The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-11
mr rt1Asa VT louis NARROW oAuof
hAfLR0AD,

hAlbh0AD'
We arc s,kcd daily, slmos, hourly what
proe,e,s IL bei1g made 10 the matter oil ih'
required subscription for the Tex" "
s, l. luls narrow gauge railroad IL Is useless
to deny or sttempt TO conceal the fact INA
,hero 10 considerable apprehension, on ibf
pst of many oit'z,ps, that the road
will not be secured for Dallas after all
several arguing that the Texas " Pac't'
Influence 10 not dispo,cd to do any thing cal
culs,ed TO operate in any wise against Ut
own veal, by the fostering of any enterprise
bearing upon i,s front competition irown
The donation condition insisted on that the
depot shall be located west OF Lamar street,
ia SO distasteiul 10 many who had proposed
TO be liberal subscribers to the bonus, tns'
wo question If they will contribute any aid
to the enterprise. As the city now appears
the tendency TO general improvements would
seem to be east OF Lamar street, and AS
matter of course the interests of tho two Sec
tons are in some matters sn'ngon-
istc. Parties owning real estate
on the west side very naturally
LEX to care for 1t, and, ifnot much 10 IN
crease its present value, at least to avert q
probable depreciation. Per contra, those
interested in the other direction strive 10
draw trade and traffic toward themselves
Nsitb,r psrty ia to be blamed for the respec-
tive efforts, on general principles, but it the
unhappy diversity of interests engender an
obstinacy to such extent as to compel Dallas
to lose the road, and thereby send it to Fort
Worth. for instance, after the fashion OF the
quarrel over the oyster, where the TWO
ouerrulous simpletons were awarded each a
half-shell while the monkey swallowed
the biyalye. it will be shame forever
upon the name of our city whose fate
now hangs trembling in the balance. we
say fate, and we have weighed the word
before usirg it; for if Dsllas lose this st.
Louis road she will also lose the East Line;
if Fort Worth secure tee one, s.. Q will also
most positively obtain the Other ana
then beside. there are rumofs III 'as thah
after ill, the Santa Fe road may not
come here, but will 60 directly
from the Fort to Mckinney, thence
on to Paris. If these things are to be
SO, here is a pretty kettle of fish somebody
will have cooked and poisoned to unhinge the
minds of people here, and immigrants to
come, as to the real prominence of Dallas
after all the fanfaronade about great cen
trail railroad city Sat the head Of navigation
on the Trinity" IT, as is limited a.
the unfortunate wound which the entering
wedge of condition Of local nature, was
meant purposely to draw the life blood out
of the Texas s. St. Louis narrow gauge en-"
terprise, and per consequence by SO much
depleie Dallas, then censure cannot limit It's
expression of denunciation of the orgina-
tors or participators in the indrection. But
we place no str IS, whatever, upon these
suspicious, and blow them 10
the idle winds, whose sportive
fsncies are as unstable as themselves. The
proposition to the business mind is simply
this, if the downtown people insist on hav-
ing the depot near to themselves, even IS
nigh as Johnathan unto David, so mote 1t
be. let them subscribe such difference Of re-
ouirement AS the balance of the world will
not. E converse, the same of the uptown
section. But in the name of the citizens st
large, rising above local prejudice, and feel
ing and interest, we ask that the remaining
four days work of the committees may pro-
claim to the country that Dallas is neither a
suicide, nor o victim of cerebral atrophy.
And in the general good by way of further
ing this, by way of attaining completest har-
mony, we earnestly trust, We earnestly plead
that the objectionaI feature OF the loca-
ton clause shall be removed. Let this city
secure the road beyond all chances, and then
let sectional interest contend, if need be, in
our own home for sectional preference. The
known high character of those gentlemen,
who at first thought it we'll to prefer the
cauae. will, we feel confident, re-
spond TO this sentiment, and thus yielding
the point, will IRON the nettie danger" that
now seriously threatens, "pluck the flower
safety"