The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-20
All Roads hut one Abandon the Fast
Train proIeel-A Texas connection.

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hibled for ono another, for q long time
past, has led 10 the establishment of A
connection that must result benifoially
10 both This city has always had a
ooyotous eye-supposing that a city can
have an eye NJ ALTON the Lone Star"
state, with ia lortile sayannahs, It's mil.
lions Of steers, It's mountains of hides,
It's wellNiilled cottongins, and its push.
ing, prosperous towns, and onterprising,
thrifty population while the average
Texan, of every creed, color and avoca.
ton has londly hoped for exchange OF
administration, first, and secondly,
some commercial arrangement which
would bring him into close relationship
with the big metropolis OF tho lakes.
Down in that country the people have
got some push about them, and they
naturally prefer Chicago to st, Louis
but until now there has always been n
break in the connection, and as n conse.
quonce that old iogy town at the other
end of the big bridge has enjoyed large
share Of trade that went there simply
because il couldn't come to Chicago,
through lack of facilities, Now tho
connection is made perfect, and Chicago
takes one moro state, and big one at
that, under her kindly wing, agreeing
to give something in exchange for every
thing she receives
The plan for establishing and main.
tanning this connection was approved at
A MEETING OF RAILROAD MEN
held in one Of the private rooms of the
Grand Pacific on yesterday. Among
those present were William Bond, gem
eral manager, and Major Garner, gem
oral superintendent of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas; W, b, Strong, general
superintendent of the Chicago, Bur
lington aud Quincy, and George II.
Pullman and Col Welsh, of the Pull
man Palace Car company
These gentlemen, with the others
who were present, decided to open up q
through passenger and freight route be,
tween Galveston and Chicago and Ilous~
ton. Hitherto, people going to or com,
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from this city to the gulf, have been
obliged to change from sleeping cars
into rough coaches at Hannibal and Sc
dalia, and the ride of one hundred and
forty-three miles between these points
has been anything but pleasant to the
through passenger. Rather than en-
dure this Inconvenience, nearly all the
travel from the gulf has been turned
from the Missouri, Kansas and Texa,
at Scdalia to st, Louis, via the Missouri
Pacific, The new arrangement is to run
sleeping coaches clear through from
Chicago to the cities of Galveston anc
Houston Mr.. Pullman is to provid,
seven new sleepers for this service, anC
these will commence running from
June lst. With this arrangement il
operation, passengers can 90 from Bos'
ton or New York to Galveston or Hous
ton with but one changs of cars. But
the people who would enjoy this priv.
lege must come by the way of Chicago,
for it will be the only rail route of over
two thousand miles in length with but
one change.
The new freight arrangement will be
known as the Texas Fast Freight line,
This combination
TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
The time schedules are to be changed
so as to make it what its proprietors de-
sign it shall be, quick dispatch be.
tween this city and all points in north
ern and middle Texas. Two hundred
freight cars, built expressly for the
service, the ownership of which is
equally shared by the three roads con-
cerned. will be ordered on to the line
at once. 1t was asserted at the meeting
on yesterday, that this line would bring
Chicago fifty miles nearer the principal
Texas points than any other route and
it was also mentioned that it need not
interfere, comparatively, with ST, Louis
since it is one hundred and eighty
miles from that city at the nearest point.
The duty of arranging the details APP
pertaining to the establishment of this
through passenger and freight line will
be entrusted to the heads of the freight
and passenger departments of the three
roads in the combination as follows.
C. w. Smith and D. w Hitchcock, of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy;
w. B. Robinson and j. D. Brown, of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and j.
Waldo, of the Texas Central
The managers of the Texas roads say
that the idea of the combination orig
mated with Superintendent Strong, of
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
and that his wishes have been consult
ed with respect to every detail OF the
arrangement Yet it is only short
time-probably a month--since the
officers of the latter road were vehe-
mently denying the rumors of com.
bination between the lines aforesaid.
But this is part of the business Of rails
roading-to fatty contradict the facts
until such time as it may seem proper
to give them publicity. The parties to
the new arrangement say they want it
distinctly understood that there has
been
NJ tuNcbIlHAlANNs
of the three roads; only a community
of interest in through traffic, and that
it is also announced that the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy assumes the
whole management and responsibility
of the experimentation it is only an ex.
pertinent. The prospects Of a success.
full outcome TO this combination are so
that General Manager Bond,
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, some
days since authorized the enlargement
of Che company's Office quarters in this
city, and commodious apartments on
the second floor of the reaper block,
corner of Clark and Washington streets,
has been rented for the purpose. The
quarters will be used in addition to the
basement Of the same building, which
is now and has heretoforeibeen occupied
by the company as an office. Represen-
tatives Of both the Texas roads con-
cerned in the combination, will have
offices in this building.
The new through route to the gulf