| From the Austin (Texas) State Gazette |
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| May 16, 1861 |
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| Hempstead, May 16, 1861 |
| The trip from
Austin
to Houston, threatens to be come a tedious and protracted one.
I left Austin
on Sunday, 11th inst., and did not reach LaGrange until one
o'clock on Monday evening. This
is a distance of only 80 miles and should be traveled in 13 hours.
We had, however, severe rains and very bad roads.
Here, at LaGrange, I was detained until Tuesday night at eight
o'clock, in consequence of the non-arrival of the Brenham stage.
The passengers by Monday's stage at Austin, reach here before those who came down on the previous Sunday stage
depart. And there is no
better connection with the Columbus Railroad {the
Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado RR}.
I should have had to remain still a day longer to have gone by
way of Columbus
to Houston. And now here is
Wednesday, and I am only in Hempstead, and have again to lie over a
day for the Houston
cars {on the Houston & Texas Central RR} —
the latter only now running tri-weekly.
It is to be hoped that closer connections will be made by the
Stage and Railroad lines. The
present delays are an abuse which severely falls upon the purse and
patience of the traveling public, while our State mails are all chaos. |
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