The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01

Houston, 2S2 miles; from Palestine TO
Penalosa, west of San Antonio 81 miles,
making total ofmain lines of SiS miles.
Its branches extend from Houston to
Columbia, on the lower Brazos river, in
Brazoria county, fifty miles from Phelps
10 Huntsville in Walker county, eight
miles; from Troupe TO Mineola, where il
connects with the Texas 4 Pacific and Deni-
son Il Southeast branch of the Missouri Pa
life, forty-lour and two-tiith miles, making
ltotal of branches of l02 2-5 miles; total of
main lines and branches of Gas 2-5, in addi-
ion TO which 1t has 80 S-5 miles of sidings.
Ii also has leased the Georgetown railroad
rom that place to Roundrock, 10 miles,
and the Oyerton Il Henderson road l6 miles,
making grand total of main lines branches,
and sidings a,d leased roads of 70l miles.
This company has built in the past year 1888
miles of new road from Austin to 80 miles
beyond SAN Antonio and has a large force
If men at labor all along the line to Laredo,
grading, bridging and putting down ties and
track and is pushing the work as rapily as
il can be done, to Laredo on the Rio Grande,
The road has been purchased during the
year by the Missouri, Kansas Il Texas rail-
road company, or Mr.. j. Gould and his
his n nriates, and is now part of the
ioul, rs system, which consists of their
road, ,ne Texas II Pacific, the Transconti-
mental branch of that road, the East Limo
4 Red River, the Missouri Pacific and its
branches. The guage of this road is feet
u inches. It's steel rails, and q goodly
portion of the track is laid with iron weigh
ing 56 pounds. This railroad company is
q consolidation of the international and the
Houston Great Northern companies, The
International company was granted &c.
900 per mile in the bonds of the State by n
perniciouS ''gislatu", which was subse-
quently coma, cJmised by the state, giving
an immense land grant, exempting
The houston IL Great Northern was
given the usual land grant of sixteen Sec
lions to the mile. The total land grant of
| the company since the consolidation is not
less than 100000 acres, of which something
near three and n half million acres were eN-
empt from taxation for twenty-five years,
from sometime in the early part of 1874, 1--WE
have not the exact date) or say until in
1890. This land is vested by purchase in
the Texas Land company, Of which this
company owns 5000 shares of the 10000
shares of capital stock Tho road has forty
| five locomotives; twenty-nine passenger
cars; nine baggage, mail and express cars;
forty caboose cars; sos box cars; 100 stock
cars 40S platform ears, q total Of all kinds OF
sol, and besides tIFrty-eight service and
OTTER cars. During the year past it carried
15S $50 passengers,and 80 1852 tons of freight,
earning, for passengers, S%OOI5 OF; for
freight, i,7o3,565 IS; for mail and express,
$S5 SG5 81, and for miscellaneous, S40,0S7 IL.
The total expenses of working the road We
put at $l,475S562. To this must also be
added the cost Of extension in building new
I lines of road The net earnings of the
| Georgetown IL Round Rock and the Over
ton Il Henderson roads, its leased property
are to o' included in favor Of the road.
The " 's of the road are r. S. Hayes,
presid 4. Louis Mo-; T. W. Pearsall
first vivy president, New York; II. NJ.
Hoxie, second yice-president and general
manager, Palestine, Texas. Very recently
Col. Hoxie has been made general manager
of the Gould roads entirely and Mr.. Hayes
has been made first vicc-president Of the
| Texas e. Pacific. This road with il
branches and its connections is one Of the
most important in TeNas-in fact can hardly
be reckoncd as second to any, and IL is e
the superior tack and Judgment of Col
II. NJ. Hoxie that this fact can be ascribec
in the main.