TEXAS. 



835 



Of these the Texas and St. Louis, East Line 

 and Red River, Texas-Mexican, Houston, East 

 and West Texas, Texas Western, Galveston, 

 Brazos and Colorado, Longview and Sabine 

 Valley, and the Sabine Pass and Northwestern 

 are narrow-gauge roads, the others of standard 

 gauge. 



In addition to the above, trains were run- 

 ning on the extension in Texas of the Atchi- 

 son, Topeka and Santa F6, from the State line 

 west of El Paso, on the Rio Grande, to the 

 town of El Paso distance eight miles there 

 crossing into Mexico. 



The California Southern Pacific Huntington 

 road was also being pushed from El Paso east 

 along the Rio Grande, and trains were running 

 from El Paso to Fort Quitman, a distance of 85 

 miles. 



On the 1st of September, 1880, there were 

 in operation 2,401 miles of standard gauge and 

 454 miles of narrow gauge in the State ; total, 

 2,855 miles. Constructed since, 1,275 miles of 

 standard gauge and 259 miles of narrow gauge ; 

 total, 1,534 miles. Total in operation, 4,389 

 miles, of which 3,676 miles are standard gauge 

 and 713 miles are narrow gauge. There have 

 been chartered since September 1, 1880, the 

 following lines and branches, with the mileage 

 proposed : 



Mile*. 



Babine Pass and Denison 820 



Chicago, Texas and Mexican 44(1 



Eio Grande and El Paso 60 



New York. Texas and Mexican 200 



8au Antonio and Gulf Air-line 120 



San Antonio and Border 140 



Fort Worth and Kio Grando 185 



Texas, Louisiana and Western 110 



Sabine Pass and Texas Northern 205 



Texas-Mexican branches 1,103 



Gulf; Colorado and Santa F6 branches 140 



Texas and St. Louis branches 220 



Babine and Western 80 



Miles. 



Brought forward 8,278 



St. Louis, Texas and Gulr of Mexico 295 



Houston, Texas and Bed River 420 



Texas Western branches 1,610 



Austin and Northwestern 170 



Galveston and Eagle Pass Air-line 850 



Galveston and St. Louis 845 



Paris and Great Northern 8 



Huntsville, New Orleans and Western 210 



Austin and Southeastern 420 



Total proposed miles 7,021 



The above does not include mileage proposed 

 under the amendments to the charters of the 

 Houston and Texas Central and Texas Central. 



It is estimated that in the twelve months 

 $19,000,000 were expended in the State in 

 railway-building. The taxable values, besides 

 this increase, permanently added to the wealth 

 of the State by railways constructed, amount 

 to over $20,000,000, and the resultant increase 

 in value of other property must also be very 

 great. The increase in population can not be 

 estimated, but has been very large. 



At the close of the war Texas had 330 miles 

 of railway in operation, and from that time until 

 1868 had been constructed only 183 miles. At 

 the beginning of each year following there was 

 up to January, 1880, the number of miles in 

 operation indicated in the annexed table, viz. : 



January 1 , 1868 613 



January 1, 1869 513 



January 1, 1870 583 



January 1, 1871 711 



January 1, 1872 865 



January 1, 1873 1,078 



January 1, 1 874 1,578 



January 1, 1875 1,660 



Mile.. 



January 1, 1S76 1,6*5 



January 1, 1877 2,081 



January 1, 1878 2,210 



January 1, 1879 2.428 



January 1, 1SSO 2,591 



September 1, 1880 2,855 



September 1, 13S1 4,389 



EARNINGS OP RAILWAYS, BY tAST REPORTS TO THE 

 ROADS. STATE COMPTROLLER. Earning*. 



Texas and Pacific $2,714,157 74 



International and Great Northern 1,862.194 18 



Texas Central 63,612 86 



Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe 166.108 10 



Central and Montgomery 24.029 88 



Waxahachio Tap 22.223 05 



Rio Grande 118,183 42 



Henderson and Overton 28,569 61 



Galveston, Houston and Henderson 452,910 57 



Texas Transportation 69,206 81 



Louisiana Western 1.962 00 



Missouri Pacific 258,861 46 



Houston, East and West Texas 95,508 05 



Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific 140,688 T8 



East Line and Red River. 181,176 86 



Houston and Texas Central 8,605,859 06 



Georgetown . 18.998 81 



Longview and Sabine Vallev. 6.9.V) 42 



Galveston. Harrisburg and San Antonio 1.884,788 80 



Texas and New Orleans 298,469 86 



Total $11,888,802 21 



Several railway companies failed to send in 

 reports. 



Accurate data are not at hand to show the 

 tonnage carried by the Texas lines during the 

 year, but it is very close to 6,850,000 tons. 

 The number of cars owned by the roads is 

 8,355. Number of miles run during the year, 

 about 9,354,800. In the busy season, probably 

 5,000 cars are daily in motion over the several 

 roads. There are 210 railway stations in Texas 

 of over 200 inhabitants each. The population 

 of the cities, towns, and stations, on all the 

 Texas railroads, is 247,233. 



The Gould system of roads, as connected 



