The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-16
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
Three Weeks Trip of Party Headed
by Col. scott, the President.-Facts
About the Enterprise Purposes
of the Railroad Officers.
phIIadeIphla Times, November I.

tomorrow morning An important party
leaves this city for Texas. They number
about twenty persons, and comprise the di.
rectors and officers of the Texas & Pacific
railroad company from this part of the coun-
try The object of their visit is tour of in
spection Of the road 80 far as constructed,
and of its various branches in Texas and ad.
jacent states. They will be gone about
three weeks, in which time they expect 10
take in all the important cities of Texas.
The party from here will be headed by Col.
Thos. A. Scott president of the company,
and Frank 5. Bond, one of the vice-presi-
dents, and will include well.known capital
lists and railroad men Of this city, New York
and Baltimore. There will be Jay Gould and
Russell Sage and f. Ii. Perkins, Jr., of New
York; Fred l.. Amos, of Massachusetts; w.
Il. Walters, of Baltimore; W. j. Sewell, of
New Jersey; William Thaw, of Pitsburg,
and b. X. Jamison, I'll. IL. Houston, James z.
Scott, h. d. Barclay, Charles o. Baird,
George d. Krumbhaar and Charles h. Sal.
terlee, Of Philadelphia. The first thing on
the programme is n meeting of the directors
at Marshall, Texas. At this point the Phila-
delphia party will be joined by tho directors
and officers from other sections of the coun.
try-tho south and west The interests and
capital of this great company are scattered,
MI over the United States. In its board of
directors alone eight states arc represented
Pennsylvania, New York, New jersey Mas
sachusotts, Maryland, Kentucky, tennessee
and Texas The southern and western d.
rectors who will join the others in Texas are
Ex-Governor John 9. Brown, of Tennessee,
one Of the yice-presidents; w. 9. Hall. of
Kentucky, and William NJ Harrison. of
Texas. The Texas Il Pacific railroad is re-
garded as one of the greatest enterprises of
modern times, not alone from the Importance
Of the line itself, but from the great railroad
system now developing, of which il will be
the centre. The road has beencundtr way
since 1871. Nearly 600 miles have already
been completed. The entire length of the
main line, when completed, will be
about 800 miles. or from Texar-
kama and Shreveport to I'll Paso. 1t has two
eastern termini-Texarkana in the north
eastern part OF TOxas, and Shreveport ia the
northwestern part Of Louisiana-the two
points being about eighty miles apart.
With the completion of the New Orleans
branch the Texas Pacific company will have
about 1850 miles of road The W stern ter.
minus OF the road will be at III Paso, New
Mexico, about 100 miles from New Orleans.
re tho Texas Pacific will be met
by the Southern Pacific, which ia
now being constructed between FL Paso
and San Francisco, distance Of about 1905
miles. I'll Paso itself will be most i'm.
partant railroad centre. The Atckison Il
Topeka road runs southwark and opens up
all the northern country as far upas Denver
Thon there will be road built sullivan
from vi Faso to the Oily of Mexico, which
will DO the first railroad line ever
built from the United States
into that country, the only means
Of reaching the city of Mexico heretofore
being by water. This enterprise is mostly
IN the hands of Boston mon, and is known as
the Central Mexican railroad com lauy. The
road, including The Now Orleans connection.
will be completed about next January a
year. Already tho main line 10 completed
nearly 200 miles beyond Fort Worth. Alto
gelher these gentlemen represent in their
own righta combined capital of about $685.
900 600. The road has now in is employ
about 5000 men engaged on the
work of construction alone. The
bonds and stock of the com
pany represent about $4,000 per mile
most I able showing compared TO the
Union an Central Pacific companies, whose
roads cost over 100000 per mile.
Col. SCOTS party will leave the West Pail
sdelphia depot tomorrow morning, at Q
O'Clock, and run through direct TO St. Louis.
From that point they will proceed to Mar
shall, Texas, by way of the Iron Mountain
railroad and Texsrkana, where they make A
short stop, From Marshall they will 60 to
Shreveport and owe the completed portion
OF the New Orleans Pacific road, which be-
long to the same company. Returning TO
Marshall on the Same evening they will hold
the directors meeting there on Monday, the
fifteenth. Afterward they will 60 to Dallas
and Fort Worth and on to the end of the
track and returning 10 Dallas will travel over
tho Texas Central road to Sherman. From
there they will go to Whitesboro, Texarksna
and back 10 Marshall, and from Marshall
they will 90 TO Houston, and from Houston
TO Galveston, thence back by way OK Hous.
ton t. New Orleans, whore t3cy will remain
two days. Returning TO uou5lu, they will
then proceed TO Donison and san Antonio,
and from there by way Of tho Missouri, Kan
sas " Topeka and tho Missouri aud Pacific
roads to st. Louis, from which city they will
come direct home, getting back 10 Philadel.
phia on Tuesday the thirtieth.
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