The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-01
LANouIspINa ENTERPRISE.

The Dallas aud Wichita rallrOad con-
party h now within sight
(about one mllo) Of lewisville, and we
are told that unless the council or oiti,
aens Of Dallas speedily come TO the res
cue that operations must cease, AT least
for the present We dread above all
things another ten months delay, II
would be equivalent TO tho absolute
death OF the enterprise, and n most serl,
Gus injury TO the city, We are told on
the one hand that the bonds Of the city
were due when tho road crossed the
county line, and on the other that they
have not yet been passed, and IL they
ara not speedily in tho hands of tho
party constructing the road, operations
must cease for want of means 10 pros
coed, Now, the council Of the city of
Dallas is fully competent to take care OF
the interests of the citizens, az affected
by the Dallas and Wichita. The
wrctched management, the causeless
delays, and the general absence of back
bonlshnoss In the affairs ofthlsPoad, have
conspired TO excite degree of caution
in the council which, while IL IL per-
lectly right and proper, yet may serve
nov to .rctard the completion Of the
road 10 Lewiwillc, to the manifest
detriment Of all the best interests of
both this city and Denton county DR.,
REID has struggled on heroically, but
he cannot do everything alone and IN,
assisted, Some power must soon
strengthen his hands or this pet scheme
Of Dallas must DO given up for the
present. If abandoned now, IL may be
ten years before the work is resumed /;
were IL but months, and we say il
frankly and earnestly, Dallas cannot
afford the delay. We must do some,
thing and that right speedily What
shall ii boz
We suggest that the merchants,
bankers and property holders of the
city and on the line OF the road, meet II
committee of the council, and confer
fully and freely on the subject, Let
all the mon interested in the
construction, or in the bonds
already issued be invited to be present.
Somebody will have to make concess
sions or the work cease. Can any citi.
zen of Dallas, or any stakeholder in the
road, or any of its creditors, afford to
SEQ the construction stop now We
don't think so, Hence the proposition
for u conference to devise ways and
means for pushing the road on to CONS
pletion, without any more unnecessary
and murderous delay, 1t is not mere
question OF dolars and cents, 30 far as
Mr. A or Mr.. II are concerned, it is u
matter for II whole community, whole
county, aye, indeed, for half dozen
counties to look after. The narrow and
selfish policy which has 10 often stepped
in to retard the work must give place
to more liberal idens. Where men exs
pectcd to mako thousands out of the
construction, they must now content
themselves with hundreds or see what
they have already done and paid ren>
dcred useless and worthless for all time
to come.
The one great difficulty in the path of
the road, the Elm Fork bottom having
been surmounted, il would now prove u
lasting disgrace to Dallas, il ope rations
should be suspended or aban toned
entirely The injury would be felt in
many ways but, nv means to destroy
confidence in our enterprise, and spirit
as n city, it would prove very veteran
indeed. Let the new officers and lrec
tory the construction company and the
city council, joined and backed by the
capitalists and business men of Dallas,
meet on the ground of common mter-
est, and resolve once for all, that II peri.
cd must be put to tho hating weakness
which has so long delayed the road,
and the prosperity of the city,