The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-08-29


in CON euuenor NJ nnnuoinl slfln.
gcncS, work nu ills pfut trnlla'cOntl-
mental highway Inns been suspended,
and without spmc roller from the
United states government, when has
been ~ literally exlcndpd 10 northern
lnriilc railways, this great national
enterprise must liC abandoned, Tor tile
magnitude Of the work Is beyond the
mems Of private corporations un0lded
by the government.
Justice Ia the south, ~ well ~ u due
care for the Interests Of our inter
oceanic commerce. now In IT, Infancy,
aud IN which the great cities of the
east are particularly Interested, lmper-
utivcly demand the early completion
of the Tevas aud Pacific railway.
t'irst-Because II furnishes the short
est railway line, by more than three
hundred miles, between New York and
the Pacific ocean.
Second-.Bccausc it, completion
would bring the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans within eighty hours of each
other, against one hundred and eighty
hours, which II now requires.
llllTu--NccuuSt we pi'T'hl i'u''i
during the winter months, Is dangerous
and uncertain, whereas the Texas and
Pacific railway could never be Obj
structed by snow.
FOurth-Because the 20 Consolidation
Of the two companies, viz: the Texas
and Pacific, and the Atlantic and Pa
iic aud the construction of II joint
line ON the parallel of 81 degrees
would reduce the land grant by the
United States to the latter company,
by over thirty millions of acres, while
they would not increase the land sub.
sidy of the former company by sin
gle acre.
Fifth because the Texas and Pacific
railroad company do not ask of con-
gress d0llarin money or All additional
acre in land, but simply a guarantee
of the Interest on their five per cent
bonds, to secure which the company
proposes to place the entire property
of the company, road bed, rolling
stock, lands. towns and depots, etc, in
the hands of the government, 50 that
should the company at any time make
default OF the interests on its bonds,
which the government would have TO
assume, the latter could ut once fore
close and take pos session of the entire
property of the company.
SiXth-Because in addition to this
security the government would have
the right to retain the amount due for
postal and military transportation,
which would, of itself, for many years
to come, exceed the annual liability of
the government on its guarantee.
The company have ample security
now, exclusive of transportation dues,
to indemnify the government, in case of
interest default. 1t has 800 miles of
tirst-class road in actual operation be-
sides | 10 miles which have been grad
ed, tied and hridged. IL has land
grant from the state of Texas, already
secured and located, of over 3,WO,OOO
of acres of magnificent agricultural
lands besides u grant of over 10000, 900
additional yet to be located, while the
land grant from the United States will
amount to over l7,000,000 acres.
When these facts and figures are
taken into consideration, we think it
the duty of the southern people to see
that their representatives i'm congress
are instructed to urge the passage OF
the proposed measure.
The Atlantic and Pacific, ii is design
ed, will he constructed from Ninita,
Indian territory, in Il southwestward
direction, so rs to form "a junction with
the Texas and Pacific at or near the
one hundreth meridian.
The country thus passed through is
unsurpassed for fertility, and has vast
mineral wealth, especially in copper
and coal.
The company hope to finish the line
from Dallas to Fort Worth, thirty
miles, within the next nine months
also, to fill the gap between Brookston
and TeXarkana, ninety-eight miles, on
the Trans continental branch.