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Officers .- Thomas W. Pierce, President; H. B. Andrews, Vice-President; Charles Babbidge, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary; Jacob E. Fisher, Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and Auditor; James Converse, Chief En- gineer and General Superintendent. General offices: Houston, Texas.
STATIONS AND DISTANCES, " SUNSET ROUTE."
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
Galveston
Houston.
.212
0.
Harrisburg
.214
8.
Pierce Junction 206
19
Stafford 193
766
767
RAILROADS.
26
Walker 188 32
Richmond
182 42
Randon.
172
51
East Bernard 163
60.
West Bernard. 154
. Eagle Lake. 146 68.
81
Alleyton 133
84
Columbus
130
94
Borden .. 120
100
. Weimar. 114
109
Schulenburg
105
122
80
15€
Luling
58
168
Kingsbury 46
36
189.
Marion
25
200.
Converse
13
213.
San Antonio.
0
GALVESTON, HOUSTON AND HENDERSON RAILROAD .- In 1856-7 twenty-five miles of this road was built from Virginia Point, opposite Galveston, toward Houston, and reached the southern suburb of that city in 1858. Galveston voted $100,000 in bonds to build a bridge from the Island to the main land, which was completed in 1860. In 1863, by order of General Magruder, the road was extended through the city of Houston, to connect with the Texas Central road. In 1876, the gauge was changed from the broad to the standard gauge. Line of road, Galveston to Houston, 50 miles; sidings and other tracks, 12.50 miles; gauge, 4 feet 83 inches; rail, 56 pounds. During the year 1876 the whole road was thoroughly repaired and fish-bar rails substituted in the place of the chair rails on all but nine miles of the main track, and new bridges constructed over several small creeks and bayous, while the bay bridge, 1} miles, was repiled and strengthened throughout. The track has been raised and ballasted with shell and sand, a locomotive and train of cars having been constantly and exclusively em- ployed on this work for more than a year. This company has also fitted up large, commodious and dry cotton yards, where that staple can be handled with greater dispatch and be free from destruction by fire.
The stations on this road are: Galveston, Pooleville, Eagle Grove, Vir- ginia Point, Highland, Dickinson, Clear Creek, Websterville, Summit, Allen's, Harrisburg and Houston, of which all except Galveston, Houston and Harrisburg are nominally meeting points.
Rolling stock consists of fifteen locomotives, nine passenger cars, six baggage, mail and express cars, 242 freight cars.
Officers .- John Sealy, President; H. M. Hoxie, Vice-President and Man- ager; F. P. Killeen, Secretary ; J. II. Hutchings, Treasurer; O. G. Murray, General Freight and Passenger Agent; J. H. Crowley, Master of Trans- portation ; John G. Conlon, Master Mechanic.
.Flatonia. 92 134 Waelder 147
Harwood 67
178
. Seguin
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD .- This was originally chartered as the Galveston and Red River Road. Its gauge was five and a half feet. It was first chartered in 1848. In 1852 the charter was amended and work was commenced in 1853. Paul Bremond took out the first shovel-full of dirt in the city of Houston. Compared with roads built more recently, its progress was slow. It reached Cypress, twenty-five miles, in 1856; Hock- ley, ten miles further, in 1857, and Hempstead, fifty miles from Houston, in 1858; Navisota in 1859, and Millican, eighty miles from Houston, in 1860. After the war closed, work was resumed, and the road reached Bryan, 100 miles, in 1867; Calvert, 130 miles, in 1868; Bremond, 145 miles, in 869; Groesbeck, 170 miles, in 1870; Corsicana, 210 miles in 1871. From Corsi- cana onward, the gauge was changed to the standard gauge, and subse- quently, the entire road was made to conform to that gauge. The road reached M'Kinney in 1872, and in March, 1873, reached Denison, where it formed a junction with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road, opening con- nection with St. Louis. In 1876, the road passed into the control of Com- modore Charles Morgan.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
Houston 341 0.
5.
Eureka
336
12.
Thompson's 322
25
Cypress 315 35.
305 40
Hempstead 290
Courtney
278
70. 80
. Millican
260
Wellborn
· Bryan . 241 107.
Benchley 233 113. 120
Hearne.
220
212 128
Hammond 203 137
142
.Bremond. 198
155
Thornton. 179
Groesbeck 170
159
189
Wortham 151
199
Richland.
129
221
. Rice
120
231
Ennis 110
239
.Palmer.
