, 1880-10-23
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

las been one OF the KfEttGHt wDirl.rS OK The !
industrial utld scientific world. 1t Is source
~ more than H half century ago When a |
member Of the English Parliament, while !
discussing tho protrct Of Robert Stephenson |
IN construct II raiiwny fnr gctcrai trnnsp>rta. |
ttou purposes, rIdIcnled the idca Of carriages
being drawn by machinery Mt MI, and WAS
warmly congratulated by his colleagues os
tho conclusion OF his speech. IS follows:
"Wly, these lanatcs claim that they eau
Rnllop at the rate Of twelve miles
MI hour. With the aid Of n devil in the form
Of q locomotive, sitting rs postslson un the
fore horse, mid an honorable member sitting
behind him ~ stir up the fire and keep II ut
full speed. iiavt shown that they cannot
70 six miles nn hour. and that WE caN keep
up with them With the canal" III spite uf
such declarations that travelling by balloons
md rockets would be mitch more feasible,
md atteNded with less dAnger thnn travelling
by railways, that trains would be swept froin
the track by storms Of winl and rnill, and
that suctl men rs Gray and Stephenson were
fanatics without sense or brains, MI engine
was finally driven by the latter gentleman,
behind which was II train Of tllrtJ-elgft
vehicles, ut the rate of twelve miles IN hour,
over tho Stockton g. Darlington Road. This
wonderful fent accomplished amid dis
cOuIikHGINtittS ulu ulh"untka VI lI0
scverest kind. soon was 1leralded as one
of the uroutlest co1luucsts Of mind over mat
ter, atltl l,enceforth railway construction BE-
ca,nc the key to national prosperity and liz
divtlual wealth: Although there were tram
roads III use In the c0al regions Of this
country IS early rs the be beg!nsslng u t!ie
eighteenth century. yet the first use Of tt1e
By lie Delaware l. Hudson Canni Company,
and extending fr,Iin 1IOn,eshAlg Il co1isideta-
ble distance 70 tlle mines. This cru Of rail,
why building then begun Inns since progressed
Western Contlient is spanued by a network
Of lines, nnti tho totaI ruad fl operation III
the United States M none on Jal', !; lsso, az
Eys Esxtsa oges ig eT sy Nor yeon u 'S 10 eF ya St
Nv Tvs NsIS IsSt a'' q + now txsss sterpssss ds!s
niMl extensions, nRgregatlnE 10000 miles IN
Sss fSps nSW m a nd # css Tss sS ~
pleteM vii! re',uer still! 'Hore the ynst terri
tory n centre vf great agricultural md indus
trEal wealth.. or these extensions probably
amount Ut capital, nlu which Is tlestincsI to
l,Ave the greutest Influence upon tfle general
! carrying trade of thy continent. Is the South
ern l'ncEilc, now building eastward through
and already nearly LOO mites distant ,frnll
San Frn,Clsco Its starting point. 1t Is tue
PURPOSE Of this, article ~ give y brief history
Of the rise and growtl, q tlt[s wealthy y cor.
summary of tho results likely to follow The
completion Of second overland route to the
South aI!d East-
10 bo be- tds Offspring of the Centrai Pacific.
