, 1874-02-23
CHICAGO AND TEXAS.
A Railway-Tour Through the
clone Star"
IN Opportunity for Chicagoans to Secure
Largo Shara Of The Vast
Southwestern Trade.

resouroB OF To1nY and tho claims OF itu trado
Upon Chicago, nnd rotating particularly to tho
pesont OF tho eatta-tralo Rnd tho future Of tho
cottoil-trate. I Hpoko ouly In part howovor,
from personal knowledge Of Tho country md 1t
Inns s'ilco boon my good fortune 10 bring tho
statements tllon nado to lilo lost Of actual OBJ
| servation mid with tho result, not only Of ver-
flying tho facts given. but of convincing mo TINT
| tho halt had not hoon told mo- III this conncc-
ton, personal roforonco will not bo unbecom-
ing. My present whit, which will embrace 4
tour Of the ontiro railwa7-systom Of tho State,
Is mado iu company with N1r. T.. r..
Wadaworth, tho Goueral Agent of tho
Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy Railroad.
WHO f'as come for tho purpoAo Of
thoroughly acquainting himaclf with tho COM
mercial roBourcoa, buHtnoHs moods, and tranBpor-
tation-faciliticn Of tho State In its connections
with Chicago, and with view to tho establishments
OF c1oao and lasting relations between Texas and
| our Metropolis. It is not too much to predict
TINT this tour will provo the ontoring wcdgo ="
Which Chicago If slao seos her opportunity, may.
by n few wel-dirocted blowe, drive to tho heart
Of tile hitherto lone i" stnte, and open up its
vast and rich arens already fnirly productive, to
Nortiorn capital md commerce.
WHAT THE NoAps HAVE DONE.
This will bo the most readily apparent from
Blotch OF the oroufo taken. Which speaks for it.
self. Leaving Chicago on the regular Pacific
Express, at 10 p. n., the first twontyfour hours
brought us via Quincy ard Hannibal, to Sodalia,
Mo-; OIL tho following asol.ins, haying traverHod
Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory, wo
were at DenHon, south of the He'd nltor, OH tho
TcxaB border; aad riln or tllirtY-six hours
moro brought ua to Galveston, ,-throe aud ono
half days from the lakes to tho Gulf. Tho route
n p Z
M,,ts.
Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy. and Quincy, Alton
1t. Lons Koads, Chirago 10 Hannibal ....... 28u
Missouri KnNsaB l. TcxaB Noad, Hannibal to
Houston TEXAS Gcntfa and aaisescn, Mons ''
1on l. henderson Noads, Dentson to Gavexton.. 388
Chicago TO Galveston, ,........................124
The Missouri, kltlBas l. Toxaa Road WIS COM
plcted to Denison late in 1877 and early in 1873
the Texaa Central completed itB lino to tho same
point Tho Importance attaching to this route
by the Companies IL Indicated by tho energy will,
which they pushed tho work to completion. 10
secure the through line to Chicago and tho East,
tho Missouri, Kansas Il Texas Company, partly
its System from scdala to nali,Ial, 150 miles;
md, within year pnBt has built an iron bridge
over tho Missouri River at Boonville No., ut q
cost Of 81 100000; wliilo the Texas Contrnl, it,
atoad Of tho 25 milcs Which ts chnrter required,
Iuilt 15o miles i'll one year to hasten connection
with its Northern ally. The completion OF these
roads formed, iu h1arcn last, continuous
limo Of rail on Il worry direct
route r. ito hotweon t,Se chcnso ana Galveston
Toxas Central was builE 10 tic standard Il foot
81 ingh) gauge only as fur Bouth MS Corsicana,
t27 miles from DeniEon,-boyonl which place it
il Of tho feet inch gauge. Ientlsng tho 10
constrnotton Of tho road below CotslcaiIa (Which
MES haye erected trnnsfer-Apparatus at Cor
aicana, similar to that III tlsa ut Suspension
Bridge and Cairo, by nea.la ol which the body Of
the car-.passcllgor or froight-is 1oistesl, md
tho tiuckH clsnsed IN 4 few minutes to vide or
narrow gauge. IhiH will cnnbte the road at onco
to run through oara between Chicago and Gal
weston.
TIE MISREPRESENTATION IN TEXAS.
