The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01
HE DALLAS HERALD SEPTEMBER sT EDITION ADRPLE SHEET

nv and b,od,clveof IN those N no,n,
aud central Texas aud are also those most
fapldly nlling With population ana dtyol.
0ning inalofisiiy In tSefy respect. 1libif
GhjnrAl advantages, " course, have been
olhony Instrumental in drawlng capital and
population 10 them, but Tie advent " tliis
great Inns IN their midst, thus giving them
outlets by rail in every conceivable dlfco.
tiIn, has operated ~ II wonderful Impetus
Of late. In this section will be found some
VI HE most fertile wheat, cotton aud corn
lands and some Of le finest grazing coun'
tries IN Texas aud the road traverslng them
must necessarily do A tremendous business.
The Missouri Pacific has built all the line
rom Fort Worth to Taylor within the past
twelve mouths and just the other day COM
plcted branch from the main line near
Temple to Bolton. This Is only part OF what
has been done in the way Of railway build
ing by this great company in Texas within
the time stated. The line from Denison
southeast, formerly the Denson & South
east ern, has been extended from GreeDvillo
TO Mineola, intersecting the Texas d Pacific
and connecting with the Troupe branch of
the International & Great Northern, passing
through very rich, healthful and beauti-
full country, comprising the counties of
Grayson, Fannin, Hunt, Rains and Wood.
Another branch runs from Whitesboro to
Gainesville in Cooke county. Nearly all
the cattle shipped from the Pan Handle,
now one of the great cattle countries of the
world, goes over this line from Gainesville,
making that town one of the live.t and best
shipping points anywhere on the road or
its branches. rhe Dallas & Wichita road,
in operation for some time past from Dallas
10 Denton, distance of 81 miles, has been
purchased by the Missouri Pacific. and is
now operated IN conjunction with the main
~ ,l.,- a nf h. 10.
soui Poi ic in Texas is as follows: From
Denis,n to Mineola. 102 miles; from Deni-
son TO Taylor, about $50 miles, from Whites
boro 10 Gainesville, 10 miles, and from Dali
las to Denton, 81 miles, with other branches
and sidings reaching so miles, thus making
grand total of some 450 or 400 miles. By
both the main line and the main
branch important connections are made
at half dozen points with all
the other roads of any significance in the
state The Texas & Pacific main line is in
tersected at three points, Mineola, Dallas
and Fort Worth. At Mineola,, as stated
the International is reached, and at both
Dallas and Fort Worth the connection Is
made with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.
las. The Trans Continental branch Of
the Texas & Pacific is crossed at Bells aud At
Whitesboro, both in Grayson county. The
Texas q st. Louis Narrow Gauge is met ut
Waco, the Santa Fe again at Temple and
the International again at Taylor. There
is therefore multiplicity of connections
with t. whole railroad system ofthe state,
affording ample, opportunities. to the peo'
pie living along the line of this great high
way to reach through it almost any point
Of the compass with comparatively no
trouble and at little COST as by law OF the
last legislature the various railways of the
state are not permitted to charge more than
3 cents per mile for passenger fare. Both
the freight and passenger traffic of the
Missouri Pacific, as might be imagined
from the extent of its lines and the pro-
try, traver.ed by and tributary to it is
tremendous and constantly on the
increase. The track of the road is laid
with steel rails, the rolling stock in fine
ORDER, the time good, and the Missouri Pa
eihc withal, one of the best equipped roads
in the south. As with the other roads in
Texas so the Missouri Pacific has large
body OF land, which it is selling at reasona.
BILE prices and on good and easy terms. The
lands belonging TO the various roads are
situated principally in the Pan Handle and
extreme western portion Of the state, and
are now going very cheap, but in a few
years it will be next to impossible to obtain
lands il that section at any price, ~ they
are being bought up by the thousands Of
to use them for pasturage. Some of the
Weather cattle men already own individ-
ually from 10000 to 100000 acres, and have
these vast tracts under fence. The Gould
system in the southwest i, aggressive and
constantly making changes and pushing
out into new territory, and there is no tell
ing what year or two may bring forth, but
Just as the system grows and becomes aore
ramified and powerful, in the same proper.
ton will the Missouri Pacific and its
branches become important factors in the
handling Of the trade and the development