The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-02-11
GnIr and PneIne RnlIroaa.

Another step has been taken in the
matter of the organization of the Gulf
and Pacific Railroad, the name of the
now Boston road, from New Orleans to
the Pacific, via Ysleta, N. NJ. 1t will
be remembered that the short route
building from st. Louis 10 Mexico by
way Of Fayetteville, Ark, crosses the
Gulf and Pacific at Dallas. The name
of this short line in Vetas is the Chi
cago, Texas and Mexictn Central. 1t
has been decided to hayp the north eud
of this line (callcd the ST Louis and San
Francisco build the PORTION through
the Choctaw Nation, from Fort Smith
to Paris, Texas, and tho Chicago, Texas
and Mexican Central (Which is COM
pleted from Dallas to Cleburne, south
west, where it entersectt the Gulf Col
orado and Santa Fe) Will build north
east no further than Paiis, or possibly
to the Red River The lAtchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe, which is the largest
factor in the complex Boston system,
has already assigned passenger agent
w, II. Holabird) to Texas, With head
quarters at Dallas. Economy OF ad-
ministration requires as few organiza-
tions az possible in Mcha system, and
it is intended to consolidate tho Gull
mud Paoidc with trio Chicngo, Texas
and Mexican Central, A large partj OF
Northern, Eastern and Texas capital
lists left Dallas Saturday night for the
East, to try and perfect ARRANGEMENTS
for the consolidation. This il the com.
bination to which our special dispatch
from New York this morning refers
The information in our New York spc-
cials is always found Trustworthy, and
our readers have leen advised IN nd
vance of several o. the recent great
railroad combinatiCns, such rs the
Southern and Texas and Pacific juno
ton and working arrangements, etc,
The title OF this new road the organic
alton OF which is not yet perfected
but which is going ID with the Chicago,
Texas and Mexican Central, is not
Mexican Gulf and Pacific, but simply
Gulf aud Pacific. The mileage OF the
company now proposed (Which, Of
course, lies in the Suite limits of Texas
will be about as follows:
From the Rcd River north ii Paris fcxas, 90
tho l.io drande, OF Eagle Pass, aeout -...a.. 800
From the Sabine River d Newton county,
Texas, To New NJ, Nican liae, IN B1yloy cotn-
~, Texas, about .....- ........... ...... .. $50
Total mioi In Icxas shout ...... $50
Morgan's roads have excellent pros.
poets of harmony with the gigantic
Boston system. Mdrgans Texas Cen.
tral is to build northeastern extern
sion to Paris, Texas, from Whitney
ION its Waco and Albany linel by way
OF Ennis Ton its Sherman linel and
Kaufman (where it will cross the Gulf
and Pacific, and Terrell (where it will
cross the Texas and Pacihcl The st.
Louis aud San Francisco will then
furnish an outlet to ST.. Louis and the
East for the Boston system, for the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, now
completed from Galveston to Fort
Worth, and for the Texas Central sys-
tenn, all these roads being independent
OF Gould's syndicate, and allied to each
other by bonds Of mutual antagonism
to the Gould polypus. Mosgan's Louis
lana and Texas touches TIT Gulf and
Pacific at Opelousas, 1t viii be seen
that there is not the slightest danger OF
New Orleans Texas Mexican and Cali.
fornia trade being swallowed up either
by the Scylla of the Texas and Pacific
or by the Charybdis Of the Southern
Pacific, The great combination com.
ing III betwdch flieni- is -as strong a.
either Of them.