The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-11-28
NEW ORLEArS ANDDALLAS RAILWAY.
Report of the Dallas Committee on
Their Mission TO New Orleans.
To c. M. Wheat, Esq, President Dallas
Board of J ade

To C. NJ. Wheat, Esq, President Dallas
Board of ade:
The committee appointed by the
Eoard to visit the city of New Orleans
for the purpose of comforting with the
Chamber of Commerce of that city in
regard to the construction of a railroad
to Texas, respectfully report as follows
They went before the Chamber OF
Commerce at special meeting, called
for the purpose, on the evening of the
18th inst, and, realizing the fact that
the business men of New Orleans had
already determined upon the necessity
of railroad connection with central
Texas, they confined themselves ia
presenting the arguments in favor of
Dallas being the terminus of That road.
Your committee based their arguments
upon the following considerations:
First-The advantages that would
accrue to that city from securing the
wheat and corn trade of north Texas.
Dallas being the center of the wheat
growing region, with railroads already
running east, west, north and south, is
the only point in Texas at which this
entire trade could be reached. 1t is
well known that Texas flour will
bear shipment across the equator
better than any flour produced
i'm the United States. New Orleans,
by securing the wheat and -four trade
of this section, would be able to put on
line of steamers to South America
which would go out loaded with Texas
flour and return loaded with coffee and
the other products of that country.
This would make New Orleans the
leading coffee market of The United
States, a position now occupied by
Baltimore, ON account of her control
of the trade i'm Virginia flour and
wheat.
Second The advantages that
would be secured from connection with
other roads. AT Palestine the proposed
road to Dallas would cross the Houston
and Great Northern railroad. Itwould
also connect there with the Interna-
tional, thereby giving direct and con-
tinuous line to Austin and San Anto-
MO, aud with Mexico. The Interna-
tional crosses the Texas Central at
Hearne, the heart of the cotton grow
ing region of Texas. At Dallas It
would connect with the Houston and
Texas Central running north to st.
Louis; with the Texas Pacific, running
west to FL Paso and San Diego, and
east to st. Louis also; and with the
Dallas and Wichita, running north
west to the rich copper fields and ex-
tensive iron and coal beds of Texas,
and in the direction of Denver. AS
will be seen, Austin and San Antonio
will be brought within about sixty
miles as near New Orleans by this con-
nection over the International, as they
would be by the proposed road from
that city to Houston, while at the same
time Jefferson and Shreveport would
be placed in close railroad connection
with New Orleans. As will be seen,
this proposed road either crosses or
with every important line OF
i'm the state of Texas.
Third The advantages and re-
sources Of the section of country
which il would pass after
the Sabine.
The proposed road. crossing the Sa-
bine into or near Newton county, would
pass, between that point and Dallas,
through eleven counties, comprising