The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-28
give the South just what II wants, besides q
southern road with no affiliations north Of the


5 6SS'.n road with no u -" ne.sn :, 'as
par rse e DO t. there can be no objection to
piiance, to any company that Will build the
road. Out Of the rivalry and ambition Of these e
two great companies 1t is practicable for the
TO foot the bills Of one Of them. The Califor-
mans having the gold and silver mines to draw
on. are believed to be abundanly able to make
good their offer, and no Ill result can follow
from allowing them q trial. as the Texas
company confesses inability to go on
that the Southern Pacific company e also a
monopoly; but, even II this were 50, the inter-
ests OF the South are quite as likely TO be pre-
Pennsylvania monopoly. Representative MO;
ney. o young man CT great PROMISE mas offered
h allowing this 4 p eD there are
oroanizaiions In Texas ready to complete the
eastern half with New Orleans, Vicksburg ana
viii But clear the way by using Its reserved sst
power to give tho lands to whoever VIII h hi
Build the road, This is the worst blow sup eI.
dies have had, as their last excuse 10 ho"
This Would be very important and altogether
are making the munidcent offer above set forth
were acting In good faith. But unfortunately
they rot The Which, hhve heV
make with such unreserve on paper. me
whole programme set forth In the quoted ex-
tract was developed here two years ago and pur.
@ned lnst winter by Mr.. O. Z. Huntington on
behalf OF
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
Of California and was not misunderstood q. by
the friends Of the Texas Pacific 9 To test the
communication with him and sought to PIN
him down to specific agreement upon 4, points als
material to the practical Tbe 81 'h9 nb 9
were that Huntington should join
the influences he controlled to those
measure affecting right Of way and land grant
which should prescribe. rigid terms for the full
fiilment Of pledges to build and strict regula-
it's completion. Under a law depriyiA3 the
Central Pacific Of power to operate their end OF
the road in the arbitrary and tyrannleal man Id
line from Sacramento to Ogden. Scott was
willing to accept the same conditions for his
sna n oh baS 70 t Re JUNCTION with his
sources But this proposition was regularly
eyaded by Huntington upon various pleas ,i The
an arrangement Scott would enjoy uneauai,
advantages in view of the, greater ease Of
constructing the eastern half OF the road; the
superiority In value Of It's land grant and the
larger volume of purely local business which y
would command, Happened 70 be familiar With
the situation Ct mat Tune ana Wa Hal n a
on. from original sources of information.
was not specially interested in the fortunes OF
except such rs might have been based upon
what I regarded as considerations OF general
moment to the people of the Southwest and the
constituency of the DEMOCRAT. Col. Scott gave
me no more OF his confidence than he gave to
every man who came to him for information or
consolidation, animated by I'm interest In the de-
yelopment OF the Southwest / labored under
no prejudice against Mr.. Huntington either. but
watched his operations and heard or read his
utteranees on the subject with the single pur-
pose OF judging according to the logic OF plain
facts and unmistakable evidences.
Under these circumstances reacned the con-
clusion which / venture to say Will be borne
out disHstrously to the interests OF our section,
that Mr. Huntingtons sole purpose was to hold
out inducements enough to secure the defeat OF
SCOTS programme and then quietly recede from
all his pretensions. leaving the South west where
II is-without any thoroughfare at all.
The arguments offered in the quoted extract
are seductive but, II followed. they will prove
delusive It is not improbable that
THE TEXAS PACIFIC BILL WILL BE BEATEN;
or II not beaten so emascuated rs to render 1t
invalid for practical purposes. But IL 1t Is. inc
Southwest will not be long Ia ascertaining the
correctness Of my estimate OF MIR. Huntlngton's
do not know whether Col Scott still holds
omen his offer of last winter for u definite ar
ranrement with Mr.. Huntington to reduce to
specific terms of law the airy pt Propositions OF the
latter; but presume he does, and venture TO
say that renewal of that offer this winter will
find Mr.. Huntington quite as shy Of specifca-
lions and quite as profuse In Ellttering general
tiles, as he was last session. A. Y. u.
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