The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-11

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railroad men.
The st. Louis Railway Register SAYS il is
not easy to discover lust what the effects Of
the recent purchase by JAY Gould and G. P,
Huntington of large block of the stock OF
the st. Louis & San Francisco road will be,
Tor II Is by no means certain that controll-
ing interest has been secured. Yet the in
nuence OF the new directors will be marked,
anu IL is safe to assume that some compact
mas been arrived at so that the influence OF
the st. Louis d San Francisco will be bene,
fetal to the Gould southwestern system.
and also to the southern Pacific lines. Ii
IS almost certain that the Atlantic & Pacific
Will not extend further west than the Call
iornia state line or to junction with the
Southern Pacific. But it seems equally GER
tam that everything must also be done to
make the 81. Louis Il San Francisco as val
liable as possible. In order, to do this all
the proposed extensions must be completed.
The eastern link between the Pacific and
81. Louis will be finished and the Arkansas
pranch pushed on across the corner of the
Indian territory into Texas and a connec-
ton with the Houston g. Texas Central,
now owned, it is said, by the Huntington
party. This must be So because Mr.. Hunt
ington, 1t seems, was the real purchaser and
Mr.. Gould was invited in because of motives
OF policy, but it is certain that the south
western system of tie latter and the st..
Louis Il San Francisco will be operated in
harmony. The only good we see in the
transaction is that st. Louis being the GEN.
ter of these lines, will be favored in every
way and its trade fostered. Whether this
benefit will counterbalance the mi uries re-
ceived by the southwest in the loss of q
competing line to the Gould system is
doubtful
The bill reported by Mr.. Morgan from
the senate committee on public lands maid
OF the Gulf u Chicago Air Line railroad
company, proposes to grant to the state of
Alabama, for the road to be constructed by
that corporation, the right-ofway through
the public lands in Alabama, together with
fifteen sections OF public lands to the mile
along the line of the said road, provided
that SO many unappropriated sections shall
be found within fifteen miles from the line
OF the road on either side.
The lands thus gronted to the state
are to be sold by it to said railway company,
or to such other railway company as the
legislature may designate PRIOR to January
!, 1883, at the price of SIPS per acre for coal
lands, and in other cases at not more than
Is cents per acre, and the proceeds are to be
devoted to common school purposes. 1t
also provided that actual settlers within the
limits of the land grant shall each be enti-
tied to enter 100 acres on payment of $3.50
per acre for coal lands, or 81 per acre for
other lands on which they reside.
MIR. Plumb, from the committee on pub
lie lands, reported iavorably to-day the bill
recently introduced by Senator Call, of
Florida, granting the right-of-way, 200 feet
wide, through public lands, to the Palatka
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state of Florida. The bill provides that in
case the road is not completed within five
years the lands shall revert to the United
States.
The senate committee on railroads con-
tinued the hearing of arguments on the bill
to ratify the alleged act of the Choctaw
legislature granting right-of-way through
the Choctaw nation for the ST. Louis a. San
Francisco railroad company. Ex-Governor
Allan Wright, of the Choctaw nation, adyo-
Gated, and j. l.. Folsom, member of their
Legislature, opposed the bill. The COM
mittee to-day, in view of the importance of
the interests involved and the conflicting
character of the statements concerning the
controversy, have authorized their chair
man to obtain authority from the senate 10
employ a stenographer and have the state
ments printed, The contest before the
committee is therefore likely to continue
for week or two longer.
A correspondent. Of the Boston CONNER
cial bulletin writes: | learn from most
undoubted authority that Mr.. Gould /.
about to become an anti-menopolst. !
called to see Mr.. Sage on Wednesday, and
he told me that at the meeting of the. West
ern Union executive committee, held that
day, some member opened a discussion OIL
made suggestion in respect to negotia
ton for consolidation or amalgamaton OF
friendly alliance with the Mutual Union
telegraph company. AS some amount was
broachcd, Mr.. Gould jumped from his chair
and stamping his foot, said with much en-
ergy: Gentlemen, this consolidation bust
ness has got to be put n stop to. 1t is high
time that the line was drawn against il
somewhere, and | propose that II be drawn
right here"
fREIGHTs
On cotton, from Dallas, are as follows: