? Arc tho men
to whom this grand enterprise is
committed in trust, and for the car
rying out of which such profitable
grants are given, to so far forget
their obligations and their duty to
Texas, and TO tho country rs to
quarrel over tho spoils and to there.
BY defeat the public expectation?
We hope not. We arc more inclin-
cd to pay attention to this impor-
tant matter from the railroad inler-
esls and antagonisms developed al!
around us. A few days since, II
writer Of wido railroad information,
aud of great ability and Judgment
id his treatment ofthe internal i'm,
provcments of this State, published
an article in the Union in which
the opinion was boldly expressed
that neither the New Orleans Raj.
road nor tho Texas Pacific Railroad,
would eve be built. We cannot
with the lights before rs, agree with
any of the reasonings advanced by
this writer. We cannot, at this late
day, bring ourselves to believe that
these two great roads, the New Or
leans and tho Texas Pacific, for
which Texas has so long looked and
labored, are now to be given up.
The country must know the truth
about all the movement In connect
ion with them, and public opinion
must help to settle what competing
capitalists cannot settle. Leading
men in Tcxas-among whom are
Ex-Governor Throckmorton, Hon.
B. IL. Epperson, Gen. Buell., and
others-ought to be able to give us
some light on the Pacific railroad
question. Texas cannot be made
the sport Of specializing capitalists.
Let tie whole truth of the matter
come out.
The Washington correspondent
ofthe Chicago Tribune Says: There
is a great row in the councils Of
the several Southern Pacific rail.
roads. Everybody supposed and
hoped, last serson, that this bust
ness was done and that tho short
and torrid route to San Diego and
Mexico was at laet in the hands of
IL practical business man, who meant
to build it. 1t now appears that
the road is nowhere. Marshall o.
Roberts and Tom Scott have fallon
out about it. Roberts wished to
build II railroad IegitimateIy, and,
having II high admiration of Scott's
executive ability, he arranged to
give him nearly one half of the
whole number of directors of the
road, namely seventeen. Roberts
kept nine directors and gave Scott
eight, but he did not know his man,
for Scott Instantly purchased two
Of Roberts directors, and, when
they met together, Roberts found
that Scott was tho master spiri'.
Scott has acted as if he does net
wish 70 see u road built unless he
could manipulate the bonds, and
make II large sum of money before
Il spike was driven. In order to
disgust Roberts entirely, ho pro
posed that a road should be built
with Il three,foot gauge, while Rob
erts and his party have always dc.
signed 10 bui!d it with IL gauge Of
four feet ten inches Roberts fell
out at once with Scott, and said
that the road should mover be built
en- any such street pas enger rail
way principles. The thing is there
fore a draw. Do you know how
much money is required to be pu;
up in these vast railway schemes?
This road, to when has been be
qneathed tens Of thousands Of acres
Of landau empire, in fact-ROD
erts, Scott and Frcmont-and by
an association Of smaller spirits,
who own ono fourth. All the stock
Scott had to take was $50, 600 worth,
aud he paid up only ten per cent,
on this. Each of tho other Gle.
ments also took $4,000 worth of
the stock, and paid down rs t!
| rice Of an empire; II cheaper SUN
than was paid to the Indians for
Pennsylvania Penn acting, ofcourse,
on high notions of honesty, such as
Vincent Colyer keeps up TO this
day. What wonder. then, that
of mon assemble around
the doors ofCongress and demand TO
go INTO the railroad business, when,
with 100000 put down, Thy can
get II belt Of land from forty t. sky
miles wide, reaching from Red Riv-
er TO the Pacific, or nearly 10Omiles.
Houston Union.
The Picayunc joins in the COM
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