The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-08
UNITED STATES RAILWAYS.
Austin and San AntOniO-AnOther
Road from Missouri 10 Texas
Texas and New Orleans.

Jefferson City (Mo.) special to the st.
Louis Republican Articles of association of
the st. Louis, Ark, nsas and Texas Railway
company of Missouri were filed with the sec.
rotary Of State this morning; capital, $780,
600. Incorporators james ID. Fish, Jesse
Seligman and Edward f. Winslow of New
York city Charlie, w. Rodgers, Alexander
Douglas and Alexander Graydon, of st.
Louis; John 0'Day and Charles Il. Har-
wood, of Springfield, Mo-, and George A.
Purdy of Pierce City, Mo. Length Of road
about thirty-iive miles, running from a point
of the line Of the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco railway, in Barry county, about four
miles east of Pierce City; thence south
wardly through Barry county to the south
ern boundary line Of said county, dividing
the States of Missouri and Arkansas, where
1t will form connection with the Missouri,
Arkansas and Texas railway of Arkansas,
which will be constructed from said point Of
intersection in southwardiy direction
through the counties of BeRtOn and Wash
ngton, in said State of Arkansas, to point
at or near Fayetteville, the object being to
hereafter consolidate and merge sail lines Of
railway and operate the same as one road and
in one interest.
San Antonio Express: Messrs. Hayes and
Hoxie, OF the international railway company,
arrived yesterday forenoon in special car
and took rooms at the Menger. Capt.
Hayes was called on by the Express reporter,
and stated that they had endeavored all in
th,ir power to satisfy the people Of New
Brsunfels in the location of their depot.
Two lines were run, passing through both
the Landa and Kessler property, and the
effort had been to fix things 80 that the
diverse interests of both parties might be
met. An independent line was also run,
connecting both the above named lines, and
rs compromise the depot was located about
one thousand feet west of the urt-house, on
Hill street. After leaving this loo ton, the
road will again run of to the old line OF the
survey. Capt. Hayes says he came over the
line on horseback to New Brauntels. A
temporary bridge is being constructed over
the Colorado which will DO twenty-five or
thirty feet above low water mark. This
bridge will be used until the permanent
bridge is finished. Trains will run over the
temporary bridge by the first of July The
permanent bridge is to cost about quarter
of million dollars, and will be con-
structed by the Colorado bridge com.
pany. 1t is expected that the track will be
laid and the road running more than halt
to San Antonio before the bridge is
completed. Rock is being delivered and the
foundations are being dug for the bridge over
the San Marcos. Grading parties are being
strung all along the line between Austin and
San Marcos, and men are at work this side of
San Marcos and within nine miles of New
Braunfcls. The grading of the first thirteen
miles of the road from Austin this way will
be entirely finished by the last of June, and
track-aying is to commence the first Of July.
The first thirteen miles is the toughest part
of the road. Captain Hayes says that TIE en-
tire road is under contract to be completed
and in running order to San Antonio by the
first of January. The first cargo Of rails
reached Galveston last Tuesday. The dis
lance from San Antonio to Austin is Just
about eighty miles, which it is expected to
run in three and u half hours for assenger
and eight hours for freight trains. Work
will be commenced fifteen miles north of San
Antonio within sixty days.
New Orleans Picavune: So defective are
our means of communication with the inte-
rior of Texas we should be considerably ben
Gifted by an Independent road reaching
from Morgan City to the Sabine, but to fully
realize all the advantages of rail connection
with that great State trunk line identified
with the Texas railroad system Is requisite.
This is precisely what we get in the compile.
tim of the Louisiana Western railroad. Not
only will the laying of the last rail on this
road complete through line TO the Sabine
river but we get railway terminating at
Houston, owned by the men who control
two-thirds OF the railroads in Texas Messrs.
W hitney Il Co., and Mr. McComb own the
Texas and New Orleans railroad extending
from the Sabine river to Houston, and that
great longitudinal line the Houston and Tex
as Central, with its branches, reaching to
Denison on the border of the Indian Terri
tory and extending out to Austin in the
south central portion of the State. The in
terests of this vast combination will in the
future centre at New Orleans. Its extent
will appear from the following statement of
mileage of the lines.
THE MORGAN COMBINATION.
Miles.
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Rail
road, New orleans to Vefmii-
Loui lana Western Division, Yer
milionyille, La, to Orange,
Texas Il New Orleans Railroad,
Orange TO Houston, Texas. lC6-- ST.
HoUsT TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Houston TO Denison, main line. 3t3
Hampstead to Austin ............. lis
Bremond to Ross observation-disclosures. 5j-- 5lS
Total mileage Morgan Combination e.. ssh
FEEDERS TO THIS COMBINATION.
Texas Central, Ross to Morgan
city, IeNas, ..,...,.............. 10
Central n MONTGOMERY, Navasota
to Montgomery ...............,.. so
Brownwooh Narrow Gauge, lIous-
TO GoNdrich,...., 500. ...... IS
Texas Western Narrow Gauge,
Houston to PattiSon. .......... IL. l12
VALUABLE CONNECTING LINES.
Galveston, Harrisburg & San An
tonic Railroad ..............o l5
International n Great Northern,
Longview to Columbia. ..... 2Sj-- sol
Total mileage Morgan combina.
ton, feeders and connecting
lines ........,................ ,557
The combination, therefore, embraces SS4
miles of track, while the connecting lines
and valuable feeders are nearly as much
more. There can be no doubt, then, that
our merchants will have access to the vast
scope of country traversed by these roads on
the most favorable conditions. A glance at
the map will show the strong trade draft to-
ward New Orleans which this splendid COM
binaton will at once lnaugurate. Even from
Houston the longest haul is in the direction
of New Orleans. and II is now Aeceotpl as q