The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-20

abandonment al these two gepafaie
lines viii sltge 1860 Mules IT road and
restore 10 dc united atates ibOo0i0DO
ncrrs 0l aud, III
Tho Wrm0llal also represents that a
system NJ railroads based upon English
capital llns been lnaugumled In MeH-
ZOO lllo lluo lrum MeAicu Guy 10 Worm
cruz hplng completed, the Influence Of
Wllcll VIII DO lO|diyufl the Foutlmes'
tern Unconstitutional lrndo into
English channels, and away from the
United States, 90 which II properly
belonPs, Ia vlpN Of nll Dlese motA,
Tie nl'ulpllnl nraya, FIRST that tbs .st-
lliitlt ana fnrli 10 he allowed 10 dcllont
ils line rom Ninltu HOuthWardly into
Texas, ANA the Texas Pacific ~ defect
ENTHUSIASTICALLY 20 ~ 10 elect u juno
ton NJ some point not west of the one
hundred ana second meridian, second,
tbnl for each section ol twvnty on more
miles of GnntlnllDlls rOad oolstfllcted
aud equipped by either compnny the
secretary Of the treasury, IN the name
Of the United states, shnll guarantee
thHlntorcst of live lcr cent IN gold on
bonds 10 he issued ly the company for
r0ad constructed IN plain or open
.cOunlry,sN say for ollo-llNlf Of tho road
authorized, al Tho rate of $780, per
mile, and for rough and mnuntanlous
country, so, 600 per mile--an addi-
lional 10000 per mile 10 be issued by
the company aud deposited with the
secretary of The Treasury until after the
completion Of the rOad which each COM
pnny Is ulhorlled 70 build. .. 81.
Plle government stall have q first
mortgage on the road, etc; second, the
entire net proceeds of the sales Of land
heretofore grpntodrby thc United
states 10 mid companies; third, res
lornllOn To the government Of about
,tlnrlymlllions ncrcs 0llaud of Tue. At
.lantlchld Pncillc old rOutc along the
tllirY,ilith parallel fourth, $1,000
per mlle In bonds Of Tie SlD,00D author
lied, rene-eighth of the Issue, TO be
retained rs already specified, by the
secretary Of the treasury, and sold by
him atnny tune during the construc-
ton the proceeds OF the sales Of lands,
government transportation, postal and
government Geographic service and
the nllrr net earnings of the road are
not sufficient 10 meet the mntuling In
tercst.
The memorial furtherrecitcs that the
Texas and Pacific company has now
constructed and in operation 3l5 miles
of road, together with Up miles pul'-
Italy 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 3GS miles of road. Also, that the
surveys of both lines through to the
Pacific coast have hocn filed in the of
flee of the secretary OF the Interior,
and II reservation of the alternative
odd numbered sections Of land granted
has been made. II IN further set forth
that the interests of the government Of
the United States, as well as of the
people OF California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Missouri and Texas, and
NIL the southern, Western and
Northwestern states now connected
by lines Of road with the eastern
tcrmini 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.
ellie, and by the union of the two pro-
posed lines into such common lines,
3OOOO,OU0 acres Of land here
toIore 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, aud the
common line will then proceed west
Wardly through New Mexico and Arl-
zona, on as nearly Il direct line M pos
-ible TO san Diego.
What MIR. scott asks seems reaSona-
blc enough His Southern TRANSITION
Iinental railway il 4 necessity, not only
10 the.SouthemS States but to the coun-
try ut large. Should Congress pass
his bill, the road will be constructed |
IN the next three or four years, aud |
.hus we will be in direct communica- |
ion with the Pacific by two routes, |
Dnc hy the Atlantic and Pacific branch |
rom Fort Smith, and the other over
.'airoand Fulton to- VeXarkana, thence |
over the lrrans- Continental branch of |
he Texas Pacific to the point OF june.
ion Of the two Pacific roads and on
hen over the common line to San |
Diego. ##nE