It has teen gonernlly anticipated that tue
Texas Ceusral mlanagcnlent-purtl i'll 4 sup
posod conservative spirit, and partly from Il
ErcHunlsd intorcst iu itA Southern terminus
would Le disposed to regard its Northern con1ec-
tind thia to be the caso. The Texas Co,itral. on
tho contrary, stands ready to cooperate heartily
anu onergotcally witl. its Clicago connections III
whatoyer steps are requisite to tile most prompt
aud eniciont ono, alton Of the through line. lii
decd, it finds itself compelled 10 this conrso
Tue sudden aud unexpected development Of the
Toxas l. paciac, International, aiii Iron Moun-
tail, sys!ems threatens to divert Its business
gcrlouHly iu tho direction Of st. Louis. Tho
Iron Mountain Company has completed its
Arkansas (Cairo s ruiton) extension 10 Texar-
cana, on tho Arkansas and Texas boundary.
From Toxprl;aun. tho Texas l. Pacific
has completed its line South ana Wcnt, to q con-
noctio.', ut hlinooa with tue International, and
Toxas Ino will probably be completed tho pres
cut BENSON, West md Southwest from Tcxar-
lana, ria DoniBon, to Fort North. Tho Inter-
national Koaa, which has m ontorpriBing ma,l-
agoment tho lion. Gatusha 4. Grow, President;
II. II. IIo1io, superintendent, runs to Houston,
tile terminus Of tho Toxas Coutral and Inns COM
plotted also, itB maln line Southwest (which
crosHcs tho, Toxas Central at Hoarne) to within
10 miloa Of Austin, tho State Capital, ard tho ep-
trepos Of th9 l!yo-stocl; tIado Of thst
it's pest-deyclorcd' cuttan-g growing region.
Tho onterlriRing Superintendent Of tho Texas
Contra alr, John Duraud, IL, however, fully
alive to tho wl!ola sltuat|on and tho nccebsitich
Wo came down from Corsicana in company with
Mr.. Durand, aud ho has constantly Expressed
hia purpose to encrgeticai1y cooperate with the
Northorn al|ies Of liza road in at once facilitating
tho Texas Contrnl linc. Nor il the Texas Gen.
tsal without Western connections. 1t has
branch III operation from IIempstcad {south OF
llcaslo), OH its mnin line, to Austin, and another
,n sornf to wnoo wns v g.. sO%9a for t
trel Texas, Mr. Duranl's oarl.ost,iesH in
th1H mattct mas 0ce1l 1nuicatou by
mnny political suggestions; and ono OF these, in
particular, diaplays enterprise nnd sepso: that
tho three roads ea.lfng to C1,icnso sot about He-
onrl,lg at al carly day. T. special car ar-e1uipnlont
ol uniform dosgu for this through service, bu!t
with reforence to tho character Of tho froight to
10 carried, sntl no ns best to facilitate speedy
clial'go Of trucks from one gauge to the other.
Tho roadd having done thus much, Having
brought tho richest portion Of Texas I'll ucar to
Chlca 80 III il Illinois to New York City,-thero
romains
SOMETHING FOR CHICAGO 70 no.
It remains fur her businessmen to actively,
mud Rt once, intorost themselves In securing 3
portion OF this vast Toxas trado-a trMto already
varied aud roMuuoratiyc--whicn tho roa.!s inyo
brouglt 10 thoir doors. Having huilt and equip
ped a direct and woll-nppontod line, and taken
tho Initiative IN ascortaiuing what are tho re-
sources Of Taxus aud tho peculiar needs Ut 1ta
blH!nssa tho roads lsavc tia right tn oxpeut TINT
the businessmen Of Chicago will forthwith os-
tao!ish and But in motion, through .he South
west, lho peculiar machinery OF commerce. lilo
roads cannot do all; they eannqt pnter tito field
ct prlYatQ traap, 4nFl qpsl1 ,ip oorrospondonco
Toxas nor Hand out "drumnIers to throng ths
towns anu villages Of tho State, aud, in Il mnu-
ner, force upon their att0ntion tia can,e Of tho
hoss market. Tho nlorcl,ants Ut Cl!cago mllst
now put their own shoulders to ttla wheel; antl
Il nh f}pttl, ,{oti Fiat