Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-01
The lenlrnl RnIlrnnn.

What q vast iifi,rturra few miles
81 railroal viii make In giving d.
rrriinn o. nah end commerce Is
fully Illustrated hy ihr rcrcnt eN-
i,hshs ni Tie Ctutal Road, from
Milli,an ~ BRYAN, dls'Unrc al
"nly Iwruiy mites fhis cNtrnii0n
&c only twenty mi'rs, causri "a
diversion al trade irrmy lrprr Re"
River to that point, and lloHslon
md galveston aud ulsn Cansed a
change in the shipment al goods
purchased in New York or New
Orleans, from Red River In the
nearer channels of transportation
through galveston Bay, and M tbs
Central 9al!roa.h
Only few days ago, We met Col,
T. ". Randolph ct Shoyman, Gray
,nn county, passing through THE
city In charge of about SGo eases OF
merchandise, probably tho largest
stock of goods ever carried to North
ern Texas. shipping this immense
stock to Bryan, TO be hauled on
wagons TO Sherman. Now ies Ms
Iook ut the distances from Sherman
TO Jefferson, aud to Bryan, and we
readily see how u few miles of road
will change the direction of trade,
From Sherman to Jefferson, the
distance is about two hundred miles
the distance about equally divided
between prairie and timber. From
Sherman 10 Bryan the distance is
also about two hundred miles, all
the way good prairie roads, Wag-
oncrs in the prairie country, make Il
lrcat difference in hauling, in favor
of prairie routes, as sa,h routes at-
.brd them the surcst chance for
grazing, theis teams. While the
Central Road fingered at Milican,
trade and shipping for Sherman and
all Northern Texas, passed through
til. muddy channel OF Red River
But Immediately upon the compile
ton of the road to Bryan, we sec II
general diversion in this direction.
Our acquaintance in Northern and
Central Texas, gives us an opportu
nifty to discover the gradual tendon
cy of trade to this city and Calves
ron, with Bryan, rs tho common
clipping point for the Interior
How strange it seems at first blush.
that t4fe extention Of Railroad only
,wenty miles, sh, uld cause diver
sion of trade, ut n distance Of over
t,vo hundred miles, from its termi-
nus, and attract and take it away
from another point, which has com
manded it for all time past. But it
il only the Legitimate result Of the
immutablc laws of trade and com
mcrce. These small things show
what splendid future the Central
Ruilfoad has before it. Every mile
it, moves on toward the north
boundary OF the State, it attracts
tile shipping ofat least twenty miles
of the richest and most productive
soil in the world. AS it is gradual
" extending, it gradually attracts
the products of the soil, which find
neadly market at its Southern ter.
minus. What Il magnificent idea,
simply to contemplate its completion
to Red River
1t will then draw, to. its ware
houses and platforms, the products
of an area Of territory, equal to one
hundred miles on each side of its
track, making two hundred miles
in. breadth and at least three hun
drcd miles in length. All this i'm
mense country, the richest. and most
productive the world ever saw, and
dotted with the finest beef cattle,
and in tho most inexaustible nun.
hnrs of any section of prairie land
upon this continent. Tho Central
Road has the start, and with the
soetion of country open before it, it
is invited to position, the richest
and most powerful of any corpora
ton imthp world.-Horston Journal