102
246
Ferris
95
25
Hutchins 87
. Waller .300 50 62
270 88
252 99
Sutton 227
Calvert
Kosse 185 161
170
181
. Mexia
141 211
Corsicana
Gum Island .329 18
Hockley
Navasota
BERNSTEIN-CO.ST.LOUIS
VIEW OF SAN PEDRO SPRINGS, SAN ANTONIO.
771
RAILROADS.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
265.
Dallas.
76 277
.Richardson
64 282
Plano 59
296
Mckinney
45
302
Melissa
39
312
Van Alstyne
29
319.
.Howe.
22
329
Sherman. 12
Denison 0 341
Officers.
C. A. Whitney, New Orleans, president; G. Jordan, Houston, vice-presi- dent; A. S. Richardson, Houston, secretary ; E. W. Cave, Houston, treas- urer; A. H. Swanson, Houston, general superintendent; J. Waldo, general freight and ticket agent.
Line of Road.
Miles.
Main line-Houston to Derison.
343
Branches-Hempstead to Austin. 115
Bremond to Waco ... 47-162
Total length of lines owned and operated by the company 505 Siding and other tracks, 65 miles ; gauge, 4 feet 8} inches ; rail, 56 lbs.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL ( Western Branch) .- Twenty-five miles of this road from Hempstead to Brenham was completed in 1865; in 1869, it was extended to Burton, thirteen miles west of Brenham; in 1870, to Led- better; and in 1871, to Austin, 115 miles from Houston. Stations and towns on the line :
-
Miles.
Houston to Hempstead.
50
Chappell Hill
61
Brenham 71
Burton
84
Ledbetter
96
66
Paige.
117
MacDad 123
66
Elgin
138
66
Manor 150
Austin
165
Giddings 106
(Waco Branch) .- Was built from Bremond to Marlin, eighteen miles, in 1870; and reached Waco, forty-five miles, in 1871. In 1877, this road was extended in a northwestern direction eleven miles to White Rock; making it fifty-six miles from Bremond. Stations and distances :
772
HISTORY OF TEXAS.
Miles.
0 Houston
142 Bremond 142
9 Reagan 151
9 Marlan 160
8 Perry 168
10 Harrison 178
9 Waco 187
11 White Rock 198
The following statement of the condition of the roads now in progress at Galveston, is from the " Annual Review " for September, 1878:
GALVESTON WHARF COMPANY'S RAILROAD .- Directory .- J. L. Darragh, I. Dyer, J. G. Duffield, John Sealy, C. G. Wells and H. Rosenberg on the part of the company, with his honor Mayor D. C. Stone and aldermen J. H. Hurt and J. Runge on the part of the city. J. L. Darragh, president, Thos. C. Shearer, acting secretary.
Line of road, 22 miles ; gauge, 4 feet, 8} inches ; rail, 56 lbs. This road was constructed by the Wharf Company to connect the Galveston, Houston and Henderson, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and others that may here- after be constructed with the different wharves, so that freight cars can be loaded and unloaded directly alongside of ships lying at the various wharves. It commences on Thirty-seventh street, Galveston, where it intersects the Galveston Houston and Henderson, runs thence in a northeasterly direc- tion to Thirty-fifth street, where it meets the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road, thence runs east on Avenue A to the eastern portion of the city, with branches extending directly on the New wharf, Lufkin's wharf, the New York Steamship wharf, the Brick wharf and Morgan's Line wharf.
GALVESTON, BRAZOS AND COLORADO, (In Progress) .- Line of road, 15} miles ; gauge of road, 3 feet ; rails, 30 Ibs. Rolling stock : 3 locomotives, 4 passenger cars, 89 freight cars. Entire cost, $165,000.
This road is now in the hands of David E. Small and Edward Samuels, of Pennsylvania, represented in Galveston by Messrs. Sloan & Gonzales. The road having been in the hands of lessees during the greater part of the sea- son, and no report having been made, it is impossible to give report of operations. The road and rolling stock have been put in good order and the road is being worked to its utmost capacity. Negotiations are in pro- gress looking to an early extension of the line.
GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FE RAILWAY. Officers .- M. Kopperl, pres- ident ; Jas. Sorley, vice president ; C. C. Allen, secretary ; R. J. John, treas- urer; George B. Nichols, superintendent ; B. M. Temple, chief engineer.
Line of road (completed) : Galveston to the Brazos river, 48 miles; gauge, 4 feet 83 inches ; rails, 56 lbs.
