The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-17
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Letter from the Vice President Of the New
Orleans and Houston Railroad.
New ORLEANS. May 80, 1877.
Judge j. r. Crosby, Vice President New Orleans
and Houston Railroad Company, Houston
Texas:
Dear Sir On Friday last, the 25th inst, the
question Of tax of five mills for MIR. Wheelock'f
railroad was submitted to popular vote, and wsa
beaten by two to one against les levy.
Your letter received some time siDcs, introduc
ing mo to your prosiden thou on . Visit to oul
city, reached me too late. A number OF gentle
men and myself called at the Hts Charles Hotel
to find that he had left. ,s9ga-l
Now, sir, we are all anxious for road TO your
great State, but We desire the cheapest and most
inviting route thither Your road. TO my mind
IL decidedly the most inviting and the mosi
promising, so far as my Investigations have ex-
tended. Will you oblige ms with the following
needed information. ef
1. What is now being done by your company in
furthersnce Of an all rail connection b0twsen this
city and Houston2 q Isl. t-t" s..ts
q Does Mr.. Morgan wish to farther this alI-raiI
connection, or DIES he appear not to desire the
samep
q. How does this road progress. or is work on
gRe gap interrupted t#
Please write me any other interesting facts In.
Guiding distance Of line to be built, cost Of per-
fecting same. and all other matters germsin to
this subject. desire to have your letter pub
lished for the general Information OF our public
touching this great need. .r.t2N.t
Requesting an early aud full reply, am very
truly yours, q. Fl. TEBAULT. n, d.,
Pree. Real Estate and Taxpayers Union,
HousroN, Texas, June 4, 1877.
q. II. Tebault, M. D., New Orleans: qs
Dea, Sir-Accept my thanks for your favor Of
the 3oth ult. Having been for years past close
and deeply interested observer because Of the
urgent demand therefor, and csrtAinJ Advan-
tages not only to New ORLEANS. butt0 Central,
Western and Coast Texas, 10 a jw thersfrom) OF
the course Of events transpirihgNn tyour city. as
connected with the subject OF railway connec-
ton with Texas, / was not unadvised Of the re-
suit Of the recent election TO which you refer. /
trust that the resnlt may tend toward uniting
public sentiment In your city % 10 the necessity
for closing ths insignificant gsp lla view Of the
,ent terminus OF tho Lou slams road -the New
Orleans and Texas railroad --And Orange, on the
Sabine, the present terminus of the Texas and
New Orleans. -, 1AGsa Va ~ q.
According to my information this cap 10 be
filled is about $50 miles, with considerably more
difficulties Of construction to be encountered it
is perhaps sufficient to mention that have In my
possession the report Of the original survey made
OF this line through Louisiana In l860-61, show.
ing maximum graduation OK l3 (thirteen) feet,
and like curvature Of (two) degrees. From
all can learn this work could be accomplished
exceedingly rapidly, as well as economically, from
the fact that all timber required for crossties,
piling, bridging and construction Ia general, is
at low prices and in unlimited supply
along the line OF road. The completion OF this
gap would bring New Orleans to con- |
nection at Houston with nine lines OF railway,
reaching to Red River in the north, Austin and |
San Antonio in the west Oolumbia in the south |
west, Galveston in the south and the Neches and |
Sabine rivers (nayigable for from 800 to 400 miles
above this llne) in the east. It is estimated by
one Of the abest and most experienced railway
managers Of this city that had this connection
been made during the past season there would |
have been shipped over it to New Orleans not
ess than 10000 bales of cotton, from one to two
Millions OF bushels OF wheat and other grain one
iundred thousand head OF beeves and other live
stock, to cay nothing of hides, wool, and other
Texan products.
Without regard to the additions TO the general
of New Orleans that this connection
would insure, have yoa ever thought OF the vast
aving to your peoplewhich would be thus real
zed IN the article Of fresh meat alone My own
Judgment ia, that the saving in the prime 90 st OF
resh beef-not estimating the superiority Of
lusty over that supplied by sea shipments
Vould, within single decade, reach an amount
uficient to cover the cost of building the inter-
1
With the San Antonio road, now complete from
his point, New Orleans would certainly receive,
q addition to large proportion OF the trade OF
)entral, Southern and Western Texas the balk
4 that Of Northern Mexico, which now f)ws
nto other channels.
1t is, perhaps, needless to essay calculation of
he many and valuable commercial advantages
which must result to New Orleans on The one
land, aud to thepeople of Texas by the increase
II transportation ia idties and the bringing with
n their convenient reach favored market for
arter and sale on the other. These are ques-
lous more properly pertaining to the considera-
ion OF the experienced and practical merchant.
have no disposition to urge aught against
he completion OF the proposed ''New Orleans
nd Pacific Railroad" in which observe that so
nany OF your eminent and enter pri sing citizens
re engaged, even were 80 vain as to suppose |
hat any voice or pen could be made influential 4
that direction. l refer to that enterprise onv
ecause OF the apparent impossibility-in the G
resent depressed financial conditioner organ
ling the necessary capital for the construction
I both lines; and in this view, the merits Of the
on, and especially interesting to those who are l
aked to put their money into the one or the
her.
In point Of economy and rapidity of construc- .
ON. connecting facilities after completion-em. I
-acing in this calculation the area of territory
raned by these connections at Houston-and I
le important fact that there would exist COM '
aratively no rivalry or competition, surely point
this line as combining indisputable advantages 4
7er that of the "New Orleans and Pacific" '
The moment connection is made over that b
,ute with its only connecting link in Texas, the
exas and Pacific, irreconcilable competition
ould be naugurated on the part OF all the lines il
ON the North of Texas to the caast section; q
is perhaps would result in very low rates TO and
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