Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-22
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hsiisT river, sSi nsFs susceptible u sa'i-
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port, This nay surprise ssas people, she
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the say % our prosperity, bat nc saHhsi
disregard the asssFiisH o. msa she have
sssh aud nsVigslsi 10Th rivers, sud they
make this assertion sHPhsiisally, True
the river from this RoiAI dssh Assls woTk
"A great deal Of it-bai not ons,ishIh the
smOuht that soald be profitable to our RsO-
pie TO dc, whsA they take ihtO consider
alton The amount Of bsAsfl ne would reap
thereby,
II Is veil knOwn that the prsssni pros
psei In this aud the adjoining counties l.
most favorable for . large crop Of cotton
this year, This cotton must be sent TO
market, for Il cannot, like ~Lsa, or other
grain, be consumed IN our midst The
transportation on this crop, that would be
saved TO the producer, could IL be sent I.
Galveston by the river, instead Of by OF
wagons aud the Central Railroad, would 60
far toward doing all the work for the river
that Is absolutely necessary, II 10 estima-
ted that there will he not LSs, than 1000
bales Of cotton ,raissi in this county alone
this year, provided nothing happens TO the
growing crop. The cost Of Transporting
this to Galveston by wagons and railroad
will DO Sij, specie, per bale, or $4,000
In iae aggregate. Captain MeGarvsy, we
understand, asserts that this cotton can be
shipped by the river and landed In Calves.
ton for from 81 90 TO $40 per bale. TAX
ing the latter hgure. We have . saving by
the river route OF al least $4,000 on the
crop Of this county alone for this year,
without counting the great saving in the
condition Of the cotton when delivered
from steamboats, over that transported by
wagons. We have heard II asserted by
those experienced In the business, that the
damage TO cotton conveyed by wagons Is
fully four 10 Eve dollars per bale. We give
these few figures TO demonstrate the I'D
vantages possessed by the river over land
transportation. We see that there is n
certain saving Of So per bale, or $4,000
for the crop of this county alone. Would
not this $4,000 more than clear out the
river from this plnce to Magnolin' We
believe it would; at least to make II navi.
gable for small boats-which chnld do all
the business necessary for the upper river,
or that portion of il between Dallas and
Magnolia.
Now, we have another idea on the SUBJ
jec,, and that is, to lock and dam the Trinity
river below Magnolia. Those wlo ought
TO know, assert that for $3.50, 900 these locks
and dams could be built so as to insure an
average depth of five feet water all the year
round. Now could not two, three or four
companies be organized-say one for each
county along the river-to build these use
full and profitable works? As facilities to
navigation they would pay-the steamers
would soon pay back more than the cost of
construction in tariff on tonnage. And
such improvements would, also, be Of im-
mense advantage in affording water power
to run mills for the whole length Of the
river from Dallas to Magnolia. Private
companies could very we'll afford, to erect
these improvements without taxing the
State or the people to pay dollar; but we
confess we like the plan of the counties
taxing. themselves to do the work, or the
State doing IL herself. We care not, how
ever, by what means they are built-in any
event they would be great improvement,
which would be second only to the building
of the railroad. Wewant the railroad and
we must have them both.
We have instanced only the business
that would be done by the river, If opened,
from the cotton crop alone. OF equal i'm
portance to us and to the people of the
counties south and east of us is the i'm
mense trade that would INN ediately spring
up between these sections,-we sending
our wheat and flour TO exchange for the
pine lumber of Anderson, Henderson and
other counties. Dallas would be the depot
for the shipment of all the -four Of this
and the counties to the north and west and
portion of the east, while at the same
time it would be the market from whence
these counties would draw the millions and
millions of feet of lumber which is yearly
consumed by them.
We wish to add fact, which before has
escaped our attention.. e., that the worst
of the river is below Magnolia, as the rock
shoals are almost every one below that
point,-the shoals above there are almost
exclusively caused by land-slides.
We had almost forgotten TO cay that the
''raft", below here, which has always been
considered on insuperable barrier to navi-
CATION on examination by men Of science
and practical rivermen, turns out to be
mere matter Of moonshine, comparatively.
There are three passes at this raft the wa
ter of two of which can be turned into the
third by but little labor and expense,
giving from five to eight feet Of water the
entire length of the splendid canal thus
formed the year round.