Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-03-30
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Ma. EpiroR ~ read In the last Issue o
your Newspaper, q communication pur
porting 10 BE- signed by 20 tas payers, tho
Mr. Wat Caruih, whose name heads ~,
ilsL disoIsims having signed lt--whlcl
brs,thss Of hoihipg bot Islander and Jaiss
hood.
do not believe that any Of the person,
who signed said article wrote II, nor DO
believe tbat half OF those namcs sie signed
al the conclusion Of II, were cognisant Of
the false statements IL contains. Certain
persons, who are Ia the back ground, that
have been mainly Instrumental In getting
up this communication, are known, and
will learn TO their sorrow, when IL Is too
late, like q celebrated Cardinal,
"Tbat corruption wins not more than honesty"
If those signing themselves taxpayers
had examined the law and the order pub
lished by the Mayor, In the HERALD, they
would have seen that the Company would
have to expend two hundred thousand dol
lars or more, by constructing the railway
to the line Of Denton county, and thereby
adding thousands Of inhabitants to the
city Of Dallas, and millions OF dollars to
the commerce and value of property be.
fore single bond issued, and then, when
said bonds issued, the city would receive
paid stock for their full amount, when the
bonds, In all probability, could not be sold
at less discount than 20 or 70 per cent.
And the writer OF the article, and those
whose names are signed as Taxpayers,
cannot plead ignorance for their false and
malicious statements, for the Dallas HER
AID contained the following fair and can
did statement Of the whole matter, in its
editorial columns Of the 9th inst
ain view Of the approaching election in
this city, on the proposition to take stock
in the Dallas s. Wichita Railroad TO the
amount Of 100000, we deem 1t proper to
state, in order that the people may have
clear understanding of the matter that the
law provides, distinctly and emphatically,
that no bonds can be issued by the City
Authority, provided the proposition is ac-
ceptcd, except on completed roads; so the
city will be perfectly safe in voting the
bonds, IL it is deemed good investment"
The sneer at being o "new. conner" is
worthy of the source from which it emana-
ted and the portion of those signing
themselves taxpayers are what are term
ed "poor men," (though say it not by way
Of reproach.
The directors, Mr.. Editor, of the D. & W.
Il. II. Co., pay more taxes to the city Of
Dallas than all those twenty-six tax pay
ers, but If they paid no taxes to the city,
and even resided ont of the State, it would
have nothing to do with constructing a
railway from Dallas through the mineral
region of northwestern Texas. Where do
the corporators and directors of the II. &
7. C. r. r. or the Southern Pacific reside I
And how many dollars do they pay into
the treasury Of the city Of Dallas2 And
how anxious are you all to see their steam
engines arriving.
have no idea, Mr.. Editor, that many,
If any, of the parties whose names appear
as tax. payers to the communication have
stopped to answer, were aware of its tur-
pitude therefore conclude by denounc
ing its author as eignorant of what he
writes, or writing what he knew to be I'M
true. CICERO CULLEN.
Dallas, March 9th, 1872. ..