New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-18

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subscribed by our citizens will be sem
and expended in the city.
| The effect Of this domestic plan will bt
home rule of the railroads. The country
! stakeholder can not be induced to EN-
ploy his vote to turn the trade from New
| Orleans. The administration of the roaG
being of our own citizens, will be under
some obligation to employ the road fol-
the incidental advantage of the city.
Heretofore it has been somewhat as fol
lows: Montgomery Tigg, Esq, of New
York, arrives at the St. Charles Hotel and
delivers letters to prominent merchants. .
He is introduced to the editor of each
paper. To the press he explains the i'm
mense wealth represented by himself and
associates. No money will be needed fol-
this road, mere permission to build it is
alone required.
MIR. Montgomery Tigg associates with
himself some Of our most astute brokers,
and the Legislature is canvased. Those
who are disposed on patriotic principles
to support the measure do so. If there
be othels who expect more substa ntial
reason for their support, the opport unity
is afforded them to cooperate. Legisla-
tive recognition having been secured, Mr.
Montgomery Tigs and associates proceed
TO nego tiate their franchise or their State
obligations. In the sequel that bejeweled
magnate disappears, the obligations
created in behalf Of the road pass into
foreign hands, and We have road owned
abroad and worked abroad; road to
whose administration the health. comfort
or safety Of our people is of no conse-
quence and road which, like the mag
nifcent bridge Of st. Louis, may pass
into rival hands. We may have officers
of administration. unaccommodating and
uncivil. and so far from remembering the
favors accorded at the initiation of the
enterprise, will take pleasure in being as
uncivil and disobliging as they dare to be,
and would take little more interest in
broken bridge which should drown
couple of hundred of our people than
might be caused by temporary suspen-
sion of travel over the road.
We are pleased to hope for the home
rule Of the railroad to Texas, and trust to |
see the time when our own men will man.
age and run the railroad between New Or |
leans and Texas. We really take some
pleasure in thinking how the foreign
'harps who have control Of two roads,
but with the nancy Of Louisiana, regard
he escape Of New Orleans from what was
'egarded as their inevitable clutches.
President Wheelock has now time to bring
hese naughty and astute interests to just
erms. By the time he is ready for a con-
'ection they will have come to proper
ense of their own dependence, and COM
'etition may be opened for the Alexandria
connection which will set all applicants
Kidding against each other. Not i'm
possibly the present holders OF these
roads may not be able to
AIRY their sp eculation until the compile
ion Of the Alexandria road, SO that it is
OF an impossible thing that this road
lay be bidding at the sale of the cor.
Grafton which believed itself to hold the
My way of New Orleans to Texas. We
ave again to hope that this cooperative
theme for uniting the city and country
l this great work may establish its sue
ess, and that we shall not only have
lilroad to Texas, but home rule over it.
e shall thea be authorized to talk
sout our road to Texas.