The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-09-09


lust established, but also upon the united {
and impregnabe chain Of travel aud traffic
between the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts I
that your company to-day looks with salts
faction az d your guests offer their oonerat' {
latlons.
Mr.. PRESIDENT and gentlemen. the msgni- {
tude and rapldity OF the recent strides OF /
ovr connry's progress In material develop
ment dwarf and belittle the steps IN our adj
vancement which we used 20 consider with
COM plaeency ana admiration Less than
FORTY years age, as lately as the year 1877, in
the little state OF New Hampshire, the en-.
erey OF It's people, allied with the wealth OF
Boston, had pushed their Northern rail-
road over the ridge Of highlands which di-
vide the narrow bottom lands OF the Merfi-
mao from The wider valley of the Conneou.
cut. The ooeuiug of this section OF the
road. from Franklin TO Grafton, was an oe'
casiod of great xultatton, aud distinguish.
ed company oil the solid mvn oi Boston mad
come up from that city In forenoon 10
meet the gathered citizens OF New Hamp- |
shire in grand celebration. The road
traversed thu farm Of MIR, Webster, ana he
took part tn the pride and pomp OF the 90 !
caslon Magnifying, as an orator should, |
the greatness of this triumph over the OBJ |
staeies which nature had interposed, and |
over time end Space and portraying the ad' |
yAntages which were TO flow from II, with
out the least sense OF hyperboe, he ex'
claims, "Fellow citizens, can We without
wonder, consider where We are and what
has brought va hereH" HOW vast all the Oil,
menslons and proportions OF the completed
enterprise we now applaud seem by the
side Of the achievement which the great ora
| tor aud statesman OF our country thus
| ID oudly commemorated TO these sober
| minded New Englanders as q wonder This
| last achievement of the intelligence and en-
erpy OF our people climbs over the lofty
range of mountains which divides the
waters OF a continent between the two
great oceans OF the world. II binds to-
gether by one more indissouble bond the
destinies Of great people who look from
the windows OF their hahitation upon tue
horses of the sun as they rise from the
stormy waves OF the Atlantic and again as
they quench their fire in the smooth waters
of the Pacific. Ii forms one more portage
} for the water-borne commerce which plies
. between Europe and Asia, II brings new
= fields TO tlllage adequate to feed tens ol
: millions. under whose healthiul and hap.
Q nv toll their seed.time and harvest shall
:. never fail, and tens OF millions more, les;
i fortunate, who crowd the workshops and
9 the factories, the cities and the mines o
d Europe aud America IN this age ol INDUSTRY
- III VIII ntlD W hnnNakf Ah'NNNAN''' ~ $50
I, ture and disparites ot fortune among ou
T. own people and to spread peace. plenty
/ and prosperity to other nations, Nor doe
Il lessen our gratitude aud CALCULATIONS tina
D. this Is not the first and that II will not b.
g ihe last that this wide land OF ours vii
IS ne ses on the same scale OF effort and bene
W iicsnce.
ID As our lying footsteps leave these height
l. of moral aud natural vision, am sure I'M
10 company will feel this occasion was not ur
ls worthy OF an assemblAge whioh the sectt
ne tary OF the interior honors with his attend
IS, ance, and theilluslrious soldieraiter follow
IS, ing his own fame around the world, hnd
"a attractive in its Interests; to which the mil
he i,ters of the powers Of Europe lend the Il
'e' yor of their counteuance and which oollec
he 40 many eminent men OF our own oopntr
u and of the old world To assist in TINS Int
" national celebration.
