The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-11-24

ties IN sesFtsf 80 sskt s,ansfsssfzz.
3bsTe have been 50 maay untrue state
by pessart- aEsstieustis 10 the cos .,sny, ia (
respect 70 the value and cbarsofsr III the I
Sfasiis mails 70 Lne rsxss aaa Pasihe tall /
wy e2tfissLs$ b. The STATE at Texas, II seems I
bal right that kfF- ssste Eaea.f sison.d be !
given ID he pubic. rs 20 " ilsss tie state has
done 20: TIE raasxsy .-aEsipaos .4sslc a'tlat 7
lac ra uway rcnpans E4s dasis for ti1e state 4
IL order Inst tina people Of tie state, xha 1
lssiNe uifeot interest 10 ssSsaE thas JustfeE !
= aoise, tgssg snteistEenty understand tllsz l
present reitssio1s u the slate towards cor /
porati0a that owns an1 Is operating AZ /
mites of road within her borders, and ts.at |
hRs, darfug tae last three Years. paid into /,
her treasury sls5 so IS of state, county aud
municipal taxes
In shay, ISL, the Texas legislature passed
.an act 70 encearage the speedy soDstruc-
lion OF y railway through the state Of Ioxas
to the Pscife ocean 20 ami on tbs 2ist OF
November following, It PASSED a secoee act
atnendssorJ Oh and supplementary 20 Tire
ms.
the sSeuthern fnclfic railroad company and
to the southern Trans-ContiBenlsl railroad
com psry Tooth cerpo sttona theret ioEs
eli red by the stale of fexR<l, eight per
cent bonds Of the state at the rateef 4 20 ,gR
per mile of road eonstructeJ under the scf,
tae aggregate OF bonds SO 10 BE Issued mol ~
| exceed 80 uvo1sS-one hall 10 each company
10 aid in ins construction of two lines OF
railroad, one from Loagyiew and tue other
! from Texarkhaa, botts lines 10 9 tend vest
wa1diy 10 "A cpin4non point or Junction 81
| For, Worth, with = branch line from Mar
shall Via sGIeI s4u 10 IGxard2HA
The Texas and paeine faliwAy company
~ao organized IN 1911, under an aot OF tue
congress OF the United St9tes. anu on this
2Ist OF March, 1872, Il purchased, : ith con
| sent 81 tine state of Texas. from The Southern
/ PaeiEic COMPANY its es,nl Isteti road between
Shreveport aud Loazview, about sisty-six
a.lss, tbgsi her with certain franchises ami
| ether property 5elSneiDs 10 that company,
I Including Is Interest III The. state donation
OF BOMBS, the agreed eonside tiuu being So.
oaait95. aaa on the a9sh OF the sane month
/ il puro aasezi from the Southern Trans Con-
/ tineatal railway company, certain proper
| u and franchises Of hat esniPany, iactu-
/ Dir 4 IT. fhaerest In tEn states donation OF
! baauS; the agceea consider Eii,u In This oAse
/ belug 81 100 GO Formal deeds OF COW yaaee
| 20 tll- Texas and Pacific railway eorDFaay,
GOVERNS ihe properly - So!d and purcalase :,
| geIe cxecotrd and s,siiYartd by.eects NJ the
/ two com paaies, a.lid a formal transfer Of the
property was made, and The agreed coasid
eTaIi1u, which was "a ful tgaIvoleat IA
was pas5 BY the Texas and Pacific faiiwny
company An attempt has occasionally
been made TO mold the Texas and Pacific
railway Company response . . tor tina short
! eomtuts and Fofig-Stol Is OF the Two 6 r.
| gorat:ons Whose property IL has go pur-
ciIased. With consent OF tii- state, from ihelr
shareholders, bui IL wonid be quite rs jast to
hold the aft-enIf is-i stature respOI3fi a.e for
the sh aft-eoniugs and wrous-ioings OF all
previous Legislative bodies that htve Gun
veuei al The state capital Ia Austin. ~ 10
hold tbs Texas and Pacific com pany rsspon-
sitile forthe deitnqnencies %. these cd Iexss
Ia tn, month of Jdas following this pur-
| chase, the president of The Texas aud Pacific
! Railway Con- pany, with parry OF its d .re.-
tors made careful inspection of the co n
try through winch the raast was to be con.
| stTuctsd, as far west as fott !. or Is, and ON
I tilsir return tds e!iisf ~nginser OF MS. com
pSny Was directed to have the necessary
surveys made 10 prepare tie road fef ieiting
by october Is, 1873 The enyineersng wss
pushed vigorously and coi1l piesess vs. itit.
. IN tire time, ard contracts r the work were
lot, S1Ia on nearly all the cis i-i0ns sne con
: tractors sigid moved upon the ile and cosn.
LsIene q tao gtadfeg by the ist OF X we ~ Del
following Contracts Tor cross ties were also
les, ans lar .l.1ouats o. construction and
otae- material ans supplies fJs tae 4, a 1
4 were pu.cii ssssi nsd shipped Via 1T. Louis
| NV 0sirHf4s ami Ga!yesiaa.
