The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-05
TEXAS RAILROADS.
coL.WALpoAND THE COMMITTEE
He Says the Railways of the state are
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Shadows Cast
Across the Gloaming-Ter-
rell's Amendment.
MR.. WALDO BEFORE THE HOUSE RAIL

MR.. WALDO BEFORE THE HOUSE RAIL
ROAD COMMITTEES.
AUSTIN, Feb. 4.-[Speclal Col. Waldo
met the railroad committee of the house
yesterday afternoon, and spent some
two hours discussing and talking over
the matters that would probably come
up for legislation. Mr.. Waldo is a man
that is practical, and did not seem to
disguise the facts that the roads were
iooslng heavily. In fact he said thew
were compelled TO acknowledge their
poverty IN order to protect themselves.
lie said the difference between the peO-
Pile aud the railroads was
want Of understanding OF each other.
lie showed by figures that the fixed
charges of the Central road would ex-
coed earnings over S0C0GG) this year.
The crop had been short and there was
nothing to haul out, and therefore mer-
chants hauled In but little He said, "a n
matter of fact, the roads in Texas would
probably be in the hands of receiver
were IL not that Mr.. Huntington and
Mr. Gould had other roads that did paY,
aud they were trusting TO tho future for
Improvement In Texas. Referring
10 the matter of appointing
commission, he said IL
would deter capital, as 10 one would be
willing 10 invest when the chances
were that others than themselves were
to control the properly. This, he said,
with the 10 SEES in or Grating, was why
MIR. huntington would not build any
road at present. The uncertainty Of
what would be done was keeping odt
capital. lie was often interrupted by
questions at his own solicitation.
Mr.. kimbrough read letter from a
! prominent cotton firm in Dallas, re-
| torring 10 tho discrimination in favor
OF Waco and against Dallas and Fort
Worth, as well rs other matters.
Mr. Waldo said in reply that they
had made the rate TO Liverpool
nom Dallas, Waco and other north
Texas towns the same, but the Texas &
ST. Louis road had made the cut rate
~ per lU0, and not wishing 10 carry a.
THAI price and lose money, they with
drew IRON the business at Waco. AS TO
other matters referred to IN the letter, he
said the matters were not true. Ho was
very severe in his restrictions upon the
writer of tho letter, saving lie l:rew
from whence IL emanateu, and that tie
party knew the ma eIs in tho letter
were not true, and thlt the writer was
! The worst scalper of rates in the state.
MR. TEBRELL's AMENDMENT TO THE
SHANNON RAILROAD BILL.
Last Friday, while the senate had un.
der consideration Senator Shannou's
railroad bill, Senator Terrell moved TO
amend the same by adding clause, in
substance, as follows: ,'All contracts or
bills OF lading requiring the shipper of
| live stock, before he can bring suit for
damages done to stock by tho railroad
company, to give notice OF such
damage before the stock is un-
loaded from the cars or mixed with
other stock or within fifteen DAYS from
such unloading, shall be null and void"
After the longest and most heated de-
bate OF the present session, the amend
ment was adopted and the bill passed.
Tho amendment has since been widely
! discussed, and the Galveston News,
which is still little out of humor with
Senator Terrell on account of his vote
against the Eeds scheme, has this &c
say about it: "This amendment Is
n very cute provision, entirely too sha I
to be TIE work of Il new hand in leyisls,
ton. R1ilroad men believe that Senl
tor A. w. Houston, the oldest and nor.
haps the ables5 member of the sonaf 2
is, in fact, the author OF IL, ard that
Senator Terrell introduced ii at Seratoi
llouston's requC-t." The people OF this
dis1,ct will remember that MIR. Terrell
during his CANVASS last summer, ffe.
| quentiy SPOKE of the matter con liped
IN the amendment, and declared that lac
would do his best 10 ongrait IL upon the
railroad bill. The News might lust as
we'll get in good humor ana give Ter.
rell the proper credit for his work.