ON EX.pREstpENr FkKDERICK BILLINGS Apphks
vi Hon. Frederick Billings, yioe'presldeu
oil was then introduced, and delivered an or
'ct ton subs ,antialy asiollows'
There were brave men before Agamet
IS non. There have been ,ransoonllheht
,o- roads before tins one. Ihere nave pe'
he last spikes and last spikes, but there new
nd was a more significant last spike driven
iC- the continent than this one, never OF
ied which had more work and faith behind
ich never one with greater inture before
)n- IL has been long way mp % II. III IL mo
ace than forty years-a longer period than y
ex- children of Isracl were wandering In .
ern wilderness before reaching their pfomh
in land-siuce heard Asa whitney dhcoui
md on A Pacific railroad before the leglslall
of Vermont 1t is thirty years siuce C
an gress authorized surveys tort practical
ted aud economical railroad route rom
lnil no naafNiN INHNn L Ia
av. than a quarter OF a century since hei
pid Qovernoe stevens discuss this identi
;, 4. Northern Pacific route before an audleI
pid IN San Francisco, liz IL nearly a score
riy wears since this road was chartered, III
ion Ihirtoen wears since the iiHt spike '
iese driven. And this long way has at tiu
y ~ been very dark one. IL was cigar
in. Undertaking and had peculiar dlhiculue'
IS OF The Union n Central Pacific was a cl
'un- of The war. In that crisis public sentlm
.een demanded that the eastern ana west
icfi- rarts of our couutry should no longer
ecu. connected simply by way OF Cape Hort
ed Inc I,tnmus, but by railway right aci
.bls, and right through the heart ot our own
due. riory' Aud that line had almost the
q es- ernment treasury behind u, aud II iOllo'
Just well-known trail acrOss the continent
cier ended in the rich California ~ the Col
lsors Gate.
VI Tue Atlantic & Pacific route on the
CON ty-hith parallel by Santa fe was iamlha
3 OF emigration and had been advocated by
ling, ator Benton aud others Tor years
M N Texas Pacific, on tue thifly-second para
piled Was the one recommended IN 1880 by
To ,hs, secretary of war, jefferson Davis,
'rnor claimed n 10 be the best OF all routes,
j the eording TO his Interpretation OF the gov
You ment surveys.
lean MA Tss no moor Northern Pecihc had no
your lodven,ent I'm the public thought. Il
and was no trail across the continent. then,
r tn. Grants To OREGON, even, went by the Cel
route. TINS was called region OF de
the ton. II wasin everlasting bondage 70
Mt OF and ioo and sterllily. II belonged TO
alton, widest OF Indians and the north
lev Though II started from Lake superior,
that few thought anything OF Lake sup'
upon /, was ont of the world How br
struo. time m IL since Proctor Knott convul
that continent by deriding Duluth as the q
o not oi the unsaltei seas. And though the
OF IN went TO Puget Sound, the marnil
Dor or northern Medit itnaneau sea, wha was
posed Sonnu2 Wny. will you believe IL
lrtiou. said that but for the marvellous triD q
res or missionary, Whitman, across tl4 cont
find and his appearance In the state uepari
,litioal AT Washington TO make known ina
States perial Pacific uorthwest-all that !
lalulta north OF the tOluhNlh llNtI hlfht
innto' been lost TO this country IA the Ashb
'nnlns treaty. . -,
nd no nortue.n belt. and denscr prejudice
uis OF hardly any human beings On the lin
~ inn fierce Indians ana here rni there ie
return di0rs SHUT no la forts, and with no 81
cxptc- msut suhsldy--huw was this ROAD
Even bnut2 10 be- sure II had land Rrl
mere b,clne OF immense value IN time
III not how many at hrst believed 1t good 10
risks OF tbinpY Besides. II IL had actual va
bis uu. practically could have none till th'
eeklng was built and the lands were made a
I with. ple. But even this land grant had
q than good deal OF the time boen put under
ith by Of cloud by guerrilla attacks In col
de do Nhloh, thank God, never succeeded
the ia. m ,iofiiies Of both houses OF oongre'
nds, ns ali the presidents, from Abraham l.
forever VINO signed the charter, to the
Of the graceful chief magistrate, VINO has
OF the upon and accepted no many miles
la Il 49, haa aVttN uTaN