The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-24
A SOUTHERN ROAD.

"A bUu lahhN huAU.
Kellogg has introduced a bill IN the senate
90 aid the construction Of the Galveston, Har-
| risburg and San Antonio Railroad from Ito
present terminus, Mt San Antonio. to a CON
nection nj or near lei paso. on the Rio Gfande,
with the Southern Pacific Railroad. now build
ing eastwardly from Fort Yuma. The dis
lance from San Antonio 10 III Paso 10 about
six hundred miles. Kelloggs bill proposes
That the government shall aid tEls work Ivy
| advancing the company ten thousand dollars
per mile AZ the road shall be constructed, tho
amount 80 advanced TO be repaid by the com
pany In military and postal transportation
With the completion of the road from New
Orleans TO Houston, which n now assured
within eighteen months New Orleans
will have through rail connection with San
Antonio. and tho construction Of the pro
posed line from that town to a junction with
tho Southern Pacific nj I'll Paso would give
US true Southern route to the Pacific ocean.
II IA certainly desirable that the Texas
Pacific should be built, but not until it passes
out Of the hands Of men who propose. under
the pretext Of building a great Southern
road. 10 construct a great Pacific extension
Of the Pennsylvania Central In tho mean
time II is TO be hoped that Southern Senators
and Representatives will urge the proposition
TO aid the San Antonio and FL paso road. M
proposed by this bill. In introducing thls
bill Kellogg read tho two following letters.
which our readers will find interesting. Mr..
Whitney Ia, Of course well known TO this pub
lie: Mr.. Pelrce IL tho president OF the Gal
weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad:
OFFICE MoHaAN's LOUISIANA AND Texas
Railroad and Steamship Co
New Orleans. January 40, 1879. J
Dear St'-I beg to state that the Morgan'a
Louisiana and Texas Railroad and n eanshitl
Company have completed road from this oil y
10 Morgan City, n distance Of eighty miles anu
have u graded road bed sixty. three nil, / b.
yond on he route to Houston. upon which we
are RAPIDLY laying ties and metal A eon,rao
hap been entered into with responsible partIpR
tn build the remaining link between that point
and The Sabine river, distance II los milaa
within eighteen months from the twsutIaih III
November last, and u G injection at tn. Sabine
river will then be made with the Texas and
New Orleans Railroad. already IN operation ttbe
distance from tho Habins to Houston being one
hundred miles to- Houston. and from thence to)
San Antonio. ny what IL known nH the Galveston.
Hartiebu and sAn Antonio Railroad. a dis
lance Of two hundred and twelve miles also In
successful ppt ration 40 that In less than piRh-
teen months from the present writing there
wil, be = continuous l'ne Of railroad Of i've
which on references TO "a MAY yon VIII nnd Ia
almost on n =, airline from New Orleans to San
wa CHAs. A. WHITNEY. President.
Hon William I KELLOGG. Unite6 States Senator,
,,WaHhington. D. O. O..
M Dear Sir RopresentaU re made nj
Washington. 1 am informe@ ' thn, ,sss not prob
able that railway VIII stteadiS h y, INSTRUCTED
h so T,n san Antonio and nnon
cation il to "alI your oljact Of this d aubie't
and to rooresent 1 fass on e ,hsw exist
The ca1feo1,asion Which rspreent Ys sinE com
one IN Hi ae "k lis road which ,hdard gauge
TO San Antonio It Is our desire ire fbd purpose 70
arane s r9ad nS without tho so out o
Pacific. now bnI PGYs 'gs:bdly eastward to 81
Pa N aAfts OBJ ctty4 - XXI
commercial irvarests are such hat the early
completion Il thi= line isof prime importanoe.
aud ID tb,s view the Galveston: Harrisburg
thought 4 not improbable that Congress wou d
look With favor upon the bill now pending
n shs not s sy Of
lands or money, but to the authorization OF Il
contract whit War Department FOR the trans
sivsnce sal be- made Of sloeoo per MILE q be-
reimburse In service, AMI TO be- paid only MS
the road shall be- flashed acceptably to the
authorities, and In conformity with the condi- |
tiqns OF its charter.
The exposed condition OF the border. the
Onaruua burdens which are now I'm posed upon
the government for the protection OF the frontier
settlements. now multiplying with unprece-
dented rapidity. would seem to Justify u liberal
policy on The part OF Congress as measure Or
national economy and security and to make
the enterprise In question an exceptional one
M respects the bestowal OF government aid III
such u contract shall ba made that contem-
plated In the pending bill, the work OF extend
ing the road represented by me westwardly
from San Antonio will be immediately com
meneed and prosecuted with vikor until. with
its completion nj III Paso u connection will be-
effected with the southern Pacific hailrond and
continuous communication thus afforded be-
tween the two oceans by nm essentially Southern
route and npou the shortest poHsib o lna
Having this object In view. have already as
ISOLATED myself WI h parties 81 the highest re-
suonsbiliry ana financial credit, looking to the
construction Of the comparatively short Rap OF
uncomplefrd road between Houston ana New
Orleans, which enterprise IL being vigorously
pushed forward. having New Orleans In view
"a the true terminal OF u Southern Pacific road.
and one which has direct and established con
nections by rail with ell the important inland
and seaboard cities of the South.
Upon the assurances which this letter Ia intend
ed to convey. both OF the deliberat. put pose
and ample capacity OF the corporation repre-
scented by me to project the line to It's point of
termination A. FL Taso. there to establish
through connections with the Southern Pacific,
/ invoke your earnest cooperation ~ one
and especially the city Of New Orleans. In the
support Of such a measure as will secure the
corsu m m alton OF the work.
Ihave the honor to be. very respectfully yours,
f. w. PIERCE.
Hon. VIM. r Kellogg, United States Senate.
S-Iou will note that the ext. nsion OF this
line to El Paso skirts the Rio Grande. the boun-
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