The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-18
AUSTiN LETTER
Austin Sep, Is, 1850

,aro., in the welfare OF your CITY "ro "
rsnse this morning, waiting the snn0un'0
mept of the result of your mayora'ty e'eC.'9n'
hald Yesterday. Our one city daily not IN
dnlgiup in the expense Of state specials aoeS
-, or,i.b,en us of the result this morning.
nd wa ave forced to await the arrival OF 'he
Uvp,tp to know who is your mayor eject
woIy-wshers of the prosperity and PROCESS
i've growth of Dallas unite in inc Ge,''e 'ua,
tbat GENIAL gentleman, and old and hohoFeo
citizen, Judge John ]. Good should % the
man and from indications toresnsdoweo IN
the newspapers, it is hardly doubtful 'hS'
he is your mayor. u !. Il,
;,fancr numbering, PERHAPS total popula'
.nn =, three or four hundied souls, the
n.n.. HERALD, then also in its infancy, 10
1,,tna tina, the "city of the tree forks"
would prosper and grow into a gooaly city
.ron,a If Texas, as the HERALD quill
tr then dubbed it. That she had the
central location and the natural advantages
10 become great nd prosperous city aud
~. -,h.t an, wanted WAS rapid and cheap
transportation for the produce 'hS'
would naturally pour into her lap
49, ,bo r;cb broad acres of black land that
surrounded her in every direction were
raorIed rs they we're bound to be In tbs
,ben near future. That was about the time
when the Southern Pacific railroad WAS oeihS
talked Of and the late Major H. A. BIanco'ot
Marshall the engineer Of the company, was
making the preliminary surveys Tor the great
overland road, and the most OF which passed
directly through the then small vilIage, about
IN tbe line now traversed by the Texas "
Pacific railroad. The lamented General
Thomas j. Rusll and Colonel Middleton L.
Jnhnson, of Tarrant county, and [. Butler,
late of Georgia, and other distinguished gen
tlemen were erdent in their advocacy OF The
now short line to the Pacific, and had in
angurated the Southern Pacific railroad
Msny Of the old citizens OF Dallas Of to day
remember tho visit OF the above named gen
tlemen to Dallas, nearly thirty years $50, in
tha ntcrest of this great transcontinena
enterprise, and will also remember that in
those days il was predicted that as the State
grew in population and Influence, Dallas
would more than share in her prosperity.
James Wellington LaLimer was then the tdl'
TOR O, the HERALD-a noble gentleman, NC,
compli,hed writer and true and sincere friend
and he lent oil the nhu'
ence of bis great intellect. 10 the
furtherance of this grand project Aas,
though young man, he ald not I'VE 10 see
the results Of to-day results thSt nave more
than realized all that he claimed for Dallas,
and for Texas. Then, there were only To-"
miles of railroad in Texas--the Buffalo
BAYOU, Brazos & Colorado road hid few
miles built, and The Central road about
twenty five miles, extending from Houston
to Cypress City, and these were all The
Southern Pacific company went TO work and
built few miles Of road, hut for want OF
means, and waiting action of congress, be-
leye the work was suspended, until after the
war Then railroad building commenced in
earnest in Texas. In July, 1872, the Central
road reached Dallas, and the year following |
made its connection with the Missouri, hNl'
sas Il Texas railway, thus opening up direct,
easy and rapid communication with the north
and west. Ia 1872, the Southern Pacific rail
way company's franchise, together with that
Of the old Memphis & FL Peso company was
bought by new company with Colonel Tom
Scott as lis president, and Incorporated I'm
der the name of the Texas Il Pacific railroad.
The nav company went vigorouSlyto work,
and by the last Of August, 1915 us rosd was
opened for business om.Shreveporti to Dallas,
Since that date Dallas commenced It's RAPID
growth. Seven years have passed the VII
lsge of 2,100 people in 1870, has new not
less than 10000 The Texas y Pacific roa1
has completed its road from Marshall north
to Texarkana, forming junction with the
st. Louis, Iron Mountain " Southern road,
opening another avenue TO the north. IL has
also built its road from Texarkans west, via
GAINESVILLE, Paris and Bonham to Sherman
and will by the first Of October be run TO
Denton, forming junction with the Dallas
g. Wichita al that point, and has to day its
iron laid about 100 miles west of Dallas, aud
still the work goes bravely on, with prom
ised connection with Ell Paso, by the first of
January 1882. And now the HERALD Justly
claims for Dallas the appellation of the
"Chicago of Texas"
But hold, did not Intend when | com
menced this letter, to so to such an extent.
Dallas to. day speaks for herself in her in
creasing piles of brick and mortar III the en-.
terprise and liberality Of her merchant priO-
ces. and in her rapidly increasing railroad ia
cilities and general prosperity. As
one evidence Of the increasing trade
of her merchants, | need point TO
but one of her mercantile establishments the
mammoth wholesale and retail dry goods
palace of Sanger Bros, on the corner OF
Main and Lamar streets, with a frontage Of
one hundred on Elm street., one hundred On
Lamar and fifty fest on Main street | give
these figures from memory, not being sur"
that am correct. The same energy ana go
aheadativeness displayed by the moneyed
men and merchants of this beautiful city
would probably have doubled her popula'
ion in the last ten yeari. 80.
The reports oftbe state electioni in Maine,
N Monday last which we read in our morn
ng papers to-day, is certainly encouraging
nd points to the certainty OF chasing that
late in the column Of Hancock states IN
ovember next.
Last Friday the bids for the state printing
ere awarded BY the printing board tlr3I
ass printing was awarded to Messts. A. H.
,lo & Co., of Galveston; second-clsss to
igene W. Swindell; third class TO Joseph
Magic; fourth. class to Eugene Won
eckman; and stationary to B j. Hopper.
=, .,ooo,e6,l oor, natitnr far the second