Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-06-17
BENEFICIAL TO TEXAS.
Road from Kansas City Through
sTexas and Mexico TO Pacific.
TO OPEN NEW FIELDS
it, Buiidlng WIN Hiring Cattle Closer To
the Markets aud Place. Texas
Nearer the Pacific by Hun
dscds OF Nile. OF Road.

Is frequently directed to the older Por-
tons Of the south 20 the neglect Of the /
region west %. the Mississippi river. /
identified geographically |
with the south and destined 10 become |
an enormous contributor othe southern
wealth industrial. commercial and
enterprises arr, however,
being pushed there, and plans for others
are well under way Among the latter
is the projected Kansas City. Mexico
and Orient railway, the construction Of
which will mean the opening Of new
territory In the south ani new route
To the Pacific for cotton goods and other
southern products. This Is shown in an
outline Of the plan published this week
in the Manufacturers Record.
This line, starting at Kansas City.
where il would have close connection 10
Chicago aud the northwest generally. Is
expected 10 pass through Kansas.
through the center o. Oklahoma, and
entering Texas near Quanah, 90 through
Swcetwutcr. san Angelo and enter Mex
leo about halfway between Eagle Pass
aud III Pasl. aud thence almost in an
air line 20 Topolohampo. now changed
70 Port Snllwcll. on the gulf Of Califor-
MIA.
From Kansas City "a Wichita the dis
tam, viii beab1ut 200 miles This plr.
tion ofN.he line between Kansas City
and W.hh a. well rs that south of
Wichita 90 HEATH Gnuie through Ok.
lahoma and rezas, tnver,es what is
said % b. about the tinsss,of the agricul.
tuul and grazing region intne auth.
western country.
In Usage county. Kansas. the line viii
pass through extensive c1al fields 50
miles from Kansas City. Il will bring
the cattle grazing districts Of western
Oklahoma, western Texas, southwestern
New Mexico and Mexico 20 Kansas City
market by a much shorter haul than any
any road in existence. I'm effect It will
BE- nm air line direct 70 all that vast sec
tion. now the great cattle grazing region
Of the United States.
From the Rio Grandc 20 the city %
chihuahua, a distance Of $50 miles, the
rad follows the Concho river. passing
through an extensive grazing and min
eral region Chihuahua. with its popu-
laiion Of 5000. Is one Of the important
cities OF Mexico. It, commercial and
mining interests, already large. would
BE- greatly developed by the building Of
this line.
About 80 miles east Of Chihuahua the
line would pass through a region Of semi
anthracite c1al with s-foot vein Ow-
ing 10 the lack Of transportation this coal
has never before beon utilized. but the
scarcity Of coal IN Mexico would make It's
development Of great commercial impor.
lance.
Between chihuahua and the Puerto
river this lue will traverse what. Is
claimed % b. the finest mineral country
in Mexico a region that when opened
up by transportation will. It is thought.
rival the L,adville and Cripple Greek
district ~ Colorado. There i then
stretch Of $50 miles Of longleaf pine,
which estimated Will cut 5000 70 l2.OO0
feet to the acre. Along the valley OF
the Puerto river 20 Port Stllwell there
is fertil region where sugar coffee. cot.
ton. tobacco and fruits yield abundant
~, and within 80 miles Of Port sullwell
large deposit Of coal
All Of these points as % the undevel.
oped wealth Of Mexico. however. are
not the essential things 50 far as the
south is concerned, except that they fur
nish the basis for the construction OF a
road which. IN addition 90 opening up
the southwestern region through Okla.
homa and Texas, Will furnish a direct
line 10 the Pacific coast by much
shorter route than any now IN existence
A study Of the map VIII show that this
road will reach the Pacific coast by a
line 500 miles shorter than any other
from Kansas City % that coast.
II will thus give % vast stretch Of
country IN the south a short direct route
90 the Pacihcouast, and should the Choc-
taw. Little Rock and Memphis or other
southern ruads extend 20 a connection
with this line. rs they will likely do.
there will then be- direct line 20 Mem.
phis. and even from the central cotton
and cotton manufacturing districts Of
the south. % the Pacific az Port Still.
we'll. by this r1ad 81. Paul, Mimi,
would bc the same distance from Port
I Stilwell that it now Is from the Pacific
at Portland, while, as stated, Kansas
| City will be- 500 miles closer to the Pa
cifc than now, and as Port Stilwell i.
ON the same parallel AS the Sandwich
islands and Hong Kong, there would b,
"a shorter ocean haul IN addition 70 the
saving Of railroad transportation. Port
stilwell isabout 1900 miles from Calves
ton, less than ] 500 miles from New or
leans. and rs 100 miles nearer 10 New
York than Is San Francisco.
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