The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-20


monls. lfn ron9 memorial address ia the
Governor by the railroads ON the subject NJ
/ feilrOnd logislnliOn, BE thbn called alton.
lion to the fnct That The sixteenth legislature
after maiure delbcratiOn had passed laws
fixing tho maximum rates. lle also stated
that no railroad In the state hnd been able
to declare dividends during the lnsl year.
The. most prosperous Of these roads ma ~
hard work 10 pay interest on thelr
bonded indebtedness. The aggregate
capital stock paid in is, only
3760OO,0 600. He remarked that II the legis'
lature passed laws taking away large
part of their earnings, the mortgages would
ioreclose, and that the stockholders would
lose the stock they had paid in. on the
faith of friendly legislation which had
been unbroken since 1851, and said
that the lands donated by the state had
been so far an expense instead OF an advan-
tage as they had cost $4,000 more
for location, etc, than they have brought
the company referring to the Texas Il Paci-
fic.) He unprecedented that no member
wanted to legislate against the railroads so
that they could not run
a sna hPS Sy in rs edRsn ssen s market as
to school lands In reference to the railroad
tariff bill, he read an extract from one. OF
the national railroad committee, preiacing
the reading by the remark, that
to take as a standard the
passenger tariff of more popnlous states by
which to gauge charges in Texas, was not
lust. He called attention to the fact that
the Houston & Texas Central road runs,
from north to south, generally parallel with
the streams while the Texas d Pacific
runs at right angles and crossed nearly
every stream in the state Of any consc-
quence. Hence it was plain that it
would cost more for bridges, embellishments,
etc., and has heavy grades to pull trains;
so it is manifest that to make rates at which
I'the Central could hardly exist would plain
ly be the destruction of the Texas & Pacific.
He gave figures showing that Texas has one
mile of railroad tor every eighty-four
miles of territory; New York, mile Of
road TO 94l of territory; Massachusetts
mile of railroad to every miles of territory
and Georgia l to %; and all
these states had vastly less
than Texas. From this he showed the I'M
fairness of making a sweeping reduction
indescrimnately over railroads in this state.
The Pennsylvania Central from Philadel-
phia to New York receives three cents
per capita and it carries more
passengers than any. other eighty-nine
miles Of road in America. One senator re-
marked'that -four was carried from Chicago
to New York for 80 cents barrel
and passengers, y cents. The
senator, he said, took this as
premise from which to conclude that Texas
ought to make reduction, but the distin-
guished senator neglected to consider the
difference in the systems The Chicago
engines pulled out trains of over 45 loaded
trains, because of the low grades, but the
Texas e. Pacific could only pull eleven
loaded cars. There is great part of the
Texas e. Pacific road that had as well be
through an unbroken funnel, as for
transportation but the question will
be, asked, then, why are are roads Is
i easy epough-in Europe the engineer
and track layers follow civilization, but in
America we reverse things and op n up
country and civilization follows
railroads. He referred to the Union Pacific
railroad as an example Of this. He observed
that they had been bringing immigrants to
Texas for less Two cents mile Il not t as
develop country I'd this build up the road,
He referred to the fact that railroads in
Texas had given free transfer to the in
mates of the asylum, to the aged and feeble
veterans of the Texas Rev.
olution, when they feel like
meeting once a Year to talk about the
scenes of Goliady the Alamo and San
ton in fare would render it necessary
to take Off all free lists. He noted the
clause declaring that railroads are public
highways and that the con-
stitution does-->7-~:.}9t -, give the
legislature power to delegate its rights
Jurisdiction to any other body. He asked
why the vindictive legislation, such as is
and emphatically denied the assertion of
were public property and subject
to unlimited control by the legislature. His
address is considered by every ON the alb est,
most exhaustive one. of the kind
ever delivered in the state and is I'M
doubtedly so. He quoted from the
had spanned the entire state and had been
wonderfully developing the country.
Before their advent, in forty years only
5000 acres were pre-empted, an now,
under the development of railroads.,
more than million acres has been
sold in three years and asked II the leglsla-
ture would not wait until these roa Is could
raw Just debts and reap the only reward
which belongs to everyone who invests his
The university bill will encounter de-
termined opposition in the house.
The Galveston water company, with
capital of one million dollars,
| filed a charter. The directory embrace
most of the leading Galveston capitalists
A charter was also filed by the
FrancorAmerican Fuel company; capital
| $50. 600, principal Office at Galveston.
The attorney general to-day refused
TO recommend the issuance Of certificates
| to the Houston, East & West Texas
railway for sixteen miles Of road re-
Eask, a son or General T. J. Rask.
asylum Saturday night. On yes
| terday he was found dead,
hing by his handkerchief from,
a beam. A coroner's inquest was held and
! a verdict returned in accordance with the
| facts.
AUSTIN, April 1s.-The senate convened
pursuant to adjournment. The speaker
! was in the chair; prayer was held by the
chaplain; the roll was called. and the min
utes Of the previous mseting were read:
I Mr.. Burgess presen tSd the petition OF the
survivors OF the Dawson massacre, asking
that they be placed on the same footing
with other Texas veterans. Referred.
! Mr.. Houston, from the committee on IN,
surance, statistics and history, reported
back the special message of the governor oil
/ the date OF April 18th, lss2, recommending
I that II be referred TO the committee on
Mr. Wynne introduced "a bill compelling
railroads 20 erect depOts at crossings
or where roads t;,,. oonnssct ,.d ans
and passenger tickets. issued by connecting
lines.
The special order for the hour, the
Amendment of Mr.. Patton TO the bill APP
propriating lands TO the university, was
taken up and adopted.
Mr.. Gooch's amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Duncan's substitute was lost, and the
bill. as amended, passed to engrOssment.
Mr.. Burgess introduced bill 70
/ amend section ! Of an act granting
( a land certificate Of .2s0 acres 10 each Of the
surviving soldiers Of the Ieras revolution.
/ and the surviving soldiers OF the
I declaration Of Independence. and
TO the surviving Widows q
| surh soldiersr and signers and