A contract has recently been made with Messrs. Denistown, Cross & Co., a responsible firm of London, England, for placing $2,700,000 of the compa- ny's first mortgage bonds. which sum, with the local aid subscribed on the line of the road, it is estimated will be sufficient to complete and equip the
773
RAILROADS.
road to Belton, Bell county, a distance of 220 miles from Galveston. This contract has been approved by the board of directors, and will be ratified by the stockholders at a general meeting.
At the present terminus of the road on the Brazos river, a substantial all- iron bridge, 485 feet, is being erected, and in a short time will be crossing that stream. The grade will be completed to the eighty-first mile by the 15th of October, 1878, and the rails and fastenings have been purchased and are on the way to finish the road, under the construction contract to that point, at Bovine Bend, by the 28th of November. By the 31st of October, 1878, the road will be completed to Richmond, 63 miles from Galveston, there forming a connection with the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad, thus putting Galveston in direct communication with points here- tofore tributary to other markets. Rolling stock has been ordered to equip and operate the line so completed.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS WESTERN .- Gauge, 3 feet ; rail, 30 lbs. In operation from Houston to Pattison, forty-one miles. Officers: T. W. House, pres- ident; Peter Floeck, vice-president; J. G. Tracy, secretary ; J. W. Good- win, superintendent. General offices-Houston.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
0
Houston.
41
6.
Westheimer
35
12.
Piney Point.
29 22
Habermacher
19
30
Wimberly
11
41
Pattison
THE HOUSTON EAST AND WEST TEXAS RAILWAY. Officers .- Paul Bre- mond, president ; Samuel S. Timpson, secretary.
This enterprise, familiarly known as the Bremond road, is being pushed to the Trinity river, and will be completed to that point by December next. Forty miles have been finished, and for that distance there are daily trains. Five additional miles are ready for the iron, which will be laid immediately. Mr. Bremond has purchased iron sufficient to carry the road to the Trinity, and the right of way for nearly the whole distance has been cleared. There are nine mills in active operation upon this road as far as it has been built, which are turning out each week a vast amount of excellent lumber, and the revenue from this source alone is paying a large per cent. on the capital invested. The town of Cleveland, named for Judge Chas. Cleveland, of Galveston, will be reached before another month shall have passed, and a considerable business will spring up at that point as soon as trains can be run from it to Houston. The construction of the road is in every particular first-class, the work having been done by Messrs. Snelling & Harper up to the forty-mile point. Mr. Snelling now has control of the construction, Mr. Harper having died within the past few months. Recently Mr. Bre- mond has bonded the road for $7,000 per mile, at 7 per cent. interest, and the bond is considered a number one security. There can be no doubt that
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
this enterprise is one of the most promising in the Southern States. Once across the Trinity river, a magnificent farming country will be reached, and along the whole line of that river to the town of Nacogdoches, the pine, walnut, white oak, hickory and other valuable timber trees cannot be sur- passed in this country. The Houston East and West Texas Railway is going to be the means of developing a country now without railroad facilities, and the State of Texas would be better off if she had more Paul Bremonds within her limits.
The principal office of the company is at Houston.
TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY .- This short road was built in 1876 to connect with the town of Clinton, where Mr. Morgan's steamers land, with Houston. It is seven and one-half miles long. The road is built of steel rails, tied with water-seasoned cypress and equipped in the best, most sub- stantial style; receives other companies' cars at Houston, pulling them with their powerful engines to the wharf, immediately alongside Mr. Morgan's steamships, which receive and transport produce to all ports.
TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD .- Ten miles of this road from Hous- ton eastward was built in 1859. In 1860 it was completed eighty miles to Beaumont, and in 1861 to Orange, 106 miles from Houston, and at the close of the war the road was suspended. In 1876 a re-organization of the com- pany took place, and soon afterward re-commenced business.
Officers of the Road .- John T. Terry, President; J. F. Crosby, Vice- President and General Manager; T. W. House, Treasurer; B. F. Merritt, Secretary ; P. B. Watson, Auditor; C. A. Burton, Superintendent; W. II. Masters, General Freight and Passenger Agent; C. C. Barr, Chief En- gineer ; N. R. Olcott, General Land Agent.
Length of line in operation, Houston to Orange, 106 miles; gauge 4 feet 8 inches ; weight of rail per yard, 56 pounds.
Miles.
Stations. Miles. 0.
.Houston 106 12
Shelden 94 20
86 35
71
40
Liberty
66
53.
Devers
53 67
Sour Lake
39
83
Beaumont
23
93
Terry 13
106.
