The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-29

TEN CROPS AND RAILROADS.

A Splendid Showing for IA Large Harvest
The Huntington Line and European
Trade.
Mr.. Ed. Wickes, of San Antonio, Texas,
arrived in New York yesterday and an
swered my questions about the crops in
that state to this effect: "We have had one
of the greatest years Texas has ever known,
and what tell you about it is not a matter
of guesswork, but offact, because our crops
are gathered, measured up, and we know
lust what they are. The oats, the corn and
the rye are finished with us, our season
being much more forward than yours in
the north. We have got a yield of about
twenty-five bushels OF wheat to the
acre, wherever planted, and our oats
crop is something immense, running
from rs to l25 bushels to the acre. There
is both food for horse and man-oats and
oatmeal. We shall have full crop OF corn
beyond all contingencies, running from 40
to GO bushels to the acre. The backward
season has little retarded our corn, but
we consider that no harm has been done.
The cotton is standing elegantly, and gives
the very best promise, 1t is a little back
ward too, but we anticipate no trouble
with it. So Texas is showing out maenifi'
Gently this year, and there is so much @
her that when she comes out strong il
means great deal"
what developments are going on in
| Texas since was there last February, Mr.
Wickes?'
1.-The latest thing is line of eighteen new
! steamships to be put on from England tt
The Texas trade TO bring emgrants out tc
us and take cotton, grain, ores, cattle, exc
saw the agent in England of this line be
fore left Texas, and he told me that wher
| 1 4, oh I'M inc
tie while, he would astonish Texas with
the quantity OF things he meant 20 throw
| in there. The very best we have is Ger
man, except only that northern immigra
ton which comes in from Iowa, Minnesota
Arkansas, etc., by way of Dallas.
How are the railroads going on il
Texas?"
"Well, Huntington's road, from San An
tonic through to FL Paso, will be opened
early next year, The railroad from Sa.
Antonio to the Rio Grande has beer
pushed 100 miles into Mexico, and mex
spring it will be into Monterey. But Mr.
| Gould has stopped building on his line il
Mexico for the present. II was supposed
hat the Palmer railroad was also go
ing to come to a stop, but they raised the
wind and are going forward"
| "Is Huntington the principal spirit in the
railroad toward Ell Paso?"
Huntington and Pierce Pierce is the
man we come in contact with more directly
in Texas, and he has very great standing
with as. He was dry-g"'is merchant in
Boston, who went into railroads, and he
has the best roads, suppose, in Texas
Huntington co-operates with him. | am
told that these gentlemen mean to bring all
| the wheat of California over that railroad
which has very dow grades, and ship it to
Europe from Texas"
"When you say Texas, suppose you
mean New Orleans, Mr., Wickes2n
"Well, it is the same thing. Eli ther New
Orleans or Galveston will be the enterpo'
| to Texas. We are so close to New Orleans
| by rail that it makes no great difference tc
us whether our produce goes out there OF
at Galveston. Everything about Calves
ton depends on whether they can gel
enough water. They are working on the
jetty diligently, and have gone some depth
already. They rely very largely on the
securing power of the northerners to SEQ D.
the channel out through the jetties. 1t is
to some extent experimental, and we are
all looking on hopefully. If we. don't get
all the water we want there we have New
Orleans anyhow.-['Gath," in Cincinnati
| enquirer.