The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-11
INDICATIONS,
THE nAIL RoAD SITUATION.

The railroad system nov beng Ptriecled
BY Mr.. Jny Gould and his associates eN-
t,pdin, into Texas and through the state TO
M,xico, Is of big import to tue whole state
and to North Texas especially. Dallas beng
III, commercial centre Of this latter, tho gate
wsy and distributing point for all this 'plen-
did region, of course what ia of benefit 10 II
il of benefit to Dsllas. But particularly are
,erailroad enterprises 70 which We have 81
. luded and which are now IN course OF deVeI
meat, of Importance TO our city. Reviewing
"a schemes on foot we SOC that Dir. Gould
ho. obtained possession Of network
nf roilroads in Missouri and adjoining states
Including the Missouri, Kansas IL Texas ROAD
landing through the Indian Territory into
Texas at Denison, which gives this state a
connection With tho network in question.
The Missouri, Kansas 81 Texas Is completed
from Denison to Gainesville, while trora
Wbitesboro, on the Donison and Gaine'Villo
extension, to Denton the gap Is ALREADY
Graded. tho ties being delivered and tho WORK
Of completion pu,bed just rs rapidly IS 1t
can be done. From Dallas to Denton tNe
Dallas ~ Wichita is already llnishes, and tho
cars regularly running, so that in very h'.'o
,,noa Dallas will have connection with the
Missouri Kansas & Texas by this new
ronte. part Of Mr.. Gould's system
"a Il already has through tho Houston 4"
Veass Central to Denison. Furthermore
Dallas already has through the TeS&' q
pacidc aud the Iron Mountain roaas connec-
,ior with ST.. Louis end the east, and through
the Texas g. Pacific connection with
Shreveport, and thence by river with Now
Orleans But in the course OF eighteen
months Shreveport will be connected WITH
The former city by rail through the New Or
leans Pacific, an adjunct and part and parcel
Of the Texas s. Pacific road. Win ts
characteristic energy and enterprise, and
wiso foresight, tho Texas 81 Pacific
Is pushing its Nov Orleans connection
lbs. rs rapidly rs men and money
can do the work. Tho iron has
been purchased and the contract for ties for
the entire route LET, and there will BIO no
s,oppsre in work until Dhllrs, the peerless
queen of North Texas, is bound to the Cres>
cent City by bands of iron, great highway
of Trade and commerce, for the mutual bqne-
Ct of both cities. But, say some people,
"The NJ. X. & r. is TO be extended from
Denton to Fort Worth, and thence on by
WAY Of Cleburne, Waco, Bolton and San
antonio 10 the Rio Grande, and Dallas will
be thanked" 1t msy DO that the road will
bs 40 extended, but if it is it will not injure
Dallas, however it may benefit other points.
Blu. as railroad companies always eviuco pEu-
donce and good management in their affairs,
md as Mr. Gould is particularly bright and
shrewd business man snd looks well TO the
future, and has keen eye to tao interests of
tho stockholders in these railroad enter
prise, which he 10 now directing, it ia not I'M
probable that tho NJ, /. ~ Il. will take an
other route ard not 20 from Denton to Fort
Worth. There are the very best Of reasons
> for abandoning this direction, and Mr.. Gould
and his able representative md Manager
(ycl m.inace are swift to sec them and feel
their force. Tho Gulf Colorado " Santa
70 road i, positively coming frsm Bsiton via
Cleburne to Fort Worth over the identical
ground mapped out from Donton via Fort
Worth and Cleburne to Deptop. This com
pany has ample funds TO b2ild its road and do
IL ranidly, sad it intcnds to build IT, and why
should tho Nj, X. s. II. build alongside of it
through country that will not support both
Of them, especially when it baie connection
with Dallas from Whiteaboro Wis Denton
and has another route open 10 Mexico via
San Antonio, where it will be freed from the
competition Of the Gulf, Colorado u Ssnt'
Fe? Looking nj the map, We sse that by
extending the NJ, X & 7. from Gainesville
to which point its trains are already running
to Wesherford, crossing the Tex'4 e Pa
life there and building thence on through
the northwest corner of Hoo
county and through Ersth, Conan
che, Hamilton, LSmpssas, Burnst
Blanco and Comal counties to San Antonio
it has line through section Of country ii
which it will DO the pioneer railroad, sec
ton Of country whore it will have no compe
tition. The sun never shines upon a fAire
portion of Texas than these counties, and
those contiguous to them, and already tho,
are thicsly populated and are even now dali,
improving. They need but tho dovelopiHl
Influence that this road would give, to be
come among the richest counties Of the stat
in their productions, and draining the cntir
trade of this section, it seems TO US that i
would be a judcious move toselect this rou,
rather than run for hundred and fifty nile
alongside of the Gulf, Colorad
& Santa Fc road and eater into competition
with it for a trade insufficient for more tn.
ono road We know that every ten or iitIee
years GnSncial crisis comes upon the cour
try and in the dAy Of paAics q vigorous Gem
petition plays havoc With railroads as ii doe
+. with everything else. and II routs that
lust NJ short and that will be largely NOR
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