Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29
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GENWENEN We lea ilp pleasant Cii,
I hali4s teh dags singa, aHi aiaouEh j
7 fss TaiHins ani iHlieaiiens ~ au lnHirs
salt lTiI pRss mailE raais, slili ia lhges
I days sssy iur'linF Hiih oar ~ MessIs
n. n, h-siaH a 20 brsi irsias nc IearA-
. 81 Grarshprk, ihr prrsfaI irrmiuss nf she
f,AC,R,R TLis is bssuiifai isrs-
tian flr a iaEn, sl,0ui Rge milss saalh u
Springfield ha Wili 10 abe isTaiuUs '5I
several uenihs IsThals, sni Nillsyrn''slly
bs = yrry sogi Isilrosi ioWn, as il vii tsr
same, ~ aelbi, he caaniy sesl " List
sIsns rsaR.y. ly rail iTala Ifis Psinl nc
reached liousiru IA about lsH aouTss 0n
Thurslay, ihe liih last, anl proceeded
ihs saias sYehirg b. ihe I, NJ, hasty oae
I'd the elrsahi tirsmers ~ ihe Direct Nav
igaiisA Csttpany, 10 GALVESTON, where Ne
rrmaiEei uniil SUNDAY mnTninE, hnsi-
hess ilsre sssns quite dull, owins ofeourss
io lhs lon price " e1llnn, Ia Which llr's
seems "a ~ ua Trunlse ol Improvement re
,ls present year
'.rins leil hy nay companions, Mailer
Kendall aul Mgs, Ihenalll, aul having
seea enough i1r tie PUssnt ai the ISLAND
CITY, I e'ahaosl lhe oPpgrlunii!, un Sun,
iay, og daylight ride ap the hay arl
haYnu, ~ steamer nianA, 10 llolsian,-
Here aul more life anl activity lAen -
any olhcF pains, The Great Northern E,E,
which starts orl FROM this point aud pas
sing ihrrsh Montgomery, MslsrH ilons'
ton, Anderson aHi other counties north 20
Paris or C.,rksNi,le, progressing rapiily
They have the bayou bsnks covered with
Iron for a half milo below Houston, aHi
,t,ll receiving, rnd are grading 81. along
the ruug ~ far rs pSuyillr, Montgomery
County, a distance of about slxiy niles.
called yvsicrlsy on Col. Wm. Il. Baker
President vi the Houston aud Texas Cen.
t-alRE. informed him Of the action c:
Our city ia the location Of depot gI0uuis
Tor tie use aud purpose ni this road. lie
seemed To be pleased at my description of
the grounds, aud the unnu.miiy Of the vote
Tor taxation for lhs purpose of location. |
told lila that there were sosie of our citl-
zens who pruies,c TO regard il as time los,
10 make tie location 10 which he replied
that IsCru were NJ just grounds Tor such
an ulluliN uA ANu 'NAhIANi - AN' 'N's N"N
CudeayorcI 10 perform Ia good faith every
promise that had been made to tho PeO, lo
on their route, aud that they intended &c
continue TO do so. That they had often
been voGnlcd aud riled at the opposition
nnl iucrclulity with which they had bsca
met hy cur section, but had borne IL nr-
tiently, feeling that time would justify
them. Ile in formed me that, owing to the
change Of guage TO conform to that of ihe
international, there would perhaps be NJ
mn,o lion laid until Juno or July, but hat
the grading and briige-builliug would 90
on; ; and as soon IS this change was eject
cd, ircn laying would be resumed aud
pressed forward 1T the rate Of perhaps
,hrcc.puartcrs TO n mile por day. That
they would probably mako no other ter
minus until they reached Corsicnna, which
would tc in July and that they were con-
Gdemt VI reaching Red River during next
wear. lie thinks here is no doubt OF othe"
railroad connections at Dallas. lilo eH-
pressed an earnest desire to harmonize NJ!
Inc interests along the line of the rOad.7 -
Hoping that oar railroad prospects p'e
more promising than some Of OR chronic
crcakcrs would willingly admit, and that
ohr little city mny soon grow to the pro-
bortions Of u Texas Atlanta, beg to re-
main, ours, truly,
c. II. B.