The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-20
THE DALLAS, PALESTINE AND SOUTH
EAST ROAD,

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Yesterday 40 had the great salI'lae'
lion % publish tho preliminary ormnl'
ialion Of the aboye company and deem
tho present nlung time 10 call public |
attention to tho enterprise, one which |
ID important To the last degree 70 our
clty, north Texas and the state general |
b. ltisto traverse tho richest anrul' |
mral country ON tho globe and with ils
ultimate destination ~ Now Orleans. u
takes that natural trend by which our
productions la tho future ara 10 find q
market and by which our wants are 10
hosuppliod by importation ia the cheap
cst aud most natural way II h all folly
10 talk about our cotton going north
ITS agIn nalur' for IL 10 do 10 by rail
when she has supplied the cheaper
means Of water Neither will II do 10
shin coffee from the West Indies Gem
trail America and South America 10 New
York, and thence by rail back to the
tropics again for market and
vet this Is substantially what IL
being done every time pound Of II
comes from ST. Louis or anywhere north
.ofus. The Dallas. Palestine and South
east h the only projected route which
haa In view our direct connection with
the only natural market within our
reach capable Of handling our products
or of supplying our wants II h proc
icctod on tho trade isolhcrm which
touches both is point Of departure and
It's objective, and which does ~ yioN
lonce TO natural laws
This section of the state is develops
ing with rapidity almost with
out precedent New Orleans is slowly
but surely emerging from under that
cloud which has no long obscured her
merits NJ the grcatest aud 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 Cres'
cent City by rail, They are pregnant
with good TO BOTH aud the men at
tho head of the move give
proof that there Is TO be- no
Dallas and Wichita bungling about the
road but that it viii bee pushed rs rap.
idly IA capital, intelligence and eXpcr-
icnce can do it, II taps to the east the
IncXhaustiblc pncrics of east Texas and
west louisiana II western division
will pass over the richest wheat aud cot
ton region of Texas, and its extreme
Western terminus will rest on q 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 route in
Texas, either completed or projected,
can compare with this IA Il local means
Of deyelopcment, 1t is full Of promise,
aud for fifty miles on either side it will
spur to activity the best energies Of the
, country 1t isa fitting thing that Dallas
hould move first in the enterprise
Her own importance, dignity and pros,
poets of future benefit all demand IT,
1t should insure u unity OF action and
purpose before which every difficulty
must give way.
The president, General 5, b. Buck
ner, of Louisville, is a man of action,
distinguished no less in the enterprises
of peace, than in the heroic struggles of
war His name il IN and of itself Il
tower of strength for the new road, aud
his own ample capital and unbounded
influence will insure money enough to
press its construction from the word
90. There will be no tagging in this
enterprise There is every necessity
for its construction and every means at
hand to accomplish it. We trust our
people in Dallas and in all this region
of 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 i'll all such cases.