The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-16
GOVERNOR HUBBARD.

Dnuke R1t-N
M. Governor Hubbard spoke last night
ell house in Cradiock's opera house on
,Ss system Of narrow gauge railroads lie
- plain, practical speech' Captain 5.
Adams introduced the speaker, who said
=. mas not there to beg or borrow for his
.a,osd but to address them briefly in re-
n.,d 70 the great system of narrow gauge
-.u,osds. He went back TO she old days OF
la osrts and reviewed the history and dis
"a ,sod the expense of transportation OF
ssAD;,bts down TO the present time, and COM
us the present aud later narrow
Pa nne system TO that OF the old
s srs,sm of the broad gauge roads. He ar
gno1 tdat the narrow gauge was not only
ssSssper, but equal to If not superior to the
t.os5 gauge. The average cost of building
,ss broad gauge in Texas was from $50 0OOto
%; 0O0 per mile, while that of the narrow
ssnpe was only $500 per mile. The
srastest bonded debt on Any marrow gauge
ssosd in Texas wa $4,000 per mile. The
narrow gauge roads wien the System WAS
nomple,ed would reduce freight The time
Tonh come when the roads would
not ask over three cents mile and he did
not now ask any more over his road. This
was because T. narrow gauge could be
bnilt 80 much cheaper and there was no
necessity for charging eucn high
roiss to keen up the roa !. The cars of the
road he Represented could hsul rs much as
those of the Houston & Texas Central road.
What they lacked in capacity they made up
in friction, willis they made better tune
The speaker spoke of tue huge bonded deb
cfthe broad gauge roads. Tho trains oHthe
narrow gauge road made faster tlme and
therefore more trains could DO
run over the road within any
given length of time than there
lould be over broad gauge road. 1t would
be glorious day when their road met the
Mexicsn Central at Laredo. He referred 10
the narrow gauge and its connection with the
Iron Mountain road and how
the Iron Mountain road sold
out from under them. The broad gauge
roads were falling into the hands Of one man,
and having everything their own way, fare
and Fights would be raised.
The narrow gauge roads thaI
were building we're surely bringing
about competition and prevent exboroltant
charges. Every cent of money to build the
road from Carlo to Laredo was on hand and
they we're offering better wages to graders
than any other road. Every mile OF the rosd
had been surveyed and was ready
10 be plscod under contract, and within
eighteen months it would be completed aad
frelghts FROM ST. Louis over il would be from
thirty to fifty Ger cent. cheaper than over the
broad gauge roads. He never did believe IN
harsh legislation towards railroads.
Their road had made more money at three
cents Der nile than they had at five cents.
Cheap rates created more travel,
Here tho speaker produced paper sno"-
ing the rates OF tho Texas II ST. Louis mar
row gauge, and assuming .hat the road had
been completed from Dallas to 81. Louis,
compared its rates with that OF the Texas "
Pacific 10 Texsrkans, etc. lie spoke as
follows:
Now lot us compare the passenger rates
via the Texas 81 StLouis narrow gauge from
Mt Pleasant to Dallss with the same rates
batween the .amo points via The Texas " Pa
cihc. From Dsss 70 Texarkapa Is no miles
via tho way OF Mt Pleasant, and the fare at
three cents pei mile would be 80 10. From
Dallas to Texsrksua over the Texas "
Pacific is 221 miles and the fare vt five cents
per mile Is Sll 05. Now, from Dallas Wis
Sherman to Texarksna the distance is 2lG
miles and the fare at five cents per mile Is
$40 90, so thst we have saving in
this instance to TexnIksus Of So % and by
the Marshall route Of SIS So
Now, let US see the saving 70 Dallas city
Take Mo Texas u Pacific, our great route
for the Dallas trade, if We come here, i
travelling northward: For ,5e .ast current
year tho Texas u Pacifc RAILROAD
carried PER month from 75t
to 500 passengers between Dallas
and Texsrkans and beyond. This estimate
includes both ways, going and coming
Now these passengers, large number Of
whom are citizens of Dallas, or Texas, OF
having business here, paid to the Texas 4
Pacific road at Sll05 per head per month
$3.50, or over 100000 in twelve
lnonths. Now suppose these people
otter the Texas & st. Louis railway gets
here, take tina. route instead Of $3.50 paid
per month to the Texas & Pacific, the mar
row gauge would only charge only S4,0S4
and in twelve months these people would
save $50 900 to this city and this section
From Dallas to st. Louis it Is
800 miles, the fare at five cents
being $40 but OF the Texas s. st. Loui
railway it would only be So so.
FREIGHTs.
Take frelghts on the Texas d Pacific
which hauled GOO carloads per month o.
1900 over 100000 tons per annum. Say
the average price paid per car.
load Is SIS Ot is more) anC
II makes $40 COO per month or $4,000 pc
annum. We propose TO reduce freight rate