The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-22

/ nl iNnl lu. uk1il0n, 40 a minimum yuluu
''ll NAru ul nuy cents lrr ncge, which %
'"'a lArirIhe'r hy unHHlih oi iva and D
r v ~, w nn'. .!''ihe permanent tax
ll, ,hun prise among inliyllunla foI
tlub ltHnt 90 tp covered by uutfnuI,
llNllth. lH QUO lAll ul ihe ind hu suU
FPtl auu located, qua accepting uis asa
tHH '..lr 10. compensation, hu state Her,
t.NlN hHh uH, nothing uN llH "ufiHonly uu.
lp.lul 40 tuN Texas and fguIHr Mll WAY
.nt NiaAt Hn ihp grant mas moi tIy ruNeI
nih1 STAGE inc cost of survey ing and loo 90
luf l,ltiHnl uoru' ut IHuu teL apart foI
.ynuui pupu b, but hHs sepurns lu hr paid
into me state runsuy upwards ol ssl,u0n n
m0nol, aud added 40 laaht s1bOlOu 10 the
hahlt OF lla 'Rkable wealth, anu ~ addition
has brought Into the state the capital 10.
CURED TO create y OprrtY that during the
last three years hns paid sl8Ib5i 10 In ,tato,
county ana municipal taxation, While
mere IN conhlutlhh.e prospective value 10
lhoN m' VOluoith OF lana owned BY the Texas
hud Pbclnc company its present cash value
ia curing the means IA construct n rail.
way, may be lu iged by the mot, that 5000
Rvr,h only are located along tho line OF IN
completed ROAD, Nud but 700 600 additional
acres are scattered along Two hundred miles
OF us projected road betWeen Fort Worth
And tue one huudTrdth meridian, or from
two hundred 20 six hundred miles west of
the present terminus OF It's competed TOa &,
The United States srant To the Company
for road constructed beyond the limits Of
Texas, Is forty alternate sections, OF diU acrus
ca, h, OF land Ia the territories, aud twonty
seoliuau IA the state OF California, with n
reservation contiguous TO Us line, forty miles
wide M the slate, ana eighty miles In tho
territories the genera government making
all the surveys 40 Us own cost, and convey.
lnb tula To- the company as road Is con
10y one ~ more patents, as request
ed, az "a nominal charge iuv Office fees I'm.
stead otr,q curing rs the slateof Texas does,
certificates ANA patents 10 he issued, al a
COST 10 tAc company OF ten dollars for each
h elton OF 90 HCivs, 10 be PAID into the Btnte
treasury, aud these are huusunl terms upon
Wnlgh the general government has granted
lands In aid OF the construction of railways.
az grossly exaggerated statement have
been nude rs TO the cAtoAt o! the Texas res,
eIVation ana grant OF lands 10 the Texas
and Pacific railway company, % dlSungu Sill
on B,atvsuAu, IN speech mhuO within TWO
hundred yards Of ne state lRnd Cllce, whore
the TRUTH II desired, could have been easily
Wcerialhed, Ahylng rolre'ented the qua VI
" uS sOUU0,UOO Oiacres, J val state that the
reJOIds OF tho land ollloe show the entire
quantity OF Land within mo reservation that
II was possible Tor the Texas and Pacific
Q lmpHny TO acquire under the act OF May .,
ISIS, including 2OO0,OOO acres In the sixteen
mile Memphisund El PHsO COmpany's rtseT.
V on, that the state had no legal authority
to grant, under a decision uf the supreme
court of the United States, was but 71il $50
This COuspiCuously lneXact statement as
made by u gentleman, VINO, In recent pub
lilo address, Is reported aH saying " that there
are times when nBureS do more good than
speeches" and II is about us near the truth |
NJ many other statements that have been
made about the company'a grants, some of
which have been made ignOranty, some
iroia patriotic IN lives, ana some perhaps
rom Interested or mercenary consderae
lions.
That the people of the state may estimate
the present cash value OF the grant, in iur- |
nishing 10 the company the money required |
10 construct upward OF four hundred miles |
IF railway, that has increased the taxable |
values of the country tributary To It's line |
more than -FOUR hundred per cent, in four |
years, will state that the company mas not |
rs yet been able TO sell one thousand acres |
II its land, and alth ugh II has an invest
nent in the state of upwards OF &0O0O)O |
IpOn which not collar OF interest, or rdye- |
ue in any form, has ever been received by |
Is owners the company has been more |
utterly attacked, and more viruleutly |
'busgd, than perhaps amy other corporation |
II the state.
