The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-03
NO FOR the PANHANDLE,

There 10 now almost an absolute geTs
tainty that tho Dallas and Wichita will
be pushed far into the Panhandle dur
ing the season But few weeks will
tell the tale 30 iar 49, q perfect revival
Of the enterprise Ia concerned All
real and valid claims will be harmon
ized, aud the unreal and fraudulent will
got the 20 bye, 10 q certainty, THIS
great enterprise will be pushed ~ u
should have been four years since, and
tho money put into the road by tho city
aud individuals, both here and along
the line, will return TO them increased
thousand fold At this age Of the
world roads ara no longer built for bum
comb, but they are always surely built
when the necessity h deyeloped' A
few narplois, eager only lor the profits
Of construction, will not be permitted
TO deprive tho city, the state ana lhe
Panhandle all three, Of this important
artery Of trade for all time, The peo'
Pile interested In this great route have
been wonderfully patient and iorbear'
Ing but NJ last their liberation IL TO be
rewarded muniieently Just ~ soon
M these local troubles are cleared up,
aud that work will bc completed by the
3Oth Of June, ample capital will bemt
into the enterprise 10 send the road 10
lhe oulcrmost range Of settlement long
before the SHOWS Of winter can later
rupt the work, Dr. Reed Ia not only II
capitalist himself but he has influence
with others, who, when they see him
placing confidence In the enterprise,
will join him toany required amount
The rond will pay from the day II
reaches Lewisyillc, and will make
money rapidly after completion to Den"
ton and Decatur II penelrates tue
heart Of the great future north Texan
cmpire--a region fast settling up and
developing even now, without rail Ia
cilitics but which will gather renewed
vigor when the road bllngs into II the
spur of all modern enterprise, Thls
route will in and OF itself constitute m
important feature OF our railroad Hys
tenn of north Texas, II IL peculiarly an
enterprise Of our own section, and II IL
fitting that our own section should
build and control II, II must carly be-
come an important feeder for both the
Texas and Pacific and the Houston and
Texas Central These already great
roads can well afford to extend the
helping ,hNnd to the inlNnt enterprise
which has struggled up through no
many and such appalling difficulties, TO
its present hopeful status, They have
already, indeed, been quite generous,
and manifest kindly intentions, which
We trust will grow into active efforts to
cooperate with the Dallas and
Wichita
This state of things imposes u plain
duty upon us, ns well rs every true citi>
zen of Dallas, and all the country, to be
Immediately affected 10y the completion
Of the road, We should in every hon,
orable way strive to strengthen the
hands of the man who alone, Of all the
others who have bean connected with
the road, has the money, influence and
disposition to build it. We have moth.
ing to do with either the profits of con.
strucIion or OF operation. What we
need are the facilities which the road
will bring to trade, commerce and
travel and so long as the plan of operas
ton gives evidences to this end we care
not as to other considerations.
We have now bu. seventeen or eigh,
teen miles completed, and already is the
road exercising a very important and
beneficial influence upon trade. What
it will be when we have an all rail con.
nection with Decatur can be imagined
or guessed at from this. The people dc
not care straw whether the company
have seventy or only seven acres fol
depot grounds, or whether they have
one or ten miles of main and side
side tracks within the corporate limits
of Dallas, What they do care for, is
that what they already have shall be
utilized and made available for the pur,
poses intended, and contemplated when
the funds were set apact. The one great
and comfortable fact which stands out
in bold relief is, that the immediate
completion of the road is now certain
Let us hold up the hands of the men
who can and will give us this route, be>
cause it is the most important to Dallas
and our region of any local enterprise
yet put on foot by the people.
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