The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-29
THE TELEPHON E,

Why cannot Dallas have the telephone
Houston, Galveston and San Antonio all
have it in full operation. Neither one of
these cities need it any more than Dallas
does, nor is any more able to- afford the con-
venence. Wherever the telephone has been
put into use the people wonAer to them
selves how they ever managed to do without
it before they got it. Having had gas for
some years, Dallas would not now be de-
prived of her gas works for any considera-
ton. The water works having been estab-
lished long time, carrying water right into
the homes of the people and furnishing an
abundant supply in cases of fire, the city
would BIO lost if the Water Supply company
should cease its opera tons. Street rail
roads having been built several years ago, on
which cars have continuously run, transport
ing passengers to and fro, there would be a
clamor indeed if the rails were torn up and
the cars sold to some other company
elsewhere. Yet neither of these con-
veniences, now come to DO neces.
sites, is equal in importance to the telephone
system, With this latter established with its
central office connecting with ali the railroad
depots, with the court house, with the city
hall, with the county Jail and the Gala
b)osr, with the various printing Offices with
every mans residence and place of business,
who might desire 1t, it would, in q weeks
tlme, prove itself to be such convenience
that the pc pie would not dispense with it.
The lawyer sitting i'll his Office could ask the
clerk in the courthouse how long it would be
before his case Of Doe VS.. Roe would be
reached, and receive his answer WITHOUT
leaving his desk. The guest at the hotel
could ask the agent at any depot if such and
such u train was on time. The N, reliant
could ask the railroad freight agent if he had
any goods nj the depot. The physician could
be called to the bed of sick
ness in moments time. The
business uUL could iAsI4acL tao MUrnihg or
the afternoon, or the weekly paper to insert
such and such an advertisement for him, or
take out his last local. The wife at home
could tell her husband in his office or count
ing room that baby was sick, and to bring
home some soothing syrup The husband,
weary and hungry at hil place of business,
could instruct his wife TO DO sure and have
the turkey bonci, or the oysters caoped,
or the bacon boiled with the cabbage, or the
peach roll very rich. Even Chawles Au.
gustus" could inform his dear Seraphins
that he would come and swing on the gate,
sure, by eight O'clock, and baslI in the soft
radiance of her blue eyes, while his soul was
made glad by her tender words of love-
provided she had the dog chained, and had
denied admission to other lovers. We
might enumerate multitude of ways in
which the telephone would prove to be a
convenience and necessity. The cost
to every person using it would
bo so small, only three dollars
month if we mistake not, if as many as
fifty subscribers are obtained, that after hav.
ing tried it they would rather pay double
that amount than be deprived of it. Why
don't some enterprising, active person go to
work and get up the system in Dallas? This
city certainly is as enterprising as either
Houston, San Antonio or Galveston, and
Just as wide awake to ito own interests
and conveniences, and 1t certainly seems as
thoush the people will take hold of this
thing if proper eff,rt is made.