, 1873-06-18

find our way to m understanding Of how lle
Atlantic = pselAo md tho Toxas Il Pacific Trans
continental ilroad-BohemcB havo got 1ni1etl up,
N this article. with tho joint Congressional
1t llae boon shown how tho Atlantic Il Pacific,
f9nns 1esseh "a osro fss r's: md rs voa yp ts sa
by building thIety-dve @ ;. 1aH milea Il from itss
nAatorn totminua up tho Alton VAlloy to Alton,
ana there forming oonnootions with tllo Chicago,
Alton I'd, d g. Louie Nox, 1t is IN order to aiiow
avoid st. Louis, and
|. ~. COME TO oI11cAdo.
Dy slightly diverging littlo woHt from tho old
Transoontuental route, tho Toxas h Taoiflo
e sa at e1 hese e VT sG Ss r
Kansaa b Toxas system. Il thus nahes eof-
neotions from Sherman to sodala on tho Mfs-
Hoari Pacllo via Vtnita, At sedalia It connects
sncs a Linz Sass essdZ 1ndns d t. e asGes 6eass MS S
Chicago, Barling Ion i Quincy RAILROAD.
It la apparent that tho oaatern tcrnini
ot both the Pacific loads arc o., on
lily ill., can lD only roach 0htosgo by the Uhloago'
Alton i St. Louis, and tho Chicago, Burlington
i Quincy Railroads. Now. as to the weste1n
teru,tni The western lines Of tho southGfn Pc.
tho eaatorn lines Of tho lattor, east Of san Diego.
The Atlantic l. Pacific, which intonds to rntllate
to Ban Francisco in the north, and ean Diego in
tho south, will mako connections With tho sano
Southern Pacific whcroyer It can. Tho Southern
Pacific commando tho situation. Tho western
terminus OF both will, therefore, DO on the
Southern Pacific 1aailroad afdc; and equally tho
terminus OF both will DO on tho Missouri Kan.
sas l. Texas, IN the csst. Now, tue writer will
60 30 far as to ASSERT, on undoubted authority,
That tho Missouri, Kansas l. Te1as aud tho At
lantio L Pacific Railroads
ARE PRACTICALLY ONE,
which giyos tho control Of tho eastern terminus
nontal interests aro concerned; and tho
Texas i Paoiao we have soon to DO
tho owners of sho Southern Pacito tor
minus, which gives tho control Of the
Of tho roads, consequently, has it in its power to
check tho othor. Tint is tho situation, speak,
ing Of things ~ we find them, not as wo would
wish them to bo., It would bo insulting to the
meaneat understanding to Impress On the 9 reador
theHo grcat corporations, thirsting for land, md
spreading themselves ali over tho eastern and
western approaches to tho two coming high
ways, 80 ns to cover thom to tho exclusion Of
everything olse, tho world witneaHoH probably
TIE wxA1.Tu1Esr ORGANIZATION il.
that has ever existed.
As a corporation that has earned tho char
| aotor among Its neighbors OF being tho
sttngieat, worst CONSTRUCTED, most misora,
apology tor hn RAILROAD .teg over %9rt
connection. Tho Houston l. Texas Contra1,
with It's tics loosely Ibid on the prairie, and It's
rails economically spiked on the tics. blocked
many long day. Tho latter WAS tho owner Of o
| cIlarter from = point In Toxa8 through to GAL
voston, carrying 100000 Of acres; but What
good was it2 Tho Houston 4 Texas Central
was already in possession. Tho latter undertake
Toxas; 1t ended On tho open prairio at Sher-
man. Tho idea OF q railroad onding at Shor-
man! when tho Directors Of the Houston i
Texas Central found they were losing money,
| WINS Demonstrated In cortain foroiblo arguments,
| tho few rails joining thoir wrotohed road to tho
| splendid track Of tho Missouri, Kansas J. ToxaH
wore laid, and tho lattor found the uso for which
it waB intended. II thore WIS space, tho writer
would fling up his Lat and 60 in for showing up
| tho,
| .: HOUSTON rExAe uEHruAI
people III tho way they deserve. It is mon
atrouB, Shame that such o wealthy set Of parsi-
moiiious follows should have had tho tloatnoa
Of Que Of the finest countries in tho world prac-
| tically atagnatng in their hands 30 many years.
Toxas, almost Inaccessible In tue past, is now
filling rapidly to tho music OF tho locomotives
whistle mud meanwhile the railroads arc attend
| propriated land grants. -" -
When railroad-enterpriAo in this country was
young, and noney could not DO procured In any
other manner, tho Government
GAVE AWAY ENOUGH LAND
to enable tho TRICKS to be laid; and Europe stood
aatonishod at tho spectacle OF vigorous young
community, in o decade, covering The land with
network of ison tnst all tho peoples p Of Europe
accumulated capital Of conturios. a result
| Of this has becn an unprecedented
increase OF material wealth, prosperity, aud pop
ulaton, in tho States, that is almost Incredible.
grown commanding power ia the land, and q
| feeling iB abr0nd that enough has boon done by
States to open highways at the public cost, and
that enough capital has been created mud ia in
tho extensions they want. For the pass yoar or
two, therefore, wo lnve seen tho most oxtraordi-
nary efforts Nude by existing railroads to COM
p1ete the lines carrying land-grantB for which
they have been able to buy, beg, borrow or
people
| e1ALL TAKE IT DAuK AGAIN.
Whore railroads have disregarded their con-
tracts, and failoa to build to towns that have
voted them bonuses, tho towns arc already
ism is spreading there is nothing moro
certain than thnt the people aro approaching tom.
por that will force their Legislators to make such
Laws In the future, regarding contracts with rail-
companies aliko and that will not atop at tax.
ing back charter or two If companies turn out
to nave no further neod for them.
Tho last ia inst precisely tho case with the
about. It hos no further need for The land.
grants. The companies are rich enough to build
without thom therefore, they fear the landa
mny bo taken away. Hence the invite to Con.
gross. Tho only use tho grants would be to
them would be to enable them to accumulate
THE Mosr ENORMOUS FORTUNES
ever gathered in similar manner in this or any
other country.
For example, take the Atlantic d pacitlo Rail.
road scheme. Starting fromipacitic, as already
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