The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-19
hands ola syndicate OF Tho most substantial

hands OF synulchte OF INC HlO5I suHethilIi"i
Ten in the State, it is looked upon ms a
practical reality. Other enterprises Of prac'
teal utility are now engaging the public
mind. The most prominent among these
AS well as promising the greatest good to the
city, is the Galveston Il Camargo lnterna'
tionnl railway The coast end of this line
hns been on foot for the past three years
The friends Of the road have been active to
secure subsidy from the general
government, and during the past
three sessions efforts hive been
made in behalf of the enterprise, and while
favorable reports have been made in both
houses of Congress, no vote could be reached.
Private capital has recently been call upon
by the projectors of the enterprise, and
efforts in this .directior have proven emf
nently successful. A new charter was filed
with the Secretary of State, showing the en-
tire capital stock subscribe and b per cent
paid into the directory of the company. Mr.
j. Ensign Fuller of New York, Nite-Presi-
dent, and NJ. II Jetlerds, OF Galveston, have
been here for the past two weeks, and are
now negotiating for right of way aud ter
mnal facilities in this city, and will occupy
the next thirty or sixty days in making pre-
Iiminary arrangements mt various points
on the proposed line upon which
to base instructions to the corps, OF
engineers that are now awaiting orders
From the above named gentlemen II is
learned that an arrangement has been per-
fected whereby the road will be built by
construction company, who will float tie
bonds of the Galveston ~ Camargo Inter-
national Railway Company.
The proposed line Of road will skirt the
Gulf Of Mexico distance of from thirty to
fifty miles Of the coast, penetrating the rich
sugar and cotton districts of the coast coun-
ties and striking the Rio Grande at Carnage,
the lowest point in the United States that is
available for crossing, and that will be
nearest the heart OF traffic and commerce in
Mexico, and connecting with Mexican line
now under contract from San Luis Potosi,
to point opposite Camargo, on the Rio
Grande This will place the Galveston u Ca
MARCO International in direct connection with
the system of railways that centers at San
Luis Potosi, ard radiate like spokes from
eve ywhere to every portion Of tie most
densely populated portion of tho richest ag-
ricultural and mineral regi,n Of country
whose products for their vastness and variety
VIII tlhTlle anu huluHo thc WIN, "nu 'pSh
up a country to commerce and trade, that
will be an East India to the United States,
and of the utmost value an importance to
Galveston. if her people have the genius and
enterprise TO grasp it. Opportunities come
to cities Us to individuals. This is Calves
tons opportunity to secure the most valuable
trade of Mexico. If her citizens realize it
they will subscribe literally to the road, I'M
der the conditions set forth in Mr. Jetierd's
proposition, which is, that for every
twenty miles of road completed and
equipped. Twenty per cent of subscription
to be paid to the company until he entire
subscription is paic, provided the company
shall complete and equip Its first 90 miles OF
md on or before the Dist day Of Decemher,
1880; 20 add ional miles before the lst day
of July, 1881, and so on until the fist 100
miles is completed and equipped, the 3lst day
Of December, 1882 The promises and induce
mems made Y the peoplnslong the proposed
line, that il capital was fur shed to corstruc.
the road t vt lands would be given to the
extent of 1000 acres to the mile south III
II radius of 10 miles of the pr posed line, and
such other donations rs right Of way, ties,
labor. etc should be rigiAly fulfilled, MS the
bic advantage toa portion of the State that
has long felt the need of Il railroad
| The men who are at the head OF this road and
| constitute its Board of directors are men OF
unQuestioned enterprise and capital, and
when the preliminaries are all settled will
begin work AT once and push it forward TO q
successful completion. From long and
| interesting interview. many facts and partic-
ulars were given, both by President
Fuller ard Managing Director, Mr.. Jetlerds
which cannot be given at present, but which
are prey nan. with good for the future devol
opment of this city, 1t is among the proba'
bilities that steamship line will he put
on in the coming fall, which viii
ply regularly between this city and
Vera Cruz, touching at all points
Of any commercial importance on the coast
Sufficient is known that this is seriously con
templated bv men of large means and grea
business ability. railway line il
seriously contemplated from this CITY, run
ming northeastward from Bolivar peninsulal
to Alexandria, on the Red river, in Louisiana
The Galveston Camargo lnternationa
will be narrow-guage, to conform to thu
guage of roads in Mexico, thus avoidins
| uTthklUS DuIh, tuSiNuN bo'oiitl, NcS'''hi
cost in transportation These, with the rea
sonable prospect of this city becoming tn
southern terminus Of the east and west mar
row-guage that is penetrating Northeast Tex
as under the driving energy Of Colonel Pau
Bremond, will make this cit
quite a railroad center
| At about $50 p. m. May 10Th, difficulty &C
CURED at grocery store. corner of Cente
and Avenue n. in which Wiley Hughes wa
seriously ifnot fatally cut in the stomach
by J. A. Hogan, owner of one of the sprink
ling carts in this city. Chief Atkins bein
apprised of the atlray, proceeded at once
the scene and found that the injured man ha
been removed to his residence, between 20t
and 2lst street on N, where he was lying
critical condition, with terrific cut acroi
the abdomen, from which his bowels wei
protruding. Dr. Rodgers, who attended tn
wounded man, says he is in a precarious col
dition. Hogan was arrested by officer MI
Csrthy, and conveyed to jail where he is no
confined awaiting the result of Hughes II
juries The causes that led to the difficult