Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-09

"a fHa Fsfif hanl fAfn AiAfl Nhn ~ 'iN
u ihs sITloEingslIs,liiisn sTassiy dasttFl
the possibility u asisswhosi sHsTlsafh iug
Dallsss-ihs ioubis ha,e teen iisrsiirii
The long mooiei aursiioH, I. the Tdnily
nasigablss is forever settled The Bob
Heat Ns. has arrived. The arrival ~
the Job Besi is lhs grraissi sysni that nil
ever ocruF ia she history 81 iisl as,-silA
il the dasn u her commercial prosperity
dates, What will he the shesls Il guar
anIees To us that tho large number ol
sieaRhoaimeR and steamboats, nos idle Ia
other rivers gill seek ibis. a neW aud morv
rsmunsraiiys hsldi that linsof sleamsTs
running bslSeen Dallas ani Galveston
will immediately be established, which will
afori a quicker aud ehsapsr mode Of
transportation for goods aud produce Ia
and nom both places the incohVehieners
~ the present style Of travel will bs ob'l'
aisdi the lands non idle In this section ol
rsAas Instead Of remaining so for ysan
will he quickly peoPled by m industrious
aud snierPrising class larger crops Than
heretofore will be raised aud . proportions
alsly greater profit realized, for the reason
the farmer knows, there will be an outlet
and market which will DO reached At less
expense than At present. this point, the
natural centre Of the wheat region, will
eonirol the trade Of all the oireumj aeent
country for an hundred miles; IL will dl,
vide the business Fast with jefferson aud
Shreveport; commission and wholesale
houses will be Immediately established
schools eTeeiedi instead Of n business
worth from one million to million and
half dollars year, there will be one from
ten TO fifteen millionsi whyl instead Of
doing the divided trade Of one county, we
will enjoy the benefits Of tho undivided
trade Of hneen countless goods will be
sold here cheaper than in Shreveport or
jefferson produce will command better
price here Than at either OF the aforenamed
places, for the reason il can be shipped
more chcaply from here TO Galveston than
from Jtfferson or Shreveport to New Or
leans; the lands throughout the whole sec
ton will increase more than four hundred
per cent. in value; why? because there Is
easy, cheap, speedy aud certain communi-
cation with first class markets; the popu-
lntion of Dallas town in five years will be
eight or ten thousand, and lastly ii places
Dallas In such q commanding situation
that 1t will neccsstate tic concentrating
here of every railroad that will ever run
through Northern Texas; this is the geo.
graphical key, and they dare not pass it.
Some papers advocate the donation of land
to the Central Roud in order to attract it
and prevent it from passing up tho line OF
the Cross Timbers. Upon this point no
apprehension need be entertained. Capt.
tai always seeks It, in terest, its sel6shncss
is provcrbial, and the Central Road will
no. be so mistaken in its interest, so want
ing Of common sense, ms to select line
through lhinly. settled stock raising Sec
ton, upon one side of the agricultural
country, when the Kansas Road will then
be free to pass through TINT identical re-
gion, thereby tapping the most productive
portion Of the State. The Central Road
,iH pas, through Dallas county; IL wiil
hare depot in Dallas city, nor need we
extend any other encouragement than
simply tho natural advantages of trade2
WlIy2 Because Trinity River is navigablc
six months in the year from Galveston 10
Dallas, and Dallas commands the trade OF
fifteen surrounding counties. The same
reasoning is applicable to the Shreveport
and Texas, Memphis and FL Paso and Cairo
and Guaymas Roads; future Dallas viii be
the Chicago of the South, with this differ
cnce, the former has a frozen lake, naviga-
BILE about seven months in the year. the
latter has river which can be made nav
igablc the entire year. Nor is Dallas alone
benefited,-Galveston owing to her isolated
situation, depends altogether upon water
communication for prosperity, and she will
! receive the entire benefits Of the rich and
magnificent trade. She must and does see
the untold advantages to BIO derived from
river trade of over seven Hundred miles in
length, when it is the only natural outlet
and inlet for the commerce ofa scope Of
country one hundred miles wide and -four
hundred miles long. 1t will enable her TO
infuse new activity and spirit in the race
with Houston for the crown of commercial
prosperity. While we, are happy to bind
ourselves to Houston with the iron hand Of
commercial amity, we rejoice in, rushing
on the flow of the friendship of trade
which nature has placed us and Galveston.
1t is to be hoped Galveston will take ener-
getic and prompt action, and that a line of
steamers will be started Immediately. Low
water light draught boats can run at all
seasons of the year between this place and
Magnolia. Nop, willie the river is in full
tide, letthem come on. -'oN - f' s1I.'H