The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-27


sny whether Dallas shall remaIu M she
II, with MI tllepromlses of future glory
unlllhllod, or whether she shall soon
he known around tho hnbltnblp globe
M II glorious creature Of modern enter
prise and modern genius.
Look NJ Chicago built on tho llats
banks Of M interior lake-tho wonder
Of the world, rising undlsmnyed from
her grave Of ashes. What made her
The thing she h? II was the faith her
people lnd IN themselves, and their
determination 10 do or die, that raised
her In n few years from alltIlc village
to u position alongside Of the % ,dest
cities Of the world, They went into
debt and built up themselves on their
credit.
Look at Kansas city, within the last
ten years II place onc-thlrd less than
Dallas, now one Of the greatest bust
ness points IN the West, with n poptlla'
ton Of nearly fifty thousand. What
did IL? ! am told that the first step
she made IN her rapid career was to
assume debt Of n half million dol
hrs,
Now, Mr. Editor, with due respect
and the kindcst feelings to the men
who say Ego slow" aud "kecp out Of
debt,n l say that to ego slow" now
means not to 80 AT all. We have all
based our hopcsand calculations on the
future growth Of Dallas. five do not
strive, and strive earnestly, our hopes
will foil short of " realization, We
have placed ourselves In position
where II severe check or u stagnatlon
would be fatal to ~. II h generally
understood tint when the Texas PA-
cihc Railroad Is built to point west Of
w, no matter how near or how far, cv-
cry business in this city will feel the
effect of 1t, and that effect will be for
lbe worse unless we take steps to coun-
tcrNall IT, We must keep this large
class of mechanics and laborny men
amongst US. We must invite capital
to come TO us. We must keep our
people busy with money and labor IN
the construction of great public works.
In short, we must keep growing, or we
will shrink to less than our present
population. Every resident, property
holder OF business man in Dallas Is
interested IN this question Of or future
growth. We must not see property go
down, grass growing In our streets ANA
great business houses untenantcd. The
remedy for this threatened evil Is, |
repeat, in ourselves. The history of
glhpr towns, once us promising as
Dallas should be u sound warning.
They were afraid TO stake anything on
the future. They lacked confidence IN
themsclves-and they were lost Z!
Mr.. Editor, this no time for hesita-
ton. There are parties proposing to
build us waterworis. The most im-
mediate and pressing want that could
be felt by any people, is supply OF
water II is II want that ranks along
side Of the want Of bread, 1t is II work
that will give employment to hun
dreds Of men, this enterprise Of supply.
ing the city and the people with plen:
ty of water. 1t Is a matter of surprise,
| that parties can be found who oppose
" work no vital to our prosperity. Let
the question ut least DO, not whether
we shall have II supply Of water, but
who will comeand give 1t to us at once
and in abundance. Let lis not hest
tate now ut this crisis in our history.
We must have water and gas. We
must hive mills and manufactures.
Keep everybody here busy and provide
employment for Others chat are wait
ing to come to us. This is the tails
man of success. Let us not fear to
take stock in the waterworks. Go and
ask Chicago If she ever regretted
building her waterworks, or New York,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Memphis, or
pson littlp Denver Tho "Lltlle VlanW
of the mountains, What town ever
suffered by gasworks, or watcrworks,
or any other great public work? 1T
seems to mo that tho sum for which
the city is to pledge It's credit Is insig-
nilicant in comparison to its bearing
on our future, IN short, upon the value
of your property and my property.
Let us show the world that we have
confidence in our destiny, and they
will 10 ready TO mid ps in or rise; but
show doubt and fear, and we arc gone.
I'll understand it Alright, we are not
asked to pull the money out Of our
pockets to build these works, but to
pledge our credit to be redeemed in
thirty years, Mr.. Editor, can we
doubt If we build these works, and
encourage other enterprises Of SINH.
lar character, that Dallas will be hold
ing in her grasp the resources of 4
principally? The next generation
enriched by our foresight can easily
discharge this debt.
rs RUSrICUS.
TO the Editor Of The Dallas Herald