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TEXAS. 





with Texas, includes the Missouri-Pacific, the 

 Iron Mountain, Texas and Pacific, International 

 and Great .Northern, Galveston, Houston and 

 Henderson, Dallas and Wichita, and East Line 

 and Red River, and at this time consists in 

 Texas of the following mileage under one and 

 the same management, viz. : Texas and Pacific, 

 922 miles; International and Great Northern 

 Railroad, 720 miles ; Missouri - Pacific, 302 

 miles ; Galveston, Houston and Henderson, 60 

 miles; Dallas and Wichita, 39 miles; and the 

 East Line and Red River Narrow-Gauge, 124 

 miles. Total, 2,167 miles or nearly half the 

 whole mileage of the State, and more than 

 half the miles of standard gauge. This system 

 of roads is managed under the name of the In- 

 ternational Railway Improvement Company. 



The Southern Pacific system comprises in 

 Texas, as at present organized and completed, 

 the Louisiana Western, 6 miles; Texas and 

 New Orleans, 106 miles; Galveston, Harris- 

 burg and San Antonio, 325 miles, and, pro- 

 jected and being rapidly graded and ironed, 

 the Southern Pacific, eastward from the Texas 

 line near El Paso to meet the Galveston, Har- 

 risburg and San Antonio, extending westward, 

 which meeting was expected to take place be- 

 fore the close of 1881. 



Within two years, forty-one additional towns 

 of commercial importance have been reached 

 by rail or have sprung into existence ; and the 

 value of the State's products has increased 

 from $57,820,141 in 1878-'79, to $95,960,930 

 in 1880-'81. 



Cotton, 951,098 bales $38,048 720 



Cattle, 562,190 head 8,'241,;>u;i 



I lows, 87.860 head 473,250 



Wool, 14,568,9:20 pounds 2,918,784 



Hides, 28,104,065 pounds 2,810,406 



Lumber and shingles 1.849,691 



Wheat, 2,500,000 bushels 2,875.000 



Cotton-seed cake and oil 500,008 



Sugar and molasses 4.'i .; ( H 



Miscellaneous products 672,864 



Total $57,820,141 



The wholesale trade of Galveston for the 

 year ending July 31, 1881, amounted to $28,- 

 603,000. The exportation of cotton direct to 

 foreign countries increased from 294,551 bales 

 in 1880 to 477,452 bales in 1881. The total 

 value of exports increased from $16,710,574 in 

 1880, to $27,020,439 in 1881 exceeding in 

 value by $10,000,000 the exportations of any 

 previous year. It was estimated that the 

 spring cattle-drive from Texas would number 

 239,300 head. This does not include the beef- 

 cattle driven from Northwestern Texas and the 

 Panhandle, which it was estimated would reach 

 4,000 car-loads, or about 90,000 head. 



An election was held on the 6th of Septem- 

 ber, when a vote was taken on two proposed 

 amendments to the State Constitution, and to 

 determine the site of the State University ; also 

 on the question whether the medical depart- 

 ment should be separated from the main uni- 

 versity. One of the amendments affects the 

 judiciary, and the other the Legislature. The 

 judiciary article and acts then in force divided 

 the Supreme Court into several bodies, em- 

 ploying in all nine judges. The amendment 



ESTIMATE OF THE COTTON-CROP OF TEXAS FOR THE TEAR provided for one chief-justice and six a.- so 

 1880-'81. Bai. ciate justices, to constitute the Supreme Court, 



Houston and Texas Central, transported 485.45T which shall have jurisdiction in all civil and 



Galveston. Harrisburg and San Antonio 98,831 ^-iminr.1 nnnunla ThA inrierllrtirm nf rlietrift 



International ard Great Northern 241,886 Criminal appeals. L lie Jlir 



Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe 61,619 courts was enlarged by the amendment, w hue 



Texas Western no M?o the powers of the lower courts were curtailed. 



Texas and Pacific 286,612 ,, ... ,. , , 



Missouri- Pacific 80,101 The other constitutional amendment provided 



Texas and St. Louis 27'.872 for a change in the legislative system. Legis- 



GTw^rT^ZdPacinc::: 1BJMO lat rS recei d ' durin g ^^ sessions, five 



To Shreveport by wagon 24,000 dollars per diem for sixty days, and two dol- 



c/ossed to Mexico 7.000 i ars thereafter. The amendment proposed that 



Crossed the Sabine to Lower Red River 8,600 - . , . , , . ... , ,*. . . 



Corpus Christ! cotton 125 Legislatures might sit, without such limitation, 



Houston local wagon receipts 4,015 for one hundred days. The first amendment 



^^J^^^^S&^y"^::: JIS - defeated, the vote for it being 20,149, and 



East Texas Railroad 293 against it 36,647 ; the second was also defeated, 



Indtanola. ...... \ t)ie te b j g 12 493 for and 44 5 6 g ggailist. 



Galveston, Houston and Henderson road 134 _, . '. 



or separating the university there were 38,117 



Total 1,260,247 votes, and against separation 18,363. Austin 



The following is an exhibit of the amount was chosen as the site of the main university 



and values of different articles : by a vote of 30,913. Its chief competitors were 



Cotton, 1.260,247 bales $56,711.115 Tyler, 18,974; Waco, 9,799; Thorp Springs, 



3&$SlfflKS:: : ::::::: iSSS ?,' 217; a , nd f^p^ 2 f 29 r 7 or < the 8ite of 



Cattle. 781,874 head (including drive) 15,923,018 the medical department, Galveston was se- 



Horses and mules, 28.175 head 1,408,750 lected by a vote of 29,741 to 12,586 for Hous- 



SS&S'SS^wfci::::::::::;::;: :::: 5885? ton ' its chief competitor. The Regents of the 



Cotton-seed cake and oil 1,242,315 University met in Austin on the 15th of Novem- 



Misceiianeons products MiH?S ber, and established the several departments 



Sugar and molasses 591,470 . ', ., ,. , , 11^ 



. of the institution, adopted a general plan tor a 



Total $95,960,930 university building, and appointed a commit- 



At the close of the commercial year ending tee to ascertain what structures will be needed 



August 31, 1879, the State's products were es- for the medical department, and provide the 



tiinated and valued as follows : same. 



