New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-02
OUR TEXAS CORRESPONDENCE.

any other point. She is nestled in the DO
som of one of the prettiest countries in the
South. Her wide-stretching prairies, with
their luxuriant pasturage, fairly bespangled
with the richest and rarest of flowers, wav
ing their proudly beautiful heads to the glo
rious flood of sunlight showered upon then
| from skies of Italian hue, present a sea Of
beauty beyond the poets faTest conception
and all bursting from a soil rich beyond de
scIiption and tempting to the most skillfu,
agriculturist. Dallas, as the centre of this
rich and beautiful country, and in cOnse
| quence of her railroad Importance, is des
tined to become one of the queen cities Of
! the South.
The great Importance of the Dallas an d
Wichita railroad, which has for its starting
point the town of Dallas, is one of the most
important roads now under contemplation.
Our young and growing city is situated in
the centre of the largest rich body of land
IN the great State of Texas-a State large
enough, territOrially, to make an empire
and Astounding in every natural production
that fond nature could pour from her rich
stOrehOuse of treasures.
The soil is black and waxy, not liable to
wash, is of immense depth, and produces
all the cereals equally as well as Illinois or
Missouri, and, being of much milder eli
mate, produces cotton and all the great
Southern productions in perfection and
abundance. 1t is unsurpassed by any por-
ton of the South for fruit growing and
horticulture. From the native grape,
wild throughout the woods, is distilled
a wine which Hebe might proudly serve
to the gods, or which might make
old Bacchus laugh aloud with new and
untasted delight. As a business point. her
advantageous position as great railway
junction will be at once appreciated by the
wise. The Houston and Central railroad
and the Texas Pacific will cross each other
here, thereby placing Dallas in direct con-
nection with all the railway systems of the
United States. The Dallas and Wichita
railroad, starting from here, will run
through this rich country, westerly, con-
Meeting, in the western part of Montague or
Clay counties, with the Galveston railroad,
and then northward and west until it forms
a connection with the Denver and Ell Paso
railway. Thus it must pass directly through
the finest agricultural and stock-raising re-
gion in the world As the company intends
to construct narrow guage railway, it can
be rapidly constructed, and at a much less
cost than the wide guage road. The cOun-
try through which the road will pass is rich
in mineral wealth. In this portion of the
State the bosom of our great generous
mother earth is teeming with coal, iron,
copper and silver ore of the purest kinds,
and in richest abundance. Imagine the
growth and prosperity of our now small
city, when loads of coal, iron, copper and
silver are brought daily into her market by
the steam engine, thereby enabling the
great trunk lines of railway to place machine
shops here, and tempting our enterprising
Yankee friends to build up manufactures
of every kind.
The proud city of the West, St. Louis, as
well as the smaller cities-Leavenworth,
Lawrence, Denver, and others-are all
pushing their lines of railway to this Ell Do
RADIO to share in her trade. and to enrich
themselves in the products, agricultural
and mineral, of her prolific soil. Why is
the commercial emporium of the South,
New Orleans, behind in the race Why do
not her capitalists construct an airline rail
way from Lake Charles, the Sabine, or
some other suitable point. to this place, and
not allow the more distant cities of the
West to Outstrip her in the race of progress,
and enterprise An airline
railway from this place to New Orleans
would pour into her markets flood of com
nerce, and through her thoroughfares a |
stream of travel that would astOnish the |
most sanguine of her many enterprising and !
ar sighted citizens.
The completion of the Dallas and Wichita |
'ailrOad is all that Dallas requires to make |
Ter the largest and most important city be-
,ween st. Louis and the gulf shores.
New Orleans must see that whenever |
his vast and rich country is brought in |
immediate railway connection with the |
titles of the West, if she allow herself cut |
If, she must cease, in measure, to grow
md rest content with Southern ease and |
,reOle Incidence, while her live sister cities
# the West fill their Golfers with untold
wealth and grow into gigantic proportions.
BE up and doing" We knowing ones of the
business world of New Orleans. "be not
ike dumb driven cattle, be a hero in the
trife." The protector of this Wichita RAIL
DAD enterprise-Judge Cullen-I am told
5 thorough worker, and has spent much
ime in procuring, from the Legislature of
'exas liberal charter 1t is to be hoped
hat those so deeply interested in the con-
truetion will cause no delay in a measure
raught with so much interest to the whole
ountry, and especially to this particular
ity.
LABOR IN TEXAS.
Texas is peculiarly the white mans coun-
~ the negro population in this portion of
he State is, comparatively, very small and
ommOn labor is at a premium. An influx.
honest, laboring white men and women
'ould be great blessing, and add much
} the improvement Of this country.
now not how to put this great need of the
eople here in strong enough language.
-ish it might he published in every naper
the oyer-stocked North, and even the
oOr countries of Europe. There is, per.
APPS, no country which offers such strong
lducements to the working population, or
hich so sorely needs system of reasonably
heap labor. The scarcity of labor rem
ers the few negroes here perfectly indie
endent They are nearly all property