| The greater ilurtnt the f1rnler roau IL optr--
ntca! alM controlled BY the management ot
tho latter. anu tho same Directors, sliareho.l-
i.eatl ii 6oth. Tho question, Of .overlasl
| TRANSPORTATION BY r,fl was nKitateu lls early
rs lsW Is john Plumb, ten yenrs later By
Assn whitney, md SILL more recently by jc,-
ers, but it wns !lot until long after the tllseov-
CRY af gold In California mud near. tho tlnlo
9f tf,u commencement Of the Civil War tllas
strs GXaras hs se xoed 1
isSS" isSS that tho "s Inst '' spiko was ;lrlycn
which connected California with the East,
and sortly after ts orKalization "i IT, pfss
This was tipme by thu consolidation Ut the
Southern 1';ctilc. organized several years be-
fure, tho SaN Fr1nrisco & San J9se, snnt,t
Southern in,o oilc company ii Oelober, 1870,
Atut afterwards the Southern pnc!ilc nsHncts,
Los Angeles " Sun Pedro, and other lines
wesn consolidated !Nte tsle sH.l.e ca!np9ty. lI
the Southern lncIlc WIS a!tilorIzed to eon-
meet with tho iexNs l. Pacific ut Fort YUMA,
and, this pArt 0f tllo road having been conl-
Ileic.l on Tho 5tl1 Of May, 1s77. Wprk was c1ll. ~
Territorial Legislature. Thu funds l,sces-
sary for construction are ObtAEneA frMln
private cap!tal aiA Government sources. Ilg
ssH.al STICK rs at95'1e a. " !s SGT51
willis that authorized BY tha votes " II the
Company wis three tfllcs that sum-. Tile
t"ta aoua of ,capltnt pa u r VT ngoKs
amount per share still DUE, thereon II Ssa.h5
'rlle tutul number ut Stockholders Is thirty
three, of whom twenty.elght reside in CHil,
tHrN!a, a,As t!ss tn5Al 81 aMoa!ia ~ staeS netM "
Of tho gross debt liabilities. Including funded
iotnl Met debt liabilities s5V, sTa!,i5l. Tie
S'e ctstn;s SSst %t ss sss!E;sis. t. 5 ill., t ss!s .s
equipment to same date 81. 1so,E ED, tiIaklnA
ts sY.!ss nsnssnt q p11%sty " ras, s stvs IT,
hst s &sn $Sa' s|s WV ~ ss sssSs ts9 s'f
nlsa equipment leased. WIS S4,k:7tS4 wi!ilt
the t0tn! expellses, were S2.sN, ~. The
|. Sonthern tae!!ty ltaIlgoal ot. Arlzus.a Is tAa
tlilfere.!t name, a.la, III cassssVMumca Of the
enormous outlay OCeAsinIIcd By tho rapid
aAyaeu towards Ell I'asp, tic Income from
evTf1y si a.s L sss ssS.y iSas q Inc soutes,
pasttic cpr!mrat!ot, In California. was l3.Sa
. n'akI,'K i 1otal of ia,o5;,tUo acres. ,Of thi'
{ ! hhFoAht as0iptaskA hCtEo Ntt0 tt4Ettth ~ Nh
Government, nlnkInK u nut totAi ut ~, hsS, VI,
Wi4l ut te t;aycrnst ssi 4,a yaie ,.i1 Fl
. addition there was donated by lhe CITY .!
Angeles 'tt.sn asEcs wlt'' =" l.sss sssssst "
California o,ty.la}t.' Interest ,tn slyty
9stss ot 1 !a,1 at ,sAtttsptn nay} s!ssI Sa'
sis. Tie total lands sold u: Jun. !, lsn. wa,
s aetes. at ~ HyeraYa ,!'! !'rtgS ,, e ssA G
liz Soutlstrn I'as}Hu lllu lind ba4n author
, ixeu 10 con.stet Mltl. the Texas " Pac!t's 9
Yuma, on tug Colorado River, = blsl t9 u!'oN ~
, niles west OF II l'aso WAS formed. lsy .thl
: bill eacll company woMll ac9nlre ths 1nll!!
asll franchises pf 10 much 0f tbs lle ~ easl
i, constructed, mid there. was also prol'osel
!; guarantee by tiie United States u tbs inter
M est 0i, the per CENT bonds fur iiftY years
, lie rata vt $:s5, QUO per mile rho Immigrant
VI California cover solne Ut thu best s.'cti1l!
- l,the fur-fameA wheat lalltis of the Contr
if,.ta. San Joaqnl1l. I'.!!arc Kern River, ail!
a Vhu s4,Il, cIlnatr, uIltt conditions Of bOtl