Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-08-04
JAW COULD'A pLANS-A TIRE.
MENNOUs ROOM IN NAlLROAD
BUILDING.

OMAHA. July 2S.-From . gentle.
well known in railroad circlea as .
tausted agent Of Jay Gould in his
southwestern scheme Of railroads, I
got to-day the clearcst and newest
statement If the present status OF op.
erations. and the fullest and most com.
prehensive description Of this wonder.
tul scheme Of railroad development
yet published. Notably among these
is a statement tina, an alliance has al.
ready been formed letween the Texas
Pacific (Gould's railr ,ad), the Atlantic
Il Pacific, controlled by the Nickerson
interest it the A. 7. 4 8. F. X. R.)
and the Utah Southern and Union
Pacific to forma junction in the Pah.
ranagat valley, Nevada. and unite on
the building Of a trunk line through
from that point to San Francisco. An
opportunity waf afforded me to see q
cahlegram from London containing
information shat S25, 100000 worth Of
bonds for this trunk line had all been
subscribed. and to-day a cipher tele.
grain went through to New York an
nouncing that the whole ground to
San Francisco was now covered by en-.
gineers.
The correspondent then describes at
lcng'h the SOU hwes'crn system of
1000 miles. costing for construction
alone $4,000, 900, and alludes to the
Mexican connections and concessions.
The southwest system in Texas and
extensions are now building about sew
cn miles per day. All our southw
system will bs finished this year to
Leardo. The line from San Francisco
to Texas is covered with engineers,
and the moment it strikes FL Paso
they will commence laying steel.
Speaking more in detail, it will be
built rs follows: Into New Orleans
about October lst, where it has bought
immense terminal focilties in connec,
ton with the barge line. This road
into Leardo "'ill probably get in dur.
ing September, and the Texas and Pa.
citc inlo FL Paso some time in Decem
her. 1t is also proposed to build q
line from San Francisco east from the
end OF the Utah Southern, west from
the end Of tho Atlantic and Pacific,
northwest from the end of the Texas
and Pacific. TO build these California
lines will take probably eighteen
months or perhaps two years according
to how fast the material can he oh.
tained. 1t is calulatcd to compl-te
the Mexican line to the city of Mex
leo inside ftwo years. These routes
arc all to DO constructed under four
different construction and improve
ment companies that build them for
tn ir actual cost, and then turn them
over to the companies. The cost will
average about $50, 900 per miles. Gen
G. M. Dodge is at the head Of all
these construction companies. This
system, | suppose will have its own
outlet by sys'em Of extension about
which nothing definite has yet been
made known to the public, hut which
will explain to you. This system
west OF the Rio Grande il an extern
sion Of the Texas Pacific from Ell Paso
northwest through Silver City. Pres.
cott, or the Rio Hrros, TO q connec.
ton with the Atlantic and Pacific.
These two routes combined, then ex.
tend northwest TO the Parvahakget
valley, passing near Owens lake, to
the city Of San Francisco. California.
This plan, when completed, will leave
the Central Pacific system out in the
cold, won't in