El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-27
NEW RAILROADS
in TEXAS
The Southern Pacific is Soon
to Have a New Feeder.
ULTIMATE DESTINATION
Not Known at present-More Rail
roads Building in Texas Now
Than the State Has Witnessed in
Many Years.-Other Railway
Matters

Correspondence from Houston to the
San Antonio Express:
A survey corps took the field this
morning to run branch of the New
York, Texas 81 Mexican south from
Wharton to Matagorda county. The
ultimate destination of the road is not
known Is il will be left in such shape
that it may be run across to the port of
Velasco or to the Huntington property
on the main land fronting on Calves
ton Bay. 1t is to be feeder to the
Southern Pacific.
just at the present moment south and
east Texas are the scenes of more rail-
road building than the state has wit
messed in many years. There was an
agreement between the Gould and
Huntington interests that no new
roads should be constructed in this
territory until the time was ripe there
for; both these big railroad systems
are now shooting out branches and it
would appear that the time is consider
ed ripe 1t began when the Hunting
ton interests absorbed the Hearne &
Brazos Valley, which was valuab
feeder for Gould's 1nternati Onal. The
latter at once realized the loss and
without delay began the Calvert,
Waco & Brazos Valley, which was
opened for business Saturday. This
road now runs from Hearne to Calvert,
only short distance, but it is to be
made north and south line and paral-
lei with the Houston & Texas Central,
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. It was
run from Houston TO Dallas, where
connection wilt be had wi n the Texas
& Pacific.
This will give the Gonlds four lines
in their Texas system. The Texas g.
Pacific running from New Orleans to
Ell Paso across North Texas, the Inter-
national & Great Northern running |
from with the Iron Noun tain), ST. |
Louis to Laredo, diagonally across Gen. ,
trail Texas: the International & Grea |
Northern from Palestine to Houston,
cutting east Central Texas; the Calvert,
Waco 81 BraZos Valley, through Texas !
from north to south.
The Huntington interests are now
the Sabine & East and the
SO it will run in diagonal direction
across East from Sabine Pass to Dali
las; they already own the Houston &
Texas Central and branches given
net work covering Central Texas. |,
The Southern Pacific system covers
South Texas and this new branch and
The absorption of the Hearne & Brazos !
Valley indicates a policy of short
eecers. The San Antonio & Arkansas
Sac Antonio on one end, Houston in I
he middle and San Antonio & Arkansas 6
Pass on the other end.
Toe Rockefeller interests are also
tirii'c themselves; they are said to &
e backing the Cane Belt road whinh G
5 pew road into Colorado, Wharton F
nd other counties in that section. %
ne grade for the extension of this
oa1 has been completed. gang of
oD, lets IS at Rosen berg and all that is Z
ee ded is the steel, the non -arrival of u
'hich is delaying operations.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas is @
lso ~ he extended into San Antonio u
hicn will give the Katy q north h
I'D south line and lot of laterals that &C
ill enable it to drain a large portion m
Central Texas. IF
In East Texas the Kirby roads, now W
tort ones, are being pushed north to
ARD into the oil fields and timber
nds with the state line and a connec- =,
on with the big systems as their ul- M
mate destination. Boston capital is &C
ehiDo this aud ia not only interested u
the rosd. hut has made LARGE invest. tt
enfs in the country through which Ia
IL roads are TO be pushed. These are er
1t paper roads but all of them are ac- III
ally under way except the new bt
,utnern Pacific enterprise from az
hGrton and this will be within 81
nv short space of time There will a
several hundred miles of new track VI
Southe asst and Central Texas by the III
ID of next year. '"