The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-21

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abandonment NJ thpfC tWO separate
lines viii save 1900 miles Of fnnd illld
restore ~ the United Stntc- HlHoUu"
acres Of lHnd.
The memorial also represents that u
system of railroads based upon English
caplnl has been innumratcd IN Mes
leo, the line from Mexico city To Ncrt
Cruz being completed, the influence OF
which will he 10 divert the SOnthwes-
tern Tuns-Contincntal trade into
English channels, and away from the
United States, To which II properly
belongs. In view of all these iaclS,
the memorial prays, first, that the Az
iamlic and Pacific be allowed to dellecl
its line from Ninita sOuthwardly INTO
Texas, and the Texas Pacific to deliect
northwestwardly so rs to elect juno
ton Mt some point not west OF the one
hundred and second meridian; second,
that for each section Of twenty or more
miles of continuous road constructed
and equipped by either company the
secretary of the treasury, In the name
of the United States, shall guarantee
the interest of five per cent III goiu on
bonds to be issued by the company ior
road constructed in plain or open
country, say for One-half of the ROAD
authorized, ut the rate of S3o,OO0 per
mile, and for rough and mountainous
country, $4,000 per mile-an addi-
tional $1,000 per mile to be issued by
the company and deposited with the
secretary of the treasury until after the
completion of the road which each COM
pany is authorized to build.
The government shall have n first
mortgage on the road, etc; second, the
entire net proceeds of the sales of land
heretofore granted by the United
States to aid companies; third, res
toration to the government OF about
thirty millions acres of land of the At
lantic and Pacific old route along the
thirty-fitlh parallel; fourth, $1,000
per mile in bonds of the $4,000 author
lied, or enc eighth of the issue, to he
retained as already specified, by the
secretary of the treasury, and sold by
him If at any time during the construc-
ton the proceeds of the sales of lands,
government transportation, postal ana
government Geographic service ana
the entire net earnings of the road are
not sufficient to meet the maturing in
terest.
The memorial furtherrecites that the
Texas and Pacific company has now
constructed and in operation 3l5 miles
of road, together with DO miles par
TALLY constructed and in various stages
Of completion, and that the Atlantic
and Pacific, including the line from
st. Louis to Springfield has in opera
ton 36S miles of road. Also, that the
surveys of both lines through to the
Pacific coast have been filed in the of
flee of the secretary of the interior,
and a reservation of the alternative
odd numbered sections of land granted
has been made. 1t is further set forth
that the interests of the government of
the United States, as well as OF the
people of California, Arizona, New
MeNiaO, Missouri and Texas, and
all the Southern, Western and
Northwestern States now CONNECTED
by lines of road with the eastern
termini of the Atlantic and Pacific and
Texas Pacific roads, will be promoted
by the immediate completion of one
great southern line through to the Pa
cifc, and by the union of the two pro-
posed lines into such common lines,
whereby 80, 100000 acres of land here
tofore granted will revert back to the
public domain The junction of the
two roads will be made at point just
north of the staked plains, and the
common line will then proceed west
wardly through New Mexico and Ari-
IONA on as nearly Il direct line as pos
sible to San Diego. v ,s ...g
What Mr.. Scott asks seems reasona-
bic enough His Southern Trans-Con-
railway is necessity, not only
to the Southern States but to the coun-
try at large. Should Congress pass
this bill, the road will be constructed
in the next three or four years, and
thus we will be in direct communica-
ton with the Pacific by two routes,
one by the Atlantic and Pacific branch
from Fort Smith, and the other over
Cairo and Fulton to TeXarkana, thence
over the Continental branch of
the Texas Pacific to the point Of juno
ton of the two Pacific roads, and on
then over the common line to San
Diego.