The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-31

Louis, two to New Orleans, and dozen
to New York. she IL, therefore, In pc
sltiOn to dictate her own rates Of
freight, and Is thus enabled 10 get
her goods from the Eastern man
ulactories at us little cost for
transportation ne either st. Louis or
New Orleans. IL Is the possession Of
this advantage vi position that has en-
abled Dallas IN the past to oller such
inducements to the interior trader ana
that has done 50 much to secure the
business that three years ago belonged
either to st. Louis or Neg Orleans,
The wholesale merchants Of this city
are determined that the retail mer-
chants Of the state sllall have no occa-
sion to cross her borders 10 buy their
stocks Of goods. They have the capt.
tai aud the business skill to carry out
their determination, aud the adyan-
tageous terms they are able to make
with the railroads for the transpOrta-
tio,i Of their freights, gives the assur-
anoe 10 our merchants that they can
find no better market anywhere in the
United States In which to buy their
goods. Asa railroad centre, Dallas
will before many years occupy the
Nsame prominence IN the S0uthwest
that indianapolis does in the North
west. 4 railroad from this place to
New Orleans IL only 1t question Of
time, aud Of short time Mt that. If
New Orleans is ever to recover the
trade which she lot by the construc-
tion Of railroads TO her from the north
and east, 1t must be by tho cOnatrpc-
ton 81 other lines Of railroads into
Texas, This Is the only field left to
her to develop. Her Elost practical
men realize that fact, ana regard the
proposed connection with The Texas
Il Pacific railroad at Shreveport rs on.
y n temporary arrangement neeessita-
ted 10y the paucity Of their capital, A
straight line to make the connection
on with Dallas for the point Of con-
naulion, Is tho ideg that the W0st
Of the sound business men OF
thnt city look forward TO as
the thing to be accomplished.
A road from Dallas to Austin has
been chartered aud surveyed, and
WIZ be built ~ soon rs the present
liuangiai depression has passed. away
from the country. The completion oi
this road viii pat this place in direct
communication with the almost bound
less grazing region of the Southwest,
and will enable Dallas to compete with
Galveston FOR che cattle trade of New
Orleans, a road Is nov under con.
slructi0n from this city 60 The rich
mineral regions Of the Wichita, The
report of II skilful and reliable State
Geologist, who has made an eXamina-
ton of that region OF country, is to
the effect that no yet explored portion
OF the continent is 80 rich in many OF
the valuable ores, particularly IN iron
and copper. The completion OF this
road viii be the dawnjng ofa new era
on the city, aud VIII unques,ionably
make it one Of the leading manutNctur.
ing cities on this side oil the
Mississippi.
We are not unaware that there are
soee iimld or cracking creatures who
say that ali Of lmllaG' Unprecedented
prosperity Is of the mushroom speclea,
and that when the construction of the
Texas " Pacific Railroad westward is
begun, her business and trade will
desert her, aud follow in the wake OF
that enterprise. Those who reason in
this way have not examined closely
the basis upon which her present pros
perity and future prospects rest. Her
future Is too we'll assured to allow her
practical men TO indulge in such idle
fears rs these. So far from that being
the ease, they look forward to the cN-
tension Of that road to the west as the
hNrhuger of "a still greater future for
the city, and will hail with pleasure
the day when the iron horse can make
the trip from the Trinity to the Rio
Grande.
The future Of Dallas is indeed grand
to contemplate. Situoled as she is at
the intersection of the two great routes,
one leading from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and the other from the (tull TO
the Lakes, she must in time become
the great catrcp0t of the Southwest for
foreign wares, and IN her vast ware
houses the commodities of the East
Indies and the manufactures of
Europe will meet TO be exchanged