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to Commerce. The Texas Central R. R. Co. received 1,471,360 acres of 
land from the state. 
New York, Texas and Mexican Railway. — This line was chartered 
from Rosenberg to Brownsville on November 17, 1880. Was completed 
to Victoria, 91 miles, on January 15, 1882. It is at present under the 
control of the Southern Pacific Railway Company and operated in con- 
nection with the G. W. T. & P. Ry. 
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway.' — This line was chartered 
August 28, 1884, from San Antonio to Aransas Pass. Construction 
began in August, 1885. The charter was amended on March 29, 1886, 
and on May 24, 1888, to extend northwest from San Antonio; to build 
Corpus Christi Branch; to extend from Kennedy east to Houston and 
west to Laredo and to build the Waco Branch. On December 31, 1890, 
the system had 630 miles in operation. Its present mileage is 687.4 
miles. 
Ft. Worth and Rio Grande Railway. — This line was chartered from 
Ft. Worth to Kerrville in May, 1885. Construction began in November, 
1886, and the line was completed to Granbury, 40 miles, by June 1, 1887. 
Was extended to Dublin in 1889 and completed to Brownwood in 1891. 
Operates at present 146.16 miles. 
There are a number of small lines in Texas which are operated as a 
rule in connection with and controlled by the larger systems, and their 
history in detail is not of sufficient importance to be commented upon 
here. 
The railways of Texas can be grouped in systems, showing by whom 
they are dominated and controlled and under what outside influences 
they are operated. They are however all operated in the state as sepa- 
rate and distinct lines in accordance with the laws of the state which 
provide in such instances. The following statement shows the dominat- 
ing or controlling systems and the lines operated in the state in connec- 
tion therewith. 'The., mileage given is for June 30, 1899, as reported by 
the Railroad Commission of Texas : 
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM. 
Sunset Division: 
Texas and New Orleans Railroad 216.26 miles. 
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway 918.16 miles. 
Galveston, Houston & Northern Railway. . . 56.18 miles. 
Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific Railway 111.20 miles. 
New York, Texas & Mexican Railway 91.00 miles. 
Louisiana Western Extension Railway. 6.70 miles. 
Texas Trunk Railroad 51.68 miles. 
