The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-29
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way, was In our olly yesterday,
aud In u conversation with him We
learned that tho oaall eubsorptlo
10 bis enterprise, In Now Orleans,
have nov almost ronched u million
Of dollara' enough ho thinks 10 IN
sure tho linal success ol this effort
10 secure for New Orleans, u rhnrc
Of tho Toxins trade Work, Colonel
W. inlorma ue, will commence at
Alexandria, Louisiana, and tho road
will run ria Colilo aud Cluchicr'
willie TO Nnchilochoe, West of That
point the route has not been dolln'
itoly determined upon, except that
IL will pass through Mansfield aud,
probably Kcchl'
II hae not boon definitely settled,
wc believe, IN TO tho point of June
ton of tho now road with the Texas
and Pacific, but there IN no reason
20 doubt that IL will be Marshall,
The difference IN distance from New
Orleans 10 Dallas by tho two routes
namely, rid shreveport aud Mar
shall respectively, Is about twenty
eight milos. Since this road IN de-
aligned 10 secure for New Or
loans tho trade OF Northern
aud Northcastorn Texas, this
saving is strong argument IN IN
vor Of Marshall II IN worry certain
that this comparative race in which
New Orleans IL now entering against
ST. Louis aud Galveston, cannot be
won by carrying unnecessary dead
weight, or making any unnecessary
distance.
Wo learn, also, from President
Whoclock that the four parishes, ~.
ing between Alexandria and the
Texas limo, have made IN aggregate
subscription Of S7OO,OOO, which, by
agreement, is To DO paid in labor
and cross ties.
Also, that II contract has boon
made by the company with tho les
sees Of tho Louisiana pcnilcntiary,
by which six hundred convicts are
10 commence work NJ Alexandria
ON the 10Th Of August next, and Co
lionel Whoelook hopes TO have the
road completed to Nachitoches in
very short time.
There seems 20 be n double
reason for commencing work ut Al
oxandria. Ono is, that from that
point to it's confluence with tho Mis-.
sissippi, Red river is generally nav
igable throughout the year, for
steamers Of light draft, Whereas,
between Alexandria and Shreveport
the navigation is 80 precarious, dur
ing a large portion of the cotton
season, that it can not be depended
upon. The other is that in certain
contingencies Charles Morgan will
extend his Berwick's b y road from
Brashear City, rid Franklin and
Opelousas TO Alexandria, thus max
ing u continuous line from New Or.
leans TO Marshall.
This is u very cheerful prospect
for New Orleans, aud the compile
ton OF this road will in some meas.
ure restore to her the trade of
Northern and Northeastern Texas,
which she once enjoyed, but which,
since the completion of railway con.
nection with Galveston and ST.
Louis, has slipped completely from
her grasp. Nor will it be an unim.
portant event for Dallas. Situated
in the very heart of the grain and
cotton producing region of north
crn Texas, with tho Importance and
prestige she has already acquired,
the real objective point ofthis new
road is Dallas. 1t is here New Or
leans merchants and traders must
send for the cotton. grain, hides,
beef cattle, etc., Of Northern Texas;
and il is here that their return
freights of groceries, dry goods
drugs, etc, must be received for dis.
tribunon. We are therefore scarce
ly loss interested in the early com.
pletion OF the work, in which Presi-
dent Whcelock aud his associates
are engaged, than if their road
formed its junction with the Texas
and Pacific at Dallas instead of
Marshall. /
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