Orange.
0
INTERNATIONAL AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, MAY 1ST, 1878. LINE OF ROAD.
Miles.
Houston to Longview, Texas.
235
Branches.
Phelps (66 miles north of Houston) to Huntsville 8
Palestine (152 miles north of Houston) to Austin. 181
Troupe (198 miles north of Houston) to Mineola. 45
Houston to Columbia. 51-285
Total length of all lines owned and operated 520
. Crosby
Dayton
FORMER MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, SAN ANTONIO.
1
777
RAILROADS.
Sidings and other tracks, 20 miles; gauge of road, 4 feet 8} inches; rail, 56 pounds.
The Houston and Great Northern road was commenced in the city of Houston in 1870; reached the Trinity, 88 miles, in 1871, with a branch to Huntsville, 8 miles, in 1872. It reached Palestine, 152 miles, and in 1873 was combined with the International Railroad.
HOUSTON DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
232 0.
5.
Cross Timbers
Prairie. 220 19
23
Spring
209
28
.Haltom's.
204
33.
Parker
34.
Medley's.
196
47
Willis.
177
55.
. Waverly
171
66
Phelps
71.
. Dodge
161
Riverside. 153 86.
Trinity
146
95
Red Branch
137
100
.Lovelady.
. Crockett.
Stark.
112
126.
Grapeland
106
138
.Elkhart .
93
Palestine 81 151
BRAZOS DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
0.
Austin 262
11
Duval . 250 19
243 22
238
27
Hutto
226
213 48. Everett
52
Watson
210
61
Rockdale
200
Milano 192 69
181 81 Gause
91
Hearne. 170
105 .Englewood. 156
.226 12
Westfield
213
205 27 .Hartley's
.Egypt
201 30.
199 36
198 38
Grand Lake
Berings
184
165 79.
132 113
119 120
Round Rock.
Palm Valley
234 36
.Taylor
Houston .
778
HISTORY OF TEXAS.
BRAZOS DIVISION .- CONTINUED
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
115
Lake.
147
125
Marques.
136
Jewett. 125 137
146
Buffalo
116
154
.Keechi
108
164
Oakwoods
98
171.
Douglass.
90
18
Palestine.
81
RED RIVER DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
151
Palestine
81
162
.Neches
69
167
Price's.
65
168
Earl's
63
178
Jacksonville
54
184
Reynolds
48 196
.Troupe. 36
204.
Jarvis
28
210
Overton
22
220.
Kilgore
12
227
. Foots'
5
232
Longview
0
COLUMBIA DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
50
Houston.
0
44
Pierce Junction 6
Arcola. 20 29
22
.Sandy Point 28
18.
. China Grove 32
13.
· Chenango
36
8.
. Oyster Creek. 41
Columbia
50 0.
NORTHERN DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
0.
Troupe 44
11
Whitehouse 33
19
Tyler
25
33
Lindale
11
Mineola
0 44
HUNTSVILLE BRANCH.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
0.
Phelps.
8
. Huntsville 0 8.
779
RAILROADS.
The Directory .- Samuel Sloan, Moses Taylor, T. W. Pearsall and John S. Barnes, New York City, New York; James A. Baker, Houston, Texas; R. S. Hayes, H. M. Hoxie, D. S. H. Smith and Ira H. Evans, Palestine, Texas.
Officers .- Samuel Sloan, President; R. S. Hayes, Vice-President and Receiver; D. S. H. Smith, Treasurer; Ira H. Evans, Land Commissioner; George J. Pollock, Accountant; H. M. Hoxie, General Superintendent ; Allen McCoy, General Freight Agent; J. H. Page, General Passenger and Freight Agent; O. H. Dorance, Master of Transportation; T. K. McFar- land, General Baggage Agent; Jacob S. Wetmore, Assistant Treasurer and Transfer Agent, New York.
Principal offices and address, Palestine, Texas; fiscal agency and transfer office, New York.
The International Railroad was chartered in 1870, to run diagonally across the State from northeast to the southwest. To this road the State promised a bonus of $10,000 per mile. It was commenced at Hearne, on the Central, and forty-one miles built to Jewett, in 1871; in 1872 it was built to Overton, 109 miles; in 1873 it reached Longview, and formed a junction with the Texas Pacific. The track was also extended soutwest across the Brazos, fifteen miles. In 1874, it reached Rockdale, and Round Rock in July, 1876, and Austin, December, 1876.
