Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-02
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H80tu0 Vohbt outtuS WIG Pss
years has had occasion to notice
the grand and lofty tumbling OF
the managers OF the Texas Pacific
Railway. This road and its man
ayers always were sensational,
sporadic and of a Jeremy Dibbler
eomplexlon, go to speak. Col. Tom
Scott originally gathered together
all the edds and ends of John G.
Frsmont's Memphis and Ell Paso
leavipgs, tacking on the Interna-
tional and other eftete projects.
Fremont's brother-in.law, the
nwon dc Boileau, was imprisoned
In France on account Of bis Thin
bls-rig performancesin that country
% the representative of the Mem
phIs 4 Ell Paso road, and If John
Charles himself could have been
hailed before q Parisian court he
would have Jared similarly. For
tunatsly for the hero of the Mari
posa treasure fields, he kept snugly
within the United utates, and thus
escaped personal disaster.
When Col. Scott had gathered
together ell these peculiar odds
and ends he made q great flourish
Of trum psts-greater, by far. than
sullced to blow down the wallf of
Jericho, Of old. He started on q
progress through Texas and Lou
isiana, and wound up at New Or
leans. Thence swinging around
the circle, he came out to the Pa
cifie Coast via the Union and Gen.
>tfal Pacific Railways. Accom-
panied by Senator John Sherman,
Gov. ThrockmortoD, of Texas, Col.
John w. Forney, Dick McCor-
mick, and men of like reputation
anl consequence, he dropped down
to San Diego. In the rink at the
city Of Bay and Climate, he un-
Ioossd his elequence and talked
about completing the Texas.Pacific
to tide water at that bay in three,
or, 1t the most, in five years.
These pleasing announcements
were made In August, 1872. I'm
less the amiable lately deceased
Col. Scott meant to make traves-
ty of the whole matter, the road
from Texas to San Diego should
have been completed by August,
1875, or, at the farthest, August,
1877. Az . matter Of fact, as the
result Of oil the spread.eagleism in
dulged In by him at San Diego,
about i've miles Of toIerabiy level
roadway were graded from San
Diego through Old Town, and
through the time-honored old race
track, spelling that, and doing no
earthly good besides. If our MEM
ory serves US rightly, one or two
inexpensive culverts were built In
that distance. Ultimately all the
ties and piles which had been Or
dersd to San Diego were sold to the
Southern Pacific Railway.
Insignificant as were Seott's per-
formances, he lied In such a noun
tainous and unblushing way to the
people Of Sap Diego that he per-
suaded them to give him lands
around the Bay which the Colonel
assured the writer would be worth
50. 600. 900 when he got his road
through. Without one little of value
received, the people Of San Diego
gave him their very valuable lands
and incurred obligations for right of
way, depot site and other matters,
which press heavily on those con-
fiding burghers to-day.
II possible, Ecott's Texas Pacific
Was even . more mammoth hum
bug than John Charles Fremonps
Memphis & Ell Paso road had been.
While Scott was attitudinizipg In
magnificent form as q great Railway
King, raking in largesses and land
grants, he absolutely did nothing
- . railway builder. His precious
Texas Pacific road is to-day very
little farther west Of Fort Worth
than IL was in 1872. There has
been an absolutely appalling
amount Of lying concerning this
Brummagem road, and we note
that, since 1t has passed into the
hands Of Jay Gould, the Ananias
features OF it have increased incal-
culably. In reality, the Texas Pa
0ific has forfeited its land grant a
hundred times over. When Jay
Gould gave Col. Scott 81, 900. 600 for
his interest in the Texas Pacific he
really purchased the biggest piece
Of railway imposition on the Amer
loan continent. Remem bering the
lying pronsnciamientos Of Scott,
" really doubt whether, to-day,
Jay Gould 10 laying rails at the
rate Of . mile . month, instead of
the two miles q day speed with
which he IL represented 10 be ap.
proaehing the Pacific Coast.
On the other hand, the Southern
Pacific Railway which. ~ respects
Arizona and New Mexico anu
Goxas, neither asked for nor OBJ
talned any land grants or subsidies
cron the United States govern
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