The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-24

VINE tOSt oroncn ofnce In Galveston n
At the fremont hotel where items 81 news
subsoriptions and advertisements win pe
receivedD
Galveston. Texas, November 2s.--Former
Governor James S. Hogg talked abou, rail-.
road building today, and this is what be
said as solution Texas will build.
within tho next two years, more miles Of
railroad than any other two States in the
union. Within five years tho bonds Of
Texas railroads will be at premium"
continuing. Mr.. Hogg said:
Not only will there be great deal
OF railroad building In Texas, but let me
tell you. Wherever the system Of the
Texas railroad laws is understood 1t Is
sworn by. 1t is honest and 1t has saved
the people Of Texas millions OF dollars.
The railroads appreciate it, Texas has
built more miles Of railroad than any
other State in the Union since those laws
We're passed, and the manifold benefits OF
the system are acknowledged by all intel
ligent men,"
What railroads are coming 10 Texas,
or what roads that are now here are going
to build extensicnsg" the reporter in
quired.
THE Illinois Central Is aiming to enter
Texas, and 1t is only question Of time
when that great line will cross the Mis-
sissippi and strike for this State The
Queen and Crescent is coming here So Is
the Wabash. The Rock Island, the Fort
Worth and Denver and the St. Louis aud
San Francisco are looking for a gulf out
let, and they're going 10 get one,
ID. II. X. Green is going to have road
TO the gulf. BY means OF the Texas Mid
land and the Memphis and Little Rock he
Will form system that will become a
powerful factor. ! don't monkey with him
politically, but that young man will bsar
watching. He is going to be one OF the
biggest railroad men in the Southwest.
The railroad he is going to control will be
the best built and best equipped In Texas.
He is game, has plenty OF energy and lots
OF sense, and these old lines have him to
dread. He has the money, the ambition
and the enterprise. and the field is ripe
for him. Those outside railroads will hear
from him, mark my words.
'In addition TO Green building to tho
gulf, or getting TO a gulf port, you can
state That nearly all the trunk lines Of the
State will within the nsxt two years build
branches or feeders. Then there are va
rious other projects under way or In con-
temptation. Right here near your town
you're building the Galveston, Brazoria
and Western, and understand Uriah Lott
is working on railroad proposition in the
same territory. The Gulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe Is, | believe. to build from Con-
roe to Beaumont. aud ! see there Is to be a
road from Houston to Sabine Pass. can
not. at the moment, recall all the rail-
road extensions projected, but those will
give you an idea of the feeling that IS
manifested
"And there's reason for this. or you can
depend upon 1t there would be no such
move undertaken. Our State is filling up
with more farmers than any other State
in the Union, They are coming from the
East and from the West. In Indiana. Iill-
nois. Ohio, Missouri and Nebraska farm
ers are selling out their mortgaged places,
getting something for their equity ard
coming here to Texas to invest In new
farms and build UP new homes In this
more promising region
Mr.. Hogg left tonight for New York
CITY.