, 1875-01-11

little sfrntd there ia d small er1co Of Tia Nam
mon OF ilnriRhtconsncAs 10 Gen. Bakers argi-
that noble gratitude which consists Of lively
appreciation Of benefits to come. This kind Of
| man is worry valnab}e-1 think quits indis-
panKablein railroad lobby.
There Aro ntherR In the organizations; but
need not consu1no hIace in sI,eakng OF them.
It e certain that ul,atsver Bngacions, abe men,
skillful tnanpu1ators Of Legislative bolies cali
60. will 30 doho In bollalf OF tho Toxas Pacific
bond-grab.
TIfE hoCTH FAVORABLE.
In tho secoud place, it IL to be considered that
the South 10 almnst universally faYotabIe to
tho project. Tho people Of that section havo
pretty generally got tho idea in tler hcads that
their deholate places Ate to 10 made 10 bud and
blohsotn ltae the rose by means Of tho Kanawla
Canal and tile Southern Pacific Railroad. Mr..
Scott will have great strength for bis project
from the aouth, both In the Benats and the
Housc,
And, in tho third place. come, on hospitab1e
thoughts lntcnt. to
TIE CTR or 1T. Lours.
Tits great Southwestern Metropolis-by odds
tho finest suburb Of Chicago In all tho wide
SorlhweHt-ia for tic Texas Pac,tic. Tho dis
tipguinll'ng characteristic Of St. Louis Ia itB
Eroat expectations; and its great expectations
are invariably hnsed on Government d,-subsl-
dies from the Ircarury. For three years and
bali st. Louis ilYed in expectation Of becoming
tlle National Capital. From t'me whereof the
memory of man runneth not to tho contrary. 1t.
Louis has had loAs or mora Of lobby here In
the interest Of tho Improvement Of tho stissis-
sipri lsivcr. 1t. Louia always wants tic
American reopio to help St. IouiA n!oug.
Now, under Tom Scott's scheme, tile Atlaute
l. Pacific Raiitoad would be " inaln branch"
OF tho fcxaB Paciflc. st. Louis il tic EASTERN
faencc OF that city IL thrown iu bellalf OF Co.
| ScottA project to pundcr the Treasury. Nor is
this influence 10 bg despisel. The wido rna,in-
cations OF tho traae Of a city 70 prosperous as
H. +x.~r1
men all extensive acquaintance over large e1-
Pallae Of territory, which. in matter Ut tlliH
kiud can be protitably used.
4 project which has tic support Of m actiro
and ablo lobby u ono Of the grsat sections OF
tho country. aud Of one Of Our great cities, pos
sesBes probabilities Of huecess in Congress which
it would bs unwiao to deny.
Having thus quito fully and impartia11y, a.
trust, shown tho elements Of strength there aro
III tia particular raid on tho Treasury. now
proceed to shov .!Iat the whole project deserves
only to b9 pltched suulmar1ly out Of Congress-.
and pitched out to stay.
uor CLIMATE.
For very considerable Instance along tho
proposed line Of the Texas Pacific Railroad, the
climate, for several months Of the year. iH almost
uneudurably hot, For tho transportation OF
most freiEiss, or OF passengers not born ssla-
mandefa, the road would 10 SIMPLY impsac:icablo
t four or tive months slm'A phys;
on portiouH of tho Deser: of Sahara ln Africa, il
exhibited IN large portions Of Arizona, Now
California. 1t is far hotter there than it il right
under the Equator. aud not drop Of rain falls
| for viz months. Ons reason OF this is to 10
found ln tile nature Of tho soil, which has great
! known tllat, in the hottest porsions Of
Sahara, the desert is several hundred feet lower
than the level Of the Sea. Such ID also the fact
~ to considerable extent Of country along the
| iiDo OF tbs Southern Pacific. At Beveral points
thu road will bo aome 200 feet below the oeenn-
level. Now. add to these facts this other,
| that tho county is Of recent volcanic
origin, aud ID exceptionally near the
internal fires Of tue cartb, and you havo plenty
OF reasonH for vividly bot clinl.tc, and tho Ut
ter undeslrAbllltg Of wearing clothes, Or anything
| cxcept umbrellas.
But let me surcease for amomcut theee hea.ed
geuofaltl:B to state i few plain facts. haEo
before mo pamphlet entitled Resource. Of
Arizona Territory" 1t was published in 17J1
"by authority Of the Legislature" the prlnc.-
pal object OF tho publication being to bring iH-
migration to the Territory. The pamphlet de-
scrlbcs tue Territory by counties IL tile de-
Texas PRclho is located, find, under tho head
"cLtHATK AND HEALTH"
the following warm words " rhs climate from
June to October III extremely wArln,-tLo theE-
mometer otten showing in tho shade from 1l5
| deg. 10 12o deg. Of heat" 1t ia reason.
able to suppose that they never da1o to
put their thermometers out in tho Ruu In Yuma
| County. This county IL on tho Colorado River
East OF it. and extending to New Mexico. III
lrnn County, through which also tho Texas Pm
citc il lochttd. Speaking Of the "Climate aud
| Health Of this county, the Same pamphlet
Gays: 'TAe climatn of the valleys and plains
il about the sarno Ks that Of the Colorado River,
-.lnt IL. 115 to 40 deg. in the shade from June
TO October. On other portions Of tla line, the
Thermometer haz often touched lao deg il the
ahadol This IL uice country through which to
transport frulta, mca:e, butter, cheese, -four
aud grain, nud white FOLKS, ii is plain that, as
trains must neeas r.lu ia the sur, they would
al. from June to Ocsober. spontaneously COM
bust before getting through these hotter thnn
Torrid roSious.
But proceed to another matter, and ono
which should Benl tho To1aa Pacific to an H.
yestlg4tlon Committee, 10 company with Pacific
Mall before anolher dollar should be given 1t by
ths Government. refer to the
| TEXAS PACIFIC " CREDIT Mop1I1kB."
For tho building OF this railroad. there wsa
| organized, Aome threo years ago. q Company
Which was in all respects similar to the now ,t-
famous "cEedit-Aobltier OF America" which
This "xs tho Texas Pacific Construction Compa-
ny. 1t waa 81 association for tho construction
Of tho road by tho ring" process. Shares
wero sold to = large number OF poEsons,-out-
Of tile Directory Of tho Company and coniideu-
| tlal fliopds getting on With promlAHory notes.
When the financial crisis Of 1878 occurred. mnny
| Subscribers "eIo unhoto to psy up their sui
collapse. utterly raining not few Innocent per-
sous. It also caught some Of the inside '*Mobil-
terH." and the paper of Col Thomas A. Scott
himself went to protest. Largoy indebted
,,I, to thla co1atruction !n Company, on 1otea
was supposed would all DO turned over to the
makors as profits. s.-preciscly aftor tho fashion Of
she other Cred. Mobi!ler.-1ere j. Edgar