The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-26
on DALLAS, TEXAS
TARurr oS,RAILRoAD TRANsPoR
TATION.

resolution to fix II maximum on thu
charges of freight and Transports
ton Of passengers over railroads
in tho State.
This we regard as q question o
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and ono re
curing the closest consideration
1t is ono. in which the people o
Texas are vitality Interested. 1t il
n question that involves tho inter
ests of commerce., of agriculture
AID more or loss of every class OF
oarpooplc. Atthe sameltime, IL is
calculated to either invite, or drive
from our doors. that capital, which,
all things fairly considered, would
naturally seek Texas for invest
ment, in the work Of making cheap
lines, of transportation, u,s.,pa4, 81
There is no field on this CONT.
nent for the future nvestnlont OF
capital to construct railroads, more
inviting, or that will offer richer re-
turns for the capital 80 invested,
than that to be found within our
own borders. As u matter of course,
whether it comes here or not, de-
ponds upon the legislation Of tho
country. flour laws tend to invite
and encourage it, the capital will
como. The undevoloped resources
of9our vast State, when touched by
the hand Of labor, will bring forth,
ina untold quantities, that produc.
ton, and with it those necessities
and wants Of civilization, which
will make remunorative the capital
invested in works of internal i'm.
BibNNulO'u,
We believe our organic law should
have some provision that will eXer-
else q. just and healthfulcontrol over
this subject--one that is fair to the
people Of the State and to the rail.
road companies But while this, in
our judgment, is true, we know of
no question 80 diiiicultT of solution,
In tho first place, there nro rights
already vested, that cannot be in
terfered with, and any harsh rule
that would operate severely upor
these acquired rights, might, tenc
greatly to retard the future of tn,
country. Nor is it fair that Il rul,
should be adopted that would dis
criminate against those roads which
the Constitution and laws may con
troll, and in favor of such as canno,
be reached. -
1--we had all the necessary lines
of railroad constructed that the pre-.
sent and future wants of the State
would justify, competition would
regulate the matter. II must be q
long time before that can DO secur
cd. What we now have constitute
but small portion of the wants Of
the present population, and willut
terly fail to supply tho wants of the
future; henc,, the necessity for pre-
sont action. But how to arrive a,
it, and do justice to the present and
the future, and the capital already
invested, and that which it is desi
rable should come, Is tho question
While there were no competin.
lines, and when the Central wa
struggling for)Ccomplotion, the pub
lie could afford TO-. and did, PAL
much higher freightsthan are noy
charged% Now, the competitions fron
Houston and from Dallas, and tn,
chances of selection by rail or waite
from New York and 81, Louis, hav,
greatly lightened tho burden, and
freights are getting downtoa more
healthy standard, We venture the
assertion, that the IS por ton, pei
ono hundred miles, on freight, pre-.
scribed as the rule by Col, Flour.
noy's, resolution, is more than, the
average charge by tho railroads Of
the State. Findeed, itwould not do
in purN judgment, 70 AK this
as the rule y would Be unjust u
many classes Of freight 1t would
often BIO unfair to the railroad com;
panies.-x Rllroads a are .oommor
carriersahd are responsiblsfor h,
acts Of their scrYapts, They OF,
liable for damage and loss. It L
not 80 hazardous totbem, 10 pcarry
at0pof coal, ofiropl u efbslt,B noI
does II require so expensive pro,
paration, or SO great an Yoatlay 10
money, as to carry a ton OF dry
goodsIsllksstea lossEcotton, a9lTbt
loss to them of u ton ofvsilksqol
hne goods destroyed W fto, or III,