, 1880-09-13
THE RAILROADS..
TEXAS LINES.

lH<A4ko 14lNALE4
Bono idea Q! TIC rapid development OF tho
State Of TexRs may 10 gained by tho following
exhibit Of tho rnilroaIs which centre nt Houston
and tho slistutce to tlioir respective tertnlnt.
First Is tho Houston Tc1as Centrnl. With It's
brnnches trnverstng Us miles through tho heart
Of tho richest rcG'ons Of Terns. 1t col,,t'r1ses
lines from Houston to Donison, mall line, ;lt5
tnilcs complctctl: Hempstend 10 Austin, west
brunch, III; lstntnoll to Morgan, 100.
Thon cUnlcs the international Il Great North.
ern lsoa,', with N'l It's branches traverstng tho
northeastern, section Of tho stnte for b35 miles,
na tollows: floustun to tor,gview. 1nnin limo,
Sse ss na raissnp III peeps e pst IT. a"ssS rs b.
vla!on, Ut: Tronpe "a alnco1a, Northorn Di.
vision, Y; Henderson 4 0vertnn Itaitroad, i:
portntton ca. tltoustoh to ClintUn)t 3; To1ns y
SsW 9;Sn1 asH qs,0a s tono SosFs msy
FlHustoN 10 sln Ant0nto, 2l5; peron Junction
70 Harrisburg, j: Houston. tIhst 4 West Tnxt!s
tlio.,stun 10 1'nt.lso,,l, ii.
Of S n1 wo san'stn@ Ss p9 asa q an5 ss
directly with another 1,GD .iitcs of Texns rntl-
antl Eaat. Tho eonlootIon uf .slorgnn's I.olisI-,
cornmunIcation viii New Orleans, tic time 6o-
Ing eighteen hours.
IACIFTC-RAILWAY COUPONS.
8nm0 wUcks Hncg Il suit wis hcgln In the
United States Circuit Court by Hurry Morgan
nyalnst tho Kh1sas Tacitle Halfway Cumpany,
the Union raplflu Halfway CotnpAny, and othora,
10 compel tho ,iefcndnnts 10 pay certain
coupons Of which he Is the owner, md
which ho alleges ehoukl hnyo been pafd
out Of net earflthgs prior to April I, 1850.
On TINT dny he clnlms tho defendants mndo
default, Tho nnswer III tho suit WIS illod yes-
ter1l.y, atld Ia, in effect, guncral denial. The
dofondunts. however. furthor nlego thnt III july,
1861. tho defendants, through their officers.
mule a certain Contract with II. II. Shoemaker
md ufhOrs FOR tho construction OF oertutn por-
tions Ut tho roatl. md that tho contributors wure
to be. paid therefor Mt tho rato ot $4,000 per
milo III Inconlo bonds; lhAt u tnortgngo bond.
sasfs he an ss hoas wor isse
TINT tho thou President nnd ucors Woro Inter-
Ss,sa WI e as Wt5 sa thn ts 9FxSe
mortgage, caliod Tho Denver Extension, inort-
IN Issue Ut boids amounting to 81. .600 GU. and II
portion 9f tht,se bonds were appropriated for
ad :" easd stan nenc pos @ a%
n,ortKagcs; further, that vari.us suIts havo
Ink. to determine tho validity Of those issues:
The nrGyer ot tho answer + TINT The plalntr's
Sa, K. ~ nse wuS cones Sn1a" "ss so e
yesterday IL cross-bll ngninst Mur9at, In which
above, and nlIcge thnt ltisier tho terms Ut tho
net Of Congress, and Ut tho!r mortgages atUvo
itHlfcatcd, the companies waro empowered to
tho coupons nr the stamped lncornu 6nnds NJ be-
ca1nc payaa'lo April |. lso to tho holders thore-
BY tho companies or tho iauds xrnntsd to tho1il
by Congress- and they further Mrer that no met
earnings" hs th0so words Ar1 dalncd md guAll-
acquired prior to April |, is6 hut that tho cum
pti,,os wSro able md willing e ray the c9i,pons
msni. The prayer of tho cross.blll Is that tito
Cbnrt VIII nhtihge tho coupons ann bonds III
suit 70 hnyo been fraul,ently issslou, or, full
Ing that, TINT tho court compel Morgan to lcebpt
lytAent Mt the rltes III OcG1otl by tho Eompntiy,
and TINT mcnntltne he DO eujoincA from purt-
futS NIL h fhaFn,