| From the Galveston Civilian -- Extra |
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| February 19, 1862 |
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| The Texas Road |
| We referred recently to some
consideration on the part of Congress of the "military
necessity" of completing the railroad from Berwick's Bay and
Orange {the New Orleans & Texas RR},
thus connecting Louisiana by rail with the interior of Texas. |
| Texas has an extended
sea-coast and very many small harbors, communication with which the
Federal navy would find it impossible to interrupt. An important trade
might be conducted through these minor ports, and thence through the
natural canals on the coast to points where they could be shipped by
rail to New Orleans. The chief present cost of bringing goods to New
Orleans from Texas is the transportation by wagons at enormous prices
over the wagon roads, from the end of the Texas railroad to new
Iberia. But, besides the considerations of trade, the military
necessity of the road is both obvious and pressing. |
| N. O. Crescent |
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