Excerpt from Report of Gen. G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer: 1874
Sir - The charter of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company as granted by the United States, provides for the construction of a continuous railroad and telegraph line from Shreveport, Louisiana, by Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, thence by the most direct and eligible route, to be determined by the Company, near the thirty-second parallel of north latitude to a point at or near El Paso, thence by the most direct and' eligible route, to be selected by said Company, through New Mexico and Arizona to a point on the Rio Colorado, at or near the south-eastern boundary of the State of California. Thence by the most direct and eligible route to San Diego, California, to ship's channel in the State of California, pursuing in the location thereof, as near as may be practicable, the thirty second parallel of north latitude.
This charter also provides for the construction of a rail road from Fort Yuma to San Francisco, not limiting us from taking the most economical advantages of the topography of the county, in leaving our main line.
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