Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-25
The Navigation of the Trinity.

II ia not singular or strange that ior
rcors The impression should have pre'"''eu
,bourhOut the United States, t'.at Texas Al
fo,l,J n remarkable exception ana aho"o'
,v ,o the world; Ia, scope OF count!
,,,ccr tban many of the most powerful
tmpircs, situated in lower temperate
zone. should not possess one h"'ls"o'e
,.;ror within lis borders. The State Is not
mora than tweniy.f five years old, ana uhu'
since the commencement of the la'c war;
the population had been very sparse as''
ain so in many localities the produc'lohs
~ ,ho Nor,hern md Middle sections have
,;,ho,,o leeu comparatively small, ana
ow;nc to the frugal mode OF living Oh 'h'
inhabitants, and general personal poverty,
the demand for foreign or mahu'ac'"'.'
goods and wares was inadequate " WV
srnnort of even light steamboat 'r"ue'
Now the country fiom various CAUSES UNIV
,oturol advantages is being rapiu'y l'ieo
with population; instead OF oecom'ne
stock-raisers and herdsmen the new 'hh"o,
;,outs engage in the more gtnerally ,isciu
and beneficial employment of agricu''uu.e'
the produce of the country Is 'h0re"s ~
oreosed. the demand for manu'ae'".e'
goods is greater, and consequently NY ~
.orr,cs of maintaining steamboat trade ar'
more numerous and superior. iicre'o'o''
,rodcs of the older States hav'
,,..n SO lucrative, business men anu '"P'
..,;s,s saw the folly of their abandoning
,hcm hut owing to the depressed conui''o'
80 u;r,r commerce in those states cause D.
,ho building of so many railroads, and IN
.r;,nlod state of agriculture, the trade III"
ceased to present the same inducements a
e.,,y md hundreds Of boats lie rottih
at The wharvcs of the larger cities an
,ha;r crows arc thrown out of employment
Th. owners of these boats are vigorous
soek;np some place TO employ their ooa
conital. and the crews are in seach o. sun
now field of Industry. This is the secr'
why Trinity river has never been ha''e"
al. ,h;s 10 tl,e reason why the trade
about being opened. Many have SO Jon
aobored und9rthe erroneous impression 'h'
tho river was unnavigablc and spoken
dogmatically upon the subject Una. IN, IN,
cherish the foolish idea. The river 'sl
in steamboat capacity, equal to Inc ne
Arkansas, Yazo, or Alabama; superior
.ho Wabash or Illinois. Its average via
Mt medium stage of water is ABOUT u
hundred and Fifty feet, depth fifteen ice ice
is entirely free from sand-bars ana sr0a
md although never navigatel; we dou
whether any tributary of the Mississippi
SO free from snags. The raft, some SIX
mil,s below Dallas, which has be n
wears the horror of the country, IKE
sigh Of lover, is harmless, the raft
entangled ierrors, lies rotting on the SO
ear,b but the river bursts around 1t IN
sweeping and majestic flow. For part''
lars OF distractions, we refer to the RAJ
graphic at d interesting letter Of "El "a
fornia.n The advantages aecruing to e.
nv inLabitant of Middle Northern Texas
;ncomputable. The prices Of articles Wo'
i ~, -.s,ced more than two hundred per eel
6rst by the great reduction Of cost OF ira
narration. and 81, the necessary increase
,he competition Of merchants, Instead
payingpriees far moreeKOrbitant thanini
norton Of the truly civilized world, 60
and produce could be bought at a tim
advance on New York prices. The fart
could ship produce 10 market at one BALI
cost necessary at present; the stock -dr'
could transport cattle TO Galveston, at
third the cost it Requires 70 get them 70 ,
Orleans. via jefferson and Shreveport
fact. the advantages are 50 numerous, g
aod obvious. that toenumeiaiei them app
half an insult 10 The Intelligence Of
people.
will Il benefit Dallas - a presehi
las does not control ihs trade Of ra7re .
twenty miles Of country in shape
crescent. 1as uarigaiioa Of ihe ]
iiy 10 his point Wouii girs il one Ia
tbe trade East that nov goes 20 shrrve
and Jsfss5n. quite al he trade \
aud wssi ard r.8eh Of that S0uihl G
eonidbe sliffsd and sold here - cha
a J,Esfson or Shreveport, ard oEin
tBs superior condition q the Tesas e
z r,.er y rouia csrr Hsrs -irdncrns
Ms Place uaBl1 be nsrs caa1seieni
I.res r1isri a eouniry il-H srg ~
xorar-a Tees. rse faes+t-s - (
rouil nsoesssss;e lls es..Aiisinrr
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