The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-25
ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY,,

tScottl when we see all this, we may as well
do as the old farmer did when he saw some
tramps around the horse lot about dark
| Bring the horses In the house. boys we had
better stand little litter one night than to
lose en-" We had better stand even a little
| monopoly than to have our Southern Pacific
| Road taken from us and carried bodily to st.
Louis; for once established there, and pass
ing over bridge which would take five to
seven million dollars to duplicate the com
| meree Of the Pacific Arizona, New Mexico
and Mexico would be forever lost to the
South.
| STANDING IN THE WAY OF THOSE WHO Will
BUIbD.
] have now concluded on tho two main
questions affecting the Texas and Pacific
| Railroad. which are: First, its utter inability
to build without - large subsidy, and the rea-
sons for that inability, and second It's I'M
willingness to build such u road as we of the
south desire ami need. And + como next To
the claim OF the Southern Pacific Company OF
California. First can IT. build without a sub
| Sidy2 Second. will II build n road which will
not he built rs a feeder to Northern lines Of
| road2
| That this company can build and will build
| | have no doubt, and speak from o knowl-
edge Of their purpose aud situation. aud
| some knowledge of their financial ability
| They have now over TO miles of road in oper-
alton this side of san Francisco and to the
| thilty-seehnd parallel. They built TO that
point in good faith. when Congress gave the
| l'NhttS anu lHilIlt INC flGHb To DUNN 10 SHf
| Diego II gave to this company by the same
act. the right to connect with the Texas and
| Pacific at or near Fort Yuma. They have
complied with the law, and when they reached
| Fort Yuma they found the Texas aud Pacific
1850 miles away. their work stopped and Con
| gieSs hcsieged for n subsidy. The eastern
| portion Of the Southern Pacific runs for 300
| miles through n desert. Finding themselves
Mt "foint-no-point, without trade or popula-
| ton, they propose to come east till
| they make connection with lines af road run
ming west from the South Atlantic and Gulf
| of Mexico. They. therefore. ask of Congress
| the right to come through Arizona aud New
| Mexico to the Western border Of Texas mt vi
| Paso Should they not meet any road there
| they intend with the consent of Texas to
| build further east until they make a through
connection This is all they ask They do
not ask for government money or bonds, or
credit. or lands. At the last session OF Con
| gress they did ask for the liberal grant the
| government gaye to tho Texas and Pacific
| for the Same portion Of the road. to wit the
| lands In Arizona and Now Mexico but they
arc now determined to build. and will not
embarrass their request by any semhlance of
n subsidy This is the whole case Of the
| Southern Pacific
| And yet 1t Is opposed by the Texas md
| Pacific. Gov, Brown In his address alleges
| that this company built to Fort Yuma to pre-
vent any other company from occupying that
territory and thus to kill off competition with
the Central and Union Pacific lines. This is
very strange, anu IS Inc sfttttltl II not n sober
! thought. When Congress gave the Southern
| Pacific the right to connect with the Texas
and Pacific at Fort Yuma no such logic was
heard. The Texas and Pacific did not then
raise its voice to protect the public from this
! Threatened destruction. " required the fail
ure Of tho Texas and Pacific to reaeh Fort
| Yuma and the purpose Of the Southern Pacific
as n matter of self preservation. tn come east
! to FL Paso fand further If necessary to make
| an n rail connection between the Pacific and
| ba Mtcciccir,ti no nj To-
! this virtuo,ls alarm in the breast Of the Iexas
and Pacific, But this is all "a trick 81 the
trade The Southern Pacific has not the OK
elusive right of way along mile of its line,
| and it does not ask for the eyeiusiva right
now Mr. Scott can build n road to San Diego
OF San Francisco side by side Of the Southern
! Pacific.
GULF AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI coNNEtTIoNs
DESIRED,
Another alarm given by Gov Brown is that
! the Southern Pacific will not come to El Paso.
| but intends to turn northeast from Malicopa
! Wells, in Arizona, and run To Santa Fe. and
he bases his conclusion letter OF Gen.
sherman, in which he says. writing to n di-
rector Of The Southern Pacific Il am in
| formed your company will build toSautn Fn .
etc Gen. Sherman was not SO informed by
an officer III tho company Mr.. e. L. Hunt
ington. the New York agent. states NEST posi-
lively, and gives his r"aSons Tot it. that the
company never has intended to build TO Santa
further east, II necessary 10 connect with the
Gulf and Lower Mississippi This ought to
/ be sufficient. but his reasons are conclusive
/ They are II that it would cost three times as
much per mile to build into and through the
mountains about Santa te. ~ because Santa
| Fe offers nothing as an ohJectVe point, ~
! because by building to FL Paso the company
will have GOO miles more If line, against about
800 to Santa Fe, and, therefore, would make
more, and ~ the carrying trade in OrrS,
rniuGVoIs= and Gtpp{ will hp fur
protahIe to the Gulf and Mississippi than tp
| OF from Santa Fp
Another objection by Gov Brown Is this
that the Southern Pacific is the Central Pacific
in disguise. and the Central is n huge monop-
Oly and the Governor very adrDtiy in his
address, calls the Union Pacific tho Central
Pacific. Tho Central Pacific runs from San
| Francisco to Ogden 893 miles. The Union
| Pacific runs from Omaha to Ogden 1882
miles, They are distinct in ORGANIZATIONS
officers property, in fact in everything They
arc as distinct rs the Central Road and the
! Western and Atlantic IN Georgia. But Gov
| Brown says the Central is II monopoly. This
| Is true in one sense IT. does ruonop0iZr all
! business done by rail between Ogden and San
| Francisco. So docs every railroad hetween
its own termui. unless it has u ueighbor par
allcl The Texas and Pacific is II monopoly
already from Marshall to Fort Wort. It
would be no less n monopoly If built to San
Diego The Western and Atlantic from At
lanta To Chattanooga, is TINT kind of
monopoly.
GOVERNMENT CAN CONTROL EITHER ROAD.
But 1t is not true that the Central Pacific
and the Southern are one. The charters are
different; their rights are different. and many
OF the stockholders in the Southern have no
interest in the Central.
But il Gov. Browns alarms were we'll
founded-if the objection was ingenious and
virtuons- If it was made by some one else
than tho second vice president Of the pro-
jccted possible prolongation OF the South
western tail end Of the Pennsylvania Central
Combination Railroad monopoly. even then
there would be nothing in it, for the following
good and sufficient reasons:
First-With but one stakeholder left out of
the Southern Pacific, there would be a ma
jority remaining who own no stock in the
Central Pacific. This answers the unadvised,
if not reckless, statement, that the Central
Pacific and the Southern Pacific are one
Second When the Southern Pacific is
built to Ell Paso, it will be 1920 miles long
the Central is 1888. The owners Of 1920 miles
of road will not sacrifice it to 8S} miles of