, 1879-07-04
1t. Louis Destined to Furnish tho Limo
With tito Great. BULK VI Its
business.
ltu Vast LANDED Domain Not Thus
Ear q Bource Of Much
Income.
+, y Snatffy IN NtB lnrk tribune.

would bc complete Without moro than d passlng
rcfcrcucc 10 n railroad which hns dono great
work In developing the rcso1rcs Of tic State,
and from which even greater things arc ex-
pectcd tu the future. Marshall is the llust place
10 get information about tic road, for the
scason That It's working ofIlccs arc located hcrc
The officers are Northern nlcD,-one Of them, by
the way, Is son OF tho Secretary OF the Navy,
and lInyc fouuh them yer7 obltging in the
way Of furnishing all facts co',ccrnIns the op'
csations OF the lines under their control, sarr,
of course, those conrcr!ing ftlturr financial
plans, OF which they KNOW little more than out
siders. Col. Thomas 4. Scott, or so'nc Of his
associates II II: is Eai Gaa eora Ill., orn 7S1e i1s ssss sa
the Southern Pacific Rnilroad Was to start from
The Mississippi River ut three points, Memphis,
FlckaburE, nint New Orleans, by tts uwil l!nc* nr
l'ncl1lc ts pur'ccy = local rostl, save lin.i Of
seventy five mllcs Ietwcen Itxarkatla and MnI-
shall, which serves a. po!!o'. oil tlr9list |
ror,fe from Galveston to ST. Louis. As local |
ri faf'' than ei could havc bee" expected, CON
sIdertng tic ncwucss Of tit. country IT
trayorlcs. and the poosncss o[ a large
portlon ot It. The earnings 1a,y operating cx-
nenscs and the interest OIL te first and bcco!iu
mortgage bonds, uhd lcare Aonc surplus " nn-
DIV OF, The other indebtedness. The Company
has huit two east uld west Ines nouus sixty
five miles apart, ,--one from ltxnrknna 10 sher-
il
distance Of 1l4 miles, md on from Shreveport
to fort Worth. a12 miles. These lines arc con-
ncctrd BY norii, ut,i south raa.l, 75tntles long,
iron, Tcxarkaua to Marshall. IN operating tIle
Worth Is treated as the main stem. Su,n1nnr-
fzc,l. the total mileage now iu operation Is as
follows:
Tc1arkana to Fort Worth. .......... ......"2a5
TcxarkanW junction 10 Sherman. ..-.....liH
Shreveport to Mnrnhall...... .......+".'... 10
Tina, , ,,,,.,,...,.4la
PROSPECTS or AN EAsTKEH EXTENSION.
Looking at tl,c eastern tcrlltMf of tile Texas
| pariGc We lnd that tho prospect of an extension
to tie M!assstp Is about as r:tNote a. ever. Be-
tween ShsGycpcrt anu VtckslnEE ttere Is only
gap Of ninety mtles TO @ ~, q a. o,a eoaa H. ,t9'a
tance. The Texas Pacific CtMpanv has male
repeated efforts 10 get POSSESSION OF !hat l!hc
with a yIaw OF lufiainS the catnectlnr !!hs, hitt
il is tied up with questions Of title aud eonnl-
| Gated legal proceedings GU "a tu be !Nc1trlcnbie
| Mt present. frum Shreveport to New Orleans
Tie distance IL $50 miles. An attempt vas mode
about eight rears ago to bu!ldthis line as . Ncw
orleans enterprise, and State Id WIS granted to
liberal amount Tile subsIdl was e9uandcred,
4 md there IS nothing to sh1v loE # but ABOUT
sixty miles u sllOddT road running IRON
pott on the sisstspp ten es no"SS MeT ~
this road will not b. witnessed Until! Ne" or!tans
tnkes a new stott, gcts olt; o! tcet, ana ha5 ,a
money to sped. Ncrt year dc Nl9tran lno WY
be completed to Gmge, M o, w inatn Hale. "'st ani
ich,,4. X road to roacii Nlktheru Tsxaa-aousu
directly Will scarcely be ncclcd for tea o. t"enty
years 10 come. The trade u this scctloh goes
northcriy 10 St. Louis. ard cannot 10 nfsven t,aa
sou.hwnrd. / do not sec TINT tile Iexas tn.lhe
managers need caro- tn,,rll for either tho Hsw
Oricans o. Vicksnufg feeder. Hhe latter might
eventually be OF yaluu In gtytuE them cotnpet-
ing freight limo to the East, and releasing 'neh.
from necessary yassa!age to the 81 Lofts, Iron
Mountain & Southern l!onl, which Is now thcir
only northern connection; but It would bring
ihcin very little aldita'nu, business, ln'
decd. tic value of tic South 10 South
ern Pacific llre, and ofs such nns
to the South, is generally oycrcss'mnats!Sa. na.!S.
. const--hrT products 90 10 the Nortt! ana "a
Eurooc-uor is there anything shc wants to h'l5
on that coast. | venture V saY that me C,ty O
St. Loas alone will furnish more paslnet 10 .m'
[ plsted, than all the Southern Suites put to
+ gether. 1t Is vanity, more than real interest
. that causes the South to support the Texas In
ci!,c project With 10 mitch sot!dity.
. THE RAILROAD LANDS.
: Tile Texne Pacific Company Inns earned nbol
. 4,500.00o acres uf Land IRON the Slate of Te1nt
and lIas decided away 600, 100 acres Of ths graa
10 the French creditors ot Frcn'ont's slsInpll
T. Ei PNso schcmc. Its vAst lunded tloniai
has n9t however, bee so4ee ts ot 'GeolS Eth Z :,
. part,nent of the Company has run u
3
:, hiud $500, ,W0,-tho exl,cnses o. enrvss.,,
al selling hnsnS c1seeaea os @ rhat s"m' ,nan ~
:, receipts from tue in''ds sou: ie ~. ~, Hu,pa I
I, not only has to select Ana snsYes III s os T. 'n e
II 9r'lsr to Est possession o. tc aacn Gun - ,s IS
" PEELED 10 survey tho alternate sections wHse ss
arc reserved Tor schools Or otnesteaull.S; tas a
ar the ~ 81 en- stea d' of
., An officer Of the lnlcrlstona! y ufcNt MOTT
59a %e s last eey year as xesa 10 a i
aa s expenses 10000. One Of thr Texas Cent?
~ v Officials faid IN hearing m; sta'emen., 1'a'
wished hs Company ma aG'!e TO-, no. %orse noI III,
ae ar l'sst sunaa will bo ab!o 70 nuke aKooN dca!
Il Nancy from them; but as l9ng m % sta.e ~ va
s ~ rans can DO bought for itom ~ ernts To- T.
H. ,,s acrc, the railroaa Granss haye praetisnily
value save as thy ena1s .H ,,ss son,ss n .s,
Il. businctsfor tho roads. -.
lc -. WILL TUE rsxAs rAc,rlo REACH 7"n II
". Ev,dcnt,y The Tctns Pacific mauucc,s ru
1 eS como 70 m tmrdtiant resolution before Z, u
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