The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-02
Aid for the Texas Pacific.

The National Railroad Convention
which closed very interesting and har'
monious session in St. Louis yesterday.
had for its object the promotion of one
of the grandest enterprises of the day
the construction Of Southern railway
to the Pacific, by way of Texas. 1t is
not to be wondered at that there is oppo-
sition to the project since it comes from
parties whose selfish interests and aims
might suffer by the building of what they
might consider rival route across the
continent. But there are some persons
not directly interested, who, through the
persistent misrepresentation Of certain
newspapers, are disposed to class the
Texas Pacific with speculative and Wis
innary projects, or, at least with enter
prises IN advance of present require
ments. For the benefit of all such, it
| may be we'll to recapitulate a few of the
facts which demonstrate the actual ne
cessity for building the proposed road.
The main points We find embodied in
the last number of the Railroad World:
l. 1t is estimated that the construction
of the Texas and Pacific railway would
give employment to $4,000 skilled and
unskilled workmen, in wood, iron, ex-
cavations, ETC., for year of three hun
dred working days, and allowing tC
each man family of from Eve to six per-
sons, 100000 persons would be maintain
ed for q year by the labors involved The
immediate effect on the iron industries
alone would be of great importance and
value. Nor would the work on and fol
the Texas and Pacific be the only thing
done to stir tie stagnant waters of slug
gish inactivity, In times of depression
a vigorous start made in one direction is
sure to be initiated in others. As q
panic stops, so one healthy new advances
may give au irresistible impetus to a
movement along the whole line of the
great industrial army. There is no rea
son to fear heedlessness now. The pres
cut danger lies IN the opposite direO ion.
Whatever else may happen to the United
States they should not wither up and
decay and perish of dry rot yet it il
certainly not by locking up millions 0
unemployed capital in vaults, and by re
manding millions of working men into
etats of enforced idIeness that they vii
roll back the tide of disaster and prov
themselves worthy descendants of tn
men who have advanced the native wild
of the country into their present cOndi
ton. Idleness of labor and capital havr
prevailed long enough now to make mil
lions Of men eager for q start that vii
set everything in motion, as the long pro
cession of street wagons moves on ate
temporary obstruction is cleared away
The passage Of the Texas aud Paeif
bill will make that start
e. To extend foreign commerce in
lucrative direction. Independent of tn
advantages that nigh reasonably be al
ticipated from the extension of cOmmerc
on the Pacific from San Diego, and th
additional impetus to trade with japan
China, and Australia, that would be gi
en- by two po rts instead of one, the col
, struction of the Texas and Pacific woul'
: offer up prospect Of opening lucratiV
, trade with Mexico that is worthy Of to
; most careful cultivation. The Mexica
3 States adjacent to the line of the roa
: already possess considerable population
g and connecting railways are projeete
and IN q fair way of being eonstructe,
l soon after the completion Of the Tex'
1 and Pacific, which would stretch nortl
: ward through New Mexico and penetrai
southwark ct various points into pop
!. lous and productive portions of Mexic
1 One of the proposed lines through th
. country would extend to the capital Al
traverse a region capable of yielding il
9 msnse quantities of coffse and sugar {
e superior quality, while nearly sll Mort
Q ern Mexico is known 20 abound in ri
d silver mines and in facilities for raisil
; cattle, horses and sheep. The opporE
n ities foF opening profitable trade. b