Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-12-03
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TRINITY RIVER.

Tho question OF Irlnlty river
navigation is one that at this par
ticular juucture sh ould bcstir the
minds of the people of this section,
and is also interesting to other coun-
ties bordering upon the Trinity.
The next Session of the LegisIa-
ture which will c0rlvene on tho 1st
Monday in January, will no doubt
manifest their liber;llity, and de
monstrato tlieir appreciation of
public enterprise by granting a sui
ficient bonus toward 9 opening mp
the navigation of tho Trinity as far
as Dallas. Had it not been for the
farmntion cf Il raft near tho mouth
Of East Fork years ago, no dou6t
we would have made 1t success with
light draft steamers long since; but
tho demands Of this upc1untry are
much greater than they were TWEEN
ty Years ago,
We now are more anxious and
desirous to have access to that i'm
mcnso belt Of pine timber, through
which the Trinity measures her
scrpcntine length.
We want Railroads, and expect
them hore in dtc time. And we
want Mt least six months naviga-
ton of the river to Dallas, that it
may be tributary to all railroads
that cross it.
Be i. remembered that neither
the Texas Central nor the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway will
bring MS ono stick of pine lumber,
unless it is a small portion from
Harris county, which, in very
short time, would bo exhausted,
even at high prices. These with
other considerations of tho cheap
ness of water transportation over
that of all land carriages in freight
ing heavy goods, such as salt. iron.
machinery, fdfmiture; etc, should
be sufficient TO convince the admin
istrators of the State government
that the public veal would be en-
hanccd by an appropriation from
the State to the enterprise.
A memorial was printed and dis
seminated in last July, through the
counties bordering on the Trinity,
asking for an appropriation OF sew
enty -fvo thousand dollars, or such
other amount as \the Legislature
might deem sufficient TO open up
the navigation of the river from
Magnolia to Dallas, ty cGtting off
the over hanging timber and re.
moving the snags in the bed Of the
river.
Many of these memorials have
been returned, but were received
too late for the last session of the
Legislature. Those sent to the
counties of Galveston, Houston. Lc-
on. Anderson, Navarro. Kaufman
and Collin. met the hearty endorse
mcnt Of many enterprising rcspon-
sibIe and thinking men; while 9TH
crs 70 whom the memorials were
0Ifccteu- WHOitt HtIirCtCH fNt "
solicit the name Of any one. This
was. however, TO some extent, an
ticipated by the "getters up" Of the
enterprise. well knowing that a
considerabIs percentage of weak
knced, milk and cider population
must exist in all communities.
We have an mails who n call
ed men, that sometimes are afraid
even TO do right lest they be laugh
ed OF. In addition 10 this there
are others who set up captiVus
opposition 20 the navigation q the
Trinity; sui this comes from thnse
who know BolhiRg. comparatively,
Of the advantages navigation 20 this
point would be TO a large section Of
country lying contiguous 70 the
Trinity. We would be glad 10 see
This class live and Do vel, and YET