The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-28
DALLAS, Sentember q.

70 the Editor y. the Dallas Herald.
Please allow me few remarks con-
ccning the 90 nmorc.rl i"te est Of our
growing little city, oveisights, etc, Of
her business men.
Ten months since the freight on n
bale Of cotton from Dallas to Calves
ton via the Houston and Texas Central
Railway, was six dollars and five cents.
To-day the freight over the same road
is four dollars. ask, what is the cause
of this small reduction? | answer 1t
is competition, occasioncd by the COM
plct,oh OF the Texas Pacific Railway
to Dallas, giving Us direct outlet to
New O.lcans via Red liver; also. the
connection of the Great Northern and
Texas and Pacific loads at MinneOla,
giving lis II through bill of ladiug to
Galveston on cotton, hides, ahd other
produce, with but one transfer thus
giving this rodte some advantage over
the Genital road although it is about
foriy-siX niles lohgeT but the Central,
har,ag to t.Nnsie, at Corsicana delays
frcignts, besides ihcu".i lg n very heaN "
expense to the compa ~, and to trans
fer at Houston makes one more trans
fer to Galveston than by this other
route.
1t seems to me that the cotton buyers
as well us commission merchants of
our city have entirely overlooked the
importance of getting cheap treights
on produce from this place. They
mus, remember that there are two all
rail routes from Dallas to Houston,
whose interests are entirely opposite.
| think that. should the Texas and Pa
elite I'd Great Northern Railroads pro-
pose to cary our cotton to Galveston
for one dollar and fifty cents or two
dollars and fifty cents per bale, t'ans-
fctring only at Houston: it would show
too much par,iality to pay the Genital
road four dollars per bale to carry cot
ton to the same point. having to trans
\ fer at Corsicana aud Housto /, necessa-
rily keeping your cotton from ma ket
a much longer time than by tbs other
route. Therefore, shippers at this
3 place should consult the Dallas agents
of both these railroad tompa les, and
"A give their cotton 10 the oJe tnat signed
bill of lading at the lowest rate.
What is the use of these advantages
unless W exercise them? | have talked
with the agents of this other route to
Galveston (Which our people have so
completely ignored, and they say that
they are entitled to . potion of the
patronage of our place, and ask that
they be consulted when shipments are
TO be made from this place. Hence
again urge the Importance of
making contracts here for all the
produce shipped from this point.
Should we get the cheap RACES of
iTclsIIu lilut We uic citlt'Su W Lawn
this point Dallas could be made the
best cotton and hide marked in North
ern Texas. / will here add That we
have equally as good facilities for get
ting freights from Other cities to this
place.
The Cairo and Fulton Railroad VIII
soon be completed toTe.;ai cana, there
connecting with the Trals-Conti-
mental and Pacific, givingus q through
route from 81. Louis down the Missis-
sippi river. rs well as from New York,
Baltimore and otner eastern cities, by
rail to Cairo, connecting with ;he
Cairo and Fuitoi road there, thence
over the Pacific to Dallas. We a.e
also corrected with st. Louis and New
York by rail via the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad, as well as both
New Orleans and st. Louis by river to
Shreveport, ana over tie Pacific to
Dallas, besides our two routes to Gal
weston, there receiving fro II New York
DN Tull, duu GOll WV OI.caio ~ wv
Morgan line. With All these competing
lines for getting freiyhts to this point,
and our merchants shipping il large
quantities rs they do di'ect from i IL
porters and manufactu ers, Dallas can
offer inducements to dca. RS in che
country superior to any town in North
ern or Western Texas.
Shippers. look to your interest," and
have all your freight shipped under
cOutract MERCHANT,