| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| January 22, 1861 |
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| The progress of railroads is
excellent. We understand the bridge across the Brazos, on the W. C.
Road {Washington County RR} will be
completed so as to be crossed by the locomotive, within a week. This
done and that road will be at once opened to Chappell Hill, and very
shortly to Brenham. This will place us several hours nearer Austin
than we now are. The bridge across the Navasota, on the {Houston
& Texas} Central road will also be completed in a few days.
The contractors on this have the iron on hand to complete the road to
Millicans, and we may expect that to be done very soon. The work on
the Texas & New Orleans road, between Houston and Liberty is
progressing, and also upon the Eastern Texas from Beaumont to Sabine
Pass. It can be but a few weeks now before we shall be placed in
connection with the Pass, and thence by a daily line of steamers with
Berwick's Bay and New Orleans, shortening the time between Houston and
New Orleans from twenty to thirty hours. The S. A. & M. G. road {San
Antonio & Mexican Gulf RR} is completed nearly or quite to
Victoria. The grading on the Columbus Tap road is also, we believe,
about completed. A large amount of heavy grading has been done on the
fourth and fifth sections of the Central. Altogether railroad progress
is as rapid and satisfactory a it has ever been. |
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