The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-20

ing IN the way OF peculiar advantage
or distinction to the State ofTexas? Is
Il no advantage to the people Of TeXas
for they are the owners OF the pubic
this road should have
entered, by the aid Of capital furnished
by "Tom Scott and his associates"
npon the wilderness Of Northeastern |
Texas, and passing by the furnishing
cities ofJefferson, Marshall, Longview
Mineoa and others, through that vast
timbered region useless and prolitless
to the owners, and thence onward to-
wards the very center OF the state,
building up In its march the many
lourishing towns along the line ana
adding hundred fold to the value OF
all the lands along the route and with
In the great radius of It's influence?
And is this of no positive advantage
to the State? We have been Taught
to consider that il is as much the
policy of statesmanship to develop Tue
Interior to add value to the wealth OF
the Gountry--to afford the means OF
transportation and facilities for lmml-
grafton where these things did not
before exist, and thus to enhance
values and increase wealth-as 1t Is to
foster the border, the sea coast and the
interest along the boundary lines. We
have always thought that whatever
tended to the building Of cities, the
Improvement of communities, and the
aggregation of wealth in the interior
was as much duty Of Government to
its constituency as any universal legis-
lation to force the growth Of sea coast
cities could possibly claim.
The Texas a. Pacific railroad has
already added millions of wealth to
the State, by the introduction OF thou
sands Of immigrants consequent upon
its construction-by the quick and
rapid development Of Il vast section OF
the interior--by the princely enhance
ment in value of great bodies of lands
land although 1t has failed to have
any of its terminal points ut any city
upon our coast, we venture to assert
that, for the time it has been operated,
IL has conferred more "peculiar nd
vantage and distinction upon the
State" than perhaps any other road
within her borders.
And yet the Texas & Pacific road "as
now planned" has not yet penetrated
half way across the State. IT has only
In fact broken through the crust OF the
vast agricultural region of Texas,
leaving an immense area of The most
fertile country on the continent yet
to be reached TO the west of Its
present terminus, D vast area o
unsettled lands only awaiting IL
advent to become u populoui
aud wealthy section, adding othe
millions OF values TO the STATE.
This western land, through which i
Is yet to penetrate, Is In itselfa princel.
domain, whose population following
the line of this road and the radius o
its influence, will reach hundreds o
thousands-a domain of which an EN-
pire might be proud. And it Is by tn,
! extension of this rond on ts weStwar'
route that "'IOm Scott and his asso
ciates," in spite of themselves, are dies
tined to confer still further "peeul!a
advantage and distinction" upon on
State.
And along the line of this roat
Texas cities have already sprung
though far removed from the coast
. one of which is rapidly emulating il
. population and enterprise the chic
city of the coast, and in the future, u
the road shall progress, las nov
: planned" other cities and importan
central communities will rise. to I'D
wealth to the state, Win all the "pecu
liar advantages and distinctions
: which wealth can give.
And all this is being done daily be
/. fore our eyes-the northern half of TN
State is rapidly becoming the seat G
population, Of wealth, aud of power
adding all this TO the common fund {
the State-and il destined to incfeas
in population, wealth and power /
' proportion as this great trunk line {
road shall span our territory from Eas
, to West.
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8 The Arkansas Legislature has passe
] n bill appropriating fifteen thousan