The State having failed to issue the bonds to the company on the portion of the road already built, and the Constitution having been changed so as to permit the giving of land to corporations, in 1875, the Legislature passed a bill, substituting twenty sections of land, per mile, instead of the $10,000 in bond -; the entire property of the company to be exempt from taxation for twenty-five years. This compromise was accepted by the company.
The Columbia division of this road was known, before the war, as the Sugar road. It was built from Houston to Pierce Junction in 1856; and extended to Columbia, in 1860. Having failed to pay the interest on the money loaned by the State from the school fund, it was sold out, and became the property of the H. & G. N. road.
TEXAS PACIFIC ROAD .- This was formerly known as the Southern Pacific, and was sometimes called the Memphis & El Paso road. Commenced at Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1858; reached Marshall, Texas, forty-two miles, in 1859, and Longview, in 1870; Dallas, in August, 1873; and Fort Worth, in July, 1876. In 1873, a section of the northern branch of this road was opened from Sherman to Brookston; in March, 1875, it reached Paris, and Clarksville, in July, and Texarkana in August.
Board of Directors-(Report for 1878.)-Thomas A. Scott, Pennsylvania ; Frank S. Bond, Pennsylvania; John C. Brown, Tennessee; W. W. Keefer, Pennsylvania ; H. H. Houston, Pennsylvania ; R. D. Barclay, Pennsylvania ; Marshall O. Roberts, New York; Henry G. Stebbins, New York; William Thaw, Pennsylvania; W. T. Walters, Maryland; Alfred Gaither, Ohio; W. C. Hall, Kentucky; W. S. McManus, Pennsylvania; T. L. Nesmith, California; W. M. Harrison, Texas. General Office, 275 South Fourth street, Philadelphia.
780
HISTORY OF TEXAS.
President, Thomas A. Scott; vice presidents, Frank S. Bond, John C. Brown; assistant to the president, James P. Scott; treasurer, George D. Krumbhaar; secretary, Charles E. Satterlee. Transfer agency, 50 Exchange place, New York. E. B. Hart, transfer agent.
The number of miles of road (main track) operated was the same at the commencement as at the close of the year, and is described as follows:
Miles.
From Shreveport to Fort Worth
219 69-100
From Texarkana to Sherman. 155 12-100
From Marshal to Texarkana Junction. 69 5-100
Total length of main track
443 86-100
The average number of miles operated the previous year 414 75-100
Which shows an increase over last year of. 29 11-100
.
A fraction over 7 per cent.
At the commencement of the year the company had 36 94-100 miles of side tracks, and at the close of the year it had 39 44.100 miles, showing that 23 miles of siding was added during the year. The total length of main tracks and sidings, May 31, 1878, was 483 30-100 miles.
J. S. Noble, Superintendent Trans-Continental and Jefferson divisions, Texarkana, Texas.
George E. Wright, General Baggage Agent, Marshall, Texas.
General Offices, Marshall, Texas.
Executive Office, 275 South Fourth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations. Miles ..
Texarkana 254 0
Texarkana Junction 248 6.
16
. Sulphur 238 20
Alamo
234
26
Lanark
Atlanta
.215
44.
Kildare
.210
49
. Lodi.
205 59
189
74.
. Marshall.
180
79
Abney's.
175
83
.Millwood.
171
88.
Hallville.
166
94.
Mason Springs
97
Longview Junction 157
. Longview 156
101
Willow Springs 153
110
Gladewater 144
228 31
223 39
Hoxie's
Jefferson.
Woodlawn
195 65
160 98
PAND IS NOLLY CO
COMAL RIVER, NEAR NEW BRAUNFELS.
-
RAILROADS.
783
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
116
. Neal's.
Big Sandy
133
123
Chilton
.Hawkins
128
134
Lake Fork 120
111 143.
150
Silver Lake. 104 157
97 168.
. Edgewood
86
174.
.Will's Point
80
183.
· Elmo 71
190
Terrell.
194.
.Lawrence
60
Forney
52
209
Mesquite.
45
· Scyene Siding. 39 215
221
. Dallas.
32
228.
Eagle Ford
26
234.
Grand Prairie
20
241
Arlington.
13
248
Village Creek.
6
254
Fort Worth
0
TRANS-CONTINENTAL DIVISION.
Miles.
Stations. Miles. 0.
Texarkana
. Texarkana Junction 148
17
Whaley's
22
New Boston
132
DeKalb. 120 44
110
52.
