Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-06

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2 libel.
!, THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILEOAB.
I The opportunity for the natural de
r velopmsnt Of the south afforded by tn
: result of the recent election, by whicl
we have in the councils OF the natiol
E q political voice in the administration
3 Of the government, is ably discussed By
3 Equal Rights," q correspondent 0
! the Richmond Enquirer, Of the nine
! tenth ultimo, in the interest of 81
. additional trunk line of rail
3 way to the Pacific, to be con
: structeds by connecting the Texa
} and Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific
"tke former road having already tire,
T hundred and sixteen miles of road now
opened, equipped and in active opera.
ton, and accepted by the State of Texas
and the United States, and two hundred
and twenty miles partly constructed
that is, graded. bridged, and with ties
provided, needing only iron and equip
ment. The latter road (Atlantic and
Pacifc) has constructed and equipped
three hundred and sixty-eight miles OF
road now in operation, aud the surveys
Of both lines through to the Pacific coast
have been filed in the Office Of the sec
rotary Of the interior, aud a reservation
OF the alternate sections Of government
lands on each side of said railway lines
has been made" This correspondent
says further:
II the two roads be connected, as pro-
| posed, there viii then be three eastern
termini-one at Springfield, in the State
OF missouri, and one st TeXarkana, in
the State Of Texas, and another at the
eastern line OF Texas, near Marshall,
| with road completed and equipped to
Shreveport. An examination Of the
| lines OF railway which now connect, or
which, by the construction Of short links
| OF road, may be made to connect with
these termini, viii show that there is no
important point east OF the Mississippi
river which cannot bereaehed ahd bene-
tited by the completion of this great
southern trsns-eontinental railway. For
| instance ninety-4ix miles of road from
Shreveport to Monroe will connect with
all the lines ria Vicksburg through Mis-
| slssippi, Alabama, Georgia, South and
North Carolina, and verging to the ma
tlonal eapital: thence to Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York aud New Eng
land, while a line from Shreveport to
! Nermillionville would form complete
rail connection to New Orleans, and
thence by the coast and other lines to
all points on the seabOard. The
Atlantic and Pacific railroad COM
pany has acquired the line from
Springfield enthusiastically to ST.
Louis, where connection is had with ali
the roads north Of the Ohio river. From
Marshall through TexarkAna easy access
is given by way OF the Cairo and Fulton
and Iron Mountain roads to st. Louis,
Cairo, to Memphis and the entire eastern
se9OoaTd, by lines through Virginia and
Kentucky, and by the Houston and
Texas, Central and International and
Great Northern TO Galveston, Houston
and San ArtOuia. Thus YOU see the
completion of comparatively few miles
will connect this great thoroughfare
with every line east Of the Rocky noun
tairs. When you advert to the fact
that on the completion of the Texas and
Pacific railway you will have 2 short
line from San Diego to New York, and
that upon completion of connections
from San Diego to San Francisco. which |
will certainly be made before the Texas
and Pacific road is finished, you will
have 8 route between that city and
New York quite as short as the exist |
ing road, and that on this route will !
be situated the cities OF Philadelphia, |
Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, |
Atlanta, Montgomery; also, Norfolk
N1cksburg, Charleston, Savannah, anu :
Mobile, with short connections to CsI- !
weston and New Orleans; while on the
other connecting routes will be Little
ROCK; Memphis, Kansas City. Chicago, |
81 Louis, Cairo, Louisville, Cincinnati, |
Indianapolis, Pit,sbuTg, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, etc., and the intervening |
country, with its immense population |
and products, you can at once perceive |
that the southern line should undoubt- !
eddy command fair share of the trans
poTtatiOn across the continent. But.
the surveys for the entire line scToss
the continent show its remarkable
superiority over the existing road.
The SUBMITS to be crossed are about
thirty-tWo per cent. less than the sum- I
nits on the existing Pacific roads; the
grades and eurvaiures viii be about
iixty-twc per cent. less; the climate
through which the road ia locsted is
avorable for its maintenance end ope-
alton, so that no train need ever be le.
aged rom snow or other distractions, I
low sources Of expense and delay on =
he more northern route; an abundance
L excellent coal for fuel is accessible at
number OF points along the road; and T
ne entire rail transportation between {
he waters OF the Pacific and New Or 4
sanS Will be less than eighteen hundred
lnes, and with accessible ports in Tex =
;, less than fifteen hundred miles, thus II
]rming a route across the continent for n
lternotlondt transportation a great deal a
lorter than now exists, or, perhaps,
"A ever exist by any other line.
In abiding to the appropriation Of "
1blic funds for internal improvements. 81
le correspondent admits that it is con- a
airy TO the principles of the old Demo- i
attic policy, and refers TO how indig- u
antIy the Democratic party resisted all p
forts Of its adversaries to employ the Il
lblic treasury for Internal improvement ~
lrpOses, instancing the one item Of the u
tempt 70 have an appropriation made
r the removal of a single sandbar from
e mouth OF James river, which OBJ Sc
ructed the entrance Of large vessels to ~ ~
e harbor Of Richmond. But, now %
at the southern States have resumed Az
cir respective membership Of the "
MON, and accepted the situation with u
e understanding that they are to be =
.ual shaTeFs in the common benefits of Il
e confederation, an looking upon the o.
iprecedented growth and prosperity of ID
G other sections with favor and with Sc
It envy-that growth and prosperity oe
ing brought about under the new IS
der Of things, chief among which IA
ing the appropriations by congress for
rposes Of internal improvements
ese southern States call upon the other
3tions Of the Union for assistance in %
Hiding up the waste places and deveI-
ing her resources, that viii yield rich
d sbundantfruits as well to the north Fro
to the south. Now, the plan propos- J
by the friends Of the Texas and Pa. M
ic railroad company, and those Of the en-
lantic and Pacific railroad company an an
a grant of assistance from the general en-,
vern ment, is so free from the obisc- dol
ms which have been urged against eY'
; methods hitherto adopted in grant IN IN
! aid for the construction of these it /
line Sar,