The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-27
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Halted states by Hands "f s'eei-
s.,cu ThOusasd Miles OF hoad' Cost
,.x 100000, 900. Under singi
management.
ala, telegram to the Chicago lnter-o sean
Cnu ,ci, Bluffs, Iowa, July 2a.-From
..o,lsm n who Is sell known in railroad cir
sIe, as the trusted agent Of JAY ,'oula IN III
.ou,hwes.eru scheme of railroads, l ssos 70
a.y. in Omaha, the clearest and newest state
men, of the present status Of operations
and the fullest and most comprehensive de-
,crip.ion of the plan Of this wonderful
,chems of railroad development that has ye,
bseu published. Some Of the details Of thit
rlsu of railroad operations, contained in the
Interview below have up to this time, 80 faI
a. spy authoritative announcement Is con
ssrned. remained the secret Of their
suthors, notably among these being the state
nent that an alliance has already been
ormed between the Texas Pacific (3ould's
,osfI. the Atlantic s. Pacific onlrolled BY
,he Nickerson interest in the Achisjn, TO.
rsks & Santa Fe road), aud the Ulah
SOuthern Union PsciAc) to form junction
n the Paranabgs, valley, Nevada, and unite
in the building Of trunk line tnrougn isom
,hs, noint to San Francisco.
The opportunity was afforded me 10 see
..hlegrsm from London: c,ntaining Ihe
;H,ormst,on that the G25 600 OOO worth OF
poNps FOR THIS TRUNK LINE
lad all been sub scrlbed. and 70 day cipher
. nsu a went through 10 Kew York an
o;np that the whole ground to San
T.a was now covered by engineers
." tho reliability of the information In
nj, interview will say:
rns gentleman who kindly consented
...;ss il TO ms is one who is more promi-
~, tDsn any other 10 the active work OF al
nns Vc. railroad building in the southwes,
.nS ware permitted to use his name, il
suS he at once recognized rs that OF mhr
wSa i. known to be close in Mr.. Could
oarsisnre AID who muat, TO DO efficient II
Ss no,iton, nave knowledge Of that gentle
Th., he gave unqualified assurance tina
ri. statement of the plan Of southwestern
nlrosd dsvelopement, and me alliance lot
NAV trunk line, was absolutely cofrec'; snt
Twill add, asa ,, ,..,
& This, probably no one would dono'
ths, could l give the name OF my IN
f,r nans.
ANde from the value of this item of news
70 which especial attention has been called, /
mw be safely claimed for this interview
which il given in the genteman's own words
tina. |, presents in a terse way, the cieares
and mos; conf psohensive
OUTLINE OF TBE WHOLE PLAN
OF railroad development, whose iiorent AM
fr,smentary phases, as they save appeared Il
th public have excited wonder and aston
ishmen!. Embraced in this place Is tn
great fest by which 1000 miles of railroad
representing in cos. Of construction alon'
over 10000 000 have been within one yea
combined under one management and ont
head the union of this great system
with the one in old McKee, founded
on unusual and valuable conces
sons, ard finally the combina ion which viii
unite this whole great southwestern and
Mexican system of railroads with the A
T,& 5 F. and the u P. III building another
trulk line to tho Pacific coss;. 1t is impcs
Eible, at this distance from the consumma
tlOn to measure the effects upon commerce
or d scribe the wonderful results 10 develop
ment and creation of wealth which vii
MARI the completion of this stupendous sys'
YIN Of railroad building Some Of these are
ntred to in the interview below, in which
nylformant frst describes
THE SOUTHWEST System.
Qisston-What do you mean by the
ionnwest system?
sser-Tne southwest system sf roads
consist, OF the Missouri Pacific the Texa;
Pacific. the Missouri, KWsss & Texas, The
Ton Mountain road, tho International Il
Gres. Northern, and the Nav Orleans &
Pacific. Tnis wear they will all be com
pIet-i to New Orleans on the southeast, Il
L P,so on the west, to Laredo, Texas, OF
The south, and 10 Omaha on the north, snt
They comprise alb ut 900 miles Of line
Tney bava all been placei under one head
with Mr.. Gouli rs president of all tn
roads aud with Mr.. II s. Hayes as vic,
president md executive officer in S. Louis
the managers of the line are A A. Tai
madsc' A. ". Soper and II NJ. Hoxie; ant
tne running and general expenes OF the
seven rosds have been reduced to one
Inls is what is known as the "Goulc
southwestern systep." lis eastern com
nsctlon is the Wabash, aud its con
necion iss line through Canada reaching t,
The seabosrd on one side, and the limo snutt
to The likes reaching to Now York on III,
other side, giving them two through outlets
These outlets ara the Great Western o
Canada, the Delaware & L,ckA asns, ant
byme,ns of the Pennsylvania Road q lnl
That connects With the J.rssy Csnt-nl whicl
lakes them into Nav York. Now thi, sys
tem Of r,Sds has obtained concession iron
hepresident Of Mexico from Laredo
TO THE CITY OF MEXICO
soout 900 miles long 1t is covered wit
engineers, aud rs said to DO the best conces
slon yet give and the best route. Al an
iate y is the shortest II runs from L.red
70 Melr, San Tsnds Jimin,z. Victoria an
mencs TO the city Of Mexico, with the optioI
oioullding branches to Vera Cruz, to Tam
pco, TO Jesus Maria and Matsm ,ros,"
dow much capital is invested In thi
southeastern system Z"
"Wel!, there is about 1000 miles Of roa
@ancui $40 1000 per mile"
what 10 the Ds,ure and value Of the cor
VISION 10 Mexico you speak Off Has Il an
junction with General Grants work dow
We'll, this connection was given by III
president Of Mexico, and II has all the RICH,
suu ABOUT SIG 600 q mile from the govern
~, A'nt and oil the rights and privileges Of o
o'ner CONCESSIONS those Of the Mexica
Vsn.,al and Mexican Nstional-wlth som