The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-27


: the Atlantic s. Pacific northwest; and from
the END Of Texas & Pacific north west. all u,
, once. 10 build tho California line will take
PROBABLY eighteen months Or perhaps two
years, according 10 how fast material can b
, obtained. 1t is calculated to complete the
Mexican line to the City Of Mexico inside Of
two years. These routes are all constructed
under four different construction aud i'm,
: provement companies that build them for
sheir actual cost and then turn them over to
tba companies. The cost uil average about
SOL 900 eer mile. General g. ii. Dodge 10
at tbs head Of all these construction COM
panies.
"This system. suppose. will have 10
outlet to the coast BY tbs Southern Pacih, r
WHERE THE OUTLET WILL BE.
"No, cir, it will have its own outlet by a
syst. m of extension about which nothnH
d. mite has yet been made known to the
public, but which can explain to you. This
system west of the Rio, Grsnde ia an extension
Of the Texas Pacific from FL Paso northw west
through Silver CITY, Prescott, or to the RIO
Pecos, to a connection with the Atlantic and
Pacific. These two routes CON. bined then
extrBd northwest to the Parsnahsgat valley,
in Nevada. wh re they are Joined BY an ex-
tension of the U.ah Pacific, branch of the
Union Pacific, and the three companies will
buid II trunk line from the Pnrsnahsgst
valley, D ss,ng near. wen's Lake, to the c't
of SsnFrau cisco, Cal. The bonds ($25, 900,
0O0) for this line, were negotiated in Europe
III o her day. This line to Ca itorDis is
shorter line for the Texas Pacific. and for
the Alchison- Topeka, and for the Union
Pac' fic than for any row built, and runs
almost its whole length through the
mining regions of New Mexico, Arizona,
| Utah, Nevsds.. AID California. II tunnels
the Sierra Nevada, thus avoiding the heavy
snows. II drains the pick Of the western
mining regions. the whole of them, and the
country we have known from '53. The
Southern Pacifi, built their line right up to
the Gila Valley; now we strike right north.
west, emit, ring nearly every mining camp
through there"
This plan when completed will leave the
Central Pacific system GU. in the cold, won't
III"
"Oh, NO; guess not"
OUT IN THE COLD.
but it will leave il without any outlet
east. and the u. will then have its indie
pendent line to the coast and competing
line with the G. p"
"Yes; but the Southern or Central Pacific
arc extending their road from FL Paso
south, intending TO connect with what il
known ss the Pierce system in Texas, NJ San
Antoiio They have bought the Pierce
road from San Antonio to Houston, the
Terry road and the Adams road from Hous-
ton to Vermillionv'lie, paying about $751;
600 y lie Tor road that cost only about
, $40 600 s-t mile. That le.... them into New
OfeSns.'
"Whst Effect do you think will this vast
plan # raj road development, when com.
peted, have on the commerce Of the coun-
try and the growth of the different trade
csntersW
"Wsll, think there is no doubt but what
the Whole wheat ard grain crop of every.
thing west of the Missouri will fad an Quite,
At New Ofleans. We expect TO take the
grain, every bushel of grain thst is raised in
California, over the line to New Orleans and
ship it from there to Europe. 1t Can be done
within sxty days. The land haul is not so
long ~ it is to-day on grain from here to
Nsw York, and there Is there the finest har-
Dor on the gulf at New Orleans. /. takes
six months 10 go round the horn, and how
many bushels Of grain do you think will go
New Orleans"
Then one Of the inevitable effects of it
you think, will he to add ~ the commercial
importance of Nav Orleans
Yes. Tho barge system is Only one part
of this system of roads. We have liner
reaching right from the renter of Kansas
into New Orleans, in 1000 miles of road.
Texas Is one of the fiaest states OF the uniun,
wanting nothing but development. There
are cotton fields on nearly every mile OF road
built. 1t has pretty good water, and .!ah
soil"
THE CHICAGO INTEREST.
"Will not this system, when completed.
take away a portion of Chicsgo's Tertiary :"
81 do not thin it will. TIE whole coun-
try grows go fast that it makes up any such
apparent deficiencies. This souihwes' ays.
tenn develops new country, but ~ unlry
unlike the nor Invest, when we 4. ,rtook
its development. Then we ran ~, ,lnes of
road though vast stretches Of IN coun-
Try; now We sre building new 70 through
old cotton fields We. have got through
with the northwest; completed all the
roads; stocks are high, and the people take
their money out to put into tho southwest
where IL is a new country, to grow up with
tho roads. That Ia now about the only
undeveloped couutrv there Is"
In conc usion, l asked this gentleman
whethe. there was any peculiar sig
n,acance in connection with these
plans in tho appointment Of MIR.
Strong and Mr.. Mutt as presidents OF
the A.chison. Topeka & Santa Fe
and Atlantic u Pacific roads? He
replied tba. these promotions came naturally
, along. Mr.. Cool,dse, the president Of the
Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe, went in simp-
: ly to bridge over n certain time. He 10 not n
D railroad man, Is wealthy, aud did not want
! to pay the attention necessary to the position
/ and Il was from the beginning intended thxt
. M soon as they could they would put In q
practical man like Mr., Strong. Colonel
Q Mutt, who goes In rs president of the Allan
tic l. Pacific. has been for many years a
! friend and co-worker with Mr.. Strong,
Their acquaintance and association began
when Mr. Strong came 70 Council Bluffs In
? 1860 to represent the Northwestern Road
q here a. which time they became associated
In the transportation business across the
0 river to Omaha. Mr.. Mutt now becomes
8 president of the Atlantic & Pacific, which II
/. controlled BY the Boston or Nickerson inter
4 est In the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fl
q company.
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