The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-15

matter Is ono which tho PEOPLE " Canada
would be greatly pleased 20 he able 10 take
but W. fear il will be- some time before they
attain 10 such q happy frame VI mind vita
reference 10 their liabilities, prestnland pros
prflYe, ~ Sir John sefms % have been IN
last evening, There arc a good many people
WHO will aglen with Mr., B,nka that II tho re-
efipts from Tie land weFu divided hytwo nd
the estimated cost Of the railway doubled, -
would be much nfRFer the truth than Fir
Johns estimate, 2 hat would leave the net
cost OF the railway 10 the people Of Canadn
something IN excess Of sl00,0O0000, which
We fear q rs choaply Ne they will sc able W
got out Of IT,
Kansas City Is hammeHng away NJ q rail-.
road from thAt town 20 Aempb.s II will
hardly be finished In time a. gather and ge.
n full crop OF this summers yellow fever,
Al last accounts II had got Ms fer As maling
up u party IN the adjoining county ofJack'
son mined Brooks wheFcupon lll respecm'
bic people, said II be- had ANYTHING 10 do with
the ruad thoy viii surrender their Tickets
10 give some idea of the work OF build
Ing railroads before the present md tut ~
generations OF Texas !. h only necessary 10
cHll attention 10 lhA ihCt that of the 2G2
counties In this State only d8 mo penetrated
NJ present by railway lines This Leaves 1863
without roads and dependent upon wagons
for transportation 10 market We have n
great many rivers, with next 10 none nayIgh'
Die md but few upon which hoals run.
The present railways hardly complete the
hrft letter Of tho alphabet. Although they
traverse over two thousand miles IN length,
there are, NJ rough guess, nj least liilecn
thousand more miles TO build before the sys-
TEN shall have reached that completeness
which viii be necessary 10 populate Texas
and carry H. commerce. Hardly any one
howoy well conyersant with the almost un-
limited domain Of Texas, seems fully able TO
appreciate the possibilities Of the State to-
day.
by lovyirg profcriptiyo rates of freight
the Missouri, Kansas y Texas and the leAhs
Il Pacific have totally lost the spring drive
OF Toyss cattle. FlaItering themselves that
they had monopoly, and herders would
be forced 10 pay any rate demanded, they
oyerleaped tho business md compelled the
rauchmcn TO fall back upon their old trnils
before we had railways. Immense droyes of
their cattle ARE now pouring through the In
dian Territory, ind none at all going 10
market BY rail. But the roads beyond the
Territory are acting more seEsibc, as
tho following from tho ChicNgo Tribune will
prove: n. +. Oalics, General Supcrinten'
dent Of the Kansas City, Fort Scott 4 Gulf
railroad, and Mcssrs, Il. Stevens md j, A.
INehard. of the Committee Of the Texas cat
tle-raisers lately appointed to make arrange
ments to drive the Texas cattl, through the
Indian Territory, instead of shipping It by
tho Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas and st. Louis
d Iron Mountain roads, the rates Of which
are almost proscrptiyc, were in the city yes
ierday to conclude arrangements with the
Chicago roads for the transporton of the cat
tie east from Kansas City. The cNtt G are to
be driven through the Indian Territory to
the terminus Of the Kansas City, Lawrence
" Southwestern, and thence shipped over
that road to Kansas City. The Kansas City,
Lawrence u Southwestern is being rapidly
extended, ana Mr.. Cakes expects TO reach
Meridian creek, Indian Territory, 10y the LIST Of
June next This will open up the best graz
ing fields oftho Indian Territory, and make
the line the most convenient for the trans
portation of Texa' cattle"