Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-12-21


palians, and "Disciples" all hav
good new houses Of worship. Th
Baptists and Catholics arc soon Il
build, and l believe tho Isr@litc
are talking of a synagogue.
The Dallas Female Institute be
longs to the Trinity Conference o
the M. Il. Church South. The build
ing is of brick, two stories high
large, and roomy. 1t is ina very
prosperous condition, in the charge
of Rev. w. III. Scales, one Of the
most successful and popular instruc
tors in the South. Of other schools
l am not advised sufficiently to
report. .|y.t
Now about the Railroads. The
Houston and Texas Central is the
only ono now running here, and is
the occasion of tho present pros
porous trade. The company estab,
lished their depot about q mile and
quarter from the court house, laid
off their ground into town lots, and
made tho strongest effort they could
to build it up in opposition to Dal-
las, proper. They proposed to give
lots to business men who would
build on and occupy them. The
old settlers stood firm end made q
strong fight. The now arrivals
wore afraid to set up so far off to
themselves and finally established
alonsido of the old merchants to
share their trade, others settled
down by them, and so on. The re-
suit was glorious victory to the
old town, and to the power of con
ccntrated capital, established trade,
and q strong pull altogether. This
example is worth a great deal in
showing that it is not so easy a
matter for railroad to tear up q
we'll established town by turning
away its trade. The conduct Of the
company was in bad faith to the
town which had voted 1T subsidy
and depot privileges. l predict it
will move up it's depot closer be-
fore long, as they have utterly
failed in their attempt at q new
town.
The Texas Pacific road is being
rapidly graded, both east and west
from this place, crossing the Cen
trail about three quarters of q mile
cast of town. It's depot is close up
in town northeast of the court
house, and serves as n further brace
against tho designs of the Central.
But this was the last battle, as a
strong effort was mado to get this
road to cross at the Central depot,
and place its depot near there. The
bridge of this road across Trinity is
rapidly building. 1t is expected
that cars will be running before the
first of January both ways from
here. .-.,..F .a..7 81.
This morning l was at tho grand
beginning of the Dallas and Wichi-
ia Railroad. Previous notice had
been given that at 10 o'clock this
morning the first shovel full Of dirt
would be thrown, which created
considerable interest. BY 9 o'clock
omnibusses, carriages and buggies
were filing up with passengers for
Wichita. The first load being de-
livered at the appointed place about
half a milo north of the city in an
open field ,sthe 'busses returned for
another load. In the meantime
many were arriving and on tho way
on horse back and afoot A large
assemblago was collected on the
ground OF the appointed time. The
occasion was one of unusual inter
est. All ready, DR.. Calder, Presi-
dent of the road, took a bran new
shovel, and after a few appropriate
remarks passed it to Col. John G
Mccoy, who, he said, was esteemed
a suitable person to first break the
dirt on the road. After short
speech he declined the honor con
ferred upon him in favor of Col.
John Henry Brown, to whom he
handed the shovel. Col. Brown, af-
ter a graceful and eloquent speech,
delivered the shovel to Capt. Ben.
Long, Mayor of the city, whose
honorable position he thought en-
titlod him to it. Acknowledging
this kind partiality he said there
was another present who above all
others was entitled to this distin-
guished honor, being Texas pio'
neer, and perhaps the oldest settler
in Dallas county, having settled
here in 1S48. Concluding his re-
marks with o high compliment to
his character he passed the shovel
to the hands of Capt. John Neeley
Bryan. Without word he silently
began to force the shovel into the
earth amid a continued round OF ap
plause. The old pioneer and ran
ger was eloquent in his silent ap-
plication to the duty at hand. 1t
that work and not words
is the demand ofthe times-a better
toast than any that was drank. a
few short speeches followed. Then
came the scrapers and plows, A
new patent scraper, introduced by
Doty, of the firm of Doty, Watson
& Co., Columbus, O., attracted par
ticular attention. 1t is called Do
tvs revolving road scraper.' l think
it superior to the old ones. But
have not room to describeit.
Following this were toasts, wine
and speeches to repletion. As i
belong to the Temperance as DIR.
Young would say, 1 did not par
take, but soon returned to the city.
A contract of four miles has been
let out. .1H i
As 1 have already gone beyond
suitable bounds, l must defer full
Ter account Of this road to another