The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-12
The Lively Locomotive,

Until quite recently tho rumora tina
tho Illinois Central railroad intended
to put up tho money to construct tho
Now Orleans Pacific railroad was very gon or
ally credited and tho Gct that President
Clarke had been over tho line Of tho latter
road with Mr. Whoolock gayo color 10 Tho
reports, We learn, however, that II any,
thing of the kind WINS ever seriously contem
plated, II has for some roason fallen through
and there Is now m entirely now programme
which gives the brightest promise of an early
completion Of the road from this city TO
Marshall, Texas, " Is alleged, on what we
believe 10 DO tho very best authority, that m
arrangement hns been perfected whereby lhal
rairond rlant jay Gould, aud ono or two
other mllionNires In New York Nre to put up
the money 10 push the roud TO completion
within one yomr from the time work Is com
monood under the new regime,
We hayo not hcard MI the particulars OF
the arrangement, but enough 10 feel snlo IN
predicting that We will have u new road to
Texas inside OF another year. There Is con.
siderable philosophy in this new move OF
Mr.. Gould's, for, controlling, M no does, the
Texas d Pacific, which rs pushing rap
idly forward to meet Huntinglon's Southern
Pacific, the New Orleans PHclllc becomes u
very valuable acquisition, giving him at
once, II Southern terminus for the great
transcontinenta line. Mr.. Gould now CON
trolls tho Missouri, Kansas ~ Texas road,
a IInnnthuI Miaanlpi Ia
Denison, Texas, and other connecting roads,
tapping the very heart Of tho rich grain
growing section of tho great West and with
tho New Orleans Pacific in his control also
no will have through line TO New Orleans,
over which ho can transport grain in sue
ccssful competition with the Eastern roads.
In recent conversation with II gentleman
of this city, Mr. Gould inquired about tho
value Of real estate in New Orleans, and OK
pressed tho belief that IL would rapidly APP
precinto "lor," said he, sin three years after
the completion of your New Orleans Pacific
road, Now Orleans will export more grain
than Now York and Baltimore put together"
This opinion must have been based upon n
knowlo &c of railroad combinations and I'M
proycmonis in river transportation OF which
the general public are in the dark, but IL Is
entitled to great weight as coming from n
man who has Il clearer vision into the future
and larger knowledge of the causes which
will produce the results he ioresees than ord-
nary individuals can possibly have, Presi-
Dent Wheelocll is NJ present in New York,
and we believe the arrangements referred to,
though not yet made public, have been def
ntely agreed upon.
Tho prospect for New Orleans is most as
surcdly Frightening The Morgan road,con-
meeting us with Houston, Texas, is nearly
ready for traffic; the Nicksburg ~ Texas
PNciic will be finished in time to take off tho
cotton crop of 1881, and the New Orleans
Pacific will bo built inside of ono year. This
looks ms il we should soon be caught in the
whrl of the progress spirit Of the age, and be
carried forward to prosperity in spite of our
selves. 1t looks MS if we will have to bestir
ourselves actively TO keep abreast of the
march of events and be prepared for the vast
volume of business which will questionably
have to be transacted here. We should be
putting our house in order for the new era
about to dawn upon us, and the first and most
important thing to be done is to make our
city clean. With cleaning there will be
health, and, with health, even Jay Gould can
foresee the full brlliancy of the destiny in
store for New Orleans.