The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19

lurEHvrw WITH COL SIMPSON
On the Hallway Prospects Of Dallas.
Thi Etton'ion at IN. trunk Rail-
way and the nrpogts AtcrninE
Tberefrnm--fho santa no.
Dallas In tls Lead

Tho reporter knowing Colonel Jamel
u. Simpsons CONGESTION With al IN,
lator railway lives bsllt out OF Dallas
and tho marked euecssa thst has here
tofore characterized That gentlemAn'i
efforts ia opening out new lines rom
this city, interviewed him yesterday
as 10 railway prospects Tor Da las
Colonel Slopiou--I regard the
Trunk railway as being the
most Important limo now de.
manding our a,tfnuon, ard ouo in
which there 10 moro money Tor ihe pur-
chAsers than In anv otnor property in
Texas. Ii This road could ha bought no
$4,000, and then lis 30 mites NJ once
bonded for $1,000 per mil~, or S500,000.
there would cortatply bs money Ia
such deRL Neafly avery Other road,
tho Sauts Fo pnssiniy exofntsr, IA THIS
iate Il bpndad for $4,000 per mile,
rarleuced ia bundipg the TrInk
~ $4,000, siuoe ,he security would be
good, aud " ins r0sd want 10 tho
pines, not 8 douhs could bs ep fartainad
AS To ils paying It's interest, The grRnt
fortunes 10 be made Ia n spdi!nR this
road, however, iio IN tho lumber
reglous that " lnust .ierct.
Reproductive ynu sgy objection
To stating your views az respsct 10 this
lumber ,natter?
Colonel S,-Soae, Whatever.
would simply ofsfy ous tho plan thBt
/ urged upon MY old epeCciGies IN ttis
much impressed with at tho
time. j should organize = land and
timber company in connection with
the road. Th.s ooapsDy would Know
in advance of anyone wnero tho rail-
Ssy line would ran. All tho pine,
white oak and walnut LANDS ahead OF
IL and along this line would be- ge
cured for q Hula oaah and un ss long
time hs possible. Tho moment the
ROAD penetrated them they would
advance 500 per cent. But | would net
stop with this advance. / should go
TO Michigan, gst psrsss Tor q doZsn
heavy lumnsr men, bring them down
70 this imm 3nsH ayea OF hue pine, show
them tbs money 10 II, organize them
into lumber company or take them
into the lard aus lumber company a.
ready organizad, laJ them rip oneD
these pine forests with their great.
mule, give them rates intO Dallas thar
no othrr road could give, aud build up
q lumber trade LbHt would control
surely I'll of North and West Texas.
Nothing could Withstand such com
binstion. IL woulf ba IL monopoly
vast ~ is proportions and most salts
factory IN its returns, That lumber
compsny would have tts yards at
every considerable town la North
and West TeSRs. and 10
could nod would underseh all
competition. Tberr are othor inciden
tai advantages growing out of cha OK
tension OF the trunk 10 the accession
of new territory for DOR merchants and
tho bringing into Dallas of white oak,
ash, aud beArt pino for rough Gars,
ploW, cotton press and fucnitura faotO-
ries, aud IN 0lt,ms,aly giving US sn-
other line 10 the gulf and the nost di-
rect line To Nov OIaens, aud, might
ado, in giving Us another line NOfsh,
10, is ~ bat quastiJn of Tear ar 30
~ change tho Texas & s. Lopis Mar
row Gauge into Is standard gauge, and
run cars Witbous Il transfer 81 Cairo,
S.. L1nis ana Chicsgo.
HepoYtc ia there any other limo
you think feGsioiC-ono that could he
built?
Colonol S.-The extension of the
Santa Fo TO Paris, theECe to cDnnec-
tion in tho InGilu Territory with tho
Sc. Louis d san Francisco roAa would
certainly bs deeigabls, bat the prnjec-
tion OF the Dsllas ~ Wichita on from
Denton westward across the Fort
Worth G Denver City railroad to the
coal fields would hs ofiueatimabiP ad-
v2atng9 TO Dsliss. Tho Fort Worth q
D5nver City road operates % a CHinahe
wall In cutting Dsuas out of tho Hle9s-
ureiessiy impVrtsnt TRADE Of tho North
west, aud but ht5ie cspi.ai would be
required 10 extend our present road
irom Denton 80 ID eau AKA beyon1
to tho Nortwes.. L have BEEN IL great
hopes that Shis matter was About D0n-
summalod, but thore seems 70 b3 Il
hitch som9~heie,
Reporter--W hy do yen no: take
hold of some Of Ihas0 roads and . ith
your financial c0nEt ci1p get some OF
them through?
Colonel S.-For certain private
reasons, l decliaed to interfere ia this
last Trunk sale, but expect 10 40 to
Esrope III tho spring and lay certain
railway matters before men of ample
means, thos g who hSve for some time
been examining with great interest
two lines OF railwsy from Dsllae. In
desd, a conH2enilai agent ii here now
quietly looking over tao country. The
slime, in my judgment, IL not far dis
tapt whsn ample fuuus will be had for
our roads leadiog cut from Dallas.
This city has now the advantage oyer
all other cities ia sne State, and bids
fair within ths next three or five
years 10 leave oil competition bshind.
This fact is becoming obvious to
monied men md investors.