The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-11

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A. YOU stand on the bridge that spans
che Mississippi IN front Of 81. Louis.
there flows beneath you one Of the
largest rivers in the world II touches
Peuctraics ar partially bounds twenty
six great States and Tcrr!toriiics " nile
it, fountains are nearly three thou nd
miles apart in New ! orl; aud Mont ma
its united food at fllc delta holds IN 80
luucn The soI! from every section of the
Union except New England and the
Pacific slope. I!Iis river and its la ger
tributaries furnish nearly twenty thou-
sand miles of RaviSabls water, u allie
ITS smaller atilueuts mcarder through
every state from Pennsylvania To Ccier-
ado. and from Texas to Dakota. giving
fertility 70 a thousand valleys. and sup
plying water Ia millions OF men and
anlmais TuiS vast u giop, thus blended
10y nature known as the Valley Of the
MISSISSIPPI. il destined To be rot only
the worlds Cranary, bat the scat Of 20
l'tieai empire for the Western C.nti-
neut HE mighty food that roll. SO
silently beneath US gos-s on its way
trriIhted with the haryests Of many
miliIan acres Of fertile and
Tn" formidable obstacles thst iately
existed 10 navigation at the mouth OF
tliis great river have been oyereom by
engineering skill. which has opened
gateway tor tae free egfess and ingrcss
of the commerce of the world. Bat
ryeo the Mississippi gth it, mouth
opcuejt the "a, and It's twenty thou
sand miles OF navlgabie streams RIM
tying OF bounding more than tN,nty
States, Is not equal to the mighty ask
Of transporting the surplus produce Of
this great industrial empire to the mar.
kets of the world Listen for mo
meut. and you shall hear and see row
the capacity of this great artery OF com
meree IS supplemented ly a still more
powerful agency
Beneath ~. and between " and the
surface Of the Mississippi. IS another
river. whose vessels or vehicles rush
and rusr and thunder along, bearing
thousands OF passengers and tens o!
thousands @ tons of freight This Is a
river of iron Sec how its glisteuins
snrtNce spreads ont fan-iike over the
fra.ries Of lliuoisl Unlike rivel. OF
water il can run il all directions pierce
or climb mountains thread narrow
vallerg. skirt The banks OF the crook
e3 less STREAMS thunder along al the base
oi rocky cliH. ami rush with ,lhs lead
uT the wind over broad plaip. and
prairies Az the Union depot in ST.
Louis this mighty river. With its twenty
different currents, forms a kind OF AXE
or barber, from which these currents Of
commerce extend east, vest, north and
fodtli, until with their CONNECTIONS and
eStreHities they reach every State and
almost every county ia the world Re.
public. Uiie line stretches away r. the
North and then defects to the West
and rests not until il reaches the Golden
Horn o. San francisco. Another de
fleets to the East, passes the CITY OF the
Lakes sSigts tile southern shore of Erie
and thence on 10 Boston. Portland,
Quebec aud all the cities OF the Domin-
. non. Two others penetrate and tray ersc
the heart OF the Empire STATE. Another.
and the crandest OF them all. trayarses
fae interior Of Illinois Indiana and
Ohio, passes the Iron City and then
climbs or tunnels the Alleghanies
landing les rich freights at Pail
sfelphie Another great line yeers
little further 10 the South.
aud reaches tide water at Baltimore,
| Others run oil the southeast, through
the tiue grass region Of Kentucky, the
| iron mines OF Tennessee. the cotton
fields sugar plantations and warni
sayannas of the South and away into
j fl.rs = =,
western side of the Mississippi. these
| great channels af transit and trauspor-
1 teilon stretch away 10 the southwest,
through Arkansas and the Indian terri
/ tory until they enter and traverse the
broad rich plains of the Lone Star
/ Dropping the figure for the fact. It is
worth while to inquire into the use and
I necessity oftheze rivers of IRON hese
failroads-that extend into every part
Of tue country. they are used t. ae-
( comrlish a work that never could nave
been done By the rivers and lakes. They
I traverse districts that are entirely oiesti-
( .ute of nayigabIe streams. and by ti,s;r
agency these districts have become
i populated with Industrious. thriving
communities, and land that was almost
worthless has been increased ton fold
10 value. The railroads of the United
States have cost an Immense SUM of
( Inoney--asout 81 ,0tgl GO Gu0--i,it thew
have added tGice their cost to the sIue
OF the country traYersed. and have lone
more f!lin any other agency to inci ease
Z population aud general prosperity
/ Another great traascontinentai line
through the Southwest. fiom the Mis-
sissl'pi 10 the Pacific. will bring more
] immediate and substantial pceufjary
benefits 10 the eeaut.y than any ther
ageneg that cad 81 named. 4 road Of
tiiis 'issesiptienhasa lrsatiy been pa she's,
( through the fisli counties Of Y sr,l.
western Texas, from Shreveport 70 kort
/ Worth and good beginning made in
its construction from San DIEGO east,
I Let Congress grant 10 this road ut a
hundredth part Of the support aud en-.
ceuraaenaenf layished upon otlsef enter
plises OF the Kind, and the speedy con-.
struetlon of Tie Texas aud Pleifie win
DO more to restore prosperity to the
country than all the tinkeying of al | the
financial thinkers that evpr existed. The
West afd South demand the execution
J Of tlsis work as grand necessity, ,trac
/, tir-i patriots IN all parts Of the COZ, Tatry
demand 1t as a niesns of securing a mes
atId employment to vast MULTI idea
!, ,sow destitute of both. There il no liver
- meet the gronIng wants Of tran spor-
! tatson through the region sfIisilei ii.
/. 70 alfet this NECESSITY We must hA " i
river 81 iron extending from The III ssis-
sipps 20 the PariEie---s.is p,,en cham Il ~
t4faiissssntinentai commence o. The dir.
" second parallel. tisat shall l.. 800.