| From the Houston Telegraph |
| |
| May 29, 1861 |
| |
| Railroads in Texas |
| About the 1st of January we
gave the number of miles of railroad completed in the State, which was
in the aggregate as follows: |
| In operation |
399 |
|
Graded |
177 |
| Increase in 4 mos. |
45 |
|
Graded |
46 |
|
| The amount now completed and
graded is as follows, as near as we can learn: |
|
In operation |
|
Graded ahead |
| Eastern Texas |
24 |
|
|
20 |
| Texas & N. O. |
108 |
|
|
-- |
| Galveston & Houston |
50 |
|
|
-- |
| Brazoria |
50 |
|
|
25 |
| Buffalo, B. B. & C. |
75 |
|
|
10 |
| Houston & T. C. |
82 |
|
|
18 |
| Washington County |
22 |
|
|
-- |
| San Antonio & M. G. |
25 |
|
|
-- |
| Houston, T. & Tyler |
-- |
|
|
2 |
| Southern Pacific |
27 |
|
|
20 |
| Memphis, El P. & P. |
-- |
|
|
-- |
| Total |
464 |
|
|
145 |
| Total in January |
399 |
|
|
177 |
| Increase |
65 |
|
Decrease |
32 |
|
| Thus it will be seen that our
railroad men have completed 65 miles in the last 5 months, by far the
largest amount of railroad ever completed in the same length of time
in this State. The whole amount completed since 1st of September is
110 miles. |