The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-02
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The Dallas and Wichita railroad con-
s,ruetion party is nov within sight
tsbout one mile) Of L.wisville, and we
are told that unless the council or citi-
SeHs of Dallas speedily come to the res
cue that operations must cease, at laas,
for the present. We dread above ali
/ things another ten months DELAY. Ii
would be equivalent to the absolute
death OF the enterprise, and most seri-
Gus injury TO the city We are told; on
the one hand that the iIonds of the city
were due when the road crossed the
county hue, and on tbs other that they
have not yet been passed, and If they
are not speedily in the hands of the
party constructing the road. operations
must cease for want of means to pro-
coed Now. the council of the city OF
Dallas Is fully competent TO take care OF
the interests of the cit xens. as affected
by the Dallas and Wichita. The
wretched management, the casseless
delays, and the general absence of back.
boDishness IN the affairs ofthis road. have
conspired TO excite degree Of caution
in the council, which. while It Is per-
lectly right and proper yet may serve
now TO retard the completion of the
road 20 Lewisyille, 70 the manifest
dstTIulent OF ali the best interests Of
both this city and Denton county DIR.
Reid has struggled on heroically, but
be cannot do everything alone and ln>
assisted Sonle power must soon
strengthen has hands Of this pet scheme
of Dallas must he given up for the
present. II abandoned now. il may be
ten years before the work Is resumed /;
were 1t but months. aud we say it
frankly and earnestly Dallas cannot
afford the delay We must do some>
thing, and that right peedily. What
shall it be ?
We suggest that The merchants.
BANKERS aad property holders of the
city and on the line OF he road, meet
committee o. the council and confer
fully and freely on the subject. Let
ali the men inter ested in the
construction on ia the bonds
already iSsued he invite d 10 bt present.
Somebody will have II make conces~
sions or the work crase tan any citi-
zen of Daiias, OF sny stCJ khnlaer ia the
road, or any Of its ere litors, afford te
see the construction top now We
don't think 81. Hence thu. proposition
for a conference 10 devise ways and
means for pushing the road on to COM
pletion, without any more unnecessary
and murderous delay. IL il not mere
question Of dollars and cents, so far g.
Mr. or Mr. Il are concerned. it is a
matter for whole community, a whole
ccuRiy, aye, indeed. for half dozen
counties to look after The narrow and
selfish policy which has so often stepped
IN 10 retaIa the work must give place
to more liberal ideas. Where men ex>
pected to make thousands out of the
construction, they must now content
themselves with hundreds, or see what
they have already done and paid ren-
dered 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, it would now prove a
lasting disgrace to Dallas, il ope rations
should be suspended or abandoned
entirely. The injury would be felt in
many ways, but, as means to destroy
confidence in our enterprise. aud spirit
az city, it would prove very veter
indeed. Let the new officers aud iirec
tory, the construction company and the
city council, joined and backed by the
capitalists aud business men of Dallas.
meet on the ground of common inter
est. and resolve once for all, that peri
cd must be fu, to the halting weakness
which has so long dela,e ed the road.
and the prosperity of the city