The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-15
DUB BRANCH OF THE TEXAS Pa
OIFIO ROAD.

will land in New Orleans, at the same expens
as be is now landed in New York, by steamer
which come here for a return freight Of cottol
| and grain. He will here take the cars TO
Brashear, so miles. Thence he will procee
in direction nearly northwest along the ny
pothenuse of triangle whose base, east an
west, is about 81 miles, and whose perpen
dicular is about So miles, distance as tn
crow flies of about rs miles, or allowing TO
curves and deviations so miles. Thence t
Alexandria, on Red River, in the parish o
Rapides, as per the aforesaid crow, the dis
lance will be about 81 miles, and b!
the line which the locomotive viii
take about 60 miles. Thence to Natchl-
toches So miles, thence to NJ snsfeld so miles
thence to Marshall, Texas, the terminus o.
the Texas Pacific Railway, about 40 miles.
| Starting from New Orleans at o'clock A. M.
and going at safe, uniform and cheap rate o.
| 20 miles an hour, he will reach Marshall
about 2:3O A. NJ, of the next morning, ready
for his journey Of 1909 miles to the Pacific
Ocean.
To connect New Orleans with Marshall, so
miles of road are in operation-the best man.
more are graded and ready for the super
aged, the safest, and the freest from Dust and
debt of all the roads on the continent-8O miles
structure to the serene and quiet prairie city
of Opelousas.
The sixty miles from Opelousas to Alexan-
dria could be completed in one year, and the
section from Alexandria to Marshall, already
actually begun, could be finished before the
end of 1876 From New Orleans to Marshall
there would be no gradient exceeding five
feet in the mile, no cut or fill exceeding ten
feet, no curve with radius less than 1000
yards, no angle less than eighty degrees,
and but one bridge more than hundred
yards long.
The owner of the road from New Orleans
to Brashear and thence to Opelousas has a
direct interest in extending railroad connec-
ton with Northeastern Texas. He would
not hesitate to finish his own road from
Brashear to Opelousas without delay.
More than this, we feel authorized to say
that Mr.. Morgan will give very powerful help
to continue the road to Alexandra, to Nltchi-
toches, to Mansfield, and to Marshall. Every
mile of road west and northwest of Brashear
connecting with his road gives new business
for that road While in no respect interfer-
ing with the trade and travel by water be-
tween Brashear and Galveston or Houston,
the north westerly extension must gather
freight and travel from wide belt on either
side of the road Completed to Opelousas
only the road would benefit an area of
more than 5000 square miles. Continued to
Alexandria the benefited area would be dou-
bled, extending to all points within circuit
of forty miles from that city. Continued to
Natchitoches, another vast and fertile region
would be tapped, and if the road were to ter
inmate at Mansfield the transportation and
business of the whole line would be five
times what is now done over the road to
Brashear, excepting that which is to and from
Texas. The enlightened owner and very ju-
dicious manager of the road to Brashear not
only sees the bearing of the extension on his
road and on his city property, but he takes
deep interest in everything which concerns
the welfare of New Orleans His aid and co
operation may safely be counted upon.
This branch of the Texas Pacific Railroad
will interfere with no railroad or other in
terest The various interests conferred at st.
Louis already connect with the great projected
trunk line road of the 32d parallel, directly
by the road from st. Louis to Dallas, Texas.
for some time in actual operation, and pros
pectively by the Atlantic and Pacific Road,
which is to join the Texas Pacific at a point
about midway from Dallas to Ell Paso, and
connect that road with st. Louis. This road is
aided by Congress to the extent of guarantee
Of interest on the first mortgage bonds of the
road to the amount of $35, 600 per mile On
each completed mile of the road; help to
which our branch of the road is equally and
even more equitably entitled, and upon which
our representatives in Congress from the
Southwest ought to insist very strenuously
After Congress has pursued for twenty years
or more the policy of aiding works of inter-
nal improvement, after it has given to trans
continental railways public lands larger in
area than any one of the States and after
railway obligations to the extent
of several hundred millions of dollars,
and all for the benefit of the Northern half Of
the Republic, it is too late to talk either of the
policy or principle involved. What has been
taken as true policy and right principle
for SO long time and to such stupendous
length must continue such until something like
j stice is done to the South and Southwest.
If Congress can help to build branch of the
Texas Pacific 700 miles long for the benefit of
S. Louis, it is too late to quibbie and halt
about principle when New Orleans demands
similar aid for Southern branch less than
400 miles long.
There will be a delightful entertainment
given tonight at the Swiss Cottage on st.
Charles, between Pension and Gen. Taylor
streets. The features of the entertainment