Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-03
TIE NEW LINE NORTH.
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from Fort Worth.
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rom Fort Worth.
1alv~ton News.
~ y now definitely nsccrtalne,,
Una .t"Ysnsnagement of the Gulf. Col.
cratic ~canla te Railway company
have concluded TO push that enter.
prise 10 con ieciion with some III
thc most Important railroads IN The
country, aud with this purpose IN view
wiz 90 before csngress ut the ensuing
session OF that body with bin asking
LOT right OF way Through the Indian
Ierritory. The News has seen ,lrntt
OF the bill that will be presented Ia
congress, aud II is learned that Sena.
.or Sose will Introduce the measure IN
me senate. The Gulf, Colorado &
santa re Railroad company nsbs
Tor the right ofway 10 locate, construct
ana maintain "a railway, telegraph and
telephone lines through the Indian
Territory, beginning at point to hc
selected by said railway company.
west OF the eastern boundary OF Cooke
county, In the state of Texas, thence
by the most practicable route through
the indian Territory TO point on the
southern boundary Of the state of
Kansas, west Of Cutlayville The
measure provides that all the rights.
powers and privileges now possessed
by the Santa Fc railroad company.
under Its charter from the state of
Texas, except its grant Of public
lands, shall be conferred upon IL hy
the act. and congress, under the pro
visions OF the act, shall reserve the
right to regulate the charges for freight
ana passengers on said railway after
construction. and for messages Tor said
telegraph and telephone lines. The
measure also provides for the payment
10 the secretary OF the interior, for the
heneiit of the particular tribes or ma.
tons through whose lands the said
railroads may be located, The sum OF
$50 per mile for each mile OF railway
constructed In the Territory; and the
company shall further, after q
hundred miles of It's RAILWAYS is
built In the Territory. also pay TO the
secretary Of the interior 81 100 pcr an.
mum. so long MS said Territory l. owned
and occupied by the Indians, but
there Is nothing in the act that shall
be construed 10 prohibit congress, or
any state or states that may be formed
out of said Territory, from imposing
taxes upon said railway. II is also
provided that said railway company
shall build at least one hundred miles
of its railway within three years after
the passage OF the measure, or tn.
grant shall be forfeited MS 10 the
portion not built. Such are the
general provisions of the meas.
ure 10 be introduced by Senator Coke.
The extension of the Santa he, as now
definitely outlined, will run from Fort
Worth TO Red river, a distance of sew
enty miles; from Red river to the
Canadian river, another distance of
eighty-fve miles and from the Cail-
adian river TO u Junction In the Indian
Territory with the Vinita extension OF
the st. Louis II San Francisco railroad
which IL now constructed under the
ola charter Of the Atlantic & Pacific
across the Arkansas river
into the Indian rerritory-a
further distance of eighty
miles; making II total mileage from
| Fort Worth 10 this point of junction
in the Territory Of 235 miles. This
| will make short line from Fort
| Worth To st Louis via the st, Louis
Il San Francisco railroad. From the
! point Of connection in the Territory
| with the st. Louis Il San Francisco
road, the Gulf, Colorado tS Santa Fc
will finally build its system through
the Territory to the border Of Kansas.
ut or west OF Cofieeville, further dis
lance OF 100 miles, which would place
| the Santa Fe within nifty miles OF "a
connection with the Atchison, Topeka
d Santa Fe, the Chicago. Burlington
IL Quincy, the Chicago d
Alton and other important combine
tons. This Will require, perhaps, 1876
miles of construction on the part ol
the Gulf, Colorado Il Santa Fe, but It's
contamination will give II all the adj
vantagcs OF u trunk line from the gulf
10 the very center Of grain production
In the Northwest, aud with through
competing connections 20 all parts OF
the United States. BY building on
the route outlined the Santa Zee will
run through very fertile corntry
With such line In operation the dis
lance in favor OF Galveston over the
present ocean outlets tor that sec
| lion of country west OF Kansas
| City, assuming the rate Of freights per
ton per mile on the railroads to be
equal, there would be "A saving OF
twelve cents per hushel on wheat IN
favor OF the gulf route. Thediilerence
In ocean fIeights against Galveston
compared with Atlantic ports would
be hut "a small margin of this saving
OF twelve cents per bushel Oh wheat,
The importance 10 the Northwest OF
such connection IL obvious, and with
deep water here will tell wonderful
tale in II few years more. IL Is un-
dersloOd that the Santa Fe VIII
likewise build from DtllAs TO PARIS,
there 10 take advantage of any con-
nection that may strike The border OF
Texas at that point, The main extern
sion, however, Is designed from Fort
Worth upon the route indicated above,
1t is sincerely hoped that congress viii
pass the measure granting the right Of
way through the Indian Territory,
aud that Galve-ton's great railroad en-
terprise may soon iind itself heading
for connections aud business Ia the
Northwest.
A Daisy of The American Pulpit.