Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1855-12-08

ooulputd iu ilr suioincd COMMUNICATION, she
probation Wougroo with llr writer tlntlt would
bc worse than folly lor tho state 10 Irittor avly
her money aud energies In projecting q magniiT.
cent scheme Of railways that aust ond In failure
ana disaster We are satisii I'd that all her oncr.
ny should first DO concentrated on one road, and
that that rood should connect tho Gulf with the
Mississippi, When that is done other roads will
follow ~ inst ~ tho wants md business of tho
country require them, Willie wa dissent from
some of tho views advanced by tho writer, We
must confess that they are presented IN II lorciblc
manner. We commend the article to the careful
consideration Of the friends of railroads.
NOVEMBER 2Sth, 1850.
TO HE Eator efMc Dallas HyaM;
BY taking Ihc map of Texas and striking u
line from Shreveport to San Antonio, through
Austin, and then from Austin to Houston, we
will find the distance about four hundred and
fifty miles. Then let us suppose a railroad
were built on this line, and that the Trinity
river were. cleaned out and made navieabIe as
high up as Magnolia then, by q strict mathe.
NAUTICAL calculation, we will find that four. flths
OF the settled portion of the stute will be with
in fifty miles of the Gulf coast, the i rinity riv-
er, or the railroad. Aad Ii if we will then strike
Il line from San Antonio to Indianoln, we will
find that iye.sixths of the state will be within
that distance. | view it as a fixed and incon-
trovertible fact that n railroad from Shreveport ito
San Antonio would bc of mere general utility
to the people of Texas than double this Distance
by any other route or routes. and | believe
that every honest man will admit that a Rad
on tins route would pay better than any oiher
that can be named always surprising that the
Eastern terminus were extended TO Inc Mis-
sissippi river, which would put us in immediate
connection with all the great tforoughinrrs Of
the United States. There are already Two, or
three charters extending from the Mississippi
10 our Eastern boundary, and the one flom
V!cksburg to Shreveport is now actually under
contract for a portion of the distance and the
work in progress, If Texas will do anything
in her W state in that direction, it will give
new energy to that enterprise and hasten its
completion. What can the most sanguine
railroad man in Texas hope for more than this
am a t~horough-going railroad man, and be-
lieve that TcSaS can do u great deal if her re-
sources are properly applied and directed
But | an nat Of rlat school of politicians TO
chalk out u grand scheme of railroads embro-
cling n distance of fourteen or fifteen hundred
miles, commencing on the Gulf coast and ter
minating nowhere, based upon a system of
credit to be supported by taxation. The whole
scheme is conceived in ignorance and folly,
and il ever commenced will find its grave in
the swamps and qnIck.sands of the coast; and
both it and its projectors followed by the curses
and maledictionS of Texas for ages to come. |
hold it as n self.evident truth, that the people
living within sixty or eighty miles of the Gulf
coast have no use for railroads. 1t is the peo-
pie of the up-country who need them and if
the people of the coast will not agree with
them on some p'agF shat will benefit them, they
may as well disndsy the whp'e subject to rest;
for they may rely upon it that the citizens of
the up.countrv are not such fools as 10 vote
themselves to be taxed to support n scheme Of
such folly anil madness. II we engage in II
State scheme, we wnAt one tlNt WiiI benefit
us. We want II terminus ga the MtSytAsiygi,
so that we can go TO our trends and our friends
can come to us. We also want a coast tcrmi-
nus so that our produ ctions can find their way
TO the ocean. These, on the plan suggested,
can be accomplished by a scheme embracing
at the most six hundred miles, | lave trav-
eled and conversed a good deal with the citi-
Gems Of the up-country, and find this 10 be the
prevailing opinion from the San Antonio road
north and l am now fully satisfied that any
scheme that may he subriitted l. to the people by
the Legislature that does not contain the gem
eral plan herein set forth, will receive from their
votes its quietus I'd be consigned to oblivion,
We deprecatc the idea of loaning the pub''.c
money 10 companies. We prefer that the sntc
shall make the WORKS and w them, Tho
public lands now held in reserve by me act of
last session along the line of 30 will 20 far to-
wards re-imbursing the State, os soon MS the
road can be built. 1t is time that donations OF
our public domain should cease. Let them
now be set apart MS an '.nternal improvement,
fund and especially those or II part of those
now held in reserve
Will our friends, on the coast agree with us
and go hand in hald with us in these id ers
If so the people OF Texas will amend the Con.
%stltution ap1 vcte for a state scheme, lfnot the
} idea may be regarded as settled 5e!ore hand.
From Shreveport to San Antonio, fifty miles
Sorth, and all North, our interests are identi-
cal. We can be benefited by this one road.
Any other will be partial aud sectional, or be-
, yond the ability of the state, and therefore vi
; %sionary. We will vote as one man on this
subject. b. J. c
81 Professor DeBow, of the Review, has is
3 sued the prospectus ola weekly newspaper to be
: ralled the United States Times" The paper
r is to'bc published at Wash ington City, and will
. be devoted to news, literature, education and
states rights
We regret to learn that our friend Wake Of
- the Dallas Herald has been defeated for State