Take, tor instance, the action of that com
)matiOn OF Spectators In land certificates, |
notorious land grabbers, and certain we'll |
Known enemits of the company intereste |
II preventing an extension of its railway |
through to the Pacific oc an, VINO filled |
he corridors of tie capitol Nc Austin last |
ear Win their paid lobbyists and attor-
leys, and used every exertion to place the |
company in default, by Influencing the |
legislature Mt It's last session 10 take ad- |
'antage of an unavoidable decay of twenty |
lays IN completing III miles OF its road n |
.eiay that was accustomed by the carrying |
way of lied river bridge ON the Missouri, |
ianeAs and Texas railroad, upon which the |
Jmpauy was dependent for the delivery of |
bout two thousand tons OF rails that had |
Deen purchased and shipped by that route |
rom Chicago, in ample time but for this |
Drank; the co mbinutlon even gong so far |
IS to abduGt Two mem OerS from one branch |
" the Legislature, ana Keep them concealed
or several days from the Sergeant-at-arms,
when the house was under a call, in their
ndsaYors to force an adjournment, and 30
ecure a technical default.
Another instance In The recent action of
he state in 80 promptly instituting and
Vigorously prOsec ting suit against the |
company for the fOlfe tture OF the land grant |
md reservation, granted oy the compromise |
ct of May 2, 1873 for alleged default in no |
its road from Fort Worth TO |
by July 10, 1917.
or course the interest OF the state was the |
ole moving cause OF th.S 8 ate action, but IL |
s the cOmpany's misfortune, that among |
he Iorty or more railroad corporatioas
.nowu to be In default uGder their charter
squiremen.s, suit should only have been
commenced against the Texas and Pacific
ON pany, and that it should have been
rought in such hot haste few days before
Ielp the enemies of the company in Wash
ngton in their endea1or to prevent legisla.
ion I'm the interest OF the company, that If |
uccessful would bring into the state OF |
'exas upwards OF S20,O0),0U0 of foreign capital |
o be expended in the construction OF rail
Dad between Fort Worth an Ell PaSo.
This would .eem to nave been case where |
nicial Guty might have been tenn pered |
With discretion, without Injury 20 the purllc |
veal, as IL was well known when the suit |
an a at
n the reservation We're of little value, ana |
Lat the com pRny would be quite willln
Ifter the certificates it has already earned |
hall be located, TO make Quit claim OF AZ
IS rights in the, reservation, fcee OF an
harge or cost to the state, because of The ut |
or wOrthlessness of the remaining lands for
agricultural purposes or for timber.
In this connection, 1t is proper to state |
bat the company has acquired title to every |
lcre of agricultural ana timber land, that |
n tho date of the grant, was Indicated |
yithin the reservation east OF the fecos |
liver and OF the 100000 acres OF pubic 40. |
main between Hecos river, ana Lhe hlU |
Jrande, not one-thirl of II, probably no
ne sixth Of it is agricultural or timber land, |
lot enough to absorb the certificates, about |
500 that the company has already earned, |
md that no action of the stale can deprive |
II their prior right Of location III the reser' |
ration before 1880.
Il has not been the policy of the company, |
md 1t is believed not 10 be 'or the interest Of |
he state, that mineral or grazing lands |
hould be located inaiternate sections and |
ield by the company, but that such should |
,e left open to miners prospecting for min
rails, aud for cattle ranches, to be located |
md deveiopst, or improved and occuplde |
lnder state laws.
Taat the people of the state may clearly |
,ompr htl. d the truth, ard fully appreciate |
he probable gain 10 The stare anu 1853 To |
he IaIlway com pany. by IA forfeiture OF lhe |
'prncely domain anu grants OF terri |
o y large enough for al empire" that DIS
.inguished statesmen are 50 fond OF talklnB |
,bout, | quote from that one who thinks |
figures do more good than speeches one |
o cannot De suspected OF undue irlendil' |
iess to railway corporations when, IN speak |
ng o. the state, he snid "She has prom |
sed TO railroad cOmpau es, under existing |
charters, l2S,0j9, $40 acres, or about four Tines
IS much AS she o ans Now, If we Will de- |
luct from the 100000 which Texas does |
lWu, the 100000 for new capital, university |
md free school nds, saeredly dedlea'ed by |
aw, exclusive of the half of The pu lie DO,
mai which she owes the school fund, i0h =
s tet rOUli be mountains, d0g toWnS, ana desert,
,ntCtich 40 r dtioHdi man iCOiild 10 ate.
The u tn is, that since the compromlse