The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-26
RAILWAY LEGISLATION
Addresses Before the Committee OF /
ternal Improvements OF the
House Of Representa-.
tiyes, at Austin,
April 18th, 1882, by Officers of ie
Houston & Texas Central
Railway.
A Complete Survey Of tho Rally
Problem by Colonel q. Jordan,
General Manager.
Able Argument Of Major Il. w. &c,
Treasurer.
Imposing Array Of Railway Statiscs
and Interesting Data.
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Able Argument Of Major Il. w. Ce
Treasurer.
Imposing Array Of Railway Statlscs
and Interesting Data.
What Texas Owes to Her Rol

chairman, and thank you for the courul
| am always more or less embarral
when appearing in the role of SPED
because | have had no training ia
school; but, as the chief officer of the I'D
ton & Texas Central railway, resided
the state, feel it my duty to represent
best I can its interests before your n
mittee.
As | understand the situation, your \
mittee has before 1t no less than six
and brom their number and charactcrE
would infer that there was somer|
radically wrong with the railwJ
that the citizens were being n
dered right and left by "A
roads--and that great emergency \.
upon you, making 1t an imperative ne
sity for the most stringent and immeai
legislation.
] do not propose to take up and dins
with you In detail the features of apy,n
OF these bills, but to plant myself up1Ih
broad ground that there is no demanLo
legislation in any shape or form, or IA
rates should BIO disturbed, and thath
roads are operating to-day at rates THAR
unremunerative rather than oppressive
In this array Of bills-many of themt
soptod within tbo frat fort -ni,Lt ha,,l
your sitting-..thero Is 10 10 ro;, ~"
ager \ amentohle snec,acl, nro"?n u
ingrat;tudo Of ram, i,rs anJ u,at
lions have nnecks IN Wv Lo w
and souls 10 ha Jonoa :, 10
tho lost two VAR, " nuor ,,
oora riias ~ rosJ - - uI,
,ha s,a,. Naa,i', manV yie' p"uV
, vuv S'" No., Lao" ,h eSu,f my W thi,
NAV sa S' o oIu,as ,"'ousn .h,niy selt
ra,,,c All - w;,ho,, un s. uistric,s
,ha o,ns,ssr" "uno"s eoI. W the peop,ep9
has hson a S' =, y, .l'ese new roau Tre
,aSahjo ,,, |"u ~ UnVo anu u'recely ,ne
Th nav ul "oa,'n ~ .ne sthle over sZo,VVo,
ha Nav ,u' n u nii'iiohs OF acres OF lansas
J JIeu naI,u 'nnn uouoled' TAXATION haen
n na,aana ra ..el,yWhere, trahsportatix,
peisus reuuce9 ~ least Oh per centind
;ncreoseJ W., ~ psuP'u i'ii'ueuspiy
some ou,rt,r ~. 'h Eoo cry nc comes mes. upm
sbane If No six My no. wnere--he
nmn;shwert n, ga ~, Ioi.iui,uins ap.e
irv Tia val reco o,,e,nnB upun 'ieh'
vaniages Of ra;lua', c'';,;, .on''oIts u'pu-
senta,ives from shy,n ,lIa..ds, \, ,ne rc'
nresent / a"meo 'i' W. ,I" VI I'lstlairo
'rcyas 4 Pacific anS , ,ron anu ASK Ie
have not yiven ,bsn, ,,a ae1"s Ien'ral'us
values ana d;m;n,shaS5 oon senslue' inceu
norlationS i adaSoss papenses Oh Is
the honest reflection Of ey T"v MAN. nnl y W
resenting districts recently bronoht 10
endowment of railroad tac;,, iIisha nv
wherein they have been nygr;evoa . "''H !
do not propose To rcst nv ino,; =
with frontier representatiSesm}l " an, nv ~
4 Texas Central railway ; turn 10 it Lon
rcsentatiye of nv own conn,v w." n.y. ~ up,
bill before you, and so abIv va" ,a =, q
Harris county, and Houston, Tho ~
railway center of the state ash ss'
tleman frankly whether a single cona,n,
his has lodged complaint ncai,u'e
DIS Of his district for excessive ,ha,'',
unjust discrimination that cannot ~ VI
edied by existing laws "'' Jun
That there have been DELAYS and or -,
-Sssss1it, but no rights of ths c;, nu 81
NUN Suched, TINT had not its sneed,'
cay N vi before vnu on VJH'sllns sne;
anu ls,ve that bevond t Ho iiosol.
emniy'wtyr tNmes of vcrv h.a 'no,e lTnt
70 uohSs ,,s have reached m sJ Ssa meislno
ooml,n sln ,aiies oc rraJ nnI p 'on, n,oiie
on ibe contrary wa I'vcxysd, Wy ulfon;
ance thai Tho nconio n ,,ro 'ad every lri
and were satisfied Then w yIv,,'s wen
hare by this seea,,nr c a,, WY arc we
wrath Ifoppressi,n and 'J .iIa" OF
ha;ng precticaJ nnnn ",n ulscilminat
vrnwth and nrosne r;1n ny ,np people,
6eing retarded bv tbc ro ~ d.o ,1n"uutry
waniiested In thc s;x NV MI ,Da',s, lhc zeal u
he admissible. N '''iS oc'orc You
If the Legislature vos 49,.
nowerill and canobIa ""s mol AZ all
1.-THE statutes worn "a eplreuting az
rodress the wronc os0 uo' nlteady ann
,n;rbt be causc far so ". tne people-H
hnf TODAY, when nrna v ,u'.hsr iegislaI
is felt in every county in tho ' =, p,ospY'
sso v sso overcoming with
parted by railway inilucnce Naiues
sound reason for the array ~ " MT, yre
you, and they must cmanS,. 't s,S. oHj
iears--or desire to fall intn NV .eom ~
popular current. va 'in"E'v'
ihaye before stated TIM, ,,0 Y
manded no legislation sn wy sltaationIe
under the suudry bills S ",,H us propo$
be maniiestly unjust TS SI,ore you, wd,
nihcent system OF railroads VAST and III,
the Gulf of Mcxicn I" s.reichtng III
north, aud from tho .h Iuu River on
Grande on the west "o'ne 70 tho
made and is making and that
populous and prosper,nsy your grant 3,
wholly by the money oS ms been b,
citizens Of Texa, AMI \, ~ others than
nently invested for their h haa.e6ee been PER-
facts should make no ~, benefit, and
stature considerate In r,Lpp,e ana tho |,
railway properties and n", treatment
their scverest laws ms # i Iv, level at tn,
ed q special resentment to rv,v was entsrta
ital lhold that Il il rs ,V m,s, foreign q
the citizen who puts his mo uon Tue right
way properties 70 enjoy and puy.,, me ra
hl business, subject only 10 pursue his Ia
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