The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-26
THE DALLAS, PALESTINE AND SOUTH
EAST RfAn-

me DALLAS, PALESTINE AND SOUTH
EAST R0A0.
Yesterday we had the great sstisfac,
ton to publish the preliminary oraani.
eaton OF the above company, and deem
the present a fitting time To cali pubic
attention 10 the enterprise, one which
IS important 10 the last degree to our
city, north Texas aud the state general
~ IL Is to tfaperse the richest agrrui-
tnfai country on the globe, and with its
ultimate destination AT New Orleans. it
takes tina. natural trend by which our
prodnc;ions in the future are TO find a
market, and by which our wants are TO
be supplied by Importation in the cheap.
est and most natural way. 1t is all folly
TO talk about our cotton going north
Its agfn natur" fer it to do SO hy rail
when she has supplied the cheaper
means OF water. Neither viii it do to
ship coffee from the West Indies. Cen.
trail America and South America TO New
York. and thence by rail back TO the
tropics again for a market, and
yet this is substantially what is
being done every time a pound of i,
comes from ST Louis or anywhere north
OF US. Toe Dallas, Palestine and South.
east IS the only projected route which
has in view our direct connection with
the only natural market within oar
reach capable Of handling our products
or OF supplying our wants 1t is pro.
Jeeted on the trade isothern which
touches both its point OF departure and
its objective, aud which does no yio>
lence to natural laws
This section of the state is devotion.
ing with rapidity almost with
out a precedent. New Orleans is slowly
but surely emerging from under that
cloud which has so long obseured her
merits as the greatest and best market
on earth for southern productions.
These two circumstances doubtless first
suggested the idea of uniting Dallas,
the heart of New Texas, with the Ores,
cent City by rail. They are pregnant
with good to both, aud the men at
the head of the move give
proof that there is TO be no
Dallas and Wichita bungiiuc about the
road, but that it will be pushed as rap
idly as capital, intelligence and exper.
fence can do it. 1t taps to the east the
inexhaustible pinerles of east Texas and
west Louisiana. Ii western division
will pass over the richest wheat and cot
ton region of Texas, and its extreme
western terminus will rest on a bed of
coal sufficient to supply the markets
IN reach Of the road while time lasts.
For the mere purposes of trade and
trade convenience. no other ,outa IN
Texas. either completed or projected
can compare with this as a local means
oil Development. 1t is full of promise
ana Tor fifty miles on either side it will
spur to activity the best energies of the
country. 1t iss fitting thing that Dallas
; mould move first IN the ENTERPRISE
Her own Importance, dignity and pros,
poets OF future benefit all demand II
II should insure unity OF action and
purpose before which every difficulty
must give way
The president, General s. B. guck-
ner, of Louisville, il man of action
distinguished no less in the enterprises
OF peace, than in the heroic struggles of
war His name is IN and OF itself a
tower of strength for the new road and
his own ample capital and unbounded
Infhence Will insure money enough to
press its construction from the word
go. There will be no tagging in this
enterprise There is every necessity
Tor its construction and every means at
hand to accomplish it. We trust our
people in Dallas and in all this region
oil country will be prepared to shoulder
their own proper share of the burdens
OF construction, and that the enterprise
Will meet that hearty and frank sup
port at its inception, so grateful as well
as necessary liz all such cases.