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


We can get light on this question. and, prob
ably. answer it to our satisfaction, by taking
a brief view Of the action OF this company
II began work In 1871. In May, 1872, Con
press passed an amendatory act requiring so
many miles year to be built. as already
stated above. IT the company real Y intend
rd to build q Southern road to run from San
Diego to the Mississippi river, on the thirty
second parallel Its action ought to show It,
The reason for building II northeast from Mar
shall ~ Texarkana, 81 miles, In q line toward
st Louis, IL explained by Goy. Brown as q ne
ccssity under the statuteo f Texas. So far let
us give credit ] am willing to give that
company all the credit II can show reason for,
But when we see hereafter how " has repeat
eddy tried to climb No toward ST. Louis as Is
eastern terminus. the most cre'lulous may
he excused for suspectng that the Texas and
Pacific was not over indignant at the State of
InsaG faf TIT. nernf ttlHery mandate In build
northeast in the direction OF its fondrSt ypain-
ing This penal condition Is not unlike the
old fable of the rabbit that prayed to be
thrown IN the fire. in the water anywhere
except tho biier patch Now 10 the facts.
~ 1874 Mr. Scott applied 10 Congress for q
subsidy for The Texas aud Pacific. In the
Same bill he asked for an equal subsidy for
the Atlantic and Pacific. This company was
to build southwest from Vnita, in the north
east corner Of the Indian Territory. and con
ncci with the Texas and Pacific, al or near
tho GOu boast corner of New Mexico. From
Philadelphia 10 S. Louis TN" Pennsylvania
Central and its leased limos extend. From st.
Louis to Ninita runs tn" st. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad southwest formerly the
Atlantic and Pacific, which would he
hui an extension III the Pennsylvania
Central TO tho Texas and Pacific and
thence by and over the Texas and
Pacific to the Pacific coast. Mr.. Scott was
president of tho Union Pacific. which extends
from Omaha to Ogden, but in 1871 he was do
posed, and he naturally desired to establish
another connection with the Pacific for the
Pennsylvania Central of which he was aud
is president. And the only practicable route
was on or near tho thirty second parallel
He know that the open proposition To build
southwest from st, Louis must meet with OPP
position, North and South, and that the only
feasible method was to cultivate Southern
favor by the promise Of road running due
west On the thirty parallel
In 1875 another bill WIS introduced by Nj.
Wells. OF Missouri. asking for a subsidy to the
same roads the Atlantic and Pacific and
Texas and Pacific.
In 1876 senator Dorsey, of Arkansas. intro
duced n similar bill This bill contained n
now and very striking feature, most adroitiy
drawn. II reads: The Texas and Pacific
Railway Company Is hereby authorized to
construct that part Of Hs Inc from Sherman
Texas, ma Forth Worth. westwardly, etc"
Then follows, u page further on, this sly
very sly language. "Snid Texas aud Pacific
Rail say ahaH hc constructed and put In oper-
alton continuously from ~ crafrrn terminus
~ TcrdrHuHd and from point on tho east
boundary line Of Texas. where connection Is
made with the line to Shreveport. to n point
OF junction. as herein provided with the At
lanic and Pacific etc"
TRYING To SHIFT THE TERMINUS NORTH
WARD.
Here are three significant facts: First
From Sherman to Fort Worth is declared to
loo p,ui of The Inc Of the Texas and Pacific
The acts of Congress Of 1871 and 1879 made
the line from Marshall to Dallas tho road Of
the Texas and Pacific Second. The "rnafftn
terminus" Of tho Texas and Pacific Is declared
to DO at TeXarkana Third The original
eastern terminus Marshall, Is spoken Of rs
"a p"jni' and not as n terminus.
This bill was intended to change tho orig
inal line which sedueed the Southern people
to Mr.. SCOTS aid. and make it run from Tex
arkana lthe eastern terminusl west to Sher-
man, and thence southwest to Fort Worth.
This would have placed the road about sew
enty miles further north and nearer to St
Louis. This attempt was made i'm spite of
the fact that in the act Of 1872, amending the
charter of the Texas and Pacific q significant
proviso was contained forbidding change Of
the eastern terminus from Marshall
We can begin to sec why Texas 50 cruelty
commanded Mr. Scott to build mort beast from
Marshall to Texalkana and west to Sherman
to seize all her fat lands in that garden re-
gion, and why she drove him SO much nearer
10 his home at st. Louis, against his angry
protest, of course.
Again. in 1877. Mr. Lamar. chairman of the
House COMMITTEES on Pacific Railroads. re-
ported u bill which couples the Texas and
Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific giving both
subsidy and connecting the latter with the
former between the Tooth and 99th of longi-
tudc
IN 1879 the Atlantic and Pacific was dropped
as dead weight. but can any one doubt that
the Ninita road is still part Of Nj. SCOTS
scheme?
These facts are almost demonstration of
the settled purpose of the Texas and Pacific to
slew the eastern end of IFS road around to St
Louis. But there are other facts still
or the eighteen officers OF the Texas and
Pacific only three live south of the Ohio. Gov
Brown, one Of the vice presidents, i'm Ten
nossc". W G. Hall. in Kentucky, and W. NJ
Harrison. IN Texas. Tho president. first vice
president, secretary, treasurer ana seven Of
the directors reside in Pcnns ylvania, and |
believe, in Philadelphia. TN" presumption II
very violent that these gentlemen are burn
Ing with zeal to develop the South and
southern interests. and IT, destroy the Penn
sylvania Central. with its seventeen leased
railroads Of over 5000 miles all north of the
ONO. II Is more than natural for Nh Scott
10 spend an enormous sum OF money in
aShington and over tho South to procure
legislation to enable him to build road 10
compel" with the Pennsylvania Central The
idiotic. We have too much chi respect p"S for for
Nlr SCOTS Judgment and business
sense ton high regard for his honesty
ana falthfuness to a sacred trust, 10
suspect him Of ever having intended to build
n really Southern road, ono which would be
tributary to Galveston, Now Orleans, Nicks-
burg. Memphis. Montgomery, Atlanta, Nash
vile, Columbus, Macon. Augusta, Savannah,
Charleston Columbia, Wilmington, Raleigh,
Richmond and Norfolk, and all the country
surrounding these cities. IT Mr.. Scott se-
riousy intends to build such road he ought
from common honesty, To resign the presi-
ioncy Of the Pennsylvania Central If, on
ne other hand, he desires q feeder from the
Pacific. and We Of the South are willing 10
vote him money to build IT., at our expense,
he should not be censured. for he Is looking
70 his own interests, and Is only trying to
mako his dry stock give milk again The
South, though, would wear bells ever after.
THE MISSISSIPPI ExTENsION-How NOT TO
BUILD IT.
But there is another fact; should the South,
oy her vote in Congress- give money or
credit to the Texas and Pacific, where would
% its eastern terminus2 We have seen that
me bill would have fixed it at Texarkana.
A f,ny