The Present Texas Railway System. 
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In addition the M. Iv. & T. Ry. of Texas constructed line as folloows : 
Boggy Tank to Houston 77 miles 
Lockhart to Smith ville 37 miles 
Red River to Denison 5 miles 
Grand Total 840 miles 
The actual mileage in Texas as reported by the M. K. & T. Ry. of 
Texas Company for year ending June 30, 1899, is 841.98 miles. 
The system received land donations from the state as follows : 
Dallas & Wichita Railway. 411,520 acres 
Denison & Southeastern Railway 214,400 acres 
Denison & Pacific Railway 426,240 miles 
M. K. & T. Ry. Extension 272,000 miles 
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Total 1,324,160 acres 
Rio Grande Railroad. — This line was chartered by act approved 
August 23, 1870, and was open for traffic from Point Isabel to Browns- 
ville on July 4, 1872. 
Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway. — This line was chartered 
March 22, 1871, under the name of the East Line and Red River Rail- 
road and was open for traffic from Jefferson to Greenville, 124 miles, 
December 5, 1876. The line was extended to McKinney from Green- 
ville, 32 miles in On February 28, 1893, it was re-incorporated 
under the present name. It is operated as a branch line of the M. K. 
& T. Ry. of Texas and by act of the legislature, passed and approved 
May 16, 1899, authority was granted to consolidate with same under 
certain conditions, which are being complied with by the M. K. & T. Ry. 
of Texas Company. The extension from Jefferson east to the state line 
near Waskom was recently completed, making about 181 miles of oper- 
ated line in Texas. The E. L. & R. R. R. R. Co. received 1,164,160 
acres of land as donation from the state. 
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas. — This line was originally 
chartered under the name of the Tyler Tap Railway by act approved 
December 1, 1871, from Tyler northeast 40 miles to an intersection with 
Southern Pacific (T. & P.) Railway. The Texas and St. Louis Railway 
was organized April 14, 1879, and succeeded to the Tyler Tap Railway 
in accordance with its charter filed May 17, 1879, which provided for an 
extension northeast to Texarkana and west through McLennan county. 
The line was opened up from Texarkana to the Trinity river, 181 miles, 
at close of 1880. Its extension reached Corsicana, 203 miles, by April 1, 
1881. Was completed to Waco, 260 miles, by September 1, 1881. The 
road was placed in the hands of a receiver on January 16, 1884, and sold 
