Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-14
PRACTICAL sUGGEsTToNs
HOW Railroads Are Built IL "The Gam
OF tile ocean,

OF tile ocean,
~ conrus CHRISTI, June 10
To the Editor OF the Gazette. W.
The advantages which g..
Antonio and Corpus Chr,s.,
would derive from 40,
way connecting both towns bave haa.,
so often and 80 well discussed bv vsr,
Gus correspondents that 1 will mt M
necessarily take up space Nv It'll. un-
ating them, but will proceed NJ nvn-
10 lay before your readers the u,a,, I r.''
which railroads are built In Irei.nosy
through districts, the traffic of wh;a.,,
would not, for "a time, at least naM ,n
Jar rate of Interest ON the canitai ~ !"
pended I'm the construction and son;s
ment of the line. ~ equip-
me promoters OF the proposed In.
bring the matter before the grand i,
res OF each county through Which ~
me Is to pass: the plans and snac,a
cations, etc, having previously bsan
inspected and reported upon H.,
the company's engineer. may oy
add here that the connts,
commissioners here perform the sa,n,,
duties us the grand juries In Ireland
so far as public works, such ma road,
bridges, etc. are concerned. The nro,
moters, after bringing the pronasa S
railway under the notice of the grand
jury, ask for guarantee by the conn.
W OF a fair rate of interestVsav from, .
10 I per cent. on the amount Of canitaI
TO be expended on that portion of The
line that passes through their COUNTY
i0r term OF seven or ten years ne /,
the case may be. But this pi,arantss
is that, should the earnings of the rail.
road not pay the 8 or per cent. then
the county makes up the deficiency.
Alter few years the traffic ia certain
10 pay the necessary interest. etc. No
the country through which IL masses 10
developed by 1t. To put the matter
more plainly we will suppose that az.
teen miles of the proposed railroad
passes through Nueces county. The
promoters ask for a guarantee of 4 ner
cent. on $4,000 per mile-SI50 C0O
Inc interest on this at 4 per cent
would amount to So 900. We will sun.
pose that the traffic is sufficient
to pay only 2 per cent, after
paying all expenses, then the
county commissioners would pay, on
nenali OF the county, the sum Of
S5'u oo. Inc guarantee would be for
only say ten years. Let us suppose
that the railroad was unable to nav
any portion of the interest, VIVA,
would $4,000 be in comparison to the
increased value of property? L am Of
course Ignorant as to whether the
guarantee could be given by the coun.
ties under existing laws; if not il
should not be difficult to get such q
law passed. / have no doubt but thaI
these big railroad builders would be
Only too glad to get county bonds In
payment for the construction of the
proposed line. They would have little
difficulty in disposiDg OF them on the
London market. l am sure that ii
there was such line built it would
benefit San A ntonio very much. and
the place would double its population
in few years See what tract OF
country this line would open up.
1t is matter of surprise to me that
Corpus Christi is not now crowded
with visitors, come 10 stay for the
summer. L have seen no place In
Texas / like SO we'll. l only wish j
could stay in it. ANY one who
knows what San Antonio is in hot
weather could not fail to appreciate
tue refreshing sea breeze which has
been steadily blowing inland since my
arrival. 1t is so pleasant to stroll along
the bluff either in the evening or In
the early morning. / only regret that
l cannot remain longer. What lux.
ury it would be for ladies with their
families to come here during the warm
months; it would give them new life
| certainly would not think of com.
pairing Galveston to this place as q
summer resort. | think this is in
linltely the better of the two. I would
like TO see company gotten up here,
and erect nice cottages, baths, etc; IL
Texans only knew what a nice place
1t is they would come, feel certain.
meant only To write about the rail-
road, and have drifted off into recom-
mer ding it as a summer resort. My
praise is disinterested. / don't own
any land here. / may say / am per-
feet stranger to every one, save some
acquaintance l have made during my
stay. Yours faithfully,
ERNSTFFURCH MULLEN.