The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-25
HE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
EPLY OF EX-SENATOR NORWOOD TO
TINE LETTER OF GOV. BROWN,
OF THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
he True southern Line via VI PasO.
san Antonio and Houston 10
New Orleans.
WAsHIEGTON, December !. 1875


}s n Southern man. DESTROYS of promoting
'eDuine Southern road, NOR" than rs the
representative and counsel Of the southern
aeiic Railroad Company In the South. TO
,teetfHfiF request ynHf attention II 1hn lnl=
wing reply
ference ,ci wccn the two companies will
.inly state H.
The Southern Pacific u California com
my, II has constructed tho greater part
A road from San Francisco southeast ~
art Yuma. 72O miles. and l. now extending
Il into Arizona. The Texas and Pacific Is
.jnpany organized under n law of Texas. II
/ the successor of the Southern Pacific IF
gas
Z In 1871, Congress granted 10 Tho Texas and
lcific the right to build n road from Mar
'iall Texas. to San Diego. California. and to
lie Southern Pacific. a company that was
zen building q line down into southern Call
lrnia, the right to connect with the IoSas
nd Pacific at or near Fort YUM. on the
dorado river. which bounds California cast
Nd Arizona west The southern Pacific was
uuired to build nifty miles n year Of this
parallel connection OF IT, finish
u s5O mile road within seven years. That
pmpany completed its work before tho time
JUS limited had expired. II complied fuliH
th The lar Of Congress.
/ LAND-GBABBING IN NORTHEAST IESAs.
What has the Texas and Pacific Company
,ne2 1t was required TO build west from
arshall not less Than 100 miles n year, and
II less Than twenty i've miles cast nom San
logo every year and Gao III nonplnte', ita
md within ten years Tie act ~ Texas con
ming 10 that company the right IF way
''ross the State. and giving It over 22,0o0,0nO
res Of land in alternate sections, was passed
I Nav. is72. The Texas and Pacific from
II 10 this day. has built but lgi miles west
ON Marshall to Fort WORTH and not n foot
/ road east from San Diego II has built
ore miles of road. hut they arc Of no uso to
he south as n trans continental road. They
I'm northeast from Marshall To Texarkana.
nd thence west to sherman. Texas and
|,rallnl with and not n hundred miles from
he trunk line of ia miles from Marshall IL
|prt Worth Il say trunk lnn'' In courtesy IL
Ia company: fur IA the trunk line which tie
|axaa and Pacific promisrd IN 1871 IT, huild
IN ,ls In ten years was a. 10 over 1000 miles
ING the t94 miles built and bought Nv tho
exas and Pacific looks To tho Southern rco-
lie more like n carpet bag than n trunk"
ine. | will show YOU before am done, that
his company has other features of the Gear
Ist.happer - so familiar to the SaIth in her
Nilroai experience from 1863 to 1916.
But Gov Brown said in Charleston. before
ye Chamber of Commerce. in explaining why
he Texas and Pacific had neglected To com
nv with the act Of Congress requiring mot
Is than one hundred miles "a 10 built west
ON Marshall every wear that tho Inv of
iexas required the Texas ana Pacific 10 build
ON Marshall northeast to Texatkana and
,est To Sherman. Well We will take that ne
rue. and give the company full credit Then
That does II avail the company? The net Of
congress and the act of Texas were both
lassed In 1879. The company. headed bv Mr.
|. A. Scott. ought to have known whether
hey could comply with both requirements
congress was mandatory: mot less than one
hundred miles year shall be built west
rom Marshall to San Diego If Mr.. Scott
las not able to do both or nithrr. why did he
III tell lis SO frankly. and leave the Sonth Ia
box to another company? But why cnmnIv
nth the law OF Texas and neg lect tho require
bents of Coppress2 WHY do this If no ID
|red to build a trans-continontal road? The
baaon Is confessed by Mr. Scott in an arg,I-
bent before the Senate Committee ON Rail
bads In December 1874. when askinu for a
|hbsidy. In credit, of over sixty million dol
hrs. he said that the Texas and Pacific have
b. miles OF road located in the garden
hnds' of Texas BY building north from the
funk line ne secured an Immense body of
iun ~ ~ ~, ~ - .e1aS, N'fly
I, ~ ~ w at o-
a,;.a,o IN Na,,
oa ~ ar mIm nt' 'a7 WV WI.
~ ns VA p;,i pnk" 80 90 n,'',l
r,. 49, 49, ~, ~ w. ~ - ,'l'h
Kn,nin,r 80, ~, T : - ",au
rntn,.rnd - + r a,1',s 60 ~ 1e tilt
4 me- ecu n - tb " oo uM"S a nn, ,,Ie ."gl"sE
al Ia ST. s ,Lp' :, 49, w, s.;',
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LII, wa, y, us wei az n9rtn from
n,a,, voma, ~, L9WaIi wl''s Sou
-, u h, r ms us west
!, 80, h,' ~ NJ ~ en- only
,smti ~ sN,'s " =. nro;t sS,a,p.nel' same
,pu,.' pahs1p LIN - lhn ,,'"'nl'd,l'Ss q W.
a daht aa ae,ic ~ riSI n ''' IT, nat
Il 10 s,',,I,,s VI M tt m 800 S9LN,
n nti,os af ,o,a Mn ~, III ains ~,
GO IT, ~, a'iu "s1i'l
. nm - Ill ,an"rd;n'' ' ~; ',St oN'i
hn hibost ,stinnot, -, w 80 t,
,,t n ,5a,t ~ Ia 80 l'"iu lo'
lnI 10 sas 1nn '; 1,' ~ Se.''.t ia,
,o, ia $500 ~ LII, h'rN. n,pMn SAN, IN
nj A. So - V "a IVY ''uLi wv S>".V'' u ihi,''
~ M n.".. ~ low nShe l guaranty
! t sno eo,riili''u,' ~ H. en- interest 81,
,a,' :, ~, WY noI,une ,his vast ihhh
, 81. - that 'Nn'.n., rom th'sn
s uiII' 80 a ,,ioi. VIM, ~ uil'S ~ IoH,
~ ,, ~ 'r'l WHY u'''u Win We amount
~ W g = ieh'''"'
THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PARASITE.
So. we have here genuine Southern Garnet
lgger development. mammoth railroad
lterprise. First. the Texas and Pacific sots
1t to build road with no help eyccnt tho
900 900 acres of land, II starts from Mar
lall, west, but stops to throw a drag net into
ortheast Texas to catch five millions arros
that ,,o,,l,, ,,,.xi,,,, II.... -