Annona
102
60
Clarksville. 94
67
Bagwell's. 86
Bennett's 81 73
80
Blossom Prairie 74
64
98
Brookstor
56
111
Honey Grove.
33
127
Bonham
27
138
Savoy
16
146
Choctaw
8
0 154
Sherman
MARSHALL AND SHREVEPORT-SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Miles. Miles.
Stations.
0 ..
.Shreveport. 40
4.
Race Track .37
138 12
131 126
Mineola.
Grand Saline
64 20
H. & T. C. Crossing 33 223
154 6.
137 34
Douglas
· 90
Paris.
.Dodd's.
42 121
42
784
HISTORY OF TEXAS.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
.36 5.
Jewella
.Beckville.
.32 8.
11.
.Flournoy's.
.29 15
Greenwood
19
24
Jonesville
16
32
Scottsville
8
0 40
Marshall.
HENDERSON AND OVERTON .- Webster Flanagan, president; W. S. Moss, vice president ; A. B. Collins, treasurer; B. S. Wathen, secretary and super- intendent.
Line of road, Overton to Henderson, 15 miles. Sidings half a mile. Gauge 4 feet 83 inches. Rail 56 pounds.
TYLER TAP (Narrow-Gauge) .- James P. Douglas, president; W. J. Goodman, vice president; E. C. Williams, treasurer; Charles T. Bonner, secretary.
Line of road : Tyler to Ferguson, 21 miles ; sidings and other tracks, one mile. Gauge, 3 feet. Weight of rail in use, 30 pounds.
DALLAS AND WICHITA .- W. H. Gaston, president; J. W. Calder, vice president; George Shields, secretary.
Line of road: Dallas to Louisville, 22} miles; gauge of road, 4 feet 8} inches. Rail, 56 pounds. Ten miles constructed within past year. Expen- ditures and earnings about $1,500 per month. Receiver appointed in June, and now in charge of the road.
EAST LINE RAILWAY .- Wm. M. Harrison, president; E. W. Taylor, vice president ; W. H. Cook, secretary; W. B. Ward, "superintendent; T. J. Rogers, auditor; J. P. Russell, general freight agent; S. D. Rainey, Jr., general ticket agent; B. H. Epperson, E. W. Taylor, W. B. Ward, L. A. Ellis, W. M. Harrison, J. P. Russell, J. H. Bemiss, S. D. Rainey, Jr., T. J. Rogers, directors.
This enterprise, begun and carried out by Jefferson men and capital, is a growing interest in east Texas. The road was commenced in June, 1876, first 20 miles completed December 1st, 1876. By September 1st, 1877, 13} additional miles were completed, making 333 miles of road in operation on that date. By December 1st, 1877, 16} additional miles were completed, to Pittsburg, Camp county, making 50 miles of road in operation on that date. At this writing the road is completed and in running order 10 miles further, making a grand total of 60 miles now in operation.
CORPUS CHRISTI, SAN DIEGO AND RIO GRANDE-(In progress) .- President, U. Lott; vice president, W. L. Rogers; secretary, J. B. Mitchell ; treas- urer, George F. Evans ; assistant secretary and treasurer, Wm. A. Lott.
This road is now open for business to Collins, Nueces county, 40 miles from Corpus Christi. Gauge of road, 3 feet. Rail, 30 pounds.
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RAILROADS.
RIO GRANDE .- Line of road, Brownsville to Point Isabel, 22 miles. Gauge, 4 feet 8} inches. Rail, 56 pounds.
This road runs from Brownsville, on the Rio Grande river, to Point Isabel, where Mr. Morgan's ships connect with it. It is now in the hands of Mr. M. J. Gomila, receiver, by whom it is operated. No report of its operations has arrived.
GULF, WESTERN TEXAS AND PACIFIC .- Henry Sheppard, president and superintendent ; M. D. Monserrat, secretary, treasurer and general agent. Principal office, Indianola, Texas.
Line of road, Indianola to Cuero, 68.8 miles; sidings and other tracks, 4 miles; gauge, four feet 8} inches. Rail, 56 pounds.
The G. W. T. & P. was originally the San Antonio & Mexican Gulf road and was built from Port Lavaca to Victoria, in 1857-1860. Totally de- stroyed during the war; rebuilt after the war; but not proving profitable, it was purchased by Mr. Charles Morgan; the terminus taken from Lavaca to Indianola, and the road extended to Cuero, in 1874.
Miles.
Stations.
Miles.
70
Indianola
0
58
Lavacca
12
45
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