The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-26
THE DALLAS AND WICHITA RAILROAD
SEEKING CAPITAL IN BOSTON,

tht pAllAs AND WluhlIA MAILMAN
SEEKING CAPITAL IN BOSTON,
About tho first Of January, OF rather
in the early part ri that month, q most
remarkable pamphlet WAS printed Ia
Boston by MI Henderson, contractor
and general manager as he styles him'
sell, Of tho above road For downright
mendaeity aud shameful misrepresent-
ailon Of facts, IL just surpasses any
thing in that line We have ever seen,
The design Of the precious publication
ID 70 attract capital 70 tho enterprise
sufficient 10 build IL 70 Apoint where
they would he entitled 20 q good
amount Of bonds, Evidently the book
was not intended Tor circulation here,
notwithstanding II pprporls 10 have
been published with tho sanction OF The
directors yet Wa know many OF The gen'
tlemen whose names figure under tho
list al "Oiioers Of the company would
blush 10 SEQ them attached 10 such q
tissue Of ialsehOodH, oven 10 seoare the
building Of tho road 10 tho very heart
Of the Wichita mountains We would
regret, il any capitalist, either AZ
boston or elsewhere, was 10 be
mislead aud induced 10 put
money into the enterprise under
tho delusion that "iorly miles were
graded aud bridged" even now, three
monthR later, and alter Dr. Reed had
struggled all winter to reach tho high
lands west of Elm Fork, while the cons
tractor aud general manager aud his
select colero have been expanding their
almost auperhuman energies to rclard
tho work, lie says further that the
road has Twenty-Five miles of iron laid
aud the track well ballasied and freight
and passenger cara daily passing over
H." Al this day, March 20, there are but
eighteen miles completed, This pre-
cious pamphlet continues Tracks
laying Ia progressing, and Denton, forty
miles hom Dallas, will be reached by
April next Some lively work will be
necessary 10 build twenty'three or
twontylour miles Of road almost entire
ly out Of the rough In seven OF eight
days,
In the city Of Dallas we have over
seventy acres Of depot groun H. =
and have over three miles OF main and
sIdo tracks within the city limits,
- "Commodious depot buildings
aud unusual longth of sheds and plat.
forms" We might 20 on almost
indefinitely, and quote from this
elaborate Tissue Of misstatcments,
but we have given enough TO indicate
the plan by which Mr. Henderson pro.
poses to attract capital TO the construc.
ton Of this important road, The plan
IL such ~ no honest man can approve
of Dallas, for one hundred thousand
inhabitants, would not sanction the
misstOtomonts and deceptive conclu'
sions drawn by this enthusiastic pans
phletecr.
The road has enough OF clearly uns
destood and fairly acknowledged ad,
vantages, to warrant Boston capital in
joining an honest and responsible homo
management in the construction, but
such statements as those made in this
remarkable book, will not induce Il
cautious capitalist TO embark, but will
rather repel him, We want TO see the
road built, because We are satisfied there
is enough in il to provo very remuner'
alive to the company and great ad.
junct to the city. But We are not vii,
ling to tell the Boston people that the
road is located one hundred miles, forty
miles graded and tied, and twenty two
miles ironed and in successful operation,
and that it has seventy acres for depot
grounds and three miles of track inside
the city limits,
SO soon as the people Of Dallas, Den>
ton and Wise counties abandon and
cut loose from the present incompetent
and reckless management, we may ex,
pect legitimate capital to drift this way
and not till then Let us have the road
gentlemen, but let us have it upon de
cent fair and lawful terms, or not at all