The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-28

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gpeoial Toletrdu to the Chicago lnter-o'e""'
Council BiuG., Iowa, July 29'--Ffom "
oeutlem IN who 10 we'll known In railroad CIR
cles a. the trusted agent of Jay Gould IN bis
aou,b veStern scheme Of railroads got To-
day, In Omaha, the clearest and newest State
ment of the present status OF operations,
and the fullest and most comprehensive de-
scrip,ion of the plan OF this wonderful
scbene of railroad development that has YET
been published. Some of the details OF this
,,an Of railroad operations, contained in the
'n,erview below have up to this time, 30 FIR
as any authoritative annoubceme' W con
cerned. remained the secret - thoir
authors, notably among these boing 40 state
ment tina. on alliance has already been
formed between the Texas Pacific Vioulds
road). the Atlantic i Pacific onlrolled ny
tbs Nickersou interest in the Achs IN. To.
peks s. Santa Fe roan), and/ me Y IAN
Sou,hero (Uion Pac ac) ~ form junction
in the Paranabga. VALLEY, Nevada, aud unite
in the building Of trunk line through from
that point TO San Francisco.
The opportunity was afforded me to see
cablegrain from London. cNntaininS the
Information that the EOS 600 900 worth of
BoNps FOR THIS TRUNK LINE
had all been sub-crbrd, aud 10 day cipher
t.legrsm went through 10 he" OH M
n1uncipg that the whole ground to Sau
AS to the reliability of the information IN
this interview will say:
/ The gentleman who kindly consented
TO give it to mo IS one who Is more prom'r
nent team any other 10 the active work of all
of Goulds railroad building in the southwest;
and. were permitted to use his name, it
would be at once recognized as that of mnn
who is known to be close in Mr. Gouid's
confidence, q ID who must, to ba ehc'ent IN
his position, have knowledge of that gentle-
msn's plans. ,.
2 yhat he gave unqualified assurance that
this statemept of the plan IF southwestern
railroad, developsment and the alliance Tor
new trunk line, was absolutely cofrec; and
I will add, ss q 20.
8. That probably no one would doubt
this, could l give the nams OF my In
formant.
Aside from the value of this item OF news.
to which especial attention has been cslleo,h
may be safely claimed for this interview
which is given in the gentlemsn's own words,
that it presents in terse way, the clesresI
and most comprehensive
OUTLINE CT THE WHOLE PLAN
of railroad development, whose tfsrant and
frasmentary phases, as they gave appeared 10
the public, have excited wonder ana aston
ishment. Embraced in this place 10 inc
great feat by which 1000 miles OF railroad,
representing in cost of construction alone,
over I 10. OOO 600 havs been within one year
combined uuder one management and one
head the union of this great system
with the one in old McKee, founded
nm unusual and valuable conces-
sions. and finally the combus ion which will
mite this whole great southwestern and
Mexican system of railroads with the a,
Il. s. : f. and the U P. ill building another
trunk line to tho Pacific coast. 1t Is lmpos-
sible. at this distance from the consumma-
ton. to measure the effects upon commerce
or describe the wonderful results 10 develop,
ment and creation of wealth which will
mark the completion of this stupendous sys-
tenn of railroad building Some OF these are
referred to 10 the interview below, IN wnlcn
my informant fret describes
THE SOUTHWEST SYSTEM.
1estion-Wnat do you mean py the
soulnwest system?
Answer-The southwest system at roads
consists Of the Missouri Pacific The Texas
Pac ic. the Missouri, Kansas IL Texas, the
Iron Mountain road, the International u
Great Northern, and the New Orleans "
Pacific. Tnis year they will all be COM
plet.d to New Orleans on the southeast, TO
r., 20 V,lrn
the south, and TO Omshs on tha 'rto, and
thew comprise about 900 mil, of line.
They bavs all been placed H.. one head
with Mr.. Gould as president of all tns
roads. and with MIR. Il S. Hayes a. vice
president and executive officer in b. LOUIS;
The managers of the line are A. Tal-
madee, A. w. Soper and II Nj. Hcxie; and
the running md general expenes OF the
seven roads have been reduced to one
This is what is known rs the "Gould
southwestern system" lis eastern con'
nection is the Wabash, and its con-
necJion is line through Canada reaching to
the seabusrd on one side, and the line SOUTH
to The lakes reaching to Nav YORK on the
other side, giving them two through outlets
These outlets are the Great Western Of
Canada, the Delaware &c L,ckswsna. and
by means Of the Pennsylvania Road n link
that conneots WITH tho Jersey C-ntral which
takes them into New York. Now this sys-
TEN of r ads has obtained u concession from
-the president Of Mexico from - do
TO THE CITY OF" 'n
about 600 miles long IL CO" with
engineers, and is said TO b, 600 be- noes
sion vet give and the best any
rate II is the shortest. Itru ., DO
10 Meir, San Tands Jimintz. VISA "a
thence to tho city of Mexico, ", 81. ,f up'1a
of building branches to Vera Gu 30 Ten.
pico, TO Jesus Maria and Mstsm r1
"How much capital is invt ted 10 -
south western systemf"
"Well, there is about 1000 milf Of road
at about $50 900 per mile" :.
"What is the Dature and value of the con-
cess;on 10 Mexico you spesk Off Hss it any
connection with General Grants work down
thereP
"Well, this connection was given by ths
president of Mexico, ana it has all the righH
and about SIG 900 mile from the govern
ment, and all the rights and privileges Of AL
Che other concessions those ef the Mexican
Central sud Mexican stionsl-with sdme
additional privileges that are very bepe fcisl
1h.. s,.s.r, ~ tha (itu If Mlwaoo