Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-11-21

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of railway. Texas las hai fss iiSsr., and
they arc not susceptible II nsEissiion 10
sufficient degree is meet he requirements
" trade, Tie iumeuss Pralass Of iLs
bread and fertile plains 81 Texas lsmaR is
ihs means II transportation IA markst
and this demand, il supplied, would not
only smTley al The rivers that could b.
made ns,igaLls, bat also all lls wilroal.
that could be huili over ihe suffice ~ he
State, there is no interest ia which eur
people are more vitality in'sTe'lsi llsn in
that Of railroads, They afford Tie brsl
known means II transportation in q eoun'
Try like this, AMI must soon be brought 10
requisilioh ia BEARING Ile wheat, cora,
cotton, sugar lruil, oh, wine, wool, hides,
pork, beef vegetables, brandy, anl the
thousand other products ~ tie fruitful Ia
terror 10 Red River ports, kansas, and tho
Gulf 81 Mexico, Shsre broad bolloms are
waiting TO receive aud tear them to coast
wise aud foreign markets,
The people VI the valleys Of The nraEos
and Trinity arc very deeply interested In
the speedy snl successful construction Of
the Texas Central aud The Southern Pacific
lines, aud should leave nothing IN their
power undoRo that could, even Ia the .
slightest degree tend to the speely compile.
lion Of these greatest Of all enterprises for
building up, insuring aud increasing the
trade aud stimulating the industry and I
producliyeness VI the country.
In evidence Of the growing wealth Of
this country, let MS asseri-(and the Census
lf 1860 and other reliable documents sus.
Tain us)--lhat in ls60-eiehlecn years ago
the whole wheat product Of the State
was less than 10000 bushels but year be.
fore last lsGGl II was estimated that that
portion of the Wheat Region north of the
)2d parallel and west of Van 2andi, Wood,
Titus and Bowie counties, was something
,yer 100000 bushels. This shows very
rapid increase in the production of bread
stuff. and had we railroads, we would soon
nave more population, and with denser
we hazard nothing in saying
his would become, IL not the greatest
State, one of the best wheat.rasng and
States in the Union
Texas needs only to be well known to the
world to place Ter, in the points Of popu-
alton, the productivcncss of her soil, and
he wealth of the masses of her people, in
he very front rank of the best lands on
he face of the earth.
The total area in acres of lanl in the
State of Texas is 1855, $40; total square
niles 274,3jG; total population, in 1850
0i,2l5; total number of acres in farms 25,.
IA, OPS of which 2,6j07Sl acres were i'm.
proved and 22,G93,2i6 acres were unim-
proved. What n vast field for the work of
lew hands! Why, we have n wheat region
f unsurpassaJe fertility, consisting, main
y, of Red River, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman,
.amar, Fannin, Grayson, Cooke, Montague, |
Wise, Denton, Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, {
'arker, Palo Pinto, Erath, Johnson, Ellis, s
Iool, Navarro, Hill and Bosgue counties, |
Which, had we good railroads, could and
would export enough wheat, corn, beef ana
ork to feed the people of a hundred States
Ike Louisiana or Alabama, and the strictly |
otton. growing counties would keep the 3
of half-a dozen good roads t
usy transporting the great staple. |
Let our people look well to their interest,
axe stock, and do all in their power to in
ure The speedy completion of lines already
and MD in constructing roads d
ct to be projected. Towns and cities Of u
N portance spring up as if by magic along '
he lines of railroads, and as we have re-
Gated, railroads are unquestionably the
est known promoters of the commercial u
nd Industrial greatness of country I
Wealth, Comfort, Ease and
luxury are all children of the rail and Il
locomotive.