Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-25
AFTER TEXAS TRADE.
The Proposed New Road From New Or.
leans to Fort Worth.

New Orleans apparently means husi- 7
ness at last In looking after the Texas
trade. IL il learned from tue Times.
Democrat OF the 2lst that there Is con.
siderable talk railroad circles In TINT !
city OF a proposed read from Opcousns,
on the main line Of the Morgan road, |
direct 10 Bremond, on the line of the
Texas Central road. 1t Is claimed that |
the construction of the road mentioned |
will afford New Orleans short and |
direct route to Fort Worth. and will |
also form the short line to III paso |
At Bremond the new road will
connect with the Waco branch
Of the Texas Central to
Fort Worth and to Cisco or the Texas
4 Pacific road, y glance at the map
shows that this liuc, IL constructed,
will shorten the distance between
! New Orleans and Fort Worth at least
100 miles. Aside from this advantage
the Inc follows high divide from
Opelousas, ard pssses through the long
leaf piLc lands OF the eastern district
aud the rich cotton districts lying in
the valleys ofthe Trinity and Bra1os
rivers, and the rich farming regions
surrounding Fort Worth and Waxa.
hachie. ut was the intention of the
|
porter OF the Times Democrat was IN
formed. "to build this line in order to
get n connection with its lines Ia Texas.
At that time route was surveyed, but
, owing To the fact that the construction
, OF the Louisiana Western and Texas
and New Orleans roads was commence
ed, the project to extend the road from
Opelousas was dropped and since then
has remained dormant IL appears,
however, that several enterprising
Texas gentlemen, who are anxious TO
build line that will place Fort Worth
D in direct communication with New
) Orleans, have revived the scheme and
/. will push II through IL the people
, of this city will assist them IN the
/. enterprise. a short route TO Fort
, Worth will give New Orleans almost
! absolute control of the trade of that
. cityan the adjoining section of coun-
@ try, which Is now being rapidly de-
+ veloped. In the near future the road
/. will also give New Orleans u strnigh,
@ route TO Denver, Col, as the Denver &
q New Orleans road Is quietly striking
. northward from Fort Worth toa con-
:, nection with the Denver Il New Or
I leans road which Is building South
n The value of u direct line to For
b Worth aud Denver can not be overes
n tmated, and II is to be hoped tha
d all the reports concerning
II the eaily construction of the roat
8 from Opelousns are correct, and thu
A the management of the Southern Pa
. ciiic system will take an Interest II
- the niat,eru Ii Is well enough 4
: keep informed upon these points
ls While the subject of railroad from
x New Orleans To Fort Worth Is only II
If vet being discussed. II is not unreasou
able To suppose that n movement u
the direction indicated may eventual
take shape ana 20 through to conpl,
ZION. The enterprise outlined
!, essentially feasible, and the roul
indicated all that Is claimed fl
ie IT, The same issue of the Time
u Democrat conveying the above IL
u, formation contains n dispatch trol
" Dallas, stating that the trunk railroa
yEo had been completed 10 the illty.ml
~ post, and that the president OF u
y road was in correspondence with Ne
o. Orleans capitalists who desire to inNe
~; In the enterrrizc and instead OF ru
70 ming the main line TO sabine Pass,
ia originally intended, TO ran II to New 9
ue leans via Baton Rouge the whole di
~, tapee to Baton Rouge being free
~ connecting roads. Likewise the ICN
ne Northwestern railroad company III
NJ been organized, with III. y. Blood
rs, Massachusetts, as president, and ca
struc,ion bonds To the amount oI ~
zen 0O0 per mile were voted. II Is ovide
.e9 from all of this that North Tex
nu is not disposed TO be alwa
m satisfied with connections pr
l.e clpally to the North and East, b
sh' that that section of the state regnr
~, II suitable and economical OUT
y somewhere upon the gull ms an IN.
"" pensable necessity. a great deai
w pends. in this connecllen, present u
leg. ot-water problem which Galveston i
'' i, In front Of her.