The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-01

Yes, "Ronds Again, for there Is scarcely
anything moro needed, now, about tle
nourshlng city OF Dallas, than good, wide,
straight, solid roads. Yes, keep the subject
agitated, Mr.. Editor, until the disgrace Of
having noroad to the city Is wiped ont at
| least, until there IL more dcccncy more
comfort more convenience and more profit
to the "citizens," and more accommodation
for the country people In the way Of roads,
| This IL not matter 10 be neglected,
or lightly considered IL the citizens have
any regard Tor their own, or city's pros
periiy They are just at point now where
there Is great danger Of profits falling off,
of business being crippled and of business
men bein. ruined.
l In the great strides that are being made
In building up city and country like this,
every support of the diversified occupa-
tons should be carefully watched, and no
obstruction whatever allowed to lessen the
opportunities of securing business. The
city of Dallas has not been waptin in sup
port ofanany important enterprise. She has
secured commanding interest in railroads
which gives character and staining to her
leading citizens, to- her business capacity,
and to the productive interests of the
county and this section of the State; and
now she is just iva situation to fritter away
her trade-by which she may fall into insig-
niiicance in her trade, name and CONNER
cial Influence.
The people of the county are just at this
time doing all in their power to get their
trade away from the city. Not by any
means, from choice, but from necessity.
From the fact that some, ifnot most of the
time, almost impossible And those times
come generally at such times as the demand
for travel is greatest.
Iti singular fact that the people like
Dallas and like to trade there; that some
sections and even some highly creditable
towns have sought with great earnestness
and offers of means to open convenient
ways of transit and locomotion to and from
| the city, and yet are compelled to torego
| the pleasure and profit of doing so on ac-.
count of bad roads.
| There is no better farming section of this
county than that in which the noble little
town of Lancaster is situa ut none
find it impossible to transport
these products to Dallas, principally, on ac
count of an impossible piece of road right at
the entrance of the city Enterprising men
see this and avail themselves Of the oppor-
tunity of building up retail trade conve-
nient to the people swhom they can barter
for and buy up the produce
1t is true that farmers like to put their
cotton
|, BALEs'UPoN WAGONS,
fx mn r,fortablv and tate tbe;r wives
and ab;Idran to dallas nc wider mari to
sa aiI Of hrna y. f;aId Ia Inv in niace Of
more mo- e'i interest more siobts more neonle.
mo thai! Money. hit for want If pond
safa roads thew cannot do this and are
forood 70 conton+ thamsalvos with sncb on.
nnrtnn;t;es FIR selIing and bnvinp rs are
pw;tbont Their reach foreooine the pleasures
Of y camn iai,nt across tie broad and beau
ond +ba ayb;ierata d sn;r;t If tho family cir-
Gle at the recitaIs IN their refnrn Bnt The
;ndncement far hrins;ng the cotton Of that
section to Dallas this Season, was, mainly
tbe comnress and the onlv means of eettirSg
II ocross th;s had hotton, was NV GETTING ,,S
long wagon trains by which men and teams
could both be- doubled and thereby
prize and pull and push it.
through. This, single farmers cannot
do, and if they were,to club together for
that purpose it would subject women and
children to annoyances they would not
submit to. And the truth is, Dallas is
losing her retail trade, without which she
will lose her position as the emporium Of
North Texas. This disposition on the part
ofthe people is not confined to those around
| Lancaster, but is to be found in every
quarter of the country, and it is growing
rapidly. The only way to check it, and it
| must be done, is to make roads
on the approaches to the city.
| All the southern portion of this county and
| and might say wholly, by the desperate
toward Waxahachie This piece of road is
| but little over a half mile. but it becomes
| impossible in wet weather and takes long
| time to dry 1t would cost but trihe to
make it equal to the Dallas bridge turn
pike. and the farmers on the south side of
The river have been DESTROYS for several years
| to appropriate their time and means to II, but
the people OF tne cltyafive refused 10 alu
thehl, anu l'oI ieeiihg9oie " coiiiplele ~; ~
NOR wnfk aione' they nave hot a''enhp'eu w.
Ihis
THE ONLY PUBLIC ROAD
| going south out of the city The
road going east becomes just as
| bad, and for much greater
distance. The road north is very little, If
any, better, and the truth is there is not a
respectable road leading into the city. No
person would, for moment, sup
| pose or suspect he was approach
ing a city, where, within a mile OF
the corporate limits, Judging from the
,roads alone, they are more like the APP
proaches to new mill, where 1t is gener-
ally all travel and no road. There is not
road and scarcely street for decent drive
of one mile.
1t is necessary that the city have great,
fine roads extending from two to four miles
from nc city limits, according 10 circuiu-
stances. The travel from the eastern sec
ton of the county falls into the
road leading east from the
city about White Rock creek, four
miles and the wear on that four miles, OF
whatever the distance may be, is so great
that nothing but the very best constructed
road will stand it. So with the. Mckinney
road and so with the Preston road.
Under proper
SENSE OF CITY PRIDE
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