TEXAS RAILROADS — There are at present in this State the following railroads graded, in running order, viz:

Houston and Texas Central 	124 miles
Houston Tap and Brazoria 	 50  "
B.B., B. and C. 		 85  "
Texas and New Orleans 		100  "
Sabine Pass 			 30  "
Galveston and Houston 		 40  "
Lavaca and Victoria 		 24  "
Southern Pacific 		 25  "
Washington County 		 27  "

Total 				517 miles

"TEXAS RAILROADS." The Galveston Republican, Monday, March 16, 1868, p. 2, col. 4.

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