The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-21


the products Of Central end Southern
Texas to md with easo und economy ~
Transit their way 10 market. IAe rich valleys
and teeming prairies q tie heads os the
Sabine and Trinity, concentrating their no
ductions at the one city, Will pour them
in an ever increasing stream through She
other 70 the center of the 8outhWesl and
but few months win elapse until North
eastern and Eastern outlet VIII be added 70
the facilities now yielded you By your great
river. No man can &C this time Justly esli-
mate the sire and volume Of that tide of
production when at its full, for now here else
upon this broad continent Is found . terri
tory that can equal its capacity to sustain an
enormous population and 20 Weld Ia rich
return the labor there expended. The
richest valley in my native State does not
equal IN productive capacity The soil that
lies, fat, black and waxy, on the head OF
the Trinity. The agriculturist who tills She
rich pralries OF Iowa OF Of Illinois boastsof
his enormous yield Of grain. but his largest
crop Is his poorest profit, for over-produc-
ton and cost Of transportation arc barriers
OF high prices, while in Central aud NOtle
ern Texas all the grain needed Cor local and
personal purposes can DO successfully
raised, and upon the land not needed for
this. cotton IS n sure crop and finds ready
sale.
In the bleak winters Of Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa and Minnesota. the live stock Of the
farmer must be for Eve months housed and
fed, whilst in this favored region they grow
into money without shelter in winter, and
with the smallest modioum Of care. In
these two essential points are found wealth
for the producer, population for the locality.
trade for the cities, aud just return for Che
capital invested by q transporter. Placing
implicit reliance upon the results that arc 10
flow from these two great advantages, rs
well as from the inexhaustible riches Of the
country their lines traverse, the men who
are building the work and control the policy
Of the Texas and Pacific have here done
that which has never before been performed
OF this continent. In less than ten months
they have graded and bridged near 400
miles Of railway; have laid tho track, built
the machine shops, warehouses, section
houses and tanks, and fully equipped with
engines and other rolling stock nearly one.
half thereof; have the iron and tics npon
tho ground 70 complete the whole before
December I, 1878, and have changed the
gauge and fully equipped an old line Of 90
miles, so that by that date they win have In
full operation nearly 5tl0 miles Of railway
within the State of Texas. IN doing this
they have expended about ten millions Of
dollars, and neither bond nor mortgage 10
the extent of one dollar has been executed
for this purpose, but men Of large fortunes
of indOmitabla energy and Of undOubted IN
tegrity have devoted their personal means
to the task, and thus eadeavor 70 show
their faith by their works. Such men do
not contemplate failure. Their enterprise,
too, is in every sense a national one, and Is
recognized rs such by governmental crea-
ton and endowment.
With its main line reaching the Pacific at
San Diego, and its branch to San Francisco,
uniting with the main trunk in Southern
California, and thence crossing the Colora-
do Of the West at Yuma, following the
ella through Arizona, traversing Southern
New Mexico to the Rio Grande, and enter
ing Texas at El Paso. its locomotive will Be
tho dUa1t courier Of civilization 10 q large
territory Of now inhospitable and waste land
The influx of population that viii follow IN
its wake viii save TO the government the
enormous sums Of money annually expended
| in protecting the frontier and supprossing
Indian depredations. while the facilities Il
will yield for Transporting machinery and
supplies to develop the vast mineral resour-
ces Of the country Il penetmtes, and the
northern provinces Of Mexico, win bring
large addition to the aggregate wealth Of
the nation. With its direct eastern con-
nection, now almost assured, from this point
to Vicksburg and jackson, its line from
ocean to ocean viii be nine hundred miles
shorter than that Of any Of its rivals, while
the ease and cheapness Of transportation
found here and at ViolZsbnFg by water 20
New Orleans and the Gulf, as well as the
line of road projected, and certain TO be
made, hence to New Orleans, will enable
ores and other heavy articles to reach the
northern cities at cheaper rates than By any
other line.
In the completion Of its trnns-contincntal
division from Sherman TO a junction with
the Cairo and Fulton road, which will be
effected BY December, 1878, the people Of
the northern portion Of Texns viii find for
their cotton and cattle easy communication
with St. Louis, Memphis and Cairo, By way
hof Little Rock; and the same date win find
the Jefferson division az the Same point Of
junction, and your city and New Orleans
will share in the profits certain 70 be drawn
from the rich resources Of tho Red River
counties of Texas. IN the completion Of
the latter division, communication between
Galveston and ST. Louis win be made one
hundred and sixty miles shorter than by any
existing line, and tho people Of the whole
Of Texas viii thereby have a speedy and q
short line North. Competition for business
brings cheaper freights 10 the people, end
the completion Of these lines brings intQ
the field an earnest competitor for foul
trade.
Houston, Hearne, Dallas and Sherman
are 70 be the open doors through which
trade and population viii be poured into
Central Western and Northern Texas and
their varied and ever increasing production
be fostercd and drawn forth. From tlii
standpoint this enterprise Is invaluable q
Texas; and Il becomes, a. all her proeres.
sivo statesmen have seen, her certain avenue
to prominence, position and wealth. When
we pass her western border We arc more
than half way to the Pacific IN Our pro.
gress thitlier we drive the frontier before
j Us, and ill your rich valleys and rolling
{ prairies with teeming population and taxa
bic values. The iron rail blunfs the edg,
Of tie scalping knife, md the var sIll5o4
OF the SAVAGE e drowned "a the Shrek q
; the locomotive For Eve hundred mIie
our employees must take their lIgeb n the'I
hands, aud our investments are ic0paldifc.'
by the barbarOus Indian.
To stimulate as 70 encounter tho danger
70 produce these results aud DO 10 doing 81
NlNA-e a-'NNAN aIINN
their money, we ask your sympathy ana en-
conFagelncnt we seek no special 1tfIlr
tons nor exclusive privileges. BAT SO 81
ask foierance and "a open door 20 fair coia
petition. Coming, e. many Of us Do, from
the North, we do not conceal our purpose q
mako the Texas and Pacific 3 paying Invest
!. menl Nature has endoWed ktis lnc viz
rich soils, easy grades, short lines bound
less mineral wealth and q genial t'n4att
We come TO grasp the advantages tllee ~
ford, and 70 ~ 70 bring good difIoeaaA g
our stockholders and material develop
to the regions We trayele. ~ rSes'.
unfounded prcjudIces; We ask % M
BY a iust and reasonable rule Dnf
/ prise 5 q much yours 81 i s. our n n.
Yauccment ID Weeith end pops
worthless, then you may rightly 1ra
severely, bat - long labor roro
and flalerial pfcefess the essential