The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-30
A Great Ralluar sr.tnm


The public do not seem to be generally
aware of the fact that, before the week is
out, the last spike will have been driven
in the line which connects st. Louis to San
Francisco by the Southern Pacific Railroad
and that probably through. cars will,
within that time, have started nom the
Union Depot over the Missouri Pacific
for the California coast. The junction,
which will be made about eighty miles thi.
side of FL Paso in day or so, unites the
railway system of the Southern Pacific to
that of the Missouri Pacific. The coo pera-
ton of the two great corporations was
formally determined in New York on Fri
day last by the signatures Of Messrs. Gould
ana Huntington 10 comprehensive
/ agreement. Had this event occurred
some years ago-betore the people had been
/ surfeited with news of railway enterprise
1t would have created great sensation all
over the country, and been horalded
throughout the civilized world as the COM
! pletlon OF remarkable as well as Gigantic
work. Its importance is in no Nhat di-
minished, however, for the reason that il
Is regarded in such matter-of-
fact spirit. A glance at the map OF the
South and Southwest is all that Is neces-
sary to convince the observer of the in.
tiuence which this combined system will
have upon the development of the regions
1t occupies and upon the currents OF trans
continental trade. The Missouri Pacific
becomes the distributor of the business of
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
with termini at Hannibal, st. Louis, Men,
phls, New Orleans and Galveston, At Ell
iaso and Laredo the latter also unites with
the Mexican railway system, and is ready
10 reap whatever advantage may come from
the promised international commerce, The
grand network is assuming coherent
shape. The various threads are gathered
together by the events of the present
week: In other words, the keystone of the
arch is being placed in position. The inter
ests OF the Missouri Pacific and the old
Southwest and the Southern Pacific and
the new Southwest henceforth are unit, d
and identified with each other. Ii is a
matter of almost incalculable value to St.
LOUIS that 1t is the prominent point at
whlch this system unites with the railway
systems of the North and East. The adj
yantages of the Southern Pacific over the
Union Pacific consist of easier grades and
milder climate. For Northern points the
latter has some advantages in distance, but
even with reference to them, the
Southern road will be preferable in win
ter on account of its freedom from
snow blockades and the absence of the
wearlsome and not very reliable snow
sheds. Whatever business may grow up
between the
THE SOUTHERN STATES
and Pacific Coast will of course make use of
the Southern route. One of the most i'm
portant features of the traffic will consiet
of the transportation of California grain
to New Orleans for shipment to Europe.
1t is not improbable that the bulk of the
export of-grain from the Pacific coast will
be through the port of New Orleans. Mr.
X. ): Hayes, Vice-President of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, has expressed himself to the
effect that there 'is enough difference be
tween the rates per ton from San Fran
cisco and New Orleans to England OF
wheat, when added to the interest OF
money and the insurance to pay MS fol
bringing wheat from Southern Californi,
to the Gulf of Mexico for Shipment |
this is "a fact, the grain will certainly gC
that way. The cities of San Diego an,
Los Angeles, and the entire regions trib
utary to them, will have direct communica
ton with the East and be no longer depend
ent on San. Francisco. II st. Louis doe:
not succeed in selling goods in Southern
! California as well as improving the new ia
cilities in New Mexico and Arizona, it Wi.
be its own fault. The mining
named will find ready outlet to
the markets of the world, and much OF
their business will naturally come to this
city. New Orleans, perhaps, will relatively
reap
THE GREATEST ADyANTAGEq