, 1879-03-27
TEXAS.
Railroad Extonsons..-New Orleans
Competing with Chicago
and St. Louis.
A Journey Through tho 1tcnrt OF tile
Grazing Arcn Of tho Lone
Slnr Stale.


$50 miles she has th|s ycrans,al, OF The Gulf,
upon which eto Etens from fo,,r coors to take
passage to New Orlen,1s, to New York, to South
AmrrIca, tU the West 1nd.cs, to Europr. Those
four doors arc At Corpus Christi. 1ndIannln
Galveston, and Sabine. For nas,v years New
Orleans, by tho Gulf nni the lscl River, Ind
controlled the trade Ut Texas. By tho opening
Of tho Missouri, Kansaa L. Texas and the Iron
Mountain l'ni1roads, Ut. Loms a'ml Chicago havo
been tl!vcrttnE tint bnsinphs to tho Nnrth.
Texas reioicct IN thts ns AftordtNg rultcf froir,
the Yokc Of thc Crescent City by the Influence 0f
cun,rrtitton.
NEW ORLEANS IS NOW wAr1xa ur
to the contest. Tic control Of tho Tcxas Gen.
tsnl inns been accurcd by tic Morgan Company,
which flns put Its own President at the head Of
tl,ut corporation. Thss tends 10 bring the busi-
nces Of TINT north.aititnnth rnnd down to the
Morgan steamers. Tl'cn the famc Company, by
its President, promises IN Tic pa1crs to hnsc an
nl!rniL route through, from New Orleans to
Houston by next New Years. Their own line
,l,cy are now pushing On fru'n Morgan CIiy to
Vcrnilltu1, La.. MS l. recently lad OCCASION to
observe on ii tour up through slns grand sugar
country Of tho Bayou Techc; whllc ti,c gap he
tween that point md Orange, OIL the Sabine, Is
to be completed within tf"t umc By L. u. Nor
Ean s. Sous. This new lEne will then connect at
Houston with tlIe Texas Central, md with tic
Sunset Route, now running wcst 2l2 tnicR to
San Antontpr This will give New Orleans great
advantage rs to the loral tsado of tte Enp!ro
! OF Tcxas, alld ns to tic occa'i'shipnlents IRON
| that state. ....
Then, while tho Texas Pacific IS spending It's
tltno Ia trying. to bntiEcr Congress Into stlb.
| sldy, the California Central Is pushing on Its
| Southern Road ut the rate Ut
4 MILE 4 DAY.
rcachl,g now 1U0 miles east VI Fort Yuma. Tile
bunsut Route will run On to meet this at I'll
Paso, thus making. q direct mud real Southern
}'arifit.. striking at Now Drlcnns. tChcu, a fell
1,,w'noss"',cr "., ' ,r ". rn,t % pre.,icn. # ttp
| W's Ca... b., ,,i,o,. :. a,....1.s .,..tn.
| Nat'o".u'"ao s''u" WHEEL ~ '.'.""' t"''"h
lorsy miles OUT from Co7r"s Ghr1st't anu "hoso
locat tta'c Is paYit,s ia Interest, is I"snins oh
to Laretio, on tho Nio Grando' with m ultimate
Mt I'll raso, md with the Dcnvcr IL Rio 0raule
Wa-r,,r.C.r1, ,rh,. ill.,, tan,trr .fox,co ,,i,I
~. .a.' s"p"s e>.o' ""l
no tributary ~ .''c aut s.enlncrs, n'au 10 m pour
lis treasures into tie lap Of Now Orlcn1Is Tlien
this sntnc Morgan Company will readily carry
n. o,r,, railway IN frou, vcr,nl,,,on, tbrouri,
naa,o,,.ao in,a Nor,,,or, ru,a.. ~, ~ ,.,,..
,s,.. uv ''no t troo ~ to T sss
nnny na. also line of steamers IRON New Or.
leans to New York, which nlrcady ncarly
,nonunotizes the cottou-carry}ns trade; while it
"a un,v hnl,,lno two morc. nj II cost for corh nj
IN W., ~"~'' -
14uu,oIu' ...-..... .....
Let it not be thought that your correspondent,
out on n tour Of eevcn weeks III ilie Southwest,
has been tieklcd by that Company with railroad
frrc nassca. nm nny3ur the anme faro f,st
'.n4 .s..nx. .,.-f,. ,,.,,.,s 49,, s' ~,
otheI paesehse'" u.o pay'"s, naF'''S pee'l ~
fused by 1t Tho ordinary hA!f'tara courtesy to
clergymcn; while l,ayo to bcas testimony to
tle ,,xtrome consideration Of Southern Hallway.
nt",,on+. ,,l,o havo f,,rnts,,o, ,,,o o.t,,,t
oupos1teuI"t'' WY 'aso .a'n'o"eu '"o aoous
twenty such "pcrmits,n n'a IN ono case Yearly
frce Iass, out q frg9fa 20 the American AIS.
b!onarY Association, winch sefsc' ! ash Simply
using up some Of tl'ese teu'ons hours Oh tie
Gull In reporting ..-.....-.-.
NATTER or COMMON coscEnaMgNr
os to the t1eyc)uunout of the rcsour,rs of o,,r
cn,i,,try, Whut IS more, a,n glul to know lhut
Northern pco,]o viii rcioire nj every euc}, man.
ifestation of enterprise su of prosperity III tiu
South. In t1,u klltttis pf feoig Lttweeu tI,rsc
scrtinns. it viii lie OF grrat advantage IL n,nrni
~ ~, .I4mrs ~ nm, crnat .,,,i ~ ,,n.fn