Unfortunately. He'd river remained yesy
| low that ss3sua, aud supplies shi 81 ed in
Juis ana August had rot arrived IN Jana
| arg following, ana This want of trsasporta
r tI6D liabilities addict grestly 10 the cost 0
, the work r. north western TuxHs WAS aiEuos
: d SIT ute Of any surnies Of p DIVISIONS am
{ forage, Gad tue company WAS forced 10 sup
s ply Its eIitFaesors by p aosLg wagon train
: between scnFos and EhrsYsDarf at & COS
I for the haul OF from foar 10 seven csnts Pc
snppf1es .hipped via sherman were de
laSet o. account of the noa-comp!es o
q tue tioustoa ss+lei Texas CeatraI and the n is
. souri, ksGs,SS and teSss railroads. ami hos
% sent via boagStes, by delay IA cosa pistin,
n The International and Grea: Norttera ran
jta, and tiiis unlocked for deLsnt19u f1rcst
: the caEzI pany to haot its heavy coastru sIiai
e material. aad supplies for both iEsn AIN,
o 1 animals, lung tisianc during The wet sea
. / N, at vary great add4tionaI cost
The company forcc account in January
| uP35l rae ao.bis aad SGush lines, SHOWED
$500 tesfsi>, sud s. so IA sn en- poy Ell Ia STs,i
g lag, bridging and tieiug t.la road il1Sn un-
l. Ger 51nlTdet, aoo nearly ali The provision.
| and supplies tor Their use had 10 ba hauieJ
: long distances from the ueafsst reilwas
c stations nj graRf expense the cost OF has
Y averaging $500 per ton, corn g 30 to $50
0 stely high.
!. These exirso' nary expenditures that s.
: greatly Increased the eo-t of the road, wer,
i a..E - he af.za
| possible, to comply with tbe onsreas de
o ,nsntts OF the stat, requiring both lines I,
. be cSmpieset TO Fort Worth by January
a 1914, oar engineers e. Innate this increase
cost at thtfty-three ana one-third per cent
: Gbpve what true economy and tae lnteres..
e OF the company dictated, ami N 3re. it IL be
d / neved, thail the interest CT the state dc
| iuhnded
= Notwith standing these extraordinary IF
e forts OF tue company TO com lyts its Hoe-
q within the time req ;li cd. il WIS found to al
there were not transportation faci les sui
2 ficisnt oil the river and IN the couatry Il
deliver upon the line the froD engines ca RI
= | and other construction and equipment ma
teriai and supplies, within tie tinse requir
e ed by law consequently an application wa
| iEiads to lhS Legislature AZ its January SEES
!, sion IN 1873 fIi an extension ia time o
l twelve months, IN whien to com lete tbs
l. work.
About this time consider able feeiiur wu,
manifested throushout The state adverse "a
q the grants that had bsen msate n Is7I to ths
International railroad coni papy and 10 til
!, -outhnn Pacific anu the southern rans
q :
per iGiie In state bonds, and as the is,S ~
; and Pacific company had acquired by pur.
I chase, the grants mad to the two iasl
/, named com pssSi es, ia uefefeHcs TO This pye
lie saot imeft. ii proposed that the leglsia.
: t.;re should ,aIthoa.iia considerable amount
| of honda were already earned, substitute 8
, grant of tweaty-four seo1fons OF Land pei
mile for the state donation of SIC $40 per
! right do, upfsr the third section OF he aci
aistklnZ the tDhhtons.
Nnen this prop ,sision was hroaght before
, In Legislature, it was founi that tIpeaty y5tv
, sections per mile could no. legally bss grant
ed under tie constitution of the state, bat az
: the comp any were DESTROYS OF eonio;mi 4
To the wishes of the people, ana to sgod d, II
: possible. aii controversy WITH the state, a
1 Compromise ,cds 6adag d0rred upon. usieh re-
ns @ 5e zee s sssa 81 e z ss gss s s y
} itftse 70 Bie 2spas and Pscinc rtficog conf
aefss the rishts OF the Texas ana M.
railway company within the state OF Texas
; In order 40 encourage The speedy eonstrac-
on OF railway through the state 10 the
Pacific eeean;' th.t WAS passed May 2, 1873
BY this act grslat OF twenty alternate
seasons o. lana pr nile OF rnsn oonstruct-
vIded in the original Rctl. was made TO the
? company as substitute for the previous
/ Krant of sio.as per mile of rexas state eight
| per cent bs,nds.
These lands were required to ne surveyed
/ and located, with an equal quantity OF state
| cost and expense OF the Texas aud Pacific
company. lheright to locate lants ia wost
Il 4
Pacific railroad rssery alton was also grant
/ ed 10 the company, but as The privileges OF
| the grant hnd Thea recently been adjagsd
| BY the Supreme court of tbs. United States TO
j eelos 10 the Memphis snd El Paso COM
| pany, IL could only be made valuable TO The
Texas and Pacific company. by purchase
Of the II Psso company rights, AID this
purchase Was subsequently maze at very
considerable cost, sn protection of Texas Pa
| cinc iaortgRke boLdhoidsrs. 10 avoid possf-
bic litigation
Il The act also extended this reservation for
the benefit OF the company, so as to take In
| a he { OF territory thirty-f~o miles wide on
each side OF the Memphis and Ell passo re-
Il servaiion from the one huEdfeuth meridian
I through to the Rio GrEnde these several
grants being coupled with provisions con-
! tanning twenty-one distinct causes OF for
| fixture.
sRtir factory o the CON psnr, hui as IL was
| passed too late in the sc sion 10 obtain OF tser
/ legislation II rejected by the eompsny, 1t was
accented, and ait ysspf was made TO . arrs
out, 10 good fsitE, its cnero;is n qulrenIsnts
and under II. at the close OF tas last session
of the legislature, The company had non
STRUGGLED 40s miles OF railway, and had earn
Cd 500 sections, of $50 ser each, OF land, 70,
/ which the state tre tsury receives. as eersin-
money
The company has also paid, or must pay,
/ the expense OF locating, survey Z. mapping
nd fling tns had notes for 5,f15.5b5 ac ses OF
iand reserved for DOL paTpoers, being the
alternate saetia Ms required to be located and
surveyed with ths camnaDy's tsuds- The
! sgztsgale amount OF these expenditures MP
/ s75,Gp1 additional viii be repaired To com
ri<t. az, ft,f-st OBS and surveys. ESfiri4tfe