The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 68, July 1964 - April, 1965 Page: 35
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Count Joseph Telfener
to bring the equipment to Texas and to supervise its early
operation."
By January, 1882, construction was being pushed vigorously,
and the grading of the New York, Texas, and Mexican Railway
was completed eastward from Victoria to the tracks of the Gulf,
Western Texas, and Pacific. Hundreds of tons of steel rails were
said to be in Victoria and track-laying eastward was scheduled to
begin at an early date. The Telfener line was completed as far
west as Wharton and regular daily trains were running between
Rosenberg Junction and that city. A total of 1,700 men was em-
ployed on the entire road and track-laying from Victoria eastward
was only waiting the arrival of a locomotive and a supply of
crossties.19
A description of a run over the New York, Texas, and Mexican
Railway as far west as the track extended was made by a reporter
who left Galveston on Wednesday, March 29, 1882. From the be-
ginning at Rosenberg Junction, where the Santa Fe and "Sunset"
roads crossed, the new road extended for thirty-six miles west-
ward. At the time of the reporter's ride the grading had been
completed for thirty or forty miles farther west, large stacks of
material had been accumulated at Rosenberg, and at every station
and even along the right-of-way stocks of steel rails, fishbars, spikes,
and ties could be seen. It was claimed that enough material was
already on hand to finish the track to Victoria.
A regular train schedule was being maintained as far west as
Wharton, but little could be seen of the town from the depot
because of its distance from the town. Arrangements were made
by the superintendent of the road, C. L. Leslie, for the reporter
and other persons who accompanied him from Galveston to
proceed to the end of the line. Leslie instructed the conductor
to wait for the return of the party to Wharton before beginning
the return trip to Rosenberg.
According to the reporter, the laying of the track west of
18"Victoria Had a Railroad as Early as 186o," Victoria Advocate, September 28,
1934, sect. 2, p. 13; Sid Feder, "Macaroni Finished Almost Before a Celebration
Could Be Planned," ibid., June 27, 1956. This was the second of two articles which
appeared in the Advocate June 26, 27, 1956, dealing with the history of the "Maca-
roni Line."
1'"Railroad Notes," Galveston News, January 13, 1882.
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