The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-22
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uHI4Lm tlHi owns auu r. operating OH
mics ui ruud Withlu her ud.IH, and that
lD-, duruB the mot three yrUra, pnid lutu
huf ue6Wy FlNled As Of STATE, county aud
municipal thNrh
,au Dtt 10 encourage The speedy Goa true
lion Ola railway tnrnlBh the state Of Texas
tu the pdulnu urHHu : AMI ON lh 2lat OF
November following, IL passed % hpcugd act
umnnidory OF Hud supplementary 10 the
'These two acts granted os donation TO
nu southern Pacific railroad company uud
la the southern Iruns-Conli nunlNl railroad
company doth C0rpO utluni thctet fore
chartered by the state Of loEusl, eight per
cont bonds OF the state ~ tho rate OF $1,000
/ IuI mite Oi road cunhlurlcl under the uci,
tha aggregate OF bonus 80 10 no Issued NOT 20
exceed sH OO0,OOO-uno hall 10 obeh company
10 aid In The construction Ol two lines OF
rnilIuad, one rom LOngyluw unl tho other
from ToKafltanni BOTH Lines W tend vest.
wRgdiy 10 u common point on Junction az
Fort Worth, with branch llno ium Mar
A kluI via Jefferson % IeNufkauu
Tho Texas ami Pacific railway company
was organized lu la,l, under An UCt Ct the
congrrss OF the Uuhed flutes, ana on tho
4 2lst Of March, 1871 Z purchased, with con.
4 sent of the state of Texas, tom the Southern
paciflc Company ll6 com plotedtOad between
Shreveport ana LpngNluW, about ~ zty'slN
mIlcn, together win certain franchises ana
or property belonging TO INT company,
moulding lts Interest IN estate doputiOn
4 of bonds, the agreed consideration being ST.
uOlUlO. ana Oh tho 8lih ul lho huue month
4 A. purc luspd irOu thB southern TRANSITION.
IL ~.
~ ana frUuCalaet ui mat company, iuciu-
a ding o. Interest In tho elutes donation ol
4 blndsi the az eel oJn'do'Nuoh In this case
a being SlNOOOlJ Formal uco OF c1nV, vance
4 Ia inc IrNus aud Pacific railway Company,
covering the property ~ sold hnd puIchnSuI,
we've executed and delivered hyraeh oi the
a two companies ana a lormhl transfer OF me
4 property was made, ana the agreed COnSld-
Grafton, which was full equivalent In
= value for the property so sold ANA delivered,
y was paid by tho Texas ana fAelno railway
. company, An attempt has occasionally
4 been made 10 hold the Texas and Pacilc
railway company rosponsih for the short
comings and wrOng-dolugS OF the TWO cor
pOratiuns whose property II had no pur-
g chased, with consent OF tne STATE from their
shareholders, but 10 would be quite ms Just TO
Hold the httueuth legi stature leSpOnsiDl for
the shortcomings ana wrOpg-iolAgS or all
previous legislative bodies th0i nave con
Sened at the state capital IN Austin, rs TO
hold the Texas aud Pacific company respon-
x s!hla tor the delinquencies Of these old Texas
railway corporations.
I'm the month OF Joue following this pur.
chase, the president Of The Texas and Pacific
Railway Company, with party OF us dlrec-
TORS mude n careful inspection OF the cOun-
try through which the road was 70 be con-
X siiuGteu, AS far west as FOit worth, and ON
their return the chief engineer OF the COM
many was directed to have the necessary
Surveys made TO prepare the ROAD FOR letting
BY october Isl, 1872. Inc engineering was
pushed vigorously ana was completed with
o t,Af D.
N let, and on nearly all tne divisions the con-
tractors had moved upon the ine ana com.
mouced the grading by the lStoi November
Following Contracts Tor G. OSS tles We're also
4 lei ana lurge amounts OF construction and
other material and supplies fot the r'al
were purchased aud shipped via 81. Louis, |
IS New Orleans and Galveston.
IA Unfortunately, Red river remained very |
low that season, and supplies shipIed in |
Y July ana August had not arrived In Janu- |
y AIRY following, and TINS want OF unnSporta- |
lion facilities added greatly to the cost of
tho work. as northwestern Texas was almost |
Ndpsti.ute of any surplus of provisions and |
forage, and the company was forced TO sup |
ply It's contractors by pacing wagon trains |
between Monroe and Shreveport, at cost |
for the haul of from 'Our 10 seven centS per |
pound for freight
IN Supplies shipped via sherman were de
layGI on acCUun, of the non-cOmplel on OF |
Abe Houston ana Texas CeHttal ana me MIS- |
ECuIi, Kansas and ieSas rdiifoads, ana thOse |
Gent via LOagVleW, b. delay IN completing |
the International and Great Northern rail- |
road, and this unluoked-ior detention forced |
the company to haul us heavy construction |
material and supplies f0c both men and |
animals LONG distances during tho wet sea- |
Son, at very great additional cost
Ihe company lOr3o aocOuAt III January, |
upnn the north Gnd south liJeS, showed |
$500 teams, and $500 men employed in grad |
iug, bridging and tioing thu road then un- |
der contract, aud nearly all the PROVISIONS
ard supplies los tACIr use had TO pc hauled |
s.,f.,. ron railway
Stations at great expense; the cost OF nay |
averaging $4,000 per ton, corn 81 % To S3O0 |
per bushsl, and other articles proportion
ately high. 49,. az
greatly increased the cost OF the road, were
undertaken by tho company IN ORDER, II
possible to comply with the on'r9us de-
inands OF the state, requiring Dnth ines 10
bp com pletad to Fort Worth by January, |
1871 Our engineers innate this Increased
cost at thiIty-three ana ohe-thiiu per cent
\ above what true economy ana the interests
of the company dictated, and m )re, IL Is be-
ueyed, than the interest OF the state de-
Notwithstanding these extraordinary cf |
forts OF the company to complete lts I!nes
within the time reqniled, 10 vas lound that
! there were not transportation INci l'les SUI
hciout on the river ana IN me count 70 |
deliver upon the line tue non, engines, cars,
and other construction ana equipment ma |
4 terinI and supplies, within the time requir- |
ed 10y law; cons. quently an application was |
maiie to the legislature at It's January SEES
sion in 1878, fOi an extension IA tlue OF |
twelve months, III "hlcI W "''"Pi''0 VIZ
q Hbout this time cons derable feeling was
manifested throughout the state Sc 10 |
the grants that had been MADE IN loi 10 t til
international railroad company ana TO the
Southeru Pacific and the southern trans |
Continental railroad companies oil S,OVOU
DER mile in state bonds, and as the Texas |
aud Pacific company had acquired by pur.
,I.,. I,A
named cOmpapie in Difference to ms pub |
lie sentiment, il proposed that Tue IeBlsla-
tura should ,al'"Jugh a considerable amount
OF honds were already earned substitute |
grant of tWenty-tOur hectiuns OF lNnu per
mile for the state donation OF 5iO wv per |
mtle In hOuus, as the atate had teserNeu inc
4 rgnttN do, under the thitu sectIoh vi Tue aV'
: making the Donations t.... |
When thta proposition was brought Detore |
!, En- legislature, it was lounu th'tt Wehtg-Jou'
cct,nns per mie could not legally be grant |
\ a uudgr the con stltutiOn OF the state, but a.
J, ,U4 company were DESTROYS Of conformlu 3 |
to he wishes OF TIE people, ana 10 avola' II
possible. all controversy WA the staie'"
compromise cos fHdHy GWrea Nloh, %,ug@ FeI
svlttd .yt the passage Ofhe OHy Pcciut Gct tH"i
has rrer beei passed byd Ierds tcgi .tdtWe re-
l1tug g ne Tcras and Pacific rd'hGdy com,
ioIV, an act entitled An act 70 ADJUST adu
Gpuue the rights of the Texas anu racine
railway com pany within toe state OF Texas
I'm order to encourage the speedy cOnstfuc-
on ora railway through the state 10 t1e
ptet dc ocean, tnht WA ll"'A9N 4heJ - 80, |
py mis- nt arrant OF twenty alternate
sections of land per mile OF road construct
ed Inst.nd o. twenty-iour sections as pr
yIded In tie original acu was made 10 tne
company Rsn sub titu!e Tor me previous
Grant a. $1,000 PER mile Of Texas state eight
fnes5 lands were required to be surveyed
rud located, vito an equal qu2htlly Vi st3tc
i4u,is r., sprved for school purposes, AT the
COS, md expense OF the Il xas aud Pacific
,,,,,,,',v, ihefight to locate lanis In whht
was known rs tlc Mempht7, III Paso Sna
PnciHG railroad rese va ion wss also grant,
I'd In he enmpauy, but as the PRIVILEGES OF
ths giant mad then recently been adJ used
by the supreme court Of the Uniltt,e,n states 10
balnr Z 10 the Memphis ma III faso cV IN,
revss and Pacific company, by Il purchhSe
~ the M Paso company rights, aLu llils
purchase was subsequently mae ~ HppS