New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-12

milo a, $50 Ct0 peg u, OF ca itaI s,ock the c2I~
UIdrfjnc u.uuc,.. contract FOR the conviction o..
tn IIa Gran .r d'vrlon 600 per mic 81 aun u.
over to me tnurpycntruf Conrruy f,r thc construction
and c4d mont oi tne IJat. his ~ill eaNc "a ~ %
r control III your c,lnrtn. = go per mile sgo0'bUO
a Of these o. $50 nIoilugr bonds and thDT VIII 'i- %
&c sIrp-u, of "bru, 1GJ5.Oop OF TIE ircoue ana IAN
Grant onds and your p.Hy has t0a'ing 90 l.
tlIs Tcs.ry- ~ securities Wi not only insure W
sUuced ara fun! equipped ruad hut vi eIa"c ""i
company 20 maintain tIs very strong financial CONDITION.
which IL now enjoys.
NEw CONNECTING LINES.
During the Vast year, The property OF the Dallas AMI
Wichita Railroad Company lar been sold oui under
fore cosure proceedings. The projected line OF tins com
pany commencing at IN intersection VITA your road al
Dallas, extends enthusiastically 10 lie town o. pth"n'
and beyond About twenty miles Of road from Dallas
Was competed by the Old comp ny, hut the cqEirIncn
necessary operate h Eas been iuluishcd by me Iha
been relieved from embarrassing cns. and Is now nih
LANDS OF strong paies, who viii at once pni inc ulu
line IN good condltcn. ana complete me fOdu ~ .iio
town OF Denton, abo i"r'y iu'lcs rom DuIiS en ,
OF this extension, contracts have been made lor con-
via WhishCrJ 10 Denton 50 that before the close 81 Tie
calendar year, it Is believed mat this thTong|
~, ie,G ,c rom sir.eori 70 Orleans Of
when sb nat 100 mics ar all eady graded nave eei
fsntr ,o,I ana woiE viii lie commenced at once ~
Shreveport and the Atcha Iisya Riyrr bridge IL -
expected that tins road Will bee completed So a. 10 give
y0nr contav an I'll rail connection rom Shreveport
wa Aexandrii Ia tion Rouge. the NJ -isHpp, RIVER
ana 10 New orleans WITHIN toe next fifteen or eiel-
cen months. The completion II this New Orleans
Pacific Railway Will not Oniv furnish 10 yonr hnes
good cOlneci don 20 the Mississippi River ana !" y"
Kansas and Texas ana Missouri Pacific Lines The short
esl aIai connection between kars = CITY anu points
tnat very through bnsiness VIII pass over thl
hnr. both directions, between the two secuohs OF
country
MExICo.
The completion Of yolr road to il Paso WILL 1t Is be-
leved secure a very important trade from the Republic
Of Mexico, n nation with population exceeding
COO 900 Of people, than ten times that OF the
Pacific Coast stat and Territories line OF railway
extending from III Paso souhwardy ~ the City Of
Mexico with branch weswardy TO the Gulf ofCa4iiOr
MIA - III undoubtedly be constructed william lew years
such a railroad will develop rich mineral and agrcu
tura country, and furnish transportation iac.ites 10
this vast p0u and. your road, II VIII open
new to the trade md commerce OF the United
States. and enable American merchants Ia compete Io
tGo trade AMI commerce more than ten millions of
pcOpe thit are now almost entirely supplied by foreign
merchants via the coast II Is believed ihat MS heA
can traffic will within very few years after tbe com
pefion OF y0ur road he O greater volume and more re-
nuneratIYe. tnan the Paeh' coast business
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION.
The original charter under which your company WAS
organized authorized the construction OF railway and
telegraph line betwecn the eastern boundary Of Texas
and the Bay OF San Diego IN the state Of California See
ton OF the act makes absolute grant Of land IN the
following guage "Ihat for the purpose or aiding
in the construction OF the railroad ana telegraph Hue
herein provided for there is hereby granted To the said
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company Its Successors and
assigns every alternate section Of public iand, etc
There nothing ~ tine act or In any sNpplementhry
Il i-j1tlon IN liking tins grant conditional subject 10
for ciiure any reservation Of The ght 10
al er. amend repeal the act There nre CONDITIONS
subsequent in section Of an act amendaOy, approved
NAV 3 1872, requiring the completion 0 the whole
Ire ffom eastern boundary OF the state or Texas
to the Bay or II Diego, in the Stale of Coiii0inia as
Aforesaid, within ten after the passage oi ths act
ana upon failure to so complete H. Congress
NAV adopt such measures a5 may dee necessary anu
proper 10 secure IT. speedy coHlpir'ph.
the pest legal opinion a. 70 the rights OF yoIr com
pany is that the grant o! land TO youI COMPANY Is hbso
late, and that title 10 tie anGs vested 10y TINS grant is
lands cannot revert 20 the national CONAN without
abandonment BY or consent OF the 5mpauy that any
clam 10 take back lands must be based on uA'duNocal
words OF reservation thai do Dot appear in The a mat
the penalty for breach OF ne conditions ~ - the time
" Congress may adopt such treasures as II may deem
necessary ana proper to secure lis speedy completion
NKw-oRLEANs PACIFIC HALLWAY.
By m arrang Inen wi;h the parties who have under
taken the constitution OF the NcwOrleans Pacihc Road.
stockholders of the Texas and Poetic Railway Com
uany and in the COMPANIES forming OF its connect
ing lnes the Missouri Kansas and Texas and the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway Companies or their assigns have
the opt on 10 subscribe for two millions OF dollars oi
bonds and one million OF capital stock offered by the
Construction Syndc u. 10 be paid for o, the rntc Of
5000 IN casn Tor $1,000 per cent gold DJnd and $500
par value oi the capital stock OF ihat company.
THIS New-Or!eans Pacific Railway Company Is or
gnized under pecal acts OF the Louisiana
and lts charter l. perpetual The main line OF road OF
the company extend. from sire rport via AcXndIia-
which j, below the rapids on Red yer-o crossing OF
the mississippi River near Baton Rouge. and from
thence 10 New Orleans. Gbout 32j miles, and 10 the
longest line OF road projected or Constructed IN the
state Louisiana. IL passes through tue Oldest ana
most hchy settled and the finest agricultural portion
of the State and has directly Tributary to it the rch
parishes o. Caddo. De soto, Red River N1ichtoches.
sabine Eapiccs, AvOs clics and ~. Landry. on Red
and Pm
vile, EaOu EOIcr Asccusi0S' 81 Jahes ana 81 JOhh
baptist. OH tie Mississippi River
The inc has been wen oeAt' H. ana rs aooHi 100 mieS
are already graded, II can be cohpieicd M Nedy
reasonable cost. The MAXIMUM gradients are ont 30
tc ily descending Grade for rs entire en@h I" ud"
water. and ~ There Is very ute curvature u may De
49, in crossing M. Atci afa ava Hi,.r wlirn viii
cure cnrap cost IA Opcrat Oh a.d mai scna"ec.
Ii'' u, a. :tr,o - a fnr Agricultural ccusIrv End
along IL Uar orte ne bale OF cotton 10 me acre,
and from 80 10 80 hLshcis OF corn. toe Tier with
q beot oafs tobacco. hemp and live stock. are easily
raIsrd From Cotilc south. the line "tsscs through
& n,,i ~. mort on of lie state extending Tor
i-u i ~. I'm, an. vall.vs ,f H.. t.e .,u,
tic N.ss.ipr Rivers. II Is throuCI tnl- S.cHUn 90
country tsf Ore cuornoas crop OF sugar cotton c0.u,
o.. INC hen produced Tor yc8fs without ary
nm NAM .tions 900 pounds 81 sugar and threo
barrels d. moassc- per acre have been readily
maze ycar a.:cr !Or many ears, and ro1 bar O."
IL cotton, ana good crops OF corn aud
sto.I ,,raips ar, grown ia tuc same l0cJtc.. Tie
county Is we'll scrl, and U L. believed that tire local
bu-iuc-. aon. U ilosc ,'an iroYI FOR the liked -
c1e.t charfc on tie constructions bonds Of The company,
hlt mifcd io an i--u~ % 80 ." pr nj oil f1Ad
1le stan ICON Shreveport - bat"n Rouge !, abou
go miles, and the conue "t TINS ROAD TO hat point
vail make - 81 ny 60 ine MAS ana l. el' me I'd"
enormous tri' o! he i4s' pr'' u, Co "i ~ .'''
y ycIs IA tDer tlIbatri s,rfaas ~ w. orleans hr
largest vessels can u,c."r-' ANA receive iteShiS a"n-
.lde The railroad to.paJ NbiSADu' Nv, p''I.!.'
the cotton, hiics aud oil nom N'rtnc ava western
7 xas mat VIA naturally SEX tnis ',.ilrt Ior ioifign
J. rts IT l. believed thata very i"rg' business WI ~
done the sh m@ui 81 provsiDus. gram etc. fronihr