| From the Daily Ledger & Texan (San Antonio, Tex.) |
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| April 1, 1861 |
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| S A & M G Railroad {San
Antonio & Mexican Gulf RR} |
| This railroad, as is well known, has been
extended as far as Victoria -- some twenty-eight miles. It has not yet
been thoroughly organized, in consequence of the machinery of the
locomotive being not quite in trim; but we learn that another new
locomotive will soon be on, which will remedy all defects. |
| Passengers and men conversant with
railroads, who have traveled on this road to Victoria, pronounce it to
be one of the best constructed they have ever passed over. |
| This road should be carried farther on
immediately to meet the growing interests of our State, the products
of which are getting to be enormous, and require a cheap
transportation to a market, and this can only be facilitated by
railroads. |
| Lavaca, being the nearest point to the
interior, and at the head of navigation, accessible to seagoing
vessels that can cross the outer bar, must, from her geographical
position, be the outlet for all the products of Western Texas. |
